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ucd.ie > newsandopinion > news > 07/17/2026 > saferaisystemearnsucdstudentstopprizeatinternationalhackathon

Safer AI system earns UCD students top prize at international hackathon

11+ hour, 43+ min ago  (152+ words) University College Dublin Safer AI system earns UCD students top prize at international hackathon Three University College Dublin students have won first place and a $10,000 prize at an international artificial intelligence hackathon in Boston after developing a new system that…...

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ucd.ie > innovation > news-and-events > 2026 > ucd-student-team-wins-ai-hackathon-boston

UCD Student Wins Top Prize at AI Hackathon in Boston

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (267+ words) Friday, 17 July, 2026 Gliomach, a team of three University College Dublin (UCD) Computer Science students, who are building a system that grounds AI agents in formal mathematical logic to reduce AI hallucinations and enforce stronger safety guardrails, has won first prize…...

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ucd.ie > discovery > aihealthcarehub > breakingboundariesinaiandhealthcare > thefutureisfitwithproflindamay

The Future is Fit with Prof. Linda May

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (826+ words) The Irish expression ‘Is tús maith leath na hoibre’ (a good start is half the work) is a wise maxim for the life course, with research showing that exercise in pregnancy can powerfully boost health across a generation. This was…...

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ucd.ie > global > international-blog > 2026 > comp-social-science-as-global-excellence-scholar

Studying Computational Social Science as a Global Excellence Scholar from India

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1259+ words) Wednesday, 24 June, 2026 Post by Iva Sharma, Bsc Computational Social Science. Global Excellence Scholar. If someone had told me during my gap year in India that my university journey would lead me to representing Ireland on a global stage, studying in…...

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ucd.ie > professionalacademy > resources > copilot-teams-video

Copilot for Teams Video Explainer

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (283+ words) Save up to €300 on select courses + exclusive FREE Masterclass access! Ends in Learn to recognise sophisticated AI-powered cyber threats, including deepfakes, voice cloning, phishing, and social engineering scams that are increasingly difficult to detect. Build practical defences by strengthening authentication…...

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ucd.ie > professionalacademy > resources > cybersecurity-awareness-video

Cybersecurity Awareness in an AI World Video Explainer | UCD Professional Academy

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (283+ words) Save up to €300 on select courses + exclusive FREE Masterclass access! Ends in Learn to recognise sophisticated AI-powered cyber threats, including deepfakes, voice cloning, phishing, and social engineering scams that are increasingly difficult to detect. Build practical defences by strengthening authentication…...

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ucd.ie > professionalacademy > resources > critical-conversations-video

Critical Conversations Video Explainer

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (234+ words) Save up to €300 on select courses + exclusive FREE Masterclass access! Ends in Learn structured feedback models including SBI and DESK to ensure conversations are evidence-based, objective, and fair. Suitable for new and experienced managers, team leads, HR professionals, and anyone…...

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ucd.ie > innovation > news-and-events > 2026 > shield-6g-project-advance-6g-network-security-ucd

SHIELD-6G Project to Advance 6G Network Security Kicks-Off at UCD

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (399+ words) Monday, 15 June, 2026 - Landmark project brings together 19 international partners across industry, academia, and SMEs, including UCD spin-out MBP Systems University College Dublin (UCD) is leading SHIELD-6G, a €8 million research project, which has just officially kicked-off, to advance the foundational security, reliability…...

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ucd.ie > innovation > news-and-events > 2026 > new-rinn-research-innovation-centres

Seven New Rinn National Research and Innovation Centres Announced

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (496+ words) Wednesday, 10 June, 2026 - University College Dublin researchers play a leading role in six of the new centres Seven major new Research Ireland centres comprising an overall investment of €460 million, have been announced today by James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and…...

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ucd.ie > conway > education > seminarsevents > class-frompixelstopathwaysanalysingthespatialmetabolome

CLASS - From Pixels to Pathways: Analysing the spatial metabolome

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (113+ words) Tuesday, 9 June, 2026 Date: Tuesday, 9th June. Time: 12pm - 1pm. Speaker: (opens in a new window)Dr Karl William Smith, Junior group leader of Spatial Metabolomics, ISAS, Dortmund, Germany At the heart of tumour and cardiovascular biology is spatial complexity, but most multi-omics workflows…...