{"id":582,"date":"2021-09-16T18:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/?p=582"},"modified":"2021-12-16T18:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:24:52","slug":"lero-directors-prize-for-research-excellence-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/2021\/09\/16\/lero-directors-prize-for-research-excellence-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Lero Director&#8217;s Prize for Research Excellence 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Prof Michael O&#8217;Neill who was awarded the Lero Director&#8217;s Prize for Research Excellence 2021. The annual awards recognise the enormous commitment and contribution of Lero members to the research centre&#8217;s success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FASEF78VQAElLLZ-1024x535.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" width=\"435\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FASEF78VQAElLLZ-1024x535.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FASEF78VQAElLLZ-300x157.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FASEF78VQAElLLZ-768x401.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FASEF78VQAElLLZ.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On receiving the award Prof O&#8217;Neill said &#8220;<em>Thank You to Lero, and thank you to everyone who contributed to our shared research success these 20+ years, especially all past and present members of the UCD Natural Computing Research and Applications Group, especially Tony Brabazon, the UCD School of Business, UCD School of Computer Science, UL School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and co-inventors of Grammatical Evolution, Conor Ryan and J.J. Collins who are joint winners of this award<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E-7zzpxWUAM592G-1-498x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585\" width=\"146\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E-7zzpxWUAM592G-1-498x1024.jpeg 498w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E-7zzpxWUAM592G-1-146x300.jpeg 146w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E-7zzpxWUAM592G-1-768x1579.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E-7zzpxWUAM592G-1-747x1536.jpeg 747w, http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/E-7zzpxWUAM592G-1.jpeg 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Prof Michael O&#8217;Neill who was awarded the Lero Director&#8217;s Prize for Research Excellence 2021. The annual awards recognise the enormous commitment and contribution of Lero members to the research centre&#8217;s success. On receiving the award Prof O&#8217;Neill said &#8220;Thank You to Lero, and thank you to everyone who contributed to our shared research &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/2021\/09\/16\/lero-directors-prize-for-research-excellence-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lero Director&#8217;s Prize for Research Excellence 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncra.ucd.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}