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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:
Peter Corcoran
School:
Engineering (Electronic Engineering)
Has project been agreed with head (or
nominee) of proposed registration
school?
Yes
Research Centre / group
affiliation:
Consumer Electronics Research Group
Research group / centre
website:
http://www.eee.nuigalway.ie/Research/index.html
PI website / link to CV:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J6YWBB4AAAAJ&hl=en
http://www.linkedin.com/in/cregg
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
IEEE Fellow; more than 200 technical publications, 60+ peer reviewed journal papers, 95+ International peer reviewed
conference papers; co-inventor on 150+ granted US patents. Member IEEE Consumer Electronics Society 15 years.
Completed 20+ major funded research projects; co-founder of Fotonation, now DigitalOptics Corp. Currently Vice-Dean
of Research & Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering & Informatics at NUI Galway.
Research Field D - 'Home Cloud' for Consumer Devices
The next generation of CE systems and services will be dominated by mobile thin client devices with
significant computational and connectivity capability linked to remote cloud computing infrastructure and
service frameworks. These devices will also be capable of powerful multimedia data capture and dynamic
content creation in addition to multimedia data consumption. Indeed the only deficiency of such devices is their
lack of long-term data storage capabilities. However as wireless network connectivity continues to offer greater
speed and higher bandwidths long-term data storage is offered via cloud computing services.
Towards a "Smarter" Cloud: Today, the cloud is viewed mainly as means to provide bulk data processing
and storage. However as a new generation of consumer IT devices emerges it will become the de-facto endpoint for the rapidly-growing petabytes of user-generated content. A key problem, however, is the linkage
between the home and the cloud. In practice it makes sense to store, or cache, most content on an intermediary
device, or home storage gateway.
Now 95% of this content is not very interesting. By analyzing and determining the nature of conent as it is
generated on a CE device and subsequently integrating this knowledge with advanced AI and pattern
recognition engines in the cloud environment we can rate and rank the importance of content and determine
what should be cached, for how long, etc. Much of this research will revolve around this "home cache" concept
with the potential to join a start-up company if the research is successful.
Several PhD topics are available in this field.
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Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
Work with a world-leading PI & research group in this field.
Access to the latest embedded imaging hardware and consumer electronics technologies.
Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
As above
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
ICT and Engingering students with a background in Image Processing, Embedded Systems
Experience with Matlab and Electronic Hardware design a plus.
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
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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): _ ____
Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): _____
Suitable for either/Don’t know: __X_