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Opportunities

Introduction

Applications are invited for research bursaries for undergraduate students wishing to pursue a 5 week summer research project in the School of Computer Science, starting on the 26^th of May 2025. Two scholarships are available, each with a bursary of 2,000 euro.

Eligibility

These internship bursaries are available to all undergraduate students in University of Galway and other Irish HEI’s who have a significant computing aspect to their degree.
Students who are already undertaking a funded placement/internship are ineligible to apply.
Students previously funded under this scheme are ineligible to apply.
Final year students are eligible to apply.
- Note: If the proposed summer project is related to a final year project, the student must clearly articulate the distinction between the two projects.

Eligible supervisors are listed under the supervisors and projects section or scroll to the end of this page. Candidates should make contact directly with a prospective supervisor to discuss a project and to arrange for the submission of the required recommendation by the prospective supervisor.

Academic Co-ordinator

The academic Co-ordinator is Dr Karl Mason. For any queries, students can email computerscience@universityofgalway.ie

Possible Project Descriptions

Please see the bottom of this page for a list of available project descriptions and associated supervisors.

Application Deadline

Sunday, 27th April 2024

How to Apply:

Students should email a single pdf file to computerscience@universityofgalway.ie containing:

Your Full Name and Student ID.
The name of the proposed project supervisor and a copy email confirming their agreement to act as supervisor.
A short description of the research project (200 words maximum).
A table containing percentage grades for all university modules completed to date. Provisional results for Semester I of the current academic year should be included.

There is no official application form.

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated by members of the School's Research and Graduate Studies Committee. Students will be ranked based on their academic grades, the proposed research project and the supervisor's recommendation of the application.

Supervisors and Projects

Supervisor	Research Keywords	Example Project
Dr. Karl Mason KARL.MASON@universityofgalway.ie	Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Computing, Neural Networks, Applied Machine Learning, Evolutionary Robotics, Optimization	Collaboration in multi-robot systems using Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Waqar Shahid Qureshi waqarshahid.qureshi@universityofgalway.ie	Human Intention Modelling, Aria Glasses, Knowledge Graph	Project 1: We aim to develop human intention models for robots, leveraging egocentric sensing, eye-tracking, facial movements, and visual cues. Our approach includes knowledge graphs to predict intentions from multiple perspectives. Project 2: This internship focuses on developing an online coding platform using Judge0 for backend execution, React.js for frontend, AI-based learning assistance, and potential LMS integration, enabling universities to create interactive coding courses.
Dr. Frank Glavin frank.glavin@universityofgalway.ie	Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Game AI, Computer Science Education.	Innovative Approaches to Computer Programming Pedagogy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Effirul Ramlan Effirul.Ramlan@universityofgalway.ie	Multi-Modal Embedding, Hybrid Recommendation Systems, Graph-based Embeddings	Enhancing Recommendation Systems through Multi-Modal Embedding Integration OR Leveraging Multi-Modal Embedding Integration for Improved Recommendation
Dr. Priyanka Verma priyanka.verma@universityofgalway.ie	Natural Language Processing, Under-resourced Languages, Multimodal Machine Learning	AI-Driven Cyber Resilience: Predictive Threat Intelligence for Securing Digital Infrastructure
Dr. Adrian Clear adrian.clear@universityofgalway.ie	Human-Computer Interaction, Sustainability, Pervasive Computing, Intelligent User Interfaces	Designing a conversational interface for permaculture gardening
Dr. Ihsan Ullah ihsan.ullah@universityofgalway.ie	Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Explainable AI, Federated Learning	Convolutional Neural Network(CNN) performs well for image/video analysis. In this project, we will analyse CNN to understand what they learn from medical images/frames to take a decision.