b'1997 Department responds to government1992 Formal Methods Group (FMG)skills initiative aimed at increasingFocused on the field of Formal Methods; the usecomputing graduates nationally; degreeof mathematical logic, rather than testing to1991 TCD connects to the Internet with a in Information and Communications*prove* software correctwarning that it was less than perfect Technology (ICT) was introduced1993 Image Synthesis Group (ISG)1991 IONA technologies founded Many small machines were also in use: Ramtek Rendering realistic graphical images1991 IEUNET, a TCD campus company6200A, transputers, IBM, Apple, Sun HP and DECbecame the first internet servicepcs, uniprocessor and multiprocessor servers 1996 Computational Linguistics Group (CLG)provider in Irelandand larger systems such as Vax11/730, 11/750, Research on human language and reasoning1992 Student PC labs built in Railway Arches MicroVAXes and Alpha servers with an interest in understanding and modelling1994 Datacube MaxVideo image processor and human cognitive abilities, as well as inUniversal Machine Intelligence (UMI) RTXResearch Groups established engineering applications SCARA-robot manipulator 1997 DEC system was replaced by the Sun1990 Networks & Telecommunications 1998 The Knowledge and Data EngineeringUltra Enterprise 450 using the UPAResearch Group (NTRG) Research group (KDEG)packet-switched interconnectNetwork and Security applications including KDEGhas been pioneering research in AI and1997 A 16-node Beowulf cluster plus customX.509 directory systems, Electronic payment data management, with particular focus on built RAID storage was constructed andand mobile internet. Forerunner to CTVR and knowledge discovery, representation andsuperceded by a number of increasinglyCONNECT engineering for next generation intelligentsophisticated clusters and storage1991 The Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) systemssystems with about 2k Intel x86 coresDesign of Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR)and over 600TB storage serving both the Systems to support and transform healthcare 1999 Centre for Research in IT in EducationGrid-Ireland infrastructure andengaging with EHR users, clinical information (CRITE)supporting CERN LHC computing oicers, healthcare IT experts and regulatory A collaboration between SCSS and the School bodies of Education with a view to explore howtechnology can be used to enhance teaching and learning21'