The Network Intelligence and Automation Lab (NIA) at University College Dublin School of Computer Science conducts research in intelligent, autonomous, and data driven network systems. The lab focuses on developing future communication infrastructures that operate adaptively, securely, and efficiently, with core expertise in Open RAN conflict mitigation, autonomous resource sharing for satellite and non terrestrial networks, and blockchain assisted decision automation. NIA collaborates with academic, industry, and government partners, and its work is supported by major national and European research programmes.
NIA contributes to international and national research projects including the National Space Subsystems and Payloads Initiative (NSSPI) project (€7.9M, Enterprise Ireland/DTIF), co-coordinates RE-ROUTE (€671.6K, European Commission), and leads Data-driven xApps Conflict Management in Open RAN project funded by Research Ireland CONNECT Centre.
