AMBER, the materials science institute headquartered at Trinity College Dublin, has embarked on a strategic partnership with Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent.
AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) which is funded by the Department of Jobs through SFI, will work with Bell Labs’ researchers on energy harvesting, efficiency and storage projects.
The two organisations will seek ways to make data networks in communications and ICT more energy-efficient in the face of exponential growth in traffic.
Prof Stefano Sanvito, AMBER, said: “At AMBER, we are carrying out advanced energy research in areas such as thermoelectric and energy storage applications. This has the potential to significantly improve manufacturing and product-development for companies such as Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs and we are delighted to announce this research partnership today.”
Alcatel-Lucent has hired four researchers-in-residence to work at AMBER across a range of topics that are critical to enable future energy-efficient telecommunications products.
Dr Marcus Weldon, president of Bell Labs and CTO of Alcatel-Lucent, said: “The Irish government has encouraged the development of a highly effective ecosystem in the country which embraces academia, industry and business; Bell Labs is both a beneficiary and a contributor. I am following the AMBER collaboration with great interest as I am convinced that the programme, and in particular the quality of the researchers working on it, will give rise to exciting results.”
Dr Weldon also invited members of the Irish research community to submit proposals for the Bell Labs Prize. The competition has a top cash award of $100,000 and the chance for researchers to further develop their ideas at Bell Labs.
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