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Welcome to the MSc/PGradDip in Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology) site, a course offered by the School of Computer Science & Statistics in Trinity College Dublin. This is where you'll find all the information you should need relating to the course, the syllabus, the facilities, the staff and information regarding how to apply for a position on the course.

To learn more about the course, click on the relevant links on the left to navigate this site OR look at this brief presentation [PDF (1.6Mb)]


Havok Prize for Best IET Dissertation in 2011-12: Havok are sponsoring a €1000 prize for the best Msc IET dissertation in 2011-12. The dissertation is a challenging 750+ man hour project expected to deliver outputs of publishable standard. More details HERE.


Microsoft Sponsored MScIET Gamelab: Microsoft have sponsored the dedicated XNA Gamelab, featuring XBox 360 consoles for each student on the programme. See this press release for details about the launch of the MScIET program in 2007.


Latest News

IET Seminar - Eoghan Cuneen (Framestore) posted 08 Feb 2012

The next IET Seminar on FRIDAY 17th February @ 11 am in LB04 will be presented by Eoghan Cunneen, R&D Technical Director at Framestore CFC, who are the largest visual effects and computer animation studio in Europe, with over 20 years of experience in digital film and video technology.

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of different departments in a modern visual effects (VFX) facility and how this might relate to study on a program such as the IET. It will introduce the Framestore pipeline and workflow, the general tools and how they work, discuss some specific R&D tools used in VFX and provide a number of examples in the form of demos and showreels. Students are invited to contact the course director if they have any additional specific areas of VFX that they would like covered.

Bio: Eoghan is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin's BA(Mod) Computer Science and MSc Interactive Entertainment Technology. Upon completing his MSc in 2009, he joined Framestore as an Assistant Pipeline Technical Director where he has worked on such films as 'Clash of the Titans', 'Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang', 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' parts 1 and 2 and was Technical Director on Alfonso Cuaron's 'Gravity'.

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IET Seminar - Stuart Johnson, PopCap Games posted 25 Jan 2012

The IET seminar at 2pm on Wednesday the 1st of February will be presented by Stuart Johnson, Technical Lead for Mobile and Console with PopCap Games.

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Havok prize for best dissertation 2010-11 posted 26 Jan 2012

Havok have presented an award to the student who completed the best dissertation in 2011 on the MSc in Computer Science – Interactive Entertainment Technology (IET).

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IET Seminar - Nick Gray, Havok posted 23 Jan 2012

The IET seminar on 25th January was presented by Nick Gray, Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Havok. The talk will take place at 2pm in LB1.20.
Nick also awarded the Best IET Dissertation prize for 2010-11 (more details on this shortly).


IET Seminar - Steve Collins, Swrve (ex Havok, Kore) posted 17 Jan 2012
The IET Seminar on Wednesday 18th January 2011 at 2:00pm in LB1.20 will be presented by Steven Collins of Swrve, a company who provide real-time personalization to make games more engaging and more valuable. Steve was also the co-founder of Havok, Kore VM and the MSc IET. Read More
IET Seminar - 23rd November, Playfirst, Inc. posted 21 Nov 2011
The MSc IET seminar on 23rd November 2011 will be presented by Chris Gregan and Jan van der Kamp of Playfirst, an innovative entertainment company that publishes a large range of casual games across many popular platforms worldwide. Read More
Samsung BADA Codeathon posted 10 Nov 2011

The MscIET will be hosting a 24-hour codeathon as part of Samsung's Student Developer Challenge 2011/12 on Friday 11th November 2011 in the IET Gamelab, LG37, TCD.

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IET Seminar - Eoin O'Grady (Splash Damage) posted 02 Nov 2011
The IET Seminar on 4th November, 2011 will be presented by Eoin O'Grady, infrastructure programmer with Splash Damage Ltd, UK, an independent games company who are known for the Enemy Territory series of games. Read More

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© 2010 Trinity College Dublin. All rights reserved. All other logos and registered trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. The course is a graduate skills conversion programme funded by the National Development Plan (NDP) of the Government of Ireland. The course is sponsored by Microsoft. The information contained in this document is intended to provide a guide to those seeking admission to the programme, and shall not be deemed to constitute a contract or the terms thereof. Trinity College Dublin reserves the right to update or change syllabi, timetables, or other aspects of the programme at any time.

Last updated 31 January 2012 by .