Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Annual Report 2016 Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath Tuairisc Bhliantúil 2016 Contents Clár 2 Forléargas ar DIAS 6 Ráiteas an Chathaoirligh 8 Ag Ceangal go háitiúil – 2016 12 Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh 30 Scoil na Fisice Cosmaí 46 Scoil na Fisice Teoiriciúla 52 An Fhoireann 77 Ráitis Airgeadais 2 DIAS at a Glance 7 Chairman's Statement 8 Connecting Locally – 2016 13 School of Celtic Studies 31 School of Cosmic Physics 47 School of Theoretical Physics 52 DIAS Staff 57 Financial Statements DIAS at a Glance – 2016 OUR TEAM OVERVIEW PROFILE ORIGIN OF RESEARCHERS 16% Administration1 35% Non-EU 84% Research2,3 65% EU 1 Administration + General Technical Support 2 Research + Specialist Technical Support 3 33% externally funded Note: Total number of countries = 22 SCHOLARS FELLOWS/PROJECT STAFF Rest of world Ireland Rest of world Ireland 77% 23% 68% 32% GENDER Male Female 65% 35% 2 Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath Tuairisc Bhliantúil 2016 OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES OUR PARTNERS FUNDING SOURCES ISLAND OF IRELAND COLLABORATIONS NUIG DIT TCD WIT UCD AIT UCC Irish Astronomical Society DCU The Discovery Programme NUIM Armagh Planetarium RIA National Library of Ireland INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 42 National 13 International FUNDING EXPENDITURE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH VISITORS € 6.26m Research Oireachtas Grant Visitors (Department of 115 Education and Skills) € from €2.1m Countries Other Sources 20 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Annual Report 2016 3 DIAS at a Glance – 2016 Our International Research Collaborations* EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTICIPATION 4 Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath Tuairisc Bhliantúil 2016 * Project based, does not include European and global infrastructure partners. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Annual Report 2016 5 Ráiteas an Chathaoirligh Sa bhliain a lean comóradh 75 bliana ó bhunú Ag féachaint ar ár ngníomhaíocht chomhoibríoch, na DIAS, lean an Institiúid dá raison d’etre a lean DIAS dá ról tábhachtach i dtionscnaimh leanúint, is é sin buntaighde den scoth a dhéanamh. thábhachtacha náisiúnta amhail bunú an tsuímh Mar is féidir a fheiceáil ón tuairisc seo a leanas, aLOFAR (radaiteileascóp ísealmhinicíochta na d’ainneoin na ndúshlán taighde atá ar siúl fós, hEorpa) in Éirinn. Lean an Lárionad iCRAG d’éirigh leis na Scoileanna, go hinmheánach (lárionad na nGeo-eolaíochtaí) ina bhfuil DIAS ina agus trí chomhpháirtíochtaí agus comhoibriú le príomh-chomhpháirtí, ag dul ó neart go neart. comhghleacaithe sa phobal acadúil náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta, tabhairt faoi chlár an-suntasach. Ón taobh idirnáisiúnta de, neartaíodh ár Fuair siad tacaíocht chuige seo ó na boird Scoile gcomhoibriú le Gníomhaireacht Spáis na nua a ceapadh sa bhliain 2015 agus ba mhaith hEorpa (ESA), tionscnamh Spásteileascóp James liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an lucht acadúil sin, a Webb (JWST), HESS (an Córas Steiréascópach bhfuil clú agus cáil orthu, a bhíonn ag feidhmiú ar Ardfhuinnimh) agus CTA (Eagar Teileascóp na boird, agus atá sásta a gcuid ama agus saineolais Cherenkov), gan ach roinnt bheag de na haonáin a thabhairt chun freastal ar bhonn pro-bono. Táimid agus infreastruchtúir dhomhanda ina bhfuilimid faoi chomaoin go háirithe ag ár mbaill idirnáisiúnta páirteach a lua. Leantar den léiriú ar ár gclú a thaistealaíonn go Baile Átha Cliath cúpla uair sa idirnáisiúnta tríd an spéis a léiríonn taighdeoirí bhliain do chruinnithe agus ócáidí eile. idirnáisiúnta i dtaighde a dhéanamh in DIAS, maidir le poist taighde a bhaint amach trí chomórtais agus Agus athbhreithniú á dhéanamh ar 2016, léirítear freisin maidir le bheith ina gCuairteoirí Taighde. láithreach go mbíonn an taighde in DIAS ina chúis le foilseacháin thábhachtacha thar raon d’irisí Mar chríoch, lean DIAS den soláthar do Líonra ardcháilíochta agus ard-tionchair amhail Nature, an Seismeach Náisiúnta na hÉireann agus don oifig Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), agus Scientific náisiúnta don CTBTO (an Coimisiún Ullmhúcháin Reports agus cinn eile nach iad. Ag teacht le nádúr an d’Eagraíocht an Chonartha um Chosc Cuimsitheach taighde, cuireadh gluaiseachtaí eile chun cinn in iúl ar Thrialacha Núicléacha). Rinne an coimisiún sin trí chomhdhálacha lena n-áirítear roinnt a eagraíodh a comóradh 20 bliain a mharcáil sa bhliain 2016 in DIAS amhail Tionól agus an chomhdháil Dánta agus eagraíodh comhdháil ardleibhéil ag DIAS chun Grádha. Leis na samplaí ‘Is Eol Dúinn Anois’ sna an ócáid a cheiliúradh. Tá áthas ar DIAS bheith i tuarascálacha Scoile aibhsítear beagán den eolas gcomhpháirtíocht leis an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha nua a cruthaíodh ónár saothar. Toisc na féidir leis na agus Trádála sa tionscnamh tábhachtach seo. Tuarascálacha Scoile ach achoimre a thabhairt ar an Sa bhliain 2016 chuir DIAS leis an stór eolais obair taighde atá ar bun, mholfainn cuairt a thabhairt náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta agus tá tionchar againn ar ár suíomh gréasáin agus coinneáil cothrom le dáta ar an bhforbairt amach anseo ar phríomhréimsí trínár mbealaí cumarsáide ar an meáin shóisialta. bunúsacha sa staidéar ar ár gcosmas, ár gcruinne Ina theannta sin, is féidir athmhachnamh a agus ár n-áitheantas. Sa bhliain 2017 leanfaimid dhéanamh ar raon na ngníomhaíochtaí in DIAS sa de seo agus Plean Straitéiseach agus tionscnamh bhliain 2016, agus léirítear é seo go maith leis an Cumarsáide á sheoladh againn freisin. Go raibh scéal gur thosaigh an bhliain le cur i bhfeidhm na maith agat as an t-am a ghlacadh lenár dTuarascáil a Seismiméadar Bhun an Aigéin amach ó chósta Dhún léamh. na nGall agus gur chríochnaigh sí le léacht maidir le Dr. Vincent Cunnane, Cathaoirligh Fisic an Athraithe Aeráide, agus go sonrach maidir leis an bhfáth a mbíonn easaontas idir saineolaithe. I rith na bliana shroich an tionscnamh Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) 365 lámhscríbhinn ar fáil ar líne do thaighdeoirí náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta. Bhí méadú suntasach i rith na bliana freisin ar chaidreamh an phobail le DIAS agus a gníomhaíochtaí trí léachtaí agus gníomhaíochtaí eile, mar shampla le linn Seachtain na hEolaíochta agus na hOíche Cultúir. D’fhreastal breis agus 5,500 cuairteoir sa bhliain ar oícheanta oscailte agus ócáidí Réadlann Dhún Sinche. Rinneadh tuilleadh forbartha ar Dhún Sinche i mbliana nuair a cuireadh ceamaraí dreige isteach. 6 Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath Tuairisc Bhliantúil 2016 Chairman’s Statement In the year that followed the 75th Anniversary of the foundation of DIAS, the Institute continued to deliver on its raison d’etre, the conduct of excellent basic research. As can be seen from the following report, the Schools, despite ongoing resource challenges, have succeeded internally, and through partnerships and collaborations with colleagues in the wider academic community nationally and internationally, to undertake a very impressive programme. They were supported in doing so by the new School boards which were appointed in 2015 and I would like to thank the academics of such distinction, who serve on the boards, and who are willing to give of their time and expertise to serve on a pro-bono basis. We are particularly indebted to our international members who travel a few times a year to Dublin for meetings and other events. In reviewing 2016, one immediately becomes aware that research at DIAS continues to result in important publications across a range of high quality and high CTBTO NDC Workshop Participants. impact journals such as Nature, the Journal of High Front row, second from left: Dr. Vincent Cunnane, Chairman of Council; Front row, second from right: Cecil Keaveney, Registrar Energy Physics (JHEP), and Scientific Reports among others. In line with the nature of the research, other Ránnpháirtithe Ceardlainne CTBTO NDC. Líne thosaigh 2 ó clé: advances were communicated through conferences Dr. Vincent Cunnane; Líne thosaigh 2 ó dheas: Cecil Keaveney including a number hosted at DIAS such as Tionól and the Dánta Grádha conference. The examples Internationally our collaboration with the European in the School reports highlight just some of the new Space Agency (ESA), the James Webb Space knowledge created from our work. As the School Telescope endeavour (JWST), HESS (the High Energy Reports can of course only provide a summary Stereoscopic System) and CTA (the Cherenkov snapshot of the research work being conducted, Telescope Array),to name but a few global entities and I would recommend your visiting our website and infrastructures, also strengthened. Our international keeping up to date through our social media outlets. reputation continued to be reflected through the interest in conducting research at DIAS from Furthermore one can reflect on the range of activities international researchers, both in terms of interest in at DIAS in 2016, and this is very well exemplified by securing competitive research positions and in terms of the fact that the year began with the deployment of being Research Visitors. Ocean Bottom Seismometers off the coast of Donegal and concluded with a lecture on the Physics of Climate Finally, DIAS continued to provide for the Irish National change, and specifically on the topic of why experts Seismic Network and the national office for the CTBTO disagree. During the year the Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) (the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive initiative reached 365 manuscripts available on-line for Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization). The latter researchers nationally and internationally. A significant marked its 20th anniversary in 2016 and a high-level increase in engagement of the public with DIAS and its conference was held at DIAS to mark the occasion. activities through lectures and other activities during for DIAS are delighted to partner with the Department of example Science Week and Culture Night also occurred Foreign Affairs and Trade on this important initiative. in the course of the year. Annual visitor numbers to the Dunsink Observatory open nights and events exceeded In 2016 DIAS has contributed to the national and 5,500. Dunsink was further developed this year with the global knowledge pool and is influencing the future installation of Meteor cameras.