A wonderful sharing of gifts, foods and festive
traditions took place yesterday in Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI
Galway as staff, students and their families celebrated Christmas together.
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| Bangladesh stand |
With festive songs of good cheer, thematic digital imagery,
balloons, streamers and other decorations
providing a Christmas atmosphere, the location was populated by an array of exhibit stands overflowing
with a mouth-watering selection of baked and cooked recipes of puddings, pies,
buns, cakes, salads, meats and jams from the myriad of countries that make up
the peoples of the institute.
The hall was dominated by a Christmas tree where a
gregarious female Thai Santa and her giant Irish male elf handed out sacks of wrapped
presents as part of the wonderful Chris Kindle swapping of gifts tradition.
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| Santa and the Chris Kindle team |
The event was enjoyed by all participants that paid
homage to the family of nations that is a such powerful characteristic of our
institute.
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| Ireland |
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| Germany |
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| Vietnam & Nepal | | | | | | |
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| Pakistan |
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| Syria |
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| Poland |
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| Italy |
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| Iran | | |
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| China | |
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| Thailand |
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| Santa handing out gifts to children |
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| Tunisia |
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| Spot the Irish in the crowd! | | |
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Insight is one of the leading global institutes involved in data
analytics research. We live in a data rich world, where almost everything we do
results in a data record being created and stored somewhere. The centre’s vision is to create a healthier, safer, more productive
world by empowering a data-driven society to enable better decisions by
individuals, communities, business and governments.
Its reputation has
attracted young researchers from all over the world thus creating a dynamic technology
innovative cosmopolitan hub in Ireland.
