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Prof Vinny Cahill holds a Personal Chair in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin. Prof Cahill has previously served as the University's Dean & Vice-President for Research, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science - one of the University's three faculties, and in a number of other roles.
Prof. Cahill's research addresses many aspects of distributed systems, in particular, middleware and programming models for mobile, ubiquitous and autonomic computing with application to optimization of urban resource usage and service delivery in order to improve the quality of life and sustainability of cities.
Open Research Positions
Together with my colleagues I am currently recruiting for the following positions:- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to investigate the use of deep reinforcement learning and swarm intelligence techniques to optimize urban and highway traffic in the presence of autonomous and conventional vehicles (Applications will be considered while the post remains unfilled.).
- Student Internships contributing to the SFI-funded ClearWay project which is exploring reinforcement learning as a strategy for active management of roads (especially highways).