Established in 2004, Bell Labs Ireland strives to be a world class
end-to-end systems and solutions lab for the creation of future application
enablement and innovative network leveraging technologies:
We create innovative technologies and solutions to improve energy and cost
performance in telecommunications systems
We create technologies and solutions in services-centric operations
research, semantic networking, and wide-area sensor systems
We transfer these technologies to Alcatel-Lucent’s businesses, and operate
an open innovation model to test and refine application enablement and to
showcase chosen technologies via collaboration with the local industry and
academia.
The Bell Labs Ireland research center also serves as the hub for
Alcatel-Lucent’s research partnership with the Centre for Telecommunications Value Chain Research, a
collaboration between Bell Labs and eight universities that is the basis for a
Science Foundation
of Ireland-funded Centre for Science, Engineering & Technology
(CSET).
Seeded in part by funding from the Industrial
Development Agency in Ireland, Bell Labs Ireland has brought significant
benefits to both Alcatel-Lucent and Ireland.
For Alcatel-Lucent, it has helped improve time-to-market cycles for
new technologies and streamline product platforms, ensuring that the
manufacturing, test and reliability process, as well as logistics and
installation, are cost-effective.
For Ireland, it has established an effective partnership with
academia by providing industry guidance to the ambitious research agenda of the
CTVR and other Irish research consortia, engages in training the next
generation of scientists and engineers, and in producing innovations that will
grow the knowledge economy of Ireland.
Bell Labs Ireland is located in the Alcatel-Lucent facility in the
Blanchardstown Industrial estate. See the directions below for more
information.
Buses: Nos.38 (some buses only), 38a (some buses only) and.40d from the
Dublin city centre and no. 236 from Blanchardstown shopping centre
Distance from city center: 7 Miles
Distance from Airport: 12 Miles
From the airport: Take the M1 motorway towards the City Centre. After
a short distance, take the exit marked "M50" - direction West and South.
Continue along this road for about 6 miles. Take Exit 6 for N3
Cavan/Enniskillen/Blanchardstown. You will come off the slip road at a large
traffic-light controlled roundabout. Take the 3rd exit (left!) - direction:
Cavan/Enniskillen (N3)
From the south: Take the M50 Northbound. After the toll-bridge, take
the next exit (Number 6) for N3 Cavan/Enniskillen/Blanchardstown. You will come
off the slip road at a large traffic-light controlled roundabout. Take the 1st
exit (left!) - direction: Cavan/Enniskillen (N3). At the next traffic-light
controlled junction, continue straight ahead. After a short distance, take the
next slip road. The top of the slip road is controlled by traffic lights. Turn
right at the traffic lights - this leads you onto the Snugborough Road.
Continue on for about 1 mile, when you will see a sign for the National Aquatic
Centre at Abbottstown on your right-hand side. Blanchardstown Industrial Park
is on your left after the centre. Alcatel-Lucent is located at the end of the
Industrial Park on your right-hand side.
The 2010 announcement of a second support contract from the Industrial
Development Agency, Ireland enables Bell Labs Ireland to evolve into the
following new areas of research:
Wireless Sensor Networks Research developing the technology,
solutions, and prototypes for multi-application, wide-area, large-scale, robust
wireless sensor networks with low-cost power-constrained nodes, all deployed,
configured, and run autonomously with minimal user intervention.
Semantic Networking Research investigating the automatic enablement
and correlation of information currently resident within current networks into
usable knowledge via semantic network and data-mining techniques.
Operations Research creating the innovative modeling, decision
support techniques and analytical insights that enable the continual
optimization of the new and evolving business models and strategies.
Eco-sustainability Research pursuing improved energy performance in
systems that enable high reliability with minimal ecological impact for highly
leveraged networks.
These build on our existing areas of expertise, built up since the original
establishment of Bell Labs Ireland in 2004:
Supply Chain Analytics Research developing analytical capabilities
to produce a cost-optimized, but flexible Alcatel-Lucent supply chain, as well
as advancing a scientific understanding of the systems that underpin key supply
chain functions.
Test and Reliability Research producing innovations leading to
highly reliable products produced using effective, cost-optimized test
strategies.
Hardware Platforms Research optimising platform design for the
supply chain, with a focus on reconfigurable and scalable RF hardware needed
for next generation wireless systems.
Thermal Management Research creating innovative platforms for
dealing with telecommunication’s extreme thermal densities.
Bell Labs, part of the innovation engine of Alcatel-Lucent, is a more
challenging place to work than ever before as we develop state-of-the-art
communications for next-generation networks.
With an extensive network of talented researchers and developers worldwide,
we pursue a broad spectrum of basic research and development activities to
sustain Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership. The real strength of Bell Labs is its
people. Brilliant and driven, they comprise Alcatel-Lucent's most valuable
resource.
Bell Labs Ireland is looking for self-driven Ph.D. level candidates to work
on the technologies of the future. We will be recruiting experts over the
next six months in the following areas:
RF Hardware and Signal Processing for Wireless Sensor Networks
Semantic Data Access Research
Thermal Management and Renewable Energy Technologies
Please forward CVs to:
Elena González
Human Resources Department
Alcatel-Lucent
Blanchardstown Industrial Park
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland
If you are interested in opportunities in other areas of Alcatel-Lucent, you
can search for jobs and submit your resume electronically in the Careers section of our
website.
