Ivana Dusparic

Ivana Dusparic is an Ussher Associate Professor in Future Cities and the Internet of Things at the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. She is also a Funded Investigator at the CONNECT SFI Research Centre and co-director of the Center for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence. Previously, she held positions as Assistant Professor at University College Dublin (2015-2016) and Research Fellow at Trinity (2010-2015).

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin (2010)

Research Interests:

Her research centers on leveraging Artificial Intelligence—particularly machine learning, intelligent agents, and multi-agent systems—to autonomously optimize large-scale heterogeneous infrastructures. A primary focus is on smart cities applications, including sustainable urban mobility, intelligent transport systems, autonomous car sharing, and smart energy grids.

Research Projects & Labs:

• Surpass: Investigates how shared autonomous cars will transform cities, using Dublin as a case study.
• LAMP: Applies agent learning to smart grid management for renewable energy optimization.
• REALT: Real-time adaptive learning-based traffic control using multi-agent reinforcement learning.
• ClearWay: Optimizes travel-time reliability in mixed traffic using deep reinforcement learning and swarm intelligence.
• SATORI: Focuses on reinforcement learning in smart cities and moving networks.

Grants & Funding:

She has secured multiple high-profile grants, including Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funding for CONNECT, ENABLE, and ClearWay. She has also launched initiatives like the IBM-TCD Pre-doc Fellowship in AI and the CRT in AI, offering 30+ funded PhD positions across Irish universities.

Teaching & Supervision:

She has taught courses such as Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms, and Computer Architecture at both Trinity and UCD. She actively supervises PhD students, postdocs, and interns across multiple projects.