The ADAPT Research Centre is a digital innovation and research organisation developing next generation digital technologies and research.
On July 5th and 6th, the centre will hold a two-day interactive workshop entitled “Ethics in Research and Innovation: Methods and Practice”.
The ADAPT website provides information on their latest research initiatives – https://www.adaptcentre.ie/
Animation Skillnet, in collaboration with Animation Ireland, will be organising a room on the theme of “Creativity Meets Technology” at Futurescope 2018, which takes place at the Convention Centre on the 31st May.
Irish and international industry experts will be presenting on the day, including Epic Games (Unreal Engine), The Foundry, JAM Media, Cartoon Saloon, Warducks, 3D4 Medical, Brown Bag Films, StoryToys/TouchPress, Artomatix, Boulder Media, Black Shamrock Games and many more…There will also be a keynote address from Intellectual Property specialist, Rob Hudnut, who was formally the Head of Mattel’s entertainment division.
Other topics to be explored on the day include:
***IP development for a changing distribution and consumer landscape
***The future of interactive medical education
***Creative AI for virtual worlds
***Closing the content gap for VR and AR
***Real-time production and changing production pipelines
The event will also host an Animation and AR/VR showcase area featuring exhibitions, demos and targeted networking for attendees.
For further information on the services Animation Skillnet have to offer see… http://animationskillnet.ie/
Lots of other interesting presentations, demos and panels will also take place at FutureScope 2018. So keep an eye on http://www.futurescope.ie/ over the coming weeks for updates on the schedule and speaker announcements.
AeonSpark Events have organised a new gaming industry conference – Dublin Games Summit.
The event has been designed as an industry expo and networking opportunity, primarily aimed at developers, publishers, and retailers.
DGS will host a number of industry experts and speakers such as Steven Collins (Co-Founder at Havok), Jen Carey (Board member of IMIRT and founder of fickle games), Sam Watts (Director of Immersive Technologies at Make Real), Travis George (Previous producer on League of Legends), David Yarnton (Co-Chair at Ukie), Sophie Sampson (Director of Matheson Marcault) and more.
The summit will consist of 2 rooms holding over 12 different topics from industry professionals. The schedule will be organised into keynotes, panels, 1-1 meetups, a networking lunch and evening event, and more.
Early-bird tickets – 120e
Standard tickets – 185e
For ticket sales see… https://dublingamessummit.ie/tickets/
For further info on DGS visit… https://dublingamessummit.ie/
For more gaming events from AeonSpark visit… https://aeonspark.com/
StoryToys have released a new app in the Hungry Caterpillar series inspired by Eric Carle’s classic children’s picture book.
Following the success of the ‘My Very Hungry Caterpillar App’ in 2015 when it was awarded the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award for excellence in children’s digital publishing, StoryToys have developed an educational app for preschool children.
The ‘Hungry Caterpillar Play School’ app uses internationally recognised early-learning goals designed to help children develop skills in math, spelling, reading, writing, science, and nature whilst practicing creative arts and interactive crafts.
The app is available for download from the app store
**Note: the app offers a free trial but is a subscription app that requires the user to sign up
The 5th annual ARVR Innovate conference will take place on May 10th between 8:30 am – 5:30 pm at the RDS Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
The event is one of Europe’s most recognised augmented reality and virtual reality conferences, hosting over 40 national and international speakers, and an expo of 30 AR and VR exhibitions featuring the latest technologies.
Industry speakers will provide case studies of the varying ways in which the technologies are being incorporated into industries such as gaming, tourism, and marketing. This years speakers and exhibitors include Dutch/Irish entrepreneur and author Ron Immink, Alibaba’s Jian Gu, Dave Lorenzini of youAR and formerly of Keyhole which became Google Earth, Audi’s Jan Pfluger, Philip Nagele of Wikitude, and a showreel of the award winning Pink Kong Studios’ Aurora.
ARVR Innovate showcases the work of startup business’ in the AR and VR sectors. This years conference will host a new ‘Startup Zone’, an entirely new section of the exhibition area to highlight startups from Ireland, the UK, Europe, USA, and Russia. The Startup Zone will allow business’ to display their work to guests and speakers.
10 of the startup companies will be given the opportunity to present their business, technology, and aims to the crowd on the ‘Startup Stage’. The presentations will take place during the main stage intervals and will be assessed by the ARVR Innovate judges who will decide which startup will be awarded the ARVR Innovate Startup Award 2018.
For more information about the 2018 line-up see – http://arvrinnovate.com/#speakers
For more information about the Startup Zone see – http://arvrinnovate.com/startup-zone-to-feature-at-arvr-innovate/
Early-bird tickets – 195e [until the 3rd of May]
Academic tickets – 95e
See Eventbrite for tickets – https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/arvr-innovate-conference-and-expo-2018-tickets-44867107727
Trinity College Dublin is recruiting for an iOS software developer with previous experience of smartphone app & game development for a high-impact research project. The positions starts as soon as possible and runs for one year.
The research project involves developing a gamified cognitive test, in the form of an app, to detect risk for Alzheimer’s Disease in healthy individuals, around the world and at scale.
*Software development of a smartphone app for longitudinal cognitive neuroscience research in brain health
*‘Gamification’ of well validated cognitive tests
*Work collaboratively as part of an academic team
*Applicants should have a minimum of 3 years’ industry experience in iOS app development, preferably having worked on at least one game. *Note that candidates with 2 years’ experience may also be considered, but they must have demonstrate extremely high performance during that time.
*The candidate must be proficient in iOS development (Essential)
*React Native – experience building mobile apps using Javascript and React and/or Android development experience (Highly Desirable)
*Experience with large datasets, analytics and logistically complex projects (Desirable)
*The ideal candidate will have an active interest in cognition and brain health (Desirable)
*The ideal candidate will be reliable, highly motivated and productive, and enjoy working collaboratively (Essential)
Contract: Fixed term contract – 1 year full time
Start date: as soon as possible.
Location: TCD, Dublin, Ireland.
Salary: Appointment will be made on the Level 2 Research Fellow salary scale at point 8 (€44,643 per annum), which is in line with
Government Pay Policy
Deadline: apply as soon as possible
Further information on the role can be found by accessing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pcqrKa_F3ZUVnbqhYV4Oo1dcrTun0pNw/view?usp=sharing
To apply please send a cover letter with a brief description of past accomplishments as well as future research interests and career goals together with a full curriculum vitae (CV) to include the names and contact details of 2 referees (email addresses if possible) to:
Dr. Andrew Pringle, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Gillan Lab, email: pringlea@tcd.ie
Posted: 16th April, 2018.
