UCD spin-out ChangingWorlds, the market-leading provider of intelligent personalisation technology to the mobile telecommunications industry has expanded its recently opened Advanced Research Centre at NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin.
ChangingWorlds opened its Advanced Research Centre in NovaUCD in August 2005 with 10 research staff and has now expanded its team to 17 highly-qualified software engineers, who are working together with researchers at the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics on developing advanced personalisation technologies for the mobile telecommunications industry.
ChangingWorlds was co-founded in 1999 by Professor Barry Smyth and Mr Paul Cotter to commercialise their research into personalisation and artificial intelligence technologies at UCD’s Smart Media Institute in the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics. Today, ChangingWorlds is the leading global provider of personalisation and mobile portal solutions and has rolled out its flagship ClixSmart™ Intelligent Mobile Portal platform to over 30 mobile network operators worldwide, including Vodafone, O2, TeliaSonera, Mobilkom and Wataniya Telecom groups. Earlier this year the company won the DHL Exporter of the Year 2005 Award.
ChangingWorlds is headquartered in Leopardstown, Dublin and employs over seventy highly qualified staff engaged in developing and delivering its leading edge products. The company has recently opened offices in San Francisco, USA, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to support its business development activities in North America and Asia respectively.
