Advik Bahadur (India/Ireland), a student from Trinity College Dublin will be during July and August, 2024 partaking the internship program and engineer-in-residence position in Radiona.org funded by the Laidlaw leadership and research Scholar grant.

During his program and residence he will partake regular Radiona activities in the tech fields regarding the FPGA technology, open source robotics, IoT and LoRa Wan – Smart City related topics. Advik will also take part within our international camp Electric Wonderland.

Advik Bahadur is currently a 4th Year Electronic and Computer Engineering Student from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is a Laidlaw leadership and research Scholar. His work so far has been involved in Robotics, Deep Learning Networks, Computer Vision Models, Autonomous Vehicles design, Microelectronics and Software Engineering. 

As a Laidlaw Research Scholar, Advik has led an investigation into Adaptive Networks, under the wing of Dr. Harun Sijlak, where he spent 6 weeks looking at developing a model for a Resource constrained Adaptive Network System, by performing multi agent simulations and experiments.

He has been involved in a robotics competition called Formula Student AI, where student teams develop a driverless formula-style race car and compete together. He is the captain of Trinity College’s Formula Trinity AI Team for the 2023-24 Year.

About the LSLRP:
The Laidlaw Scholars Leadership & Research Programme is an innovative scholarship which aims to develop a new generation of leaders who are skilled researchers, embrace data-based decision making, and believe it is a moral imperative to lead with integrity. It invests in talented and motivated undergraduate students giving them the knowledge, skills, and experience to become active global citizens and future leaders.

Laidlaw Scholars undertake an intensive and rewarding 18-month leadership development programme which includes opportunities for funded research and leadership experiences over two summers, skills workshops from expert facilitators, personal coaching, and a range of learning resources.

About TCD:
Computer Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering or Electronic Engineering Departments at Trinity College Dublin are one of the best education facility in Europe and world in its areas. It is run by diverse experts in engineering from across the globe for years under the leadership/chair position of engineer Anil C. Kokaram who received the Scientific and Engineering award from Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  for his work on the design and development of Furnace, an integrated suite of software plug-ins used to enhance visual effects in movie sequences. The software was used in movies like the X-Men, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man and King Kong, to name a few and the famous bullet scene in Matrix.

Trinity is Ireland’s oldest university with a reputation as a research-intensive centre. Academically, it is divided into three faculties comprising 23 schools, offering degree and diploma courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.