Institutes in the North West Region of Ireland

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Please select the link to visit the home page for each of the following.

The Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) is a research group within the Faculty of Engineering, on the Magee College campus of the University of Ulster, N. Ireland. The group was founded in 1997 and is currently composed of five academic staff and twelve research students, three of whom are funded directly from industry. The ISRC embraces the topic of intelligent systems in the widest sense; the activities of the group encompass research into a range of intelligent and hybrid technologies, and include work on neural networks, fuzzy systems, genetic / evolutionary algorithms, hybrid intelligent systems, reasoning, multiple valued logic and model predictive control. The research is being applied to topics as diverse as intelligent embedded systems, hybrid intelligent machine vision systems, re-configurable computing, hardware-software partitioning, design automation, and self-repair of complex embedded systems.

NORIBIC
Northern Ireland Business and Innovation Centre is a full member of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) comprising over 160 member BICS across Europe. Each BIC is designed to meet the unique requirements of its region and to complement and co-operate with other EU, national and regional enterprise support mechanisms.

NICENT
The Northern Ireland Centre of Entrepreneurship was established as a result of a competitive bid made to the Science Enterprise Challenge (SEC) initiative. It is led by the University of Ulster in partnership with Queen's University Belfast and CAFRE/Loughry Campus. The primary aim of NICENT is to drive, promote and support entrepreneurship in science and technology subjects

Knowledge Club
The University of Ulster Knowledge Club is a networking initiative created to promote knowledge-sharing and transfer between the University of Ulster and the regional business, industry and community sectors.

MTP LTD
Manufacturing Technology Partnership offers practical hands on help and ensures that our Clients get real benefits and assured cash returns from their investment. MTP's field Officers deliver solutions which work in the real world due to their vast industrial experience.

Office of Innovation and Enterprise
The Office of Innovation & Enterprise provides a range of services to University staff and the external business, community and public sector interests. Supported by the Higher Education Reach Out to Business and the Community Fund (HEROBC), the University has embedded the Office as a central department and a key aspect and of its Regional Development mission and strategy