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 | 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 |
| 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
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| 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. 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 |
| 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 |
| Prof. Linda Doyle | View Profile | Creative Arts Practices; Wireless Networks; Economics & Telecoms |
| 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. 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 | Assistive Technology; Health and Wellbeing; Independent Living | |
| 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. Aphra Kerr | View Profile | Internet of Things; Data Justice; Social Inclusion |
| 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 |
| Prof. Yuliya Semenova | View Profile | Photonics, Optical Fiber Networks,Fiber Sensors |