b"Research has always been at the heart of the We are also leading the way in the new Science The School has a long and proud tradition ofSchools activity and today never more so. Foundation Ireland programme for training of undertaking research that will lead to realResearch is driven by academics in our five PhDs (called CRTs), training which is done in economic and societal impact. On the economicdisciplines of Artificial Intelligence, Graphics and collaboration with industry. Two of the School's front, we actively undertake collaborativeVision, Network and Distributed Systems, academics are lead Principal Investigators on research with companies (such as Microsoft,Software and Systems, Statistics and the Centre for Research Training for Digitally- Huawei, Accenture) and we encourageInformation Systems.Enhanced Reality (D-REAL CRT), and two others entrepreneurial activity resulting for example inare co-Principal Investigators on the Centre for formation of successful companies such as IONAAt college level our academics lead inter- Research Training on Artificial Intelligence (AI Technologies, Havok, EmpowerTheUser anddisciplinary research themes on Digital CRT) and the Centre for Research Training in SureWash. On the societal front, we areEngagement, Creative Technologies, Digital Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies currently very active in the creation of standardsHumanities, and Smart and Sustainable Planet. (ADVANCE CRT). for ethical AI.They also collaborate on projects with the E3Schools (Engineering, Computer Science and Our impact on the research community is clear,Statistics and Natural Sciences), as well as other as can be seen in over 1200 publications in Professor Declan OSullivanSchools within college and beyond (disciplines leading Scopus-indexed conferences (~900 Director of Researchin Humanities, Medicine, Education, Law, papers) and journals (~300 articles) over the lastBusiness). five years. Our track record for research Director of Research, Academic Lead of Trinityexcellence can also be seen through the Electives, Science Foundation Ireland CentreAs a School we are also actively leading multi- awarding on average of 10 Million euro per ADAPT co-Principal Investigator institutional Science Foundation Ireland funded annum competitive research funding to Elected TCD FellowResearch Centres (ADAPT, CONNECT, ENABLE, V- researchers in the School,through all the majorSENSE). More information on these vibrant and programmes such as IRCSET, Scienceexciting research centres can be found next in Foundation Ireland and the European Union.this publication.38"