ATU Donegal to is host 36th Irish Signals and Systems Conference

Atlantic Technological University (ATU) is hosting the 36th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) with the special theme of ‘Signalling our Strength’ - using Fanad Lighthouse as a symbol.

Located this year in the Letterkenny campus, the ISSC2025 captures the innovative spirit of County Donegal, with the event on Monday, June 9 and Tuesday, 10. The ISSC2025 reflects the vital signals of communication that enhance connections across our coastal region. 

With a rich 36-year history, the ISSC showcases the progress of humanity as we rapidly evolve how we communicate through our systems, signals and technologies. With the growth of AI and SMART Technologies in our daily lives and work, this event will provide a space to share the latest insights and developments amongst the research community and industry experts. 

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As Conference Chair, Ruth Lennon, highlights: “The Atlantic Technological University in Letterkenny has a strong reputation for running conferences and large research events. Spreading knowledge and fostering strong collaborations with industry has always been central to our research and teaching ethos. The ISSC brings together researchers, leaders and industry experts to share the state of the art in their field.” 

Researchers, students, engineers, and academics across various disciplines and domains are invited to attend and build strong foundations between industry and academia. Topics covered will embrace an interconnected and collaborative vision, including: Digital Signal Processing; Cybersecurity; Communications and Future Networking; Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and more.

This year’s conference also hosts a distinguished line-up of keynote speakers who represent the strength of research being shared across the region including Prof. Thomas Ward, Dublin City University (DCU) and Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics; Dr. Marion McAfee, Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Atlantic Technological University & I-Form Research Centre; Prof. Maire O'Neill from the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast and Director of the Centre of Secure Information Technologies CSIT.

The ISSC2025 will be held in-person at the ATU Donegal campus with a special banquet held at the beautiful Castle Grove. Channelling the philosophy of interconnective signals, the conference will create a vital space for international collaboration, bringing together nearly 80 submissions from across the globe to discuss emerging changes in the field. 

As Conference Vice Chair, Dr Eoghan Furey, notes:  “It’s a great honour for ATU to host the conference again. We had prepared an in-person event in 2020, then had to adapt to an online format. We promised to bring ISSC back, and we’re delighted to have that opportunity in 2025. ISSC remains Ireland’s premier computing and electronics conference, with all papers indexed by IEEE Xplore. This is a valuable opportunity for academics and students to build research networks and for ATU to continue strengthening our research community”.