b'1973 Professor John G Byrne, appointed toLate 1970sthe first chair of Computer Science 1977MSc in Computer Practice ran for oneDepartment was involved in EURONET and yearthe information retrieval system built upon 1977IBM 360/44 replaced by DEC 2040it (Diane)system1978Mentec (spin-out Michael Pierce) The first hardware research conducted in the1979 BA (Mod) in Computer Science department was to design an input/output 1979 First dedicated Library Computer (PDPboard for the Burroughs B1714 followed by 11/34) installed the design and construction of a Pascal-1979DEC VAX 11/780 installed oriented microprocessor (POMP)Head of Department:Mid1970s Research around the development of packetProfessor John G Byrne switching networks became active in the Demand from IDA saw expansion oflate 1970s 1970189 computer science studentsGraduate School of Engineeringattending TCD1970 Jane Grimson becomes the first femaleIBM-360- like Interdata Model 70 TCD engineering graduateminicomputer purchased by Mechanical 1973 zero-instruction-set Burroughs B1714engineering and inherited by Computer installed Science1973 Computers in Education Graduate DiplomaComydna Gp- 6/MicroHybrid analog 1973 BSc in Computer Science eveningComputer installeddegree17'