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Walton Institute is a cornerstone of ICT research and development activity in Ireland since 1996. Based in SETUs West Campus at Carriganore, Walton undertakes cutting edge research blending fundamental science with real world applications.
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📖 A new publication from Walton Institute at South East Technological University's researchers - Rahul Mhapsekar, Ph.D., Dr. Ilias cherkaoui, Dr Lizy Abraham and Dr Indrakshi Dey - introduces AURORA-AI, Adaptive Utility-driven Resource Orchestration for Resilient AI.

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Publication: Adaptive Utility driven Resource Orchestration for Resilient AI (AURORA-AI)
AURORA-AI demonstrates a way of making AI infrastructure more adaptive by continuously balancing predictive performance with fairness, robustness, latency, computational cost and interpretability
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September 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Walton Institute at South East Technological University's Syeda Maryam Hussain has been featured by Silicon Republic for her work exploring sensory-friendly clothing designed to better support children with autism.

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This SETU expert studies sensory-friendly clothes for autistic children
Syeda Maryam Hussain joined SETU's Walton Institute as a PhD researcher focusing on textile design and functional garment development.
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September 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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'URLLC-Aware Microgrid-ICT Co-Optimisation across an Edge-Fog-Cloud Continuum' presents a framework for jointly optimising smart microgrid operations and ICT infrastructure.

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Publication: URLLC-Aware Microgrid-ICT Co-Optimisation across an Edge-Fog-Cloud Continuum
This research looks at how smart microgrids can manage the large amount of information generated by devices such as solar panels, batteries, EV chargers, sensors and controllers.
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September 2, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Walton Institute at South East Technological University's Rahul Mhapsekar, Ph.D. recently completed a secondment at UBITECH as part of the EU-funded DUCA Project.

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Walton researcher completes DUCA secondment at UBITECH, Greece
The secondment at UBITECH focused on strengthening international collaboration in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, and distributed intelligent systems.
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August 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Walton Institute at South East Technological University's work with Letsbuyhealthcare is featured in Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey page 27 🙌 🇮🇪 🇪🇺

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August 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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Walton Institute at SETU's Stephen Barnes reflects on the rapid acceleration of XR technologies in this recent interview with TechCentral.

🎧 Listen from the 35-minute mark to hear Stephen's insights on the future of Extended Reality.

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Walton Institute's Stephen Barnes on the next wave of extended reality - TechCentral.ie
This week we have a €100,000 government report on Irish data centres that managed to overlook the reasons people hate them. Later, we have job cuts at TikTok and good times for Trump as his memecoin e...
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July 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Walton Institute at SETU's Dr Rahul Mhapsekar, recently completed a research secondment at Cubit Innovation Labs in Italy as part of the Horizon Europe DUCA Project 🌍

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Dr Rahul Umesh Mhapsekar completes Horizon Europe DUCA project secondment at CUBITLAB, Italy
Rahul worked closely with researchers to advance secure and trustworthy AI and IoT systems within the DUCA framework
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July 10, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Walton Institute's James Clarke recently presented SETU's role in managing the financial and administrative aspects of the Imagine-B5G project's three large-scale open calls at the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 in Spain 🙌

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July 8, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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📜 A new publication by Walton Institute's Rahul Mhapsekar, Ph.D., Dr Deirdre Kilbane and Dr Lizy Abraham, in collaboration with Steven Davy (TU Dublin), and Mark Fenelon and Norah O' Shea (Teagasc) explores how the combination of the IoT and AI is reshaping milk quality monitoring and analysis.
Publication: A systematic review of the internet of things and artificial intelligence applications in milk quality monitoring and analysis
These technologies have the potential to make dairy quality monitoring faster, more accurate, and more accessible.
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July 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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🐄 Excited to share our latest publication which presents a novel AI framework that combines spatial, temporal, and herd management data to forecast sustainability outcomes at county level.

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Publication: Spatio-temporal graph neural networks for dairy farm sustainability forecasting and strategic scenario analysis
This study aims to develop a spatio-temporal, data-driven framework to measure and forecast the sustainability of the dairy sector in Ireland at the county level using operational herd-level data.
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July 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Walton Institute at South East Technological University researcher James Clarke recently completed a secondment at the Universidad de Málaga as part of the DUCA Project 🙌

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Walton researcher James Clarke’s DUCA secondment at University of Malaga
Collaborating with his contacts at UMA on several technology areas and use cases being developed within the DUCA project.
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June 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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🎓 Congratulations to Rahul Mhapsekar on successfully defending his PhD on Smart Dairy Processing Technologies.

Rahul’s research, funded through the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre programme, focused on applying AI, edge computing and Industrial IoT technologies to transform dairy processing 🙌
Walton Institute researcher successfully defends PhD on smart dairy processing technologies
His research delivered innovative advancements in smart dairy processing through the application of Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, and Industrial Internet of Things technologies.
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June 24, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Walton Institute's Dr Frances Cleary, Komal Komal, Syeda Maryam Hussain and Aileen Drohan recently joined leading academics, researchers and industry experts from across Ireland and the UK at Breaking Ground: The E-Textile & Wearables Seminar.

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Walton researchers share expertise at national eTextiles and wearables seminar
The event brought together researchers from across Ireland to explore the latest developments in smart fabrics, wearable technologies and digital health applications.
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June 22, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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📣 The team is seeking commercial partners to help shape the next phase of development and are particularly interested in engaging with organisations working in inclusive health technologies, digital health, rehabilitation, education, and assistive technologies.

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SETU seeks partner to turn autism exercise project into business
Activity Intelligence Platform (AIP) is an Extended Reality (XR) exercise tool designed to make physical activity more engaging and accessible for children with autism.
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June 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Walton Institute at SETU is proud to be part of the AI-DAPT EU Project, helping to shape the next generation of trustworthy, human-centric AI in Europe.

Learn more at: www.ai-dapt.eu

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April 30, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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🎉 This year, Walton Institute (SETU) proudly marks 30 years of ICT research and innovation. During that time the Institute has played a key role in strengthening Ireland’s international research presence, while making a significant contribution to European innovation and cross-border collaboration.
April 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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This work introduces a resilient statistical drift detection framework designed for AI-driven virtual SDN hypervisors, enhancing adaptability, robustness, and intelligent resource management in highly dynamic network environments. This is particularly important for emerging applications in 5G/6G🙌
Publication: RSDD - Resilient Statistical Drift Detection for vSDN Hypervisors
This research explores how future communication networks can automatically adapt when traffic patterns suddenly change.
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April 24, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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🌍 This Earth Day we explore how cutting-edge ICT innovation at Walton Institute is delivering real-world impact from reducing food waste and supporting sustainable farming, to enabling greener AI and healthier communities.

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Earth Day 2026: Innovating for a more sustainable future
We’re highlighting a selection of Walton Institute projects that demonstrate how digital innovation can help address some of today’s most pressing environmental challenges.
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April 22, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Stop by the Innovation Zone next Thursday to hear more about Walton's cutting-edge research in areas such as AI, Extended Reality, Quantum, and more. Plus speak to the ICS Technology Gateway and ENTIRE EDIH team about the funding and innovation supports available for businesses in the south east 🇮🇪 🇪🇺
April 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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🎉 We are proud to announce that Walton Institute at South East Technological University (SETU) will deliver a new national AI facility as part of a €17 million investment by Research Ireland.

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Walton Institute to deliver new national AI facility under €17 million Research Ireland investment
The Walton AI Facility will be an advanced artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) platform designed to strengthen Ireland’s research and innovation capacity and support industry ...
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April 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Malik Faizan's research project 'AMITY' explores the use of non-invasive wearable sensors to continuously monitor physiological signals and detect indicators of anxiety and depression in real time among older adults 🙌

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April 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Jim Clarke has been a valued member of the Walton Institute at SETU team since February 2005 and continues to play a key role in advancing innovation and research. He is currently contributing to several exciting initiatives, including the DUCA Project, NGITransoceanic, and SNS CO-OP 🙌
April 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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A recent publication by Walton Institute's Dr Indrakshi Dey, and Dr Nicola Marchetti from Trinity College Dublin explores a novel approach to topology control in large-scale IoT environments using graph-based localization.

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Publication: Optimized topology control for large-scale IoT networks using graph-based localization
Imagine a city-wide network of sensors trying to send data back to gateways, but each sensor has limited battery power and the wireless links are often weak or uncertain. This research shows how the n...
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March 27, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Great to see such a strong turnout at our 'Accelerate Your Digital Transformation with EDIH & Applied IoT' event yesterday in Portlaoise. A big thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to such an engaging and insightful session 👏

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March 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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As part of IrelandQCI, Walton Institute at SETU and project partners have worked with Q*Bird, the Dutch leader in quantum secure communication, to deploy Ireland’s first multi-node, entanglement-based Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution network. 🙌

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Walton Institute at SETU and Q*Bird deploy Ireland’s first QKD network with expandable architecture
Operating over Ireland’s existing fibre infrastructure, the telecom-grade network transitions quantum security from research environments into live national infrastructure.
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March 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM