Research at ITB

Research at ITB

As part of ITB's strategic plan 2006-2011 “Making Education Accessible” ITB recognizes that one of its core activities is Research and has established itself as a significant member of the research community within the third level education sector in Ireland since it opened in 1999. The LINC Centre (Learning and Innovation Centre) at ITB is the centre which supports the research activities taking place in the Institute supporting technology transfer activities, applied research links with industry and links to the funding agencies for the research activities in the Institute.

Since it opened in 1999 funding has been secured from:

• the Technological Sector Postgraduate R&D Skills Training Programme
• Enterprise Ireland's Innovation Partnership scheme where the Institute has teamed up with local companies to conduct R&D to improve processes and procedures
• Enterprise Ireland’s Proof Of Concept funding which allows the development of a possible commercial activity
• Enterprise Ireland’s Research Equipment grant
• the Embark Initiative
• the Higher Education Authority including the Resarch Funding Enhancement Scheme
• Leonardo Da Vinci programs

Research Areas in ITB include:

• Program Visualisation
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Second Language Education
• Inclusive teaching practices
• Graphics and Gaming
• Biomedical Instrumentation Group
• Computational and Functional Linguistics Group
• Network Security and Digital Forensics Group
• Avionics Research Group
• Magnetic and Machine Research
• Localisation for Mobile Phone Games
• Social Sciences Research
• Language Education and Cultural Studies Research
• Entrepreneurship Research
• Project Management Research
• Organisational Management Research
• Migration and its local impact

ITB Involvement in EU Leonardo Da Vinci Projects:

• VOCAL - Vocationally Oriented Culture And Language
• SECASE - Software Engineering Case studies for Education
• Problem SOLVE

Further information on any aspect of R&D or knowledge transfer activities contact ITB's Industrial Liaison Manager, Assumpta Harvey at (01) 8851186 or assumpta.harvey@itb.ie