Ireland is getting ready to train the next generation of researchers in the area of Data Science and ICT. The Irish government through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is investing approximately €80M to establish a number of Centres for Research Training (CRTs) in Ireland. These CRTs will provide cohorts of academically outstanding future research leaders with […]
Irish & EU industry to benefit from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) investment in Centres for Research Training
July 2, 2018 by
Open for applications: MSc in Mathematical Modelling
June 12, 2018 by
MSc in Mathematical Modelling The course will be run by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Univesrity of Limerick in association with MACSI. Course description This course will provide training in applied mathematics techniques and will focus on mathematical models of real-world processes, their formulation in terms of differential equations and methods of solution – […]
MACSI wins a Knowledge Transfer Ireland Research Impact Award for a Second Year in a Row!
May 21, 2018 by
A Project led by MACSI PhD Student Kevin Brosnan with Drs David O’Sullivan and Kevin Burke was awarded the 2018 Knowledge Transfer Ireland Research Consultancy Impact Award. The judges found that Consultancy Impact Award winners, ‘University of Limerick and Xtract 360 Ltd’ were a compelling case for how a company can achieve value through accessing short term advice and expertise […]
141st European Study Group with Industry, ESGI141, University College Dublin
April 13, 2018 by
The 141st European Study Group with Industry, ESGI141, University College Dublin 25th-29th June 2018 ESGI141 is a week-long workshop that provides a forum for industrial scientists to work alongside academics on a project submitted by the industrial participant. ESGI’s started with the first Study Group in Oxford in 1968 and now there are 5-7 meetings […]
Moisture measurement problem
April 3, 2018 by
By Prof Mark McGuinness A chemical processing company brought an interesting challenge to the European Study Group with Industry held last year at the University of Limerick. They want to measure the moisture content of a crushed mineral ore in real time, on the conveyor belt as it is offloaded. The amount of water present […]
Lithium-ion batteries: A case study of mathematics and manufacturing
March 30, 2018 by
By Dr Iain Moyles Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere in our society. They power the things that entertain us (phones, computers), the things that transport us (cars, planes, etc.), and even the things that save our lives (pacemakers and other implantable devices)! They are so ubiquitous that in 2012, over 660 million cylindrical lithium-ion cells were […]
Modelling a tennis impact
March 28, 2018 by
By Matthew Haynes When talking to tennis players and coaches they will readily tell you that increasing the tension of your strings will decrease the power in your strokes. This, at first, seemed counter-intuitive to me. My initial thought process went along the following line. The release of a ball from the racket is similar […]
Exchange Traded Leveraged Funds
March 27, 2018 by
Dr Eberhard Mayerhofer Investing directly into an index such as the Nasdaq, S&P 500, or Russel 2000 is impractical for individual investors, as they would have to trade hundreds of stocks and reinvest their dividends each time that one of these companies pays one. For instance, the S&P 500 represents approximately 500 firms listed on […]
PhD: the Research & Distractions!
March 23, 2018 by
by Kevin Brosnan As I approach the end of my time as a PhD student I’ve started looking for the next career move and update my extremely outdated CV. As I reflect on what I have done over the past three years, I’ve noticed that they roughly break down into three over-arching categories Professional Development, Research and possibly too […]
Forecasting Energy Demand using Time Series Analysis
March 22, 2018 by
Joseph O’Brien and Eoin Mooney A time series is an ordered sequence of values of a variable at equally spaced times. Some business metrics naturally lend themselves to time series analysis, one of which is the consumption of electricity that is measured at half hourly time points. In this blog post, we will describe a […]
