A new collaborative investment by Science Foundation Ireland, the National Science Foundation USA (NSF) and the Dept for Employment & Learning in Northern Ireland has been launched.
Funded through the The US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership, the $3 million research collaboration is the first collaboration between research centres based in the US, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland. The project will address optical integrated chip technology for use in data centres. The research collaboration aims to improve the agility of high-bandwidth optical connections that support high capacity cloud applications – delivering faster Internet and reducing the energy consumption and cost.
In the Republic, the Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC) and communication s network research centre Connect will be participating. They will be joined in Northern Ireland by the Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI), and in the US the Centre for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN).
Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland Prof Mark Ferguson said: “Ireland’s significant international reputation for research excellence continues to grow. The cooperation and sharing of expertise in this prestigious research centre-to-centre collaboration will bring huge value and benefit to all the participating countries. Linking these centres together, provides more opportunities both for the research institutes and for the potential collaborators.”
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