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Current Supervisions

  • Rory Ward, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2021 – Present. Funder: CRT-AI (Science Foundation Ireland)

Current Co-Supervisions as Primary Supervisor

  • Hassan Khan, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2023 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Subhasis Thakur. Funder: Sustain (Science Foundation Ireland)

Current Co-Supervisions as Secondary Supervisor

  • Rishabh Chandaliya, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2021 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Martin Serrano. Funder: i3-Market (Horizon 2020)

  • Anupa Shyamlal, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2020 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Subhasis Thakur. Funder: VistaMilk (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Atiya Usmani, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2018 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Edward Curry. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Yasar Khan, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2016 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Mathieu d’Aquin. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)

Previous Supervisions

  • Dr Sebastian Ruder, “Neural Transfer Learning for Natural Language Processing”, PhD, Data Science Institute, 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, NUI Galway, 2014 – 2018. Examiners: Harith Alani, Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland) and SAP

  • Marie Boran, “Understanding Social Media Adoption in the Irish Scientific Community and its Relevance to Interpreting Altmetrics”, MApplSc, Insight Research Institute, 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, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2012. Examiners: Padraig Murphy, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Dr Smitashree Choudhury, “A Social Context-Enabled Framework for the Semantic Enrichment and Integration of Web Videos”, PhD, DERI, 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, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2011. Examiners: Fabien Gandon, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Gerard Cahill, “A Web Portal Powered by Social Network Data for Irish Researchers”, MEngSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2011. Examiners: Robin Teigland, Stefan Decker. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology

  • Dr Uldis Bojars, “The SIOC MEthodology for Lightweight Ontology Development”, PhD, DERI, 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, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2009. Examiners: Tom Gruber, Philippe Laublet, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)

Previous Co-Supervisions as Primary Supervisor

  • Dr Jefkine Kafunah, “Uncertainty-Aware Fault Diagnosis for Safety-Related Industrial Systems”, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2019 – 2023. Examiners: Yi Wang, Edward Curry. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm and Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Duc-Duy Nguyen, “On-Demand Decentralised Internet of Things Collectability Marketplace Using Crowdsensing”, MEngSc, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2017 – 2022. Examiners: Damon Berry, Edward Curry. Co-Supervisors: Mathieu d’Aquin, Alessandro Adamou, Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Dr Bharath Sudharsan, PhD, Data Science Institute, 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, 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, NUI Galway, 2012 – 2019. Examiners: Axel Polleres, Juan Miguel Gómez Berbís, Mathieu d’Aquin. Co-Supervisor: Danh Le Phuoc. Funder: OpenIOT (FP7)

  • Huy Le Van, “Near Real-Time Data Warehousing of Linked Streams”, MApplSc, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2018. Examiners: Antonio Jara, Mathieu d’Aquin. Co-Supervisors: Martin Serrano, Danh Le Phuoc. Funder: Fed4FIRE (FP7) and OpenIOT (FP7)

  • Dr Ted Vickey, “Just Tweet It: The Collection, Processing, Classification and Analysis of 2 Million Fitness Tweets”, PhD, Data Science Institute and 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Simon Buckingham Shum, Siegfried Handschuh. Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Ina O’Murchu, “Connecting Local Community Groups Using Semantic Technologies”, MSc, DERI, 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

  • Dr Abdul Wahid, “Leveraging Hybrid Deep Learning and Generative Modelling to Accurately Estimate the Remaining Useful Life of Mechanical Systems”, PhD, Data Science Institute, 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, 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, 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, University of Galway, 2019 – 2023. Examiners: Zita Vale, Enda Barrett. Co-Supervisors: Subhasis Thakur, Maeve Duffy. Funder: CENTS (DTIF) and Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)

  • Chan Le Van, “Optimisation of a Linked Stream Processing Engine”, MApplSc, Insight Research Institute, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2016. Examiners: Emanuele Della Valle, Michael Schukat. Co-Supervisors: Alessandra Mileo, Danh Le Phuoc, Muhammad Intizar Ali. Funder: GAMBAS (FP7)

  • 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, 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

  • Alan Dunne, “Development of a Touchscreen System for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy”, MEngSc, 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

Current Research Fellows

  • Dr Subhasis Thakur

Current Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Associates

  • Dr Nitesh Bharot

  • Mafalda Santos

  • Dr Mirco Soderi

  • Dr Lan Yang

Current Research Assistants

  • None

Previous Research Fellows

  • Dr Priyanka Verma

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

Previous Research Assistants

  • Arnaud Daron

  • Vignesh Kamath

  • Kamalesh Kanakaraj

  • Ajay Nair

  • Fionntán O’Donnell

Visiting Students and Professors

  • Filippo Berto, University of Milan, Italy

  • Nakul Mehta, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

  • Federica Rollo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

  • Julien Paganelle, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France

  • Charles-Adrien Beneteau, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France

  • Giustina Ciccariello, Roma Tre University, Italy

  • Alessia Antelmi, University of Salerno, Italy

  • Karen Young, NUI Galway, Ireland

  • Matthieu Rebouh, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France

  • Nitish Mittal, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, India

  • Ayushi Gupta, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India

  • Vanya Sharma, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India

  • Karthik Aluru, Université Paris-Sud XI Orsay, France

  • Roberto Covello, University of Calabria, Italy

  • Tara Donoghue, University of Limerick, Ireland

  • Sergio Fernández, Fundación CTIC, Spain

  • Tuukka Hastrup, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

  • Gandhi Hernandez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

  • Christian Hunsen, University of Göttingen, Germany

  • Jung Jin-Uk, 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

  • Thomas Schandl, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

  • Daniel Villanueva, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

  • Sungkwon Yang, Seoul National University, Korea

Current TechInnovate Lecturers

  • Prof. W. Bernard Carlson

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