http://ncra.ucd.ie/news.shtml UCD Natural Computing Research and Applications News en-us Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:41:01 GMT http://ncra.ucd.ie cgi 5 http://ncra.ucd.ie "Information Propagation in a Social Network: The Case of a Fish Schooling Algorithm" has been published in a new book published by Springer Propagation Phenomena in Real World Networks http://ncra.ucd.ie Prof Michael O'Neill gave a presentation on "Making sense of the big data generated" as part of an event on Re-engineering Clinical Trials - Developing new therapies in a connected world. The event was jointly hosted by Enterprise Ireland and ICON Plc on St Patrick's Day in Heidelberg, Germany. In attendance were Minister Simon Harris, the Irish Ambassador to Germany Michael Collins, and representatives from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device sectors. http://ncra.ucd.ie We extend a warm welcome to Dr Gilyana Borlikova to our team in her new role as ICON Research Scientist http://ncra.ucd.ie This week we welcome Filipe Assuncao as a visiting researcher from University of Coimbra http://ncra.ucd.ie Congratulations to Dr Miguel Nicolau on being appointed as an ICON Lecturer in Business Analytics in the UCD School of Business http://ncra.ucd.ie Congratulations Dr Mike Fenton on successfully defending his PhD thesis today on Grammatical Evolution for Engineering Design http://ncra.ucd.ie There are a number of opportunities to join our group in 2015 including PhD and Postdoctoral researcher posts. To express your interest please contact Prof Michael O'Neill http://ncra.ucd.ie Prof Anthony Brabazon gave an invited seminar on "Natural Computing" at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia in Venice today http://ncra.ucd.ie In recent times the NCRA has welcomed two new members to our team, Roisin Loughran and Loi Cao Van http://ncra.ucd.ie Michael is giving an invited talk at the University of Exeter today on Applications of Evolutionary Design (AppED)