. Delivering on these will require continued investment in skills and talent in research and development, equipping the champions of this future economy with the tools and expertise necessary to build it,” she said.
The initiative will bring together the higher education sector and some 90 industry partners to develop and deliver innovative programmes of research and training for postgraduate students in Ireland, Ms Humphreys said.
He added: “Teams of excellent researchers in Irish higher-education institutions have teamed up with industrial collaborators and international partners to develop outstanding national programmes of research and training in digital, data and ICT skills – the future of both the economy and society.”said it was a Government priority to ensure there was enough highly-trained, well-networked research talent in areas of strategic importance for Ireland.
The new centres , which have begun recruitment, are in machine learning; digitally enhanced reality, advanced networks for sustainable societies, foundations of data science, artificial intelligence and genomics data science.