The Performance Engineering Laboratory (PEL) at DCU aims at developing performance-based solutions for next generation information and communication technology (ICT) systems.
The research carried out in this lab combines engineering research in the areas of Mobile and Wireless Communications Quality-aware Multimedia Delivery Adaptive E-learning and Energy-aware Networking. These all reflect the synergy between electronics, informatics and software engineering in the development of ICT in the 21st century.
Researchers from different cultural backgrounds, including: Ireland, Korea, Germany, Romania, Brazil, France, India, Vietnam, China, Bangladesh and Bosnia and Herzegovina, are working together and sharing their valuable expertise with each other and industry partners. PEL at DCU has various collaborations with major companies in IT industry. The alumnus of this lab spread in different countries over the world.
PEL is mainly located within Dublin City University (DCU) and University College Dublin (UCD). There are PEL members in NUI Galway, Athlone IT, Carlow IT, NCI Dublin, and Letterkenny IT.