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UCD Met Éireann Centre for AI, Meteorological Services, Innovation and Research

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The AIMSIR Center is the first dedicated AI weather research centre in Ireland, blending UCD’s academic expertise with Met Éireann’s operational science.

The Centre received €5 million in funding from Met Éireann’s Weather and Climate Research Programme, with the aim to develop a National AI centre focused on accelerating weather, flood and climate research and its translation to national operations.

The Centre mission will focus on building further capacity and capability in data science and AI in the higher education sector, particularly in AI and data science applications for weather, flood and climate services.

The Centre is led by Professor Andrew Parnell, supported by UCD faculty and Met Éireann staff. It will support cohorts of PhDs and postdoctoral researchers.

Training
Training and guest lectures from leading experts in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Meteorology and Climate Change
Community
Join a cohort PhD programme with diverse group, building a community of support for the duration of your studies
Collaboration
Opportunity to work closely on projects supervised by both UCD academic and Met Éireann staff to maximise real-world impact of research
Upskill
Encouraging opportunities to participate in innovation and entrepreneurship, preparing graduates to work in their own areas of interest

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UCD Met Éireann AIMSIR Centre

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
E: aimsir@ucd.ie