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Postgraduate Students

Current Supervisions

  • Antonio Aguilar, "Remote Monitoring of ECG Readings via Wireless Sensor Networks", PhD, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
    Co-Supervisors: Gearóid Ó Laighin, Martin Glavin, Barry Dolan
  • Gerard Cahill, "Developing Methods for Sustained User Interactions on a Research-Oriented Professional Social Network", MEngSc, DERI, School of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
    Co-Supervisors: Robin Teigland, Conor Hayes
  • Julie Letierce, "Studying the Dissemination of Scientific Messages on Web 2.0, with the Use Case of Semantic Web Research", MSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
  • Sheila Kinsella, "Formation and Analysis of Person-Object Connections in Semantic Social Networks", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006-Present.
  • Smitashree Choudhury, "Video Content Modelling Framework for Conceptual Indexing and Event Recognition", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006-Present.

Current Co-Supervisions

  • Jodi Schneider, "Representing, Classifying and Visualising Argumentative Discussions on the Web", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
    Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant
  • Shane Lowe, "Mobility Monitoring Using RFID", PhD, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
    Co-Supervisors: Barry Dolan, Gearóid Ó Laighin
  • Alan Dunne, "The Development of a System to Facilitate Clinical Management of Patients with Late-Stage Parkinson's", PhD, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
    Co-Supervisors: Barry Dolan, Gearóid Ó Laighin
  • Michael Hynes, "Transport, Mobility and the Sustainable Consumption of Distance", PhD, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
    Co-Supervisors: Henrike Rau, Conor Hayes

Previous Supervisions

  • Uldis Bojars, "The SIOC MEthodology for Lightweight Ontology Development", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2004-2009.
    Examiners: Chris Bizer, Stefan Decker
  • Hak-Lae Kim, "Leveraging a Semantic Framework for Augmenting Social Tagging Practices in Heterogeneous Content Sharing Platforms", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006-2009.
    Examiners: Stefan Decker, Tom Gruber, Philippe Laublet
  • Martin Fitzgerald, "Creating a Community-Based IPTV Channel", Masters in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2006-2007 (Awarded 2007).
  • Ina O'Murchu, "Connecting Local Community Groups Using Semantic Technologies", MSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2004-2006 (Awarded 2006).