Current Supervisions
Hassan Khan, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2023 – Present. Funder: Sustain (Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland) [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Rory Ward, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2021 – Present. Funder: CRT-AI (Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland) [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Current Co-Supervisions as Secondary Supervisor
Rishabh Chandaliya, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Computer Science, University of Galway, 2021 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Martin Serrano. Funder: i3-Market (Horizon 2020) [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Atiya Usmani, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Computer Science, University of Galway, 2018 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Edward Curry. Funder: Insight (Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland) [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Current Research Fellows
Current Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Associates
Dr Ifeoluwapo Aribilola [Co-PI: Dr Mamoona Asghar] [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Dr Ozren Jovic [Co-PI: Dr Galina Brychkova] [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Zeeshan Malik [LinkedIn]
Dr Quratulain Rajput [Co-PI: Dr Mamoona Asghar] [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Mafalda Santos [LinkedIn]
Previous Supervisions
PhD
Dr Sebastian Ruder, “Neural Transfer Learning for Natural Language Processing”, PhD, Data Science Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2015 – 2019. Examiners: Ivan Titov, Paul Buitelaar. Funder: Irish Research Council and AYLIEN Ltd.
Dr Guangyuan Piao, “Semantics-Aware User Modeling and Recommender Systems in Online Social Networks”, PhD, Data Science Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2014 – 2018. Examiners: Harith Alani, Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland) and SAP
Dr Smitashree Choudhury, “A Social Context-Enabled Framework for the Semantic Enrichment and Integration of Web Videos”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2011. Examiners: Lora Aroyo, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Sheila Kinsella, “Augmenting Social Media Items with Metadata using Related Web Content”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2011. Examiners: Fabien Gandon, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Uldis Bojars, “The SIOC MEthodology for Lightweight Ontology Development”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2004 – 2009. Examiners: Chris Bizer, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Hak-Lae Kim, “Leveraging a Semantic Framework for Augmenting Social Tagging Practices in Heterogeneous Content Sharing Platforms”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2009. Examiners: Tom Gruber, Philippe Laublet, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Master’s
Marie Boran, “Understanding Social Media Adoption in the Irish Scientific Community and its Relevance to Interpreting Altmetrics”, MApplSc, Insight Research Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2012 – 2015. Examiners: Tope Omitola, Conor Hayes. Funder: DERI/Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Julie Letierce, “Understanding If and How the Web Improves Scientific Communication Between its Stakeholders”, MEngSc, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2012. Examiners: Padraig Murphy, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Gerard Cahill, “A Web Portal Powered by Social Network Data for Irish Researchers”, MEngSc, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2011. Examiners: Robin Teigland, Stefan Decker. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
Previous Co-Supervisions as Primary Supervisor
PhD
Dr Yasar Khan, “SPARQL Query Federation over Polystores”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2016 – Present. Examiners: Raúl García Castro, Edward Curry. Co-Supervisor: Mathieu d’Aquin. Funder: Insight (Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland) [LinkedIn] [Scholar]
Dr Jefkine Kafunah, “Uncertainty-Aware Fault Diagnosis for Safety-Related Industrial Systems”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2019 – 2023. Examiners: Yi Wang, Edward Curry. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm and Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Bharath Sudharsan, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, NUI Galway, 2019 – 2022. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Examiners: Thomas Runkler, Edward Curry. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Safina Showkat Ara, “Exploration Algorithms for Discoverable and Undiscoverable Decentralised Online Social Networks”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, NUI Galway, 2015 – 2021. Co-Supervisor: Subhasis Thakur. Examiners: Antonio Moreno, Peter Corcoran. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Hoan Nguyen Mau Quoc, “A Scalable Spatio-temporal Query Processing for Linked Sensor Data”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, NUI Galway, 2012 – 2019. Examiners: Axel Polleres, Juan Miguel Gómez Berbís, Mathieu d’Aquin. Co-Supervisor: Danh Le Phuoc. Funder: OpenIOT (FP7)
Dr Ted Vickey, “Just Tweet It: The Collection, Processing, Classification and Analysis of 2 Million Fitness Tweets”, PhD, Data Science Institute, Discipline of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2018. Examiners: Alan Smeaton, Gearóid Ó Laighin. Co-Supervisors: Cedric Bryant, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Stephen Kinsella. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and American Council on Exercise
Dr Lukasz Porwol, “The Duality of e-Participation - A Model and Technical Infrastructure to Study and Harness Social Media-Based Participation”, PhD, Insight Research Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2016. Co-Supervisor: Adegboyega Ojo. Examiners: Soon Ae Chun, Murray Scott. Funder: DERI/Insight (Science Foundation Ireland) and Cloud4SOA
Dr Myriam Leggieri, “Distributional Semantics for Sensors Linking and Selection”, PhD, Insight Research Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2015. Examiners: Steffen Staab, Michael Schukat. Co-Supervisors: Brian Davis, Alexandre Passant. Funder: SPITFIRE
Dr Owen Sacco, “Trust-Aware Privacy Preferences for Information Sharing on the Web of Data”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2014. Examiners: Mathieu d’Aquin, Stefan Decker. Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant, Alessandra Mileo. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Cisco Systems
Dr Antonio Aguilar, “Design and Evaluation of an Automated Algorithm for Cardiac Risk Stratification”, PhD, Discipline of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Ronney Panerai, Gerard Hurley. Co-Supervisors: Gearóid Ó Laighin, Fabio Quondamatteo. Funder: Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme
Dr Fabrizio Orlandi, “Profiling User Interests on the Social Semantic Web”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2014. Examiners: Fabien Gandon, Stefan Decker. Co-Supervisor: Alexandre Passant. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Cisco Systems
Dr Jodi Schneider, “Enabling Reuse of Arguments and Opinions in Open Collaboration Systems”, PhD, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Simon Buckingham Shum, Siegfried Handschuh. Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Master’s
Duc-Duy Nguyen, “On-Demand Decentralised Internet of Things Collectability Marketplace Using Crowdsensing”, MEngSc, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2017 – 2022. Examiners: Damon Berry, Edward Curry. Co-Supervisors: Mathieu d’Aquin, Alessandro Adamou, Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Huy Le Van, “Near Real-Time Data Warehousing of Linked Streams”, MApplSc, Data Science Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2018. Examiners: Antonio Jara, Mathieu d’Aquin. Co-Supervisors: Martin Serrano, Danh Le Phuoc. Funder: Fed4FIRE (FP7) and OpenIOT (FP7)
Ina O’Murchu, “Connecting Local Community Groups Using Semantic Technologies”, MSc, DERI, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2004 – 2006. Examiners: Sung-Kook Han, Stefan Decker. Co-Supervisor: Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Previous Co-Supervisions as Secondary Supervisor
PhD
Dr Anupa Shyamlal de Silva, “PCN: Next-Gen Monetary System Infrastructure”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2020 – Present. Examiners: Najmul Islam, Malika Bendechache. Co-Supervisor: Subhasis Thakur. Funder: VistaMilk (Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland)
Dr Abdul Wahid, “Leveraging Hybrid Deep Learning and Generative Modelling to Accurately Estimate the Remaining Useful Life of Mechanical Systems”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2019 – 2024. Examiners: Hua-Liang Wei, Ihsan Ullah. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Jaleed Khan, “Neurosymbolic Visual Reasoning with Scene Graph Enrichment”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Computer Science, University of Galway, 2019 – 2024. Examiners: Joao Leite, Matthias Nickles. Co-Supervisor: Edward Curry. Funder: CRT-AI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Muhammad Yahya, “Building Semantic Models and Knowledge Graphs for Intelligent Smart Manufacturing Applications”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2019 – 2023. Examiners: Dimitrios Kyritsis, John McCrae. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Sweta Malik, “Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Microgrids: A Game-Theoretic Approach”, PhD, Data Science Institute, School of Engineering, University of Galway, 2019 – 2023. Examiners: Zita Vale, Enda Barrett. Co-Supervisors: Subhasis Thakur, Maeve Duffy. Funder: CENTS (DTIF) and Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr Shane Lowe, “The Design, Development and Validation of a Wearable Behaviour Monitor for the Autonomous Assessment of the Functional Health of Older Adults”, PhD, Discipline of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Rose Anne Kenny, Maeve Duffy. Co-Supervisor: Gearóid Ó Laighin. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Georgia Tech Ireland
Master’s
Chan Le Van, “Optimisation of a Linked Stream Processing Engine”, MApplSc, Insight Research Institute, College of Engineering & Informatics, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2016. Examiners: Emanuele Della Valle, Michael Schukat. Co-Supervisors: Alessandra Mileo, Danh Le Phuoc, Muhammad Intizar Ali. Funder: GAMBAS (FP7)
Alan Dunne, “Development of a Touchscreen System for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy”, MEngSc, Discipline of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2011. Examiners: Eugene Coyle, Gearóid Ó Laighin. Co-Supervisor: Gearóid Ó Laighin. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Georgia Tech Ireland
Previous Supervisions of Minor Projects
Richard Hunt, “Using QR Codes to Improve the Touristic Experience”, MA in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2014
Mary Murphy, “A Study of Social Inclusion and the Use of Technology in Encouraging Interaction”, MA in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2011
Martin Fitzgerald, “Creating a Community-Based IPTV Channel”, MA in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2007
Previous Research Fellows
Previous Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Associates
Dr Kosala Yapa Bandara
Dr Ronan Cummins
Dr Maciej Dabrowski
Dr Aidan Finn
Dr Conor Hayes
Dr Bahareh Heravi
Dr Shahid Hussain
Dr Jeff Morgan
Gabriel Mullarkey
Dr Alexandre Passant
Dr Saurabh Shukla
Dr Lan Yang
Previous Research Assistants
Arnaud Daron
Vignesh Kamath
Kamalesh Kanakaraj
Ajay Nair
Fionntán O’Donnell
Visiting Students and Professors
Karthik Aluru, Université Paris-Sud XI Orsay, France
Alessia Antelmi, University of Salerno, Italy
Charles-Adrien Beneteau, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France
Filippo Berto, University of Milan, Italy
Giustina Ciccariello, Roma Tre University, Italy
Roberto Covello, University of Calabria, Italy
Tara Donoghue, University of Limerick, Ireland
Sergio Fernández, Fundación CTIC, Spain
Ayushi Gupta, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India
Tuukka Hastrup, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Gandhi Hernandez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Christian Hunsen, University of Göttingen, Germany
Jung Jinuk, Seoul National University, Korea
Prof. Jason Jung, Yeugnam University, Korea
Tiago Marino, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mateusz Marmołowski, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
Yuki Matsuoka, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Nakul Mehta, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India
Nitish Mittal, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, India
Julien Paganelle, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France
Matthieu Rebouh, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France
Federica Rollo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Thomas Schandl, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Vanya Sharma, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India
Daniel Villanueva, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Sungkwon Yang, Seoul National University, Korea
Karen Young, NUI Galway, Ireland
Current Administrative Staff
Arline Broder
Current TechInnovate Lecturers
Prof. W. Bernard Carlson
Martina O’Grady
Previous Administrative Staff
Dominica Moran
Previous TechInnovate Lecturers
Brendan Allen
Dr Edelle Doherty
Dr Paul Flynn
Dr Samir Vinchurkar
Previous TechInnovate Fellows
Capt. Neil Curran
Ronan Boyle
Leon Butler
Dr Paul Flynn
Niamh Lynch
Jane O’Connor
Gregory Payne
Kelsey Roberts
Ciara Shields