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Supervisors

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The Centre for Research Training brings together a supervisory team of over 50 very experienced research supervisors from across the five universities involved in the Centre. The team comprises very diverse research profiles, including computer scientists and engineers, electrical and electronic engineers, applied psychologists, social and health scientists, and business innovation experts.

The ADVANCE CRT supervisors, including the management team, represent the research themes in the ADVANCE research programme. Below is the list of supervisors currently seeking students. The list includes their institution, areas of research focus and links to their CVs and personal profiles. Supervisors are happy to discuss projects with prospective applicants and can be contacted via email.

 

University College Cork Supervisors

 

 

Name Research Interests
Dr. Eleanor Bantry-White View Profile Wellbeing and creative arts, Environment and healthy ageing,  technology and interventions for loneliness.
Prof. Luigina Ciolfi View Profile Human-Computer Interaction; computer-supported collaboration; cultural heritage technologies
Dr. Laura Maye View Profile Interactive media; HCI; Human-centred computing
Dr. Rosane Minghim View Profile Artificial Intelligence; Data Analytics; Algorithmics; Interactive Media; HCI
Dr. Aisling O’Driscoll View Profile Wireless and Mobile Networks; cooperative communication protocols; vehicular & sensor networks
Dr. Paolo Palmieri View Profile Privacy; Security; Cryptography
Prof. Dirk Pesch View Profile IoT; Wireless & Vehicular Networks; Smart Cities
Dr. Ian Pitt View Profile HCI; auditory & speech-based interfaces, interfaces for blind computer-users, eLearning
Prof. Utz Roedig View Profile IoT; Security, Wireless Networks
Prof. Cormac Sreenan View Profile Wireless Networks; UAVs; Video Streaming
Dr. Klaas-Jan Stol View Profile Open Source Inner Source; crowdsourcing; theory development
Dr. Sabin Tabirca View Profile Connected Health; Parallel and Mobile Computation for Scientific Problems
Dr. Ahmed H. Zahran View Profile Mobile networking; Multimedia streaming; Intelligent transportation systems

 

Munster Technological University Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Dr. Haithem Afli View Profile Natural Language Processing; Deep Learning & Machine Translation
Dr. Kashif Ahmad View Profile AI; Multimedia Analytics; Social Network Analysis; AI and NLP applications in smart cities; Explainable AI; Natural Disasters Analysis in Social Media
Prof. John Barrett View Profile Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, and related emerging technologies
Dr. Olivia Brickley View Profile Network management; SDN; Intelligent Transportation Systems
Dr. Con Burns View Profile Smart technology for physical activity and healthy living
Dr. Judith Butler View Profile  Sport Leisure & Childhood Studies
Dr. Ignacio Castineiras View Profile Big Data Analytics; Machine Learning; Combinatorial Optimisation
Dr. Victor Cionca View Profile Wireless; Mesh; Networking
Dr. Tara Coppinger View Profile smart technology for physical activity and healthy eating across the lifecourse, intervention, evaluation.
Dr. Pio Fenton View Profile AI; Future wireless networks; hypeconnectivity
Dr. Mohammed Hasanuzzaman View Profile Natural Language Processing; Machine Learning (Deep Learning); Social Media Analytics; Multi-modal (vision+text) learning
Dr. Martin Hill  View Profile
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Dr. Breda Kenny View Profile Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation; Internationalisation
Dr. Martin Klepal  View Profile People Behaviour; AI; Human-in-the-Loop
Dr. Rose Leahy View Profile Marketing and emerging technologies; Marketing and its impact on society
Dr. Conor Lynch View Profile Renewable energy; machine learning; system modelling
Dr. Alan McGibney View Profile IoT Ecosystems; Trusted Networks; Blockchain
Dr. Sean McSweeney View Profile Pentesting; Ultrasonics; Acoustics
Dr. Cian O’Neill View Profile Smart technology for physical activity and healthy living
Dr. Cáthrach Ó Nuanáin View Profile Music & Technology
Dr. Ruairi O’Reilly View Profile Real-time monitoring; predictive analytics; patient dataSmart technology
Dr. Donna O’Shea View Profile Network Slice, SDN, NFV Security, trust and zero trust
Gearóid O Súilleabháin  View Profile Integration of e-learning systems in higher education, open educational resources (OER), the pedagogy of online learning, learning transfer, and learning through computer games
Dr. Susan Rea View Profile Digital Value Chains (Blockchain); Trusted & Secure Interactions for IoT; Energy Communities
Dr. Mubashir Rehmani View Profile Wireless Networks; Wireless Sensor Networks; Cognitive Radio Networks; Smart Grid
Prof. Irene Sheridan View Profile Experiential Learning; Engagement
Dr. Farshad Toosi View Profile Data Analytics, Software Engineering; Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Bernd-Ludwig Wenning View Profile Wireless networks; vehicular networks; Quality of Service
Dr. Kritchai Witheephanich View Profile Predictive control for systems operating under uncertainty
Dr. Alex Vakaloudis  View Profile Software and enterprise solutions; cloud computing; machine learning

 

Trinity College Dublin Supervisors

 

 

Name Research Interests
Dr. Melanie Bouroche View Profile Connected Autonomous Vehicles
Prof. Vinny Cahill View Profile Distributed systems; programming models
Dr. Michael Gibbons View Profile Engineering; Fluids and Heat Transfer; Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensors; Internet of Things; Waste Heat Recovery; Electronics and Photonics Cooling and Zero Carbon Technology
Prof. Siobhan Clarke View Profile Resilient software systems; Internet of Things; Machine Learning
Dr. Siobhan Corrigan View Profile Human factors
Dr. Federico Cugurullo View Profile AI; Sustainable Cities
Dr. Gavin Doherty View Profile Healthcare; Smartphone applications; Mental health
Dr. Ivana Dusparic View Profile Multi-agent Systems; Reinforcement Learning; Intelligent Transport Systems
Dr. Arman Farhang View Profile Signal Processing, Multicarrier Communications, Multiuser Communications, Wireless Communications, Powerline Communications
Dr. Lucy Hederman View Profile Connected Health; Clinical Decision Support Systems; Data Integration
Dr. Nicola Marchetti View Profile Complex network systems; wireless networks; wireless engineering
Dr. Quoc Viet Pham View Profile Telecommunications; Cloud Edge Computing; Future Wireless Networks; Wireless AI
Dr. Marco Ruffini View Profile Virtualisation of optical access networks; Machine Learning; Convergence of optical, wireless and cloud networks

 

Dr. Laura Coffey
Assistive Technology; Health and Wellbeing; Independent Living

Dr. Laura Coffey View Profile Assistive Technology; Health and Wellbeing; Independent Living
Prof. Sean Commins View Profile Connected Health; Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Brain recordings; Memory
Prof. Deirdre Desmond View Profile Psychology; Quality of Life; Participation; Enabling Technology; Person-Technology Interface
Dr. Katarina Domijan View Profile Machine Learning; Data/Model Visualization; Survey Research
Dr. John Dooley View Profile Electronic engineering; radiospace
Prof. Delia Ferri View Profile EU Law, European Constitutional Law and Comparative Disability Law
Dr. Edgar Galvan View Profile Optimisation, Evolutionary Algorithms, Deep Neural Networks, Games
Dr. Catherine Hurley View Profile Data Visualisation; Machine Learning; Network/Graph Visualisation
Dr. Katriona O’Sullivan View Profile STEM participation, equality and fairness
Dr. Liadh Kelly View Profile AI; Health and Wellbeing; Information Access and Retrieval; Contextual Cues; Evaluation Methodology
Prof. Aphra Kerr View Profile Connected Health; Internet of Things; Data Justice; Social Inclusion
Dr. Mustafa Kishk View Profile Telecommunications; Satellite-enabled Communication Systems; Drone-enabled Communication Systems; Stochastic Geometry
Dr. Rebecca Maguire View Profile Quality of Life in Chronic Illness; Wellbeing;Decision Making
Prof. Malcolm MacLachlan View Profile Assistive Technology; Policy; Systems Thinking
Dr. David Malone View Profile Computer Networking; Measurement and Analysis; Security
Dr. David Mangan View Profile Information Technology and Labour/employment law; Speech and Privacy Interests with Information Technology.
Dr. Joanna McHugh Power View Profile Loneliness, Mental Health, Cognitive Ageing, Psychology of Ageing
Dr. Rosemary Monahan View Profile Safety Critical Software, Specification Languages, Systems Modelling
Dr. Maria Helen Murphy View Profile Data Protection; Law and Technology; Ethics
Dr. Diarmaid O’ Donoghue View Profile Computational modelling, creativity support, analogical comparison, knowledge graphs, graph matching.
Prof. David Prendergast View Profile Independent and Interdependent Living; Visual Ethnography; Sustainable Cities and Communities
Dr. Rudi Villing View Profile Deep Learning; Autonomous Robotics; Communications and Sensing; Health and Wellbeing

 

Technological University Dublin Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Prof. Max Ammann View Profile Antennas; Propagation; Electromagnetics
Dr. Damon Berry View Profile Internet of Things; Smart Spaces; Localisation
Dr. Jane Courtney View Profile Computer vision; Image processing; Deep learning
Dr. Ruairi De Frein View Profile Decentralized Learning; Network Monitoring; Machine Learning for Sensor Networks
Prof. Mark Davis View Profile Wireless Networks; Performance Management; Machine Learning.
Dr. Patrick McEvoy View Profile Antennas; Ultra Wideband Systems; Radar
Dr. Susan McKeever View Profile Sensor Systems; Environment Monitoring; Machine Learning
Dr Somayeh Mohammady View Profile OFDM, DPD, IoT, PA, Robotics, Control and Automation, PLC
Dr Sachin Sharma View Profile Telecommunications; Software Defined Networks (SDN); Network Function Virtualization; Cloud Computing; Machine Learning; Internet of Things
Prof. Yuliya Semenova View Profile Photonics, Optical Fiber Networks,Fiber Sensors

 

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