John Breslin

Current Supervisions

• Marie Boran, "Research Communication of Linked Scientific Data Results with Data Journalists", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2012-Present.
  Co-Supervisors: Conor Hayes, Bernadette O'Sullivan
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
• Owen Sacco, "Privacy, Trust and Accountability on the Social Semantic Web", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2010-Present.
  Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant, Alessandra Mileo
  Funded By: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Cisco Systems
• Lukasz Porwol, "eParticipation Through Social Networking Platforms", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2010-Present.
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland and Cloud4SOA
• David Crowley, "Citizen Sensors", PhD, DERI / Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2010-Present.
  Funded By: College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway and Science Foundation Ireland
• Ted Vickey, "A Semantic Web Framework for Social Networking and Exercise Adherence", PhD, DERI / Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2010-Present.
  Co-Supervisors: Stefan Decker, Stephen Kinsella, Gearóid Ó Laighin
  Funded By: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and American Council on Exercise
• 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
  Funded By: Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme
• 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.
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
• Smitashree Choudhury, "A Social Context-Enabled Framework for the Semantic Enrichment and Integration of Web Videos", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006-2011.
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland

Current Co-Supervisions

• Myriam Leggieri, "Connecting Sensor Data with Explanatory Facts from the Linked Open Data Cloud", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2010-Present.
  Supervisor: Michael Hausenblas
  Co-Supervisor: Alexandre Passant
  Funded By: SPITFIRE
• Fabrizio Orlandi, "User Profiling on the Social Semantic Web", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2010-Present.
  Supervisor: Alexandre Passant
  Funded By: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Cisco Systems
• Jodi Schneider, "Representing, Classifying and Visualising Argumentative Discussions on the Web", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
  Supervisor: Alexandre Passant
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
• Shane Lowe, "Mobility Monitoring Using RFID", PhD, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
  Supervisor: Gearóid Ó Laighin
  Funded By: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Georgia Tech Ireland
• Michael Hynes, "Transport, Mobility and the Sustainable Consumption of Distance", PhD, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
  Supervisor: Henrike Rau
  Co-Supervisors: Conor Hayes
  Funded By: Environmental Protection Agency

Previous Supervisions

• Sheila Kinsella, "Augmenting Social Media Items with Metadata using Related Web Content", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006-2011.
  Examiners: Fabien Gandon, Stefan Decker
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
  Current Position: Software Developer, Datahug
• 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.
• Gerard Cahill, "A Web Portal Powered by Social Network Data for Irish Researchers", MEngSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009-2011.
  Examiners: Robin Teigland
  Funded By: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
  Current Position: Web Application Developer, Starlight Solutions
• Uldis Bojars, "The SIOC MEthodology for Lightweight Ontology Development", PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2004-2009.
  Examiners: Chris Bizer, Stefan Decker
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
  Current Position: Researcher, National Library of Latvia
• 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
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
  Current Position: Senior Engineer, Samsung
• Martin Fitzgerald, "Creating a Community-Based IPTV Channel", MA 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).
  Examiners: Sung-Kook Han
  Funded By: Science Foundation Ireland
  Current Position: Founder, Social Bits

Previous Co-Supervisions

• Alan Dunne, "Development of a Touchscreen System for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy", MEngSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009-Present.
  Co-Supervisors: Gearóid Ó Laighin
  Funded By: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Georgia Tech Ireland