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PhD Project Template
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Use one form per project
Please complete & submit to international@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible, and by 27/11/2012
In your email, begin the subject line with [SWB] (be sure to use square brackets) to ensure that
your email is filed correctly. Emails will be automatically filed
PI name & contact details:
Colm O’Riordan
Information Technology
colm.oriordan@nuigalway.ie
Karen Young
Information Technology
karen.young@nuigalway.ie
School:
Engineering and Informatics
Has project been agreed with head (or
nominee) of proposed registration school?
Research Centre / group affiliation:
Computational Intelligence Research Group
Research group / centre website:
http://www3.it.nuigalway.ie/cirg/
PI website / link to CV:
http://ww2.it.nuigalway.ie/staff/colmor/c.html
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
The research group has been in existence since 1999 with in excess of 140 peer-reviewed publications in the
following domains Information Retrieval, Collaborative Filtering, Machine learning, Evolutionary Computation
and Evolutionary Game Theory.
PI’s research interests and activities include human computer interaction, user design, user modelling and its
applications. Currently researching interaction models for information and knowledge management systems.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
Personalised user interaction in social media systems
Retrieval and organisation of data and information from social media systems (e.g. facebook and
twitter) is a very active area of research which poses several challenges to researchers and
developers (scale of data, heterogeneity, real-time retrieval). This project will involve researching
and developing suitable user interaction models based on users’ multiple needs. The goal of the
project is to identify task at hand, users’ interests, users’ interaction style/model and to present
information and paths to information based on those tasks and interaction styles.
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Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
For this project, there is a much experience in user modelling, user interaction IR, data mining, social media in
Information technology and also access to expertise in psychology. The universities boasts suitable supports
for international students (international office), structured PhD programmes where students can support their
research through related modules.
Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fits- choose only
one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)/Physical Sciences (Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geosciences)
Health and Biomedical Sciences / Clinical, Pré-clinical and Health Sciences
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Computing
X
Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Sustainable Agricultural Production
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals, Minerals Technology
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technologies for Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters
Bioprospecting and Biodiversity
Marine Sciences
Creative Industry
New technologies in constructive engineering
Please indicate which of the following applies to this project (referring to Science Without Borders
arrangements):
Suitable only as a Full PhD (Y/N): _ _Y__
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Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): _____
Suitable for either/Don’t know: _____