Former research students

• Dr. Brendan Cronin, PhD (DCU 2014), BEng (UCC)
• Dr. Chen Sun, PhD (DCU 2014), MEng (BUPT), BEng (BUPT)
• Dr. Yachao Zhou, PhD (DCU 2012), MEng (Tsinghua University) BEng (BUPT)
• Dr. Xiaofei Wang, PhD (DCU 2012), MEng (BUPT)
• Mr. Jing Huang, MEng(DCU 2012), BSc (Wuhan University) 
• Dr. David Bermingham, PhD (DCU, 2010)
• Dr. Alan Kennedy, PhD (DCU, 2010), PhD Thesis: Energy Efficient Hardware Accelerators for Packet Classification and String Matching
• Ms Li-chuan Weng, MEng (DCU, 2004)
• Mr Liang Gao, MEng (DCU, 2004)
• Dr. Valentin Muresan, PhD (DCU, 2002)

Former post-doctoral research fellows

• Dr. Olga Ormond , NIC Research Officer 
  
• Dr Zhiguo Qu, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, (PhD BUPT).
• Prof Yongli Tang, Visiting academic, (Postdoc Tsinghua, PhD BUPT)
• Prof Jinxia Yu, Visiting academic, (Henan Polytechnic University)
• Dr Yifei Wei, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, (PhD BUPT).
• Dr Xing Zheng, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, (PhD Bangor University)
• Dr. Xiong Huanhuan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (PhD Wuhan University)2010-1012.
• Dr. Zhen Liu, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, (PhD Tshinghua University) 2007-2009.

Former visiting academics

• Prof Mingxing Luo Visiting professor from Southwest Jiaotong University
• Dr. Xing Zheng, Visiting Postdoc (from Hangzhou Dianzi University)
• Dr. Tian Song Visiting research follow (from Beijing Institute of Technology)
• Prof Sheng Zheng Visiting professor from China Three Gorges University
• Prof Chengchen Hu Visiting professor from Xi'an Jiaotong University
• Prof Weidong Wang Visiting professor from BUPT
• Prof. Lingling Sun Visiting professor from Hangzhou Dianzi University
• Prof. Xiu Jiang Visiting professor from China Three Gorges University