About the venue
The origins of
NUI Maynooth begin as
St. Patricks College, dating back to 1795. Following two centuries of internationally renowned scholarly activity on the Maynooth campus, the National University of Ireland, Maynooth was established as an autonomous member within the federal structure known as the National University of Ireland. With approximately 8,400 registered students, NUI Maynooth has 26 academic departments organized into three Faculties: Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Science and Engineering; and Social Sciences. The spacious campus is laid out in its own extensive grounds in rural surroundings, and is divided between an older complex of fine nineteenth century buildings and a modern complex of teaching, research, accomodation and support facilities. NUIM was awarded the presigious accolade of
'2008 University of the Year' by the
Sunday Times.
About the hosts
The
National Centre for Geocomputation at
NUI Maynooth was established in 2004 with the award of a
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Professorship to Professor Stewart Fotheringham. It has quickly established itself as one of the world leaders in research into geocomputation, and in 2008 was awarded a major SFI research grant to establish a Strategic Research Cluster in Advanced Geotechnologies (
StratAG), incorporating researchers from University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, and the Dublin Institute of Technology, alongside several partners from industry ang govornment agencies. The
NCG has hosted several major conferences including Geocomputation 2007, and GISRUK 2007, and are delighted to be hosting
W2GIS 2009.
