Hamilton Institute

{{short description|Research centre}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox institute | name = Hamilton Institute | image = File:HamiltonInstituteLogo.png | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = Hamilton Institute Logo | caption = | latin_name = | other_name = | motto = | mottoeng = | parent = Maynooth University | founder = | established = 2001 | mission = | focus = | president = | chairman = | head_label = Director | head = Prof. Ken Duffy | faculty = | adjunct_faculty = | staff = | key_people = | budget = | endowment = | debt = | num_members = | subsidiaries = | owner = | slogan = | former_name = | address = | location = | city = Maynooth | state = | province = Kildare | country = Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|53.3849|N|6.6016|W|display=inline}} | website = https://www.hamilton.ie/ | dissolved = | footnotes = }}

The '''Hamilton Institute''' is a multi-disciplinary research centre at Maynooth University, named after William Rowan Hamilton, the Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist.

The Hamilton Institute was established in November 2001 under the first round of funding,<ref name="www"/><ref name="nuim"/> by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). It was officially opened by Bill Harris, SFI Director-General with the inaugural lecture being given by Kevin Warwick. Since 2001 the institute grew to a size to around 45 full-time researchers in 2008.<ref name="nuim1"/> From 2001 until 2014 the institute Director was Douglas Leith. From 2015 to 2016 Fiona Lyddy was acting director,{{cn|date=October 2020}} with Ken Duffy serving as the Institute's director from 2016-2020.<ref name="neu" /> Since 2023, Andrew Parnell has been the director.<ref name="climate centre" />

Since its founding, the institute has won a number of research grants, in addition to the original seed funding grant from SFI, including the €4.7M National Communications Network Research Centre,<ref name="www2"/> a €2.5M Systems Biology initiative,<ref name="irishscientist"/><ref name="www3"/> the €2.7M Next Generation Internet project,<ref name="entemp"/> the National Biophotonics Platform<ref name="biophotonics"/> and the €2.2M Network Mathematics initiative.<ref name="networkmaths"/><ref name="universityscience"/><ref name="electricnews"/> The institute was also a partner in the €5.8M SFI funded FAME strategic research cluster announced in 2009.<ref name="ofoghlu"/><ref name="www4"/> It hosts Maynooth University's students for the SFI Centre for Research Training in Data Analytics<ref name="fusecrt"/><ref name="crtlaunch"/> and Damien Wood's DNA computing group.<ref name="DNAcomputing"/>

thumb|The Hamilton Institute is on the top floor of the EOLAS building

The Hamilton Institute's stated aim is to provide a bridge between mathematics and its applications in ICT and biology.<ref name="institute"/> It has organised a number of inter-disciplinary workshops including a series of biannual International Workshops on Non-negative Matrices & Their Applications,<ref name="emis"/> (run in 2004,<ref name="hamilton"/> 2006<ref name="hamilton5"/> and 2008)<ref name="hamilton6"/> and a series of International Workshops on Systems Biology (in 2006<ref name="hamilton7"/> and 2008).<ref name="hamilton8"/> The Hamilton Institute has also hosted workshops such as the International Symposium on Positive Systems (POSTA),<ref name="posta2012"/> the International Workshop on Multiple Access Communications (MACOM)<ref name="macom2012"/> and the Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference.<ref name="tma2017"/>

The Hamilton Institute robotic soccer team were RoboCup World Champions in 2008,<ref name="robocup-cn"/><ref name="www9"/> and have regularly fielded Robocup teams since.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==References== <references>

<ref name="biophotonics">[http://www.nbipireland.ie/ National Biophotonics Platform Official Website]</ref>

<ref name="climate centre">[https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/icarus/news/mu-co-lead-ai-and-climate-research-new-irish-uk-centre MU to co-lead AI and climate research in new Irish-UK Centre]</ref>

<ref name="electricnews">[http://www.electricnews.net/story/show/10124454 Article on Network Mathematics initiative in Electric News] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802214628/http://www.electricnews.net/story/show/10124454 |date=2012-08-02 }}</ref>

<ref name="emis">[http://www.emis.de/journals/ELA/ela-articles/articles/vol12_pp01.ps Electronic Linear Algebra Journal Special Issue]</ref>

<ref name="entemp">[http://www.entemp.ie/press/2007/20070906.htm Enterprise Ireland press 2007 release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119234405/http://www.entemp.ie/press/2007/20070906.htm |date=2007-11-19 }}</ref>

<ref name="hamilton">[http://www.hamilton.ie/positive/positive2004/index.html International Workshops on Non-negative Matrices & Their Applications 2004]</ref>

<ref name="hamilton5">[http://www.hamilton.ie/positive/ International Workshops on Non-negative Matrices & Their Applications 2006]</ref>

<ref name="hamilton6">[http://www.hamilton.ie/Nonnegative_Matrices_2008/nmw08.html International Workshops on Non-negative Matrices & Their Applications 2008]</ref>

<ref name="hamilton7">[http://www.hamilton.ie/sysbioworkshop2006 International Workshops on Systems Biology 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118220304/http://www.hamilton.ie/sysbioworkshop2006/ |date=2007-11-18 }}</ref>

<ref name="hamilton8">[http://www.hamilton.ie/systemsbiology/Workshop2008/index.html International Workshops on Systems Biology 2008]</ref>

<ref name="institute">[http://www.hamilton.ie Official Hamilton Institute web site]</ref>

<ref name="irishscientist">[http://www.irishscientist.ie/2006/contents.asp?contentxml=06p72b.xml&contentxsl=is06pages.xsl The Irish Scientist 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610050058/http://irishscientist.ie/2006/contents.asp?contentxml=06p72b.xml&contentxsl=is06pages.xsl |date=2009-06-10 }}</ref>

<ref name="networkmaths">[http://networkmaths.hamilton.ie Network Mathematics Initiative Official Website]</ref>

<ref name="nuim">[http://communications.nuim.ie/press/270701.shtm NUI Maynooth July 2001 Press Release]</ref>

<ref name="nuim1">[http://www.nuim.ie/publications/presidents/documents/ar_0708_en.pdf NUIM Presidents Report 2008 Academic Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613203125/http://www.nuim.ie/publications/presidents/documents/ar_0708_en.pdf |date=2011-06-13 }}</ref>

<ref name="ofoghlu">[http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2009/02/sfi_strategic_research_cluster.html Mícheál Ó Foghlú's Blog at TSSG]</ref>

<ref name="robocup-cn">[http://www.robocup-cn.org/ Robocup Official Website]</ref>

<ref name="neu">[https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/duffy-kenneth/ Ken Duffy]</ref>

<ref name="universityscience">[http://www.universityscience.ie/pages/news/2008/june08_Hamilton.php Article on Network Mathematics initiative in University Science] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820031231/http://www.universityscience.ie/pages/news/2008/june08_Hamilton.php |date=2009-08-20 }}</ref>

<ref name="www">[http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=227&language_id=1&publication_id=714 SFI Press July 2001 Release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113215611/http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=227&language_id=1&publication_id=714 |date=2008-11-13 }}</ref>

<ref name="www2">[http://www.sfi.ie/uploads/documents/upload/ete1177a.pdf List of SFI funded projects in 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115201519/http://www.sfi.ie/uploads/documents/upload/ete1177a.pdf |date=2008-11-15 }}</ref>

<ref name="www3">[http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=753&language_id=1&publication_id=1751 Tustin Lecture by Prof. Peter Wellstead]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="www4">http://www.sfi.ie/uploads/documents/upload/08-Feb-25Summary_of_Five_New_SFI_Strategic_Research_Clusters.doc {{dead link|date=December 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="www9">[http://www.tzi.de/spl/pub/Website/Teams2008/NUManoids.pdf Robocup NUIManoids 2008 team report]</ref>

<ref name="posta2012">[https://www.hamilton.ie/posta2012/ POSTA 2012]</ref>

<ref name="macom2012">[https://tma.ifip.org/2017/ Multiple Access Communications 5th International Workshop, MACOM 2012, Maynooth]</ref>

<ref name="tma2017">[https://tma.ifip.org/2017/ Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference 2017]</ref>

<ref name="fusecrt">[https://www.data-science.ie SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science]</ref>

<ref name="crtlaunch">[https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sfi-centre-research-training-postgraduate-science Six SFI centres to receive more than €100m in funding]</ref>

<ref name="DNAcomputing">[https://dna.hamilton.ie/woods/ Damien Woods]</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.hamilton.ie/ Official Hamilton Institute site] * [http://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/ Maynooth University] * [http://www.sfi.ie/ Science Foundation Ireland]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton Institute}} Category:2001 establishments in Ireland Category:Mathematical institutes Category:Research institutes established in 2001 Category:Research institutes in the Republic of Ireland Category:Maynooth University