Dublin Institute of Technology
MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology)
Programme Document (Part A)
Background Information
This document was prepared by the Programme Committee
on behalf of the School of Computing
March 2007
Table of Contents
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Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
2
Programme aims and objectives ..................................................................... 2
2.1
Programme Aims ......................................................................................... 2
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
Programme Objectives and Learning Outcomes ...................................... 3
Postgraduate Diploma in Computing (Assistive Technology) ...................... 3
MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology) .................................................. 5
3
Market Demand and Support from Industry and Government Policy ...... 7
3.1
Justification for the Programme................................................................. 7
4
Job Placement of Graduates ........................................................................... 9
5
Admission Requirements and Standards ...................................................... 9
5.1
Admission Criteria ....................................................................................... 9
5.2
Access for students with a disability......................................................... 10
5.3
Intake policy and Procedures ................................................................... 10
6
Programme Structure and Content ............................................................. 11
7
Staff ................................................................................................................. 11
7.1
Academic Staff Resources ......................................................................... 11
7.2
Staff Teaching on the Programme............................................................ 11
7.3
7.3.1
Research and Development Interests ....................................................... 12
Staff Professional Development .................................................................. 12
7.4
Teaching Techniques and Programme Delivery ..................................... 13
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Accommodation/Resources ........................................................................... 13
8.1
Teaching Facilities ..................................................................................... 13
8.2
Library ........................................................................................................ 14
8.3
8.3.1
8.3.2
Accommodation and Facilities .................................................................. 16
Staff Accommodation .................................................................................. 16
Computer Facilities ...................................................................................... 17
8.4
8.4.1
8.4.2
Technical and Administrative Support .................................................... 19
Technical Requirements for This Programme ............................................. 19
Additional Facilities Required to Run the Programme ................................ 19
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Internationalisation of School ....................................................................... 20
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Assessments .................................................................................................... 20
10.1
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External Examiners’ report ...................................................................... 20
Programme Management and Quality Assurance Arrangements ............ 21
11.1
Programme team and Programme management structures ................. 21
11.2
Programme Monitoring and Quality Assurance .................................... 21
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Student Handbook and Information Channels for Students ..................... 21
13
Programme Development Plan ..................................................................... 22
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Appendix A – Module responsibilities ......................................................... 23
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Appendix B – Programme Committee Membership .................................. 24
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Appendix C – Curriculum Vitae .................................................................. 25
1 Introduction
This document is the first part of the documentation required for the validation of the
MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology) programme. This documentation has been
prepared in accordance with the DIT Quality Assurance and Enhancement Handbook
and to satisfy the DIT’s Quality Assurance requirements for programme review. The
material for the review process is presented in two parts. This document constitutes
Part A. The Part B document presents detailed information about the programme
structure and content, including the programme curriculum and syllabi, admission
criteria, programme assessment and progression.
Technology is advancing rapidly and as with the rest of society, this has had a major
impact on people with disabilities. For most people, technology can make life easier,
expanding life’s choices and opportunities. For people with disabilities, however,
technology makes possible daily activities that were hitherto impossible. Assistive
technologies (AT) have a central role to play in equalising opportunities for people
with disabilities in all aspects of life. These technologies have been recognised at an
international and European level as a means of generating an inclusive society by
assisting people to overcome the barriers that exist within their environment.1
AT devices include a variety of tools and equipment from the low-tech, such as a
white cane making it possible for a person with a visual difficulty to be mobile; to
devices such as hearing aids to enable someone with a hearing impairment use a
telephone, or a wheelchair enabling a person to move around their home, work or
school. However, in the last ten years there have been great advances in the
development of high-tech electronic devices. These include remote-control devices,
personal alarm systems and specialised computer software including voicerecognition and speech synthesis. Types of high-tech assistive technology which can
facilitate independent living include:
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Computer access - alternative means of access to computers and technology,
eg switches using eye-movement control or suck-and-puff, specialised
software and voice recognition systems, alternative keyboards, interface
devices switches with scanning, scanners & optical character recognition,
trackballs and touch screens
Environmental controls - accessible remote controls (eg switch or voicecontrolled) for turning on and off lights, using the telephone, opening and
closing doors, windows, curtains, operating household devices
Augmentative and alternative communication - devices for people who have
communication difficulties which include text-to-speech, symbol-to-speech,
text-reading-to-speech, click-to-type, and loop-system hearing aids
Mobility - alternative control of powered wheelchairs such as using a switch
instead of a joystick to operate a wheelchair, suck-and-puff switch control,
seat-raising devices, posture changing devices.
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European Commission (2003) Access to Assistive Technology in the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/publications/2004/cev503003_en.htlm
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Closely related to AT is the concept of Design for All or Universal Design which is a
holistic approach to create goods, services or buildings that are accessible and
understandable to everybody regardless of age, size, ability or other physical
characteristics. It is not exclusively addressed to the needs of people with disabilities,
but it is inclusive to their requirements. AT is central to the application of the “Design
for All” principles. In many cases it is only through the use of AT that goods,
services, and buildings can be made accessible to those with additional needs.
In the report “Access to Assistive Technology in the European Union” 2, it was
recommended that the “Design for All” principle should include people with special
needs as much as possible from the outset in the design of products and services. The
concept is promoted for two main purposes: on the one hand to meet the needs of
consumers who have often experienced difficulty in using products, and on the other
hand to meet needs of companies who want to expand their potential market.
The most prominent use of the “Design for All” concept can be seen in Computing
where this principle is applied to both software and webpages. Due to the need for
legal compliance in the United States of America under the ‘Americans with
Disabilities Act’ (1990)3 and the inclusion of “Design for All” principles in Section
508, as well as the accessibility guidelines promoted by the Web Accessibility
Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)4 and the availability of
various validation tools, a range of online courses have appeared for learning about
this subject. Aside from the technical aspects of these courses, there are components
about awareness of the barriers posed by inaccessible design.
In 2003, the Microsoft Corporation commissioned Forrester Research, Inc.5, to
conduct a comprehensive, two-part study to measure the current and potential market
of AT in the United States and to get a better understanding how AT is being used
today. The findings in this study show that a majority of working-age adults are likely
to benefit from the use of AT. They concluded that 60% (101.4 million) of workingage adults are likely or very likely to benefit from its use.
2 Programme aims and objectives
2.1
Programme Aims
The primary aim of the MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology) programme
focuses on understanding, designing, developing, testing and using, Assistive
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ibid.
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http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
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Microsoft Corporation, and conducted by Forrester Research, Inc., between 2003 and 2004.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/research/default.aspx
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Technology. Additionally it will provide graduates with a set of I.T. skills that are
highly in demand particularly with relation to the accessibility of software.
The practical aims of this programme are to develop the student’s professional,
technical and research abilities, developing a broad background in Assistive
Technology and a deep practical knowledge of inclusive and universal design,
development and integration with exposure to leading edge topics relevant to the area.
Therefore, this programme is to produce, at postgraduate level, computing graduates
educated in the perspectives, methodologies and core competencies of computing in
Assistive Technology.
The introduction of this programme is timely and relevant to the current and projected
needs of organisations in Ireland and Europe. The programme will provide graduates
that are required to facilitate the provision of information technology services to
support a diverse range of users. The programme is designed to equip graduates with
the necessary skills and competencies to assist organizations using information
technology to meet the challenges posed by requirements to be increasingly
accessible.
The aims of the programme are in keeping with the mission of the Dublin Institute of
Technology which is “to provide a comprehensive technological education service for
Irish society and industry having regard to the technological, commercial, social and
cultural needs to the community it serves”. Further it is closely aligned with Ireland’s
and the EU’s stated aims to develop a “comprehensive and holistic strategy to spur on
the growth of the ICT sector and the diffusion of ICT in all parts of the economy”6.
Graduates will be equipped with the relevant practical and technical skills required to
enable them to practice at a professional level in the field of Assistive Technology in
industrial and academic environments. The programme will provide a unique
opportunity for personnel already employed in the information technology industry to
obtain a highly relevant postgraduate qualification on a part-time basis.
2.2
Programme Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Programme Objectives and Learning Outcomes are outlined in this section at two
levels: the Post Graduate Diploma in Computing (Assistive Technology) and the MSc
in Computing (Assistive Technology). Learning outcomes are categorised using the
National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) range of standards of
knowledge, skill and competence.
2.2.1 Postgraduate Diploma in Computing (Assistive Technology)
A student may choose to exit from the MSc programme with a Postgraduate Diploma
in Computing (Assistive Technology) having successfully accumulated the requisite
number of credits for this award. Specific details of this award are outlined in the Part
B programme document.
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“Facing the Challenge - The Lisbon strategy for growth and employment” Report from the High Level
Group chaired by Wim Kok, November 2004, p. 22.
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Programme Objectives
The primary objectives of the Postgraduate Diploma programme are to:
 impart a sound understanding of the general principles of Assistive Technology
to students who have a strong academic track record in computer science or
other numerate discipline;
 provide sufficient experience of selected, leading-edge topics, methodologies
and technologies within computing for Assistive Technology to significantly
advance the career prospects of graduates within the IT industry;
 equip students with knowledge to enable them to develop and apply
technologies in the area of Assistive Technology.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
On successful completion of this Postgraduate Diploma programme, the graduate will
be able to demonstrate:
 Detailed knowledge and understanding of fundamental topics in computing
for Assistive Technology and the manner in which they are combined in the
overall process of inclusive design.
 Detailed understanding of selected specialised computing topics useful in
the area of Assistive Technology.
 Awareness of ethical and professional issues relevant to computing in
Assistive Technology.
Know-How and Skill
On successful completion of this Postgraduate Diploma programme, the graduate will
be able to:
 Perform problem analysis from written descriptions.
 Derive limited requirements specifications from an understanding of
problems.
 Create and/or justify designs to satisfy given requirements.
 Effectively design and develop accessible systems.
 Perform independent information acquisition and management, using the
scientific literature and Web sources.
 Define and contextualise computing research problems in the area of
Assistive Technology, questions or issues.
 Propose and scope a research project of reasonable scale.
 Communicate effectively by oral, written and visual means.
 Prepare technical reports to a professional standard.
 Prepare and present seminars to a professional standard.
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Competence
On successful completion of this Postgraduate Diploma programme, a graduate will
be able to:
 Engage in and take significant responsibility for the successful specification
and resolution of Assistive Technology projects in both technical and
managerial roles.
 Communicate the specification and resolution of Assistive Technology
projects in both technical and managerial roles.
 Work effectively as an individual and as a member of a team.
 Take significant responsibility for the work of individuals and groups.
 Take limited/partial responsibility for leading and initiating Assistive
Technology activities.
 Demonstrate an awareness of how Assistive Technology can be used in a
variety of organisational types and the impact of Assistive Technology
initiatives on such organisational types.
 Demonstrate an appreciation of the wider inclusive society and the
challenges faced by and responsibilities of individuals and organisations in
such a society.
 Appreciate the importance of continued academic/professional
development within the field of computing for Assistive Technology.
 Demonstrate an awareness of the resources available to keep up to date
with new developments in Assistive Technology.
 Demonstrate an awareness of personal responsibilities within professional
codes of conduct relevant to computing in Assistive Technology.
 Take responsibility for their own learning.
 Learn from experiences gained in different contexts.
 Demonstrate the ability to comprehend multiple perspectives.
2.2.2 MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology)
Programme Objectives
The primary objectives of the MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology) programme
are to:
 impart a sound understanding of the general principles of Assistive Technology
to students who have a strong academic track record in computer science or
other numerate discipline;
 provide an in-depth treatment of selected, leading-edge, research-based topics
within computing for Assistive Technology;
 equip students with knowledge to enable them to develop and apply
technologies in the area of Assistive Technology;
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 provide sufficient breadth and depth of experience in up-to-date methodologies
and technologies to significantly advance the career prospects of graduates
within the IT industry, and/or equip them to undertake research in computing.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
On successful completion of the MSc programme, the graduate will be able to
demonstrate:
 Detailed knowledge and understanding of fundamental topics in computing
for Assistive Technology and the manner in which they are combined in the
overall process of inclusive design.
 Detailed understanding of selected specialised computing topics useful in
the area of Assistive Technology.
 Detailed knowledge and understanding of selected, leading-edge, researchbased topics within computing for Assistive Technology.
 Detailed knowledge and understanding of research methodology and
practice.
 Awareness of ethical and professional issues relevant to computing in
Assistive Technology.
Know-How and Skill
On successful completion of the MSc programme, the graduate will be able to:
 Perform problem analysis from written descriptions.
 Derive requirements specifications from an understanding of problems.
 Create and/or justify designs to satisfy given requirements.
 Develop original ideas in a research context.
 Effectively design and develop accessible systems.
 Define and contextualise computing research problems in the area of
Assistive Technology, questions or issues.
 Propose, scope, plan and manage a research project of significant size.
 Perform independent and efficient time management.
 Communicate effectively by oral, written and visual means.
 Prepare technical reports to a professional standard.
 Prepare a dissertation to acceptable academic standard.
 Present and defend research findings in an academically acceptable format.
 Prepare and present seminars to a professional standard.
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Competence
On successful completion of the MSc programme, a graduate will be able to:
 Engage in and take significant responsibility for, the specification and
successful resolution of Assistive Technology projects in both technical and
managerial roles.
 Communicate the specification and resolution of Assistive Technology
projects in both technical and managerial roles.
 Confidently defend research findings.
 Work effectively as an individual and as a member of a team.
 Take significant responsibility for the work of individuals and groups.
 Take significant responsibility for leading and initiating Assistive
Technology activities.
 Demonstrate an awareness of how Assistive Technology can be used in a
variety of organisational types and the impact of Assistive Technology
initiatives on such organisational types.
 Demonstrate an appreciation of the wider inclusive society and the
challenges faced by and responsibilities of individuals and organisations in
such a society.
 Appreciate the importance of continued academic/professional
development within the field of computing for Assistive Technology.
 Demonstrate an awareness of the resources available to keep up to date
with new developments in Assistive Technology.
 Take responsibility for their own learning.
 Learn from experiences gained in different contexts.
 Demonstrate an awareness of personal responsibilities within professional
codes of conduct relevant to computing in Assistive Technology.
 Demonstrate the ability to comprehend multiple perspectives.
3 Market Demand and Support from Industry and
Government Policy
3.1
Justification for the Programme
Ireland has one of the highest concentrations of information and communications
technology (ICT) activity and employment in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) counties. According to ICT Ireland, almost
100,000 people are employed in the ICT sector. In 2001, exports of ICT products and
services from Ireland represented 33% of all exports. Ireland is currently the largest
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exporter of software products in the world and in 2003 manufactured one third of all
Personal Computers sold in Europe7.
The National Skills Bulletin 2005 identifies current and future skills shortage of IT
professionals8. In particular, it notes that “Demand (for IT staff) is expected to
continue to be high, whereas the supply is expected to remain at current levels or fall.
Post 2006, it is expected that demand for ICT skills will exceed supply and eventually
exceed it by a substantial margin”. This shortage has been exacerbated by the down
turn in the technology sector in 2001 as recruitment numbers of leaving certificate
students dropped in line with the downturn in the IT sector.
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), established in 1997, is a body
appointed by the Irish Government to advise it on aspects of education and training
related to the future skills requirements of the enterprise sector of the Irish Economy.
Its membership is composed of representatives from business, employees, education,
Government departments and State agencies. The EGFSN’s latest report of 2005
recommends a focus on continuing education for those already in the workforce. It
also notes that as the ICT market recovers, colleges need to allow for a major
expansion in the demand for graduate diploma conversion courses.
The European Disability Forum estimates that from 10% to 20% (almost 50 million
people) of the European population has a disability. Much attention has been given in
recent years to the fact that the population of the western world is ageing rapidly.
Research would indicate that most individuals within this ageing population are likely
to acquire some form of disability, from natural or external causes which will,
according to current estimates, lead to an increase in the number of people registered
as having a disability to 17% by 2020. This increase will create an even greater
demand for technologies, which will allow people to participate more fully in society
and enjoy a greater quality of life.
If Ireland is to leverage its position as a leader in the IT sector, it must not only help in
the education of IT students, but also it must identify and focus on specific knowledge
intensive domains within the IT sector such as Assistive Technology, to grow
expertise and research into these domains. The MSc in Computing (Assistive
Technology) is aimed directly at consolidating the IT knowledge of individuals with
formal or experiential computing knowledge to increase their abilities to apply that
knowledge in assistive technology. The MSc will provide a pathway for those with a
technical or numerate qualification who have some computing experience to widen
their knowledge of IT in a specific discipline, and thus provide them with a pathway
to working in the assistive technology sector.
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Forfas (2003): The Fourth report of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs.
FAS (2005), National Skills Bulletin
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4 Job Placement of Graduates
Given that this is a new programme, there is no history of job placement for
graduates. However, it is anticipated that there will be strong demand for graduates in
two roles;
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As AT practitioners who design, develop and maintain assistive technologies, and
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As IT professionals with a deep awareness of the design and development of
accessible software and web-based products.
The latter role is becoming more and more significant, particularly in light of the
range of recent European Union (EU) initiatives that examine this issue, most
significant an initiative called "i2010 – A European Information Society for Growth
and Employment" which holds the view that "All citizens have the right to benefit
from new opportunities that the Information Society offers." To ensure all citizens
have access to the information society, IT professionals must be aware of the
accessibility as it applies to web and software design and development. Thus, the
introduction of this programme is timely and relevant to the current and projected
needs of organisations in Ireland.
5 Admission Requirements and Standards
5.1
Admission Criteria
The programme does not accept any applications for direct entry to the Postgraduate
Diploma in Computing (Assistive Technology) and all accepted students must
initially enrol for the MSc in Computing (Assistive Technology) programme. This
MSc programme requires applicants to have experience of the issues involved in
designing and implementing computer systems from a simple to moderate degree of
complexity in either an industrial or an academic context.
The minimum admission requirements for entry to the MSc programme are as
follows:
(1) B.Sc. (Honours 2.2. or better) in Computer Science or an allied discipline
with computer science as a significant programme component. Each such
programme will be assessed by the Admissions and Exemptions Committee.
Or
(2) Applicants with at least 3 years experience in a relevant industry with a
qualification in computer science or related discipline of at least equivalent to
NQAI level 7. Although not meeting (1) these candidates may be assessed at
interview by the Admissions and Exemptions Committee.
Or
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(3) Any other relevant qualification as recommended by the Admissions and
Exemptions Committee and approved by the Director of Science Faculty,
DIT. Although not meeting (1) or (2) these candidates may be assessed at
interview by the Admissions and Exemptions Committee.
Where demand for the programme exceeds the number of available places, selection
will be made by the Admissions and Exemptions Committee based on academic merit
and relevant experience.
5.2
Access for students with a disability
In keeping with the DIT policy on Disabled Students and the philosophy of the
programme, this School actively promotes access to its programmes for students with
a disability.
5.3
Intake policy and Procedures
Applicants must apply directly in writing to the Office of Post Graduate Studies. All
applications will be reviewed by the Admission Committee of this programme. The
responsibilities of the Admission Committee are detailed in Part B of the programme
documentation.
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6 Programme Structure and Content
The programme structure and content is detailed and available in Part B of the
documentation.
7 Staff
7.1
Academic Staff Resources
The School of Computing is directed by a Head of School of Computing, a Head of
Department of Computer Science and a Structured Lecturer. The School has thirty
eight full-time academic staff, three technical staff and a school secretary. The
School also has four pro-rata lecturers. It is the policy of the School, in keeping with
its ethos of an industrially-oriented education system, to have a number of lecturers on
contract who are currently employed in the ICT industry sector. They provide
lectures, seminars and supervise final year projects at both under graduate and post
graduate levels.
PhD
Masters
BSc/BA
Total
SL3
SL2
SL1
ST L
L
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
15
19
PRORATA
1
3
4
TWT
TOTAL
2
9
11
8
27
3
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Table 2 Staff Profile for the School of Computing
Additionally there are 15 part-time staff in the School including Project Supervisors
from industry.
Technical Staff
3 Computer Technicians (1 PWT, 2 TWT)
Administrative Staff
1 School Secretary (PWT)
7.2
Staff Teaching on the Programme
Staff assigned to teaching on the programme can be found in Appendix A.
Individual staff curriculum vitae are shown in Appendix C.
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7.3
Research and Development Interests
There has been a major increase in the research and development interest and
activities within the School during the past four years. This has resulted in a
substantial increase in the number of academic publications and externally generated
funding for the School. This is reflected in the table of publications:
Number of academic
publications
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
7
35
36
37
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Table 3 Number of publications by staff from School of Computing 2002 - 2006
The principal areas of research and development within the School are:
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Assistive Technology
Legacy Systems
E-commerce Systems
Assistive Technology
E-Learning
Pedagogy
Quality Factors in Software
Software Development
Intelligent Agents
Case-based Reasoning
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Linguistics/Natural Language Processing
Mobile Computing
Distributed Databases
Database Technology
Internationalisation of Education
Geographical Information Systems
Music Technology
7.3.1 Staff Professional Development
The School of Computing supports an extensive programme of staff development for
both academic and technical staff. There are currently twelve staff members
undertaking study and research for a PhD degree. Two of these have recently
submitted their PhD theses in 2006 and a further cohort will be submitting in late
2007. Staff development is supported by the school budget, by externally funded
income and by a dedicated budget of 38,000 euro annually, provided by the Dublin
Institute of Technology for a five-year period commencing in 2002.
The school has appointed three senior research professors with a proven track record
of successful PhD Supervision to the school on a part-time basis whose sole function
within the School is the supervision of staff on the PhD programme.
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Staff are encouraged to avail of and participate in courses which are primarily
presented to upskill industrial personnel. These are funded by the School.
There is also a very comprehensive staff development programme provided by the
Learning and Teaching Centre which staff are encouraged to avail of and which have
been proved to be of major benefit to the School in developing innovative teaching
techniques.
7.4
Teaching Techniques and Programme Delivery
In line with the ethos of a post-graduate programme, there will be considerable
emphasis placed on independent research and study, discussion groups, problemsolving skills, effective communications and the ability to work in teams. Students
will be expected to develop independence in, and responsibility for their own
learning.
The programme will continue to use guest speakers from industry and the School as a
core teaching technique in order maximise the students’ exposure to a variety of
industry scenarios, systems and perspectives. This will form the basis for the Case
Studies in IT module, but will also be used throughout the remaining modules
wherever relevant. This technique has in the past proven invaluable for enabling
students to broaden their horizons and knowledge, particularly in selecting a specialist
area for their dissertation.
A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) will be employed to distribute teaching
materials and to support student interaction with both other students and academic
staff. This resource is particularly important for students who are also working in
industry as they have a particular need to be able to access teaching materials outside
of the college. Students are expected to proactively use this resource.
To facilitate the completion of assignment, students will be provided with an outline
timetable of the assignments at the beginning of each semester. This will be
important to help students to plan their time and co-ordinate their work industry.
Learning, teaching and assessment methods for individual modules are provided in
more detail in the module descriptors in Part B of the programme documentation.
8 Accommodation/Resources
8.1
Teaching Facilities
Lectures, tutorials and practicals will be held at the Kevin Street and Aungier Street
sites. The School of Computing has nine dedicated computer laboratories, six in the
Kevin Street site and three in the Aungier Street site. Details may be found in Section
8.3.2 Computer Facilities. Computer laboratories are open and available to students
from 8 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. during the academic year. A more restricted access is
operated during holiday periods.
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Lectures and tutorials normally take place in lecture theatres and rooms but on
occasion where appropriate in the computer laboratories. Many of the lecturing
rooms have been fitted with ceiling mounted projectors. Four rooms have been
enabled with wireless networking (WiFi) to enable greater flexibility in teaching.
8.2 Library
Students have access to Kevin Street College library and the libraries of the other five
constituent colleges. In addition, students can have access to the libraries of Trinity
College. Extensive inter-library facilities are available.
Kevin Street College library has over 6,000 volumes dealing with mathematical and
computer science topics and computerised search facilities.
Situation:
Area:
Seating:
Staff:
e-mail contacts:
Opening hours:
Term time
Vacation
Library holdings:
Periodicals:
The library comprises the entire second floor of the Kevin St.
Annex Building.
1200 m2.
405 on the main library floor
2 (professional grade)
5 (non-professional grade)
julie.defoubert@dit.ie
Librarian
tina.hayes@dit.ie
Senior Library Assistant
kstlibrary@dit.ie
General Enquiries
9.30 a.m. - 9.30 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
9.30 a.m. - 5.15 p.m.
Monday-Friday
Bookstock:
50,000 vols. approx.
440 hardcopy titles
See
e-journals
information below
Systems: All seven constituent site libraries plus the Library Central Services Unit use
the Millennium system for WebOPAC provision and circulation, acquisitions,
cataloguing, document supply and serials management.
General Library Information: Students and staff may borrow from any of the six
DIT Library sites on production of their DIT ID card and have electronic access to
their library account whereby they may view, renew and place holds on items.
Undergraduate students can request letters of referral to use TCD Library or other
academic libraries. Academic staff and postgraduates are eligible to apply for an
ALCID card which is a reciprocal access scheme allowing staff and postgraduate
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students access to libraries of member institutions. See the Library website for more
details.
Electronic Resources Information:
WebOPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) provides a complete list of DIT Library
holdings, including books, and journals plus access to users library account using an
ID number and PIN. www.library.dit.ie.
The WebOPAC and the Library Website both provide links to electronic information
resources including subject databases, subject web-links, electronic journals, other
library catalogues and web guides. The DIT Library website is accessed at
www.dit.ie/library. Metafind, a meta search facility which allows simultaneous
searching of library catalogues, internet search engines and subject databases may
also be accessed here.
Databases: DIT Library subscribes to over 60 databases with user single sign-on
facilitated by the Athens Access Management system. These include Web of Science
which provides a cited reference searching facility, INSPEC, Science Direct, British
Standards Online (fulltext) and the IEEE Electronic Library Online which supports
database functionality and fulltext journal access.
E-Journals: DIT Library has subscriptions to over 16,000 electronic fulltext journals
across a range of subjects. Access is available via the library website or the
WebOPAC.
Current Awareness services such as Zetoc enable the creation of Electronic Tables of
Contents via the British Library extensive periodical databases.
Information Skills Training: Library orientation sessions are given at the beginning
of every academic year, enabling students at different levels to find and use hardcopy
and web resource. Seminars on research resources specifically related to a programme
can be arranged by appointment at any time during the academic year. An information
skills e-module on WebCT is currently being devised to support students in using
library resources. Contact julie.defoubert@dit.ie for more information.
Internet Access: a dedicated room on the library premises contains 12 PCs for
internet use. Access via a student username and password and use is on a ‘walk-in’
basis. The library also has 3 general use internet PCs and 5 WebOPAC PCs on the
library floor. To enable wider laptop usage the Library implements WIFI wireless
technology.
Access from Home: Electronic resources as outlined above are available to registered
library users on a remote basis. Details are available on the staff and student intranets.
Study Facilities: A student collaborative study room is available for small groups of
students working on group or problem based learning projects. A separate AV room
equipped with a TV, DVD and video machines is also available
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Inter library Loans: Material not available in DIT Library is available via the Inter
Library Loans system which aims to offset any limitations on periodical title
subscriptions. Our major document supplier is the British Library, but loans of books,
and theses or purchase of journal articles may be arranged from any academic library.
Requests are submitted and supplied electronically where possible. A charge is levied
to offset the overall cost of this service (€6 for undergraduates and €8 for all other
users).
Assistive Technology: a dedicated PC, scanner and internet point with assistive
technology software (Kurzweil) is available. PC login access is via a password
provided by the Disability Office.
Reprographics: an outsourced maintenance service provides 4 photocopiers (A3, A4
and acetates) and a networked printer for student use. Copyright guidelines apply.
8.3 Accommodation and Facilities
All teaching and practical work is accommodated between the Kevin Street and the
Aungier Street site.
8.3.1 Staff Accommodation
Members of the Computer Science staff are accommodated in a number of offices in
two main locations in the Kevin Street site.
Kevin Street
Room A324
16 m2
Room A324
Room K347 A
Room K347 B
Room K345
28 m2
14 m2
14 m2
11 m2
Departmental
Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
School Secretary
Room A112
Room K26
Room K26A
Room K113A
Room K115A
Room K201
50 m2
30 m2
42 m2
25.25 m2
26.25 m2
33 m2
Staff Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
Staff Office
Head of School
Structured Lecturer
Head of Department
1 Senior Lecturer 1
(Teaching)
3 Technicians
6 Academic Staff
4 Academic Staff
5 Academic Staff
5 Academic Staff
6 Academic Staff
21 m2
Staff Office
4 Staff Members
34 New Bride Street
Ground Floor
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8.3.2 Computer Facilities
The School of Computing delivers a comprehensive range of IT services tailored to
the needs of staff and students. It is the policy of the school to provide the highest
level of service and support to all users.
The school maintains a Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure which provides
centralised account and password management allowing staff and students of the
school access to any PC maintained by the school. Upon registration a user account is
automatically created for the student facilitating access to the School’s resources. Email addresses are provided to all students by the DIT Central IT Services.
8.3.2.1 Server Facilities
The school operates a mixed server environment comprising of Microsoft Windows
2000, Microsoft Windows 2003, Suse Linux, Debian Linux and Sun Solaris.
Services available to students of the school include:
 Microsoft Active Directory authentication services
 Internal web hosting on Microsoft Internet Information Services version 6.0
 SQL relational databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Postgres and Oracle
10g.
 Networked home directories for both Unix and Windows environments
 Accessible network file shares storing course materials
 A virtual server networking environment using User Mode Linux 9
 Solaris 8 graphical Unix desktop environment provided to SunRay thin clients.
 Unix multi user development environment on Debian Linux
 On-line e-learning environments (Moodle and WebCT)
8.3.2.2 Hardware Facilities
The School of Computing currently maintains 8 computer laboratories comprising of
a total of 172 PCs running Microsoft Windows XP and 1 dedicated Unix laboratory
which consists of 1 Sun V280 server running Sun Solaris 8 that currently supports 20
Sun-Ray 150 thin clients. One lab is currently being updated and rewired to support
the teaching of Cisco networking modules.
The School of Computing Laboratories are ergonomically designed and equipped
with air conditioning and ceiling mounted projectors. Labs are open to students from
8am to 9:30 pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4 pm on Saturdays.
In addition to the lab projectors the School provides 15 portable projectors to aid the
delivery of lectures and programme material via electronic presentations.
DIT provides a wireless Internet access service in selected areas of the campus
allowing all staff and students of DIT to continue their research in classrooms,
recreational areas and the library. In addition to the fixed computing facilities, the
School provides 30 wireless enabled laptops available on a temporary loan basis to
students of the School.
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Print services are provided to all students of the school in every laboratory via
Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4100 laser printers. Students are required to provide their
own paper. Toner and support are provided by the School of Computing.
Lab
A115
A116
Location
Kevin St
Kevin St
Equipment
20x SunRay 150 terminal Clients
12x Dell GX260 (P4, 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, 20GB Hard-disk,
CDROM, ZIP-drive, 100Mbit NIC)
8x Dell GX270 (P4, 2.8Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard-disk,
CDRW-drives, ZIP-drive, 100Mbit NIC)
A117
Kevin St
20x Dell GX270 (P4, 3.2Ghz, 2048MB RAM, 80GB Harddisk, DVD/CDRW combo, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
A305
Kevin St
24x Dell GX270 (P4, 2.4Ghz, 1024MB RAM, 40GB Harddisk, CDRW-drive, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
A306
Kevin St
24x Dell GX280 (P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB Hard-disk,
CDRW-drive, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
A308
Kevin St
20x Dell GX270 (P4, 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard-disk,
CDRW-drive, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
4x Dell GX260 (P4, 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard-disk,
CDRW-drive, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
1-005
Aungier St
25x Dell GX260 (P4, 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard-disk,
CDROM, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
1-006
Aungier St
25x Dell GX260 (P4, 2.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard-disk,
CDROM, ZIP-drive, 1Gbit NIC)
B37
Aungier St
10x Dell GX270 (P4, 2.8Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard-disk,
CDROM, ZIP-drive, 100Mbit NIC)
8.3.2.3 Software Facilities
The School of Computing provides access to all software required by students to
complete their programme through a standard image on all School of Computing PCs.
This standard environment provides a consistent user experience across all labs.
The following table presents a list of software applications are available to students of
the school:
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ActivePerl 5.8.3 build 809
Netbean 3.6 IDE
Java J2EE SDK 1.4.2 (inc. J2SE)
Java J2RE 1.4.2
Java Web Services 1.3 (inc. Tomcat 5)
MS SQL Server Client 2000
Project 2002 + updates
Borland C++ 5.02
Cobol 6.1A
SSADM
Derive 5.04
MatLAB 6.5.1
MiniTab 13
Hugs98 (Nov2003r2)
Windows 2000 OS + SP4 + Updates
Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Pro
.Net Framework
Norton Antivirus + Updates
MS Office 2003 + updates
Oracle Spatial
VMWare-Player
MS Project
Eclipse 3.0
JUnit 3.8.1
CafeOBJ 1.4.6
Apache Ant 1.6.2
Z-Eves 2.3
BCC55
Visio modeler 3.1
FDM Query
iUMLite
Winzip 9
JbuilderX
OCL Compiler
MS Visual .Net
Rational Rose
Oracel 9i
StarOffice 7.0 +J2RE 1.4.2
Putt Terminal Client
Netscape 7.1
Turbo Pascal 1.5
Nunit
Spim Simulator
Macromedia Studio 8
8.4 Technical and Administrative Support
The school employs three computer technicians who design, implement, operate and
support all School of Computing services. The School technicians deliver support to
staff and students via both an email based ticketing system and on an informal basis
via drop-in support.
There is one school secretary who staffs the School office and currently supports all
the academic staff.
8.4.1 Technical Requirements for This Programme
In this programme, a Virtual Learning Environment will be used to enable students to
access online teaching and learning material and to support interaction between
students and academic staff. The VLE that will be employed will be available for use
by students and academic staff from the outset of the programme.
No additional funding is required to support the use of a VLE for the programme.
8.4.2 Additional Facilities Required to Run the Programme
Students who wish to complete their assignments outside the college, will be expected
to have access to their own computer facilities.
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9 Internationalisation of School
It is important that modern Schools of Computing should have an international
dimension. It opens horizons, both for staff and students and enriches all aspects of
their academic experience.
The School of Computing has developed strong relationships with third-level
institutions in the United Kingdom and particularly in China in recent years. The
programme of studies leading to a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (DT228) is
currently being offered in English at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in
China. This programme will offer a BSc (Hons) degree from both DIT and HIT. This
joint programme has been identified by the Department of Education of the
Government of the Peoples Republic of China as being a possible prototype which
may be offered elsewhere in the recently established Schools of Software Engineering
throughout China.
The School of Computing was successful in 2003 in achieving substantial funding of
600,000 euro from the EU Asia Link Programme to develop an undergraduate BSc in
Computing incorporating the industrial focus currently being offered by the School of
Computing with appropriate Chinese industrial and social culture. A number of the
academic staff of the School have spent time in HIT during the past years developing
and implementing aspects of the programme including curriculum development,
programme delivery and in particular, quality assurance issues. The School of
Computing is responsible for the Project with the University of Wolverhampton and
HIT as partners.
The School of Computing has a large number of non-EU students, approximately
15% of the total whole time student cohort. This has beneficial effects on the School
as a whole but particularly for their fellow students. It widens intellectual horizons
and introduces a multi-cultural atmosphere from which we can all learn.
The School also welcomes EU students who wish to pursue their studies in
Computing in the DIT.
10 Assessments
The structure and nature of Examinations and Assessments is documented in Part B of
the Programme Documents.
10.1 External Examiners’ report
It is the practice of the School of Computing to nominate external examiners for each
of its programmes, both academic and industrial. In this programme, there will
initially be two external examiners, one academic and one industrial.
The duties and the detailed responsibilities of the external examiners are described in
the General Assessment Regulations (Modular Programmes).
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11 Programme Management and Quality Assurance
Arrangements
This section describes the programme management structures.
11.1 Programme team and Programme management structures
In keeping with the Quality Assurance Handbook:
The Programme Team consists of the following staff:
Head of School of Computing
Head of Department of Computer Science,
All whole-time academic staff of DIT who lecture on the programme,
The Programme Committee for the programme as selected by the Programme Team is
to be found in Appendix B. It comprises of:
Head of School of Computing
Head of Department of Computer Science
Dissertation Co-ordinator
Additional staff teaching on the programme
Student representatives
The chairperson is elected by the Programme Committee. The Committee meets at
least once a semester and the Programme Team at least each academic year.
11.2 Programme Monitoring and Quality Assurance
The procedures to be implemented and followed to assure the quality of the
programme are in accordance with the Quality Assurance Handbook. In particular, an
annual report form (Form Q5) will be prepared and discussed by the programme
committee.
12 Student Handbook and Information Channels for Students
A student handbook will be provided and made available online for students. This
will be regularly updated to inform students of current and ongoing development on
the programme. In addition, a full set of documentation for the programme will be
available in the library.
Meetings between staff and students will take place each semester. This forum will
allow students to provide feedback on programme content and teaching strategies.
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Student representatives will be present at Programme committee meetings, enabling
students to provide input, ideas and feedback into programme review and
development discussions.
13 Programme Development Plan
It is proposed that programme will start in the first semester of academic year
2007/2008.
A formal review of the programme will take place every five years in accordance with
Dublin Institute of Technology’s Quality Assurance procedures. However, it is the
policy of the School of Computing to internally review syllabi for the programme biannually to take account of the rapid evolution of the IT industry.
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14 Appendix A – Module responsibilities
The following is a list of the modules and nominated lecturers.
Core Modules
Module
Code
Module Title
Nominated Lecturer
ASTC1101
Foundations of Assistive
Technology
Dyslexia and Assistive
Technology
Universal Design
Damian Gordon
Assistive Technology
Professional Skills I
Problem Solving,
Communication and Innovation
Man and Machine
Ger Craddock
Assistive Technology
Professional Skills II
Case Studies in Assistive
Technology
Research Methods and Proposal
Writing
Ger Craddock
ASTC1201
ASTC1301
ASTC1401
ASTC1501
ASTC1601
ASTC2101
ASTC2201
ASTC2301
John Gilligan
Ciaran O’Leary
Brian McNamee
Dave Carroll
Deirdre Lawless
Fred Mtenzi
Option Modules
Module
Code
Module Title
Nominated Lecturer
ASTC2401
Damian Gordon
ASTC2501
Inclusive Learning Through
Technology
Ubiquitous Computing
ASTC2601
Accessible Web Design
Brendan Tierney
ASTC2701
Biomedical Devices
James Condron
ASTC2801
Project and Change
Management
Robotics
Susan McKeever
ASTC2901
Michael Collins
John Kelleher
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15 Appendix B – Programme Committee Membership
Role
Name
Head of School of
Computing
Head of Department of
Computer Science
Brendan O’Shea
Dissertation Co-ordinator
Additional staff teaching on
the programme
Damian Gordon
Dave Carroll, Michael Collins, James
Condron, Ger Craddock, John Gilligan,
John Kelleher, Deirdre Lawless, Fred
Mtenzi, Susan McKeever, Brian
McNamee, Ciaran O’Leary, Brendan
Tierney.
Student representatives
To be elected.
Bing Wu
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16 Appendix C – Curriculum Vitae
STAFF
CURRICULUM VITAE
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Brendan O’Shea
SL III (Head of School)
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
BSc, MSc, PhD
3. Experiences
1966-67
Junior Lecturer, University College, Galway
1970-71
Lecturer, University of Leeds
1971-75
Lecturer (L1), College of Technology, Kevin Street.
1975-79
Lecturer (L2), College of Technology, Kevin Street
1979-2001
Science.
Asst. Head, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer
2001-Present Head, School of Computing
4. Scholarly Interests
Discrete Mathematics
Computer Aided Learning
Medical Informatics
Software Development
Web Metrics
Sports Nutrition
Sports Science
Smart Card Technology
5. Publications
“Algorithms for the solution of systems of coupled 2nd order differential equations”
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1978.
“A nutritional study of Irish athletes” (with Barry et al.), Brit. J. of Sports Med. 15
(1981) 99-109.
“Dietary survey of a central Dublin population” (with Doherty et al.) Journal of Irish
Medical Association 71 (1978) No. 17.
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“A control study of dietary factors in Renal Stone formation”, (with Griffiths et al.),
Brit. Journal of Urology 53 (1981) 416-420).
“A case-control study of the dietary intake of Renal Stone patients (with Griffith et
al.) Paper 1 Urological Research, Vol. 14 (1986).
“A case-control study of the dietary intake of Renal Stone patients (with Griffith et
al.) Paper 2 Urological Research, Vol. 14 (1986).
“An integrated approach to marathon training”. Proceedings of the Eighth Mid. East
Sports. Sc. Symposium, pp. 20-25 (1988).
“A nutritional study of Olympians.” Proceedings of the Eight Mid. East Sports Sc.
Symposium, pp. 63-65 (1988).
“Nutrition in sport.” Education; Vol 4. No. 7. 3-7. (1988).
“Food for Sport and Fitness”. Barry, Kevany and O’Shea, CDVEC publications
(1982).
“
“Dietary Principles for Optimum Performance.” Sports Science Symposium;
proceedings from ninth World Veteran Championships, pp 87-92. (1989).
“Establishment of an Irish nutrient database.” Flair Eurofoods - Enfant project,
pp 126-126. (1989).
“PCDIET: Nutrition Analysis Program for the IBM and Power Mac computers”
Mathias, P. and O’Shea, B. Proceedings of the Third Macedonian Conference on
Dietetics and Nutrition (1997).
Brendan O’Shea, Bing Wu and Cindy Liu (2003) Industry-Oriented Education to
Meet the Requirements of Software Industry and Beyond, IT Education Vol. 1, No. 1
pp66-69, Dec 2003
Fitzpatrick, R., Smith, P. and O'Shea, B. (2004) Software Quality Revisited,
Proceedings of the Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF 2004, Rome),
Istituto di Ricerca Internazionale S.r.l., Milan, Italy, p307/315, ISBN 88-86674-33-3.
Fitzpatrick, R., Smith, P. and O'Shea, B. (2004) Software Quality Challenges,
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Software Quality at the 26th International
Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2004), Edinburgh, Scotland, IEE,
Stevenage, Herts, UK.
Fitzpatrick, R., Smith, P. and O'Shea, B., 2005 Web site engagibility: A step beyond
usability, invited paper Proceeding of HCI International 2005, Universal Access in
Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, USA, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc
(LEA)
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Bing Wu
SL2 (Assistant Head of School)
Full Time
2. Academic Qualifications
BSc, MSc, PhD
3. Experiences
May 2001 – Present
Senior Lecturer II, School of Computing, DIT, Dublin
Nov. 1998 – Apr.2001 Lecturer II
Department of Computer Science DIT, Dublin
Jan. 1997 – Sept. 1998 Research Fellow
Department of Computer Science Trinity College Dublin
Jan. 1992 - Aug. 1996 Researcher
Department of Computation, UMIST, UK leading to Ph.D
Feb. 1985 - Dec. 1991 Lecturer
Department of Computer Science, NUDT, China
4. Scholarly Interests
Applications of modern database systems
Information system engineering and re-engineering
Legacy system migration and integration
Healthcare informatics and Bioinformatics
Distributed information systems
E-business, E-Service
Object-oriented modelling and design approaches
5. Publications
Wan, B S and Wu, B (1986):
Formal language National-Defence Publication
296 pagers ISBN 7-81024-027-7. This book was conferred with the ‘Best Textbook
Award’ by the Chinese National Education Committee in 1993.
Recent Papers in Refereed Journals and Conferences (since 1998)
K Dube, E Mansour and B Wu (2005) Supporting Collaboration and Information
Sharing in Computer-Based Clinical Guideline Management. Accepted for The 18th
IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS05).
Dublin, Ireland. June (2005).
P Banks, L Moor, C Liu and B Wu (2004) Dynamic visual acuity : a review The
South African Optometrist Vol. 63 No. 2 June 2004
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D Lawless, B Wu, X Xu, C Yuan and K Bechkoum (2004) Requirements For An
Industry-Oriented IT Education Model To Support The Emerging Knowledge
Economy in China in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Knowledge
Economy and Development of Science and Technology. "Knowledge Economy meets
Science and Technology" (KEST 2004) Beijing, China. September 17-20.
B O’She, B Wu and C Liu (2003) Industry-Oriented Education to Meet the
Requirements of Software Industry and Beyond IT Education, Vol. 1 No.1 (ISSN
1672-5913) China, December 2003
Yingyu Wan, Fred Mtenzi, and Bing Wu (2003) Distributed Construction of Weakly
Connected Dominating Sets for Clustering Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Third IT&T
Annual Conference, 22-23 October, 2003
Xiaohai Wei, Fredrick Mtenzi, Bing Wu and Yingyu Wan (2003), An Energy Efficient
Routing Algorithm With Priority for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (PDSR), Proceedings
of the Third IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical
Communications, Editor: Lambertus Hesselink, pages 628-632, ISBN: 0-88986-3741, ACTA Press, 2003.
D Nugent, K. Dube and B Wu (2003) (DAAS) A Web-Based System for User-Specific
Dietary Analysis and Advice for the Public Health Domain In the Proceedings of the
7th international Conference for Young Computer Scientists, Harbin, China, August 810, 2003
Yingyu Wan, Fred Mtenzi, and Bing Wu (2003) A best-possible approximation for
minimum-energy multicast problem in wireless ad hoc networks, XVI Conference of
the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, 5 June - 7 June 2003 Molde,
Norway
R. Jones, K. Dube and B Wu (2003) TOPME: AN XML-BASED CLIENT-SERVER
FRONT-END FOR THE DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL
PROTOCOLS FOR TOPS In the Proceedings of the 7th international Conference for
Young Computer Scientists, Harbin, China, August 8-10, 2003
R. Eiband, P Kennedy, D Cotter, R Ryan, U MacEvilly, B Wu (2003) : Analysis of
Atlantic Salmon Skin Mucus: COPS – A computer-based system for protein pattern
analysis of 1 D SDS-PAGE gels 3rd IEEE International Symposium on
Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE 2003) Bethesda, Maryland March 10-12,
2003
K.Dube, B.Wu and J. Grimson (2002): Using ECA Rules in Database Systems to
Support Clinical Protocols, the 13th International Conference on Database and Expert
Systems Applications (DEXA 2002). Aix en Provence, France, September 2002
(LNCS2453)
Eibrand, R. Kennedy, P., Cotter, D., Ryan,R. MacEvilly, U., Wu, B. (2002)., COPS –
Computerised Proteomics System for Protein Pattern Analysis of 1D SDS-PAGE Gels
of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Skin Mucus. In Proceedings of the Swiss Proteomics
Society, Lausanne, Switzerland 87-90.
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K.Dube, B.Wu and J. Grimson (2002): Framework and Architecture for the
management of Event-Condition-Action (ECA) Rule-Based Clinical Protocols, the
15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. Maribor, Slovenia, June
2002
L. Moore, B. Wu, and C. Liu (2001) Computer Software Application in the Testing of
Dynamic Visual Acuity and Recognition times Sport Vision 2001, Loughborough,
UK. April (invited talk).
K. Dube and B. Wu (2001) : Supporting Clinical Laboratory Test Ordering Protocol
Specification, Execution and Management: an Event-Condition-Action Rule and
Database Approach Healthcare Informatics Journal (HIJ), Sheffield Academic Press,
UK. March, 2001
B. Wu and K. Dube (2001) : Applying Event-Condition-Action Mechanism in
Healthcare: a Computerised Clinical Test-Ordering Protocol System (TOPS). The
Third International Symposium on Cooperative Database Systems for Advanced
Applications Beijing, China.
B. Wu and K. Dube (2001) PLAN : a Framework and Specification Language with an
Event-Condition-Action (ECA) mechanism for Clinical Test Request Protocols in the
Proceedings of Thirty-fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems
Sciences (HICSS-34), the Information Technology in Health Care Track, Maui,
Hawaii.
K. Dube and B. Wu (2000) : Supporting Clinical Laboratory Test Ordering Protocol
Specification, Execution and Management: an Event-Condition-Action Rule and
Database Approach 5th Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium of Healthcare
Informatics Society of Ireland, Saggart, Co.Dublin. (Best Research Paper Award).
K. Dube and B. Wu (2000) : Specification, Implementation, Management and
Execution of Clinical Test Ordering Protocols: a Database Approach. in the
Proceedings of the First European Workshopon Computer-based Support for Clinical
Practice Guidelines (EWGLP 2000). Leipzig, Germany.
P. O'Byrne and B. Wu (2000): LACE Frameworks and Technique -- Identifying the
Legacy Status of an Information System from the Perspectives of its Causes and
Effects in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Principles of Software
Evolution, Kanazawa, Japan
F. Knox, D. Berry, P. Gaffne, B. Wu, G. Stephens, M. Sharp, W. Grimson, J.
McGrory (1999): INCA: The Development of an Integrated Network Clinical
Analyser, 4th Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium of Healthcare Informatics
Society of Ireland, Malahide, Dublin.
D. Berry, B. Wu, S. Pardon, F. Duignan, W. Grimson, P. Gaffney, F. Clarke, J.
Feely(1999) A Test Request Protocol System IFCC WorldLab Conference, Bologna,
Italy.
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J. Bisbal, D. Lawless, R. B. Wu, and J. Grimson (1999) “Legacy Systems Migration :
A Brief Review of Problems, Solutions and Research Issues”, IEEE software. Vol.16,
No.5
B. Wu, D. Lawless, J. Bisbal, and J. Grimson, (1998) "Legacy System Migration : the
Database Engineering Prospective", Invited paper (keynote speaker), in the
Proceedings of the 18th Database Conference (DATASEM '98), Brno, Czech
Republic.
B. Wu, D. Lawless, J. Bisbal and J. Grimson (1998) “Facing Challenge : migrations
of Legacy Information Systems” in the Proceedings of the 3rd national conference of
young Chinese scientists. Beijing, China.
J. Bisbal, B. Wu, D. Lawless and J. Grimson (1998) “Building Consistent Database
Sampling to Support Information Systems Evolution and Migration”, in the Lecture
Notes of Computer Science (LNCS 1460)
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Dave Carroll, BSc, MSc, MBCS
Structured Lecturer
Full-Time
2. Academic Qualifications
Dublin City University
MSc in Computer Applications
1996
Dublin City University
BSc in Information Technology
1993
Dublin Institute of
Technology,
Kevin St,
Dublin 8.
Structured Lecturer in Computer
Applications
2001
To
Date
Dublin Institute of
Technology,
Kevin St,
Dublin 8.
Lecturer 1 in Computer Science
1999
2001
Dublin Institute of
Technology,
Mountjoy Square,
Dublin 1.
Lecturer 1 in Computer Applications
Information Technology and Multimedia
1983
1999
1980
1983
3. Experiences
Various companies in
private sector.
Service Manager/Chief Engineer
- Broadcast and industrial video
systems
4. Scholarly Interests
Human Computer Interaction, Assistive Technology, IT Skills Acquisition Models, IT
Training Delivery Models, Quality Assurance in Industry Oriented Software
Education.
Currently pursuing PhD research in IT Skills Acquisition and IT Training Delivery
Models under the supervision of Prof. Gordon Bull and Dr. Brendan O’Shea.
5. Publications/Presentations
Lawless, Deirdre; Gordon, Damian; O’Leary, Ciarán; Carroll, Dave; Mtenzi, Fred
and Collins, Michael (2005) Educational model for industrially oriented software
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engineering education. Poster at DIT Showcase on Learning and Teaching, May
2005.
Carroll, D (2005). EMERSION Industry Oriented Education Model - QA System
Requirements Overview. CEIS-SIOE 2005: 1st China-Europe International
Symposium on Software Industry Oriented Education,
10-11 January 2005, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Presentation delivered at CEIS-SIOE 2005 Session Four: Quality Assurance in Industry Oriented
Software Education.
Carroll, D (2004). Evaluation of IT Skills Certification Schemes.
3rd Annual Research Conference, 16-17 December 2004, School of Computing,
Dublin Institute of Technology
Presentation on current PhD research work.
Carroll, D (2002). Training Delivery Models for IT Skills Acquisition.
1st Annual Research Conference, 16-17 December 2004, School of Computing,
Dublin Institute of Technology
PhD research presentation.
6. Membership of Professional Bodies
British Computer Society
Member (Professional Grade)
2004
Association of Computing
Machinery
Member (Professional)
2001
IEEE Computer Society
Member
2001
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Paul Kelly
SL1
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. M.Sc.
3. Experiences
Industrial: 4 years
Academic:20 years
4. Scholarly Interests
Virtual learning environments, software agents, Learning Disabilities and Assistive
Technology
5. Publications
A Guide to C Programming (3rd Edition), Gill and Macmillan, 1999.
A Guide to C++ Programming, Gill and Macmillan, 2001.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Andrea Curley
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
2004
1995
1994
MSc in IT for Strategic Management (Distinction), D.I.T.
BSc in Computer Science and Software Engineering (2.1), D.I.T.
Diploma in Computer Science, (Distinction), D.I.T.
3. Experiences
2000-05
Ericsson Telecommunications
Test team Lead/ Senior Designer in the 3G/UMTS I&V Department
3G/UMTS Integration & Verification Engineer
2G/GSM Integration & Verification Engineer
1994-2000
Riverdance
4. Scholarly Interests
Web Content Protection
Music Technology
Telecommunications
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1. Personal Details
Name: Art Sloan
Grade: Lecturer
Full time/Part-time:
Full-Time
2. Academic Qualifications
Higher National Diploma in Computer Science
Graduate Diploma in Computer Science
Master of Science (Faculty of Economics) in Analysis, Design and Management of
Information Systems
3. Experiences
1989 – 1992: Systems Engineer, British Aerospace Military Aircraft, Warton,
Lancashire
1992 - 1993: Database Programmer, KPMG, Belfast
1993 – 1994: Analyst/Programmer, Applied Scientific Ltd, Limerick
Also:
Analyst/Programmer, Accutron Ltd, Limerick
1994 – 1999: Lecturer (MIS and Computing), various 3rd-level institutions in Ireland
incuding UCD, NCIR, Carlow Inst of Tech and Dundalk Inst of Tech
199 – Present: Lecturer (PWT), DIT, Kevin Street
4. Scholarly Interests
Currently a PhD student (part-time) at the Dublin Institute of Technology
5. Publications
EdTech 2003 Conference Paper:
Comparing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to
the Multiple Intelligence Inventory
EdTech 2004 Conference Paper:
Learning Outcomes in Web-Based Education
ITTE Conference Paper:
Constructivism in Web-Based Education
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Brian Mac Namee
Grade:
Lecturer
Full time/Part-time: Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
2000 BA (mod) Computer Science, University of Dublin, Trinity College.
2004 PhD, Department of Computer Science, University of Dublin, Trinity College
3. Experiences
2000-05 (Part-Time)
Technical Trainer, International Academy of Computer,
Dublin, Ireland
2002-03 (Part-Time)
Lecturer, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland
2004-05
R & D Software Engineer, Agilent Technologies, Dublin,
Ireland
4. Scholarly Interests
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Games
Augmented Reality
5. Publications
B Mac Namee, S Dobbyn, P Cunningham & C O'Sullivan, “Simulating Virtual
Humans Across Diverse Situations”, In Proceedings of Intelligent Virtual Agents ’03,
pp 159-63. (2003)
B Mac Namee & P Cunningham, “Creating Socially Interactive Non Player
Characters: The µ-SIC System”, International Journal of Intelligent Games &
Simulations, Vol.2 No.1. (2003)
C Peters, S Dobbyn, B Mac Namee & C O'Sullivan, “Smart Objects for Attentive
Agents”, In Proceedings of the International Conference in Central Europe on
Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. (2003)
B Mac Namee, S Dobbyn, P Cunningham & C O'Sullivan, “Men Behaving
Appropriately: Applying the Role Passing Technique to the ALOHA System”,
Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour '02. (2002)
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B Mac Namee, P Cunningham, S Byrne & O Corrigan, “The Problem of Bias in
Training Data in Regression Problems in Medical Decision Support”, Artificial
Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 1, pp 51-70. (2002)
B Mac Namee & P Cunningham, “Proposal for an Agent Architecture for Proactive
Persistent Non Player Characters”, Proceedings of the Twelfth Irish Conference on
Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, pp. 221 - 232. (2001)
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Brendan Tierney
Lecturer
Full Time
2. Academic Qualifications
Diploma in Applied Science
BSc (Applied Science)
MSc (Computer Applications)
Graduate Diploma in Applied Project Management
3. Experiences
1993-1996
– Oracle Corporation (Ireland & UK)
– Consultant
1996-1998
– Deloitte & Touche Management Consultants (Ireland)
– Senior Database Consultant
1998-2001
- Norkom Technologies (Ireland, Belgium & USA)
- Project Manager & Senior Technical Consultant
4. Scholarly Interests
Databases, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge
Management, Organisational Analysis & Statistics
5. Publications
Tierney, B., Jackson, M., 2004, 'Contextual Semantic Integration for Ontologies',
British National Conference on Databases, Doctoral Consortium, Tuesday 6th July,
2004.
Zhao, S., Tierney, B., 2004, 'Bi-Directional Mapping between Ontology Versions: A
Requirement for Data Sharing in Distributed Environments', Second International
Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (ICCSA-2004), San Diego,
California, USA, June 28-30, 2004.
Tierney, B., Jackson, M., 2004, 'Contextual Extensions for Ontology
Integration', Second International Conference on Computer Science and its
Applications (ICCSA-2004), San Diego, California, USA, June 28-30, 2004.
Tierney, B., Jackson, M., 2003, 'Using Ontologies in Knowledge Discovery in
Data', International Conference on Emerging Technologies, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA, August 25-26, 2003.
Hofmann, M., Tierney, B., 2003, 'The Involvement of Human Resources in Large
Scale Data Mining Projects', International Symposium on Information and
Communication Technologies, Dublin, Ireland, 24 - 26 September, 2003.
Hofmann, M., O'Mahony, M., Tierney, B., 2003, 'A Framework to Utilise Urban Bus
Data for Advanced Data Analysis', 10th World Congress on Intelligent Transport
Systems, Madrid, Spain, 16 - 20 November, 2003.
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Tierney, B., Jackson, M., 2003, 'Using Semantics for Knowledge Discovery in
Data', 20th British National Conference on Databases, Coventry, England, 15 - 17
July, 2003.
Tierney, B., 2002, 'An introduction to Business Intelligence and Knowledge
Discovery in Data', CRM2Day, May, 2002.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Bryan Duggan
Lecturer
Full-time
2. Academic Qualifications
2003 MSc in IT for Strategic Management, Dublin Institute of Technology
1996 First Class Honours Degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering,
University of Dublin, Trinity College
1993 Diploma in Computer Science, (Credit Standard), Dublin Institute of
Technology Kevin St.
3. Experiences
DIT Kevin St
National College of
Ireland
AIB
Dec, 2003 - To Date
Sep, 2002 – Dec, 2003
Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer
May 2002
Java and Internet Security
specialist
Vice President with
Responsibility for
Internet Projects
Internet specialist
Web developer
C Programmer
Bear Stearns
Sept 1998 – Sept 2001
Lotus
Womex
SIS
Sept 1997 – Sept 1998
Sept 1996 – Sept 1997
Sept 1993 – Sept 1996
4. Scholarly Interests
I am presently pursuing a PhD entitled “Modeling Creativity in Traditional Irish
Music using Case Based Reasoning”. I am also interested in Music Technology and
Games Programming
5. Publications
Duggan, B.: Creating Effective Efficient & Desirable Voice Enabled Web Systems,
presented at the 8th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces For All", Palais Eschenbach,
Vienna, Austria, 28-29 June 2004
Duggan, B. and Deegan, M.: Considerations in the usage of Text To Speech in the
Creation of Natural Sounding Voice Enabled Web Systems, International Symposium
on Information and Communication Technologies, Trinity College Dublin September
24-26, 2003
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Ciarán O’Leary
Lecturer (Permanent)
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Computer Applications, Dublin City University
MSc Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin
Member of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland
3. Experiences
1999
Web Developer
Solomon Smith Barney, New York City, USA
1999 – 2001
IT Contractor (Part Time)
IT Training with Irish Academy of Computer Training and Computer Learning Centre
Ireland.
Java Developer with Labyrinth on Digifone Online website.
2000 – Date
Lecturer
Lecturer with the School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology
4. Scholarly Interests
I am currently pursuing a PhD in the area of Behaviour Based and Distributed AI.
Other research interests include Distributed and Internet Systems and E-Learning.
5. Publications
'Leary, Ciarán; Humphrys, Mark and Walshe, Ray, A novel application of Web
Services in Computer Science education. In proceedings of The International
Conference on Computer as a tool (EUROCON 2005). Belgrade, Serbia &
Montenegro, November, 2005
O’Leary, Ciarán, Reuse and arbitration in diverse Societies of Mind. In proceedings
of the 16th Irish conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (AICS
2005), Coleraine, Northern Ireland, September 2005
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Lawless, Deirdre; Gordon, Damian; O’Leary, Ciarán; Mtenzi, Fred; Xu, Xiaofei and
Bechkoum, Kamal, "Establishing undergraduate research communities", to be
presented at CAL2005, Bristol, England, April 2005.
Lawless, Deirdre; Gordon, Damian; O'Leary, Ciarán and Collins, Michael,
"Determining Key Skills for IT Graduates in the Emerging Knowledge-Based
Economy", presented at All Ireland Society for Higher Education Inaugural
Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 2 - 3 September 2004
Walshe, Ray; Humphrys, Mark and O'Leary, Ciarán, "Complex Brains: Constructing
better minds using sub-minds from biotechnology authors", in proceedings of The
First IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations,
Toulouse France August, 22-27, 2004
O'Leary, Ciarán; Humphrys, Mark and Walshe, Ray, "Constructing an animat mind
using 505 sub-minds from 234 different authors", in proceedings of The Eighth
International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'04) 13 - 17
July 2004, Los Angeles, CA, USA
O'Leary, Ciarán and Humphrys, Mark, "Building a hybrid Society of Mind using
components from ten different authors", in proceedings of Seventh European
Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL-03), September 2003, Dortmund, Germany
O'Leary, Ciarán, "Technology for automated assessment: The World-Wide-Mind",
talk presented at EdTech 2003, Waterford, Ireland, May 2003.
Gordon, Damian and O'Leary, Ciarán, "Zen and the art of web site evaluation: tools to
assist in the successful development of an elearning portal", talk presented at CAL
2003, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April, 2003.
Humphrys, Mark and O'Leary, Ciarán, "Constructing complex minds through
multiple authors", in From Animals To Animats 7: The 7th International Conference
on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB-02), August 2002, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
O'Leary, Ciarán and Humphrys, Mark, "Lowering the entry level: Lessons from the
Web and the Semantic Web for the World-Wide-Mind", poster at 1st Int. Semantic
Web Conf. (ISWC-02), June 2002, Sardinia, Italy
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Cindy Liu
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. Computer Science
M.Sc. Computer Science
3. Experiences
Nov. 2001– Present
Post:
Lecturer
Computing School, DIT, Kevin Street
Nov. 1999 – Nov. 2001 Post: Senior Database Developer
Labyrinth Ltd. Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2
Jan. 1999 – Nov. 1999 Post: Software Researcher
Industrial Control Centre, DIT, Kevin Street
Mar. 1992 - Apr. 1993 Post:
Lecturer
Department of Systems Engineering
National University of Defence Technology
Hunan, China
Mar. 1986 – Sep. 1989 Post:
Lecturer
Department of Systems Engineering
National University of Defence Technology
Hunan, China
Aug. 1982 - Feb. 1986 Post:
Software Engineer
Xi-Chang Satellite-Lunching Centre
Shi-Chuang Province
P. R. China
4. Scholarly Interests
Computer Application for Sports
E-Learning technologies and solutions
Database systems and applications
5. Publications
P Banks, L Moor, C Liu and B Wu (2004) Dynamic visual acuity : a review The
South African Optometrist Vol. 63 No. 2 June 2004
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Brendan O’Shea, Bing Wu and Cindy Liu (2003) Industry-Oriented Education to
Meet the Requirements of Software Industry and Beyond, IT Education Vol. 1, No. 1
pp66-69, Dec 2003
Linda Moore, Cindy Liu and Bing Wu (2001) DOVE: the Development of a Software
System for Testing Dynamic Visual Acuity and Recognition Time invited talk in Sports
Vision 2001
M.Sc Thesis (1992) The Development of a Software Analysis System for Gymnasts
Training
Text Book: Xiaoling Liu and MeiXi Zhao (1987) Programming in Assembly
Language National University of Defense Technology Printing
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Damian Bourke
Lecturer
Full-Time
2. Academic Qualifications
Dip.EE, B.Sc.(Eng.), PGD(ITSM), M.Sc.(ITSM).
3. Experiences
1988 - 1990 Allen Martin Conservation Limited - Software Development, Project
Engineer.
1990 – 1993 British Telecommunications Limited – Operations and Maintenance
Manager.
1993 – 1995 Concert Communications Limited - Operations and Maintenance
Manager.
1996 – 2001 Eircell Limited - Project Engineer, Strategic Planning Manager,
Interconnect Manager.
2001 – Present DIT, Kevin Street - Lecturer.
4. Scholarly Interests
Communication systems, Computer networks, Network Programming and Distributed
Systems.
5. Publications
Various dissertations/final year projects in pursuit of the above qualifications.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Damian Gordon
L
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
M.A. in Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin
Certificate in Java and HTML Programming, School of Computer Technology
B.A.(Mod.) in Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin
3. Experience
Jan 2001 – To Date
Lecturer for the School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology
May-August 2000
Researcher for CRITE (Centre for Research in IT in Education), TCD
Mar 1999 – Dec 2000
Researcher for Trinity College Dublin, in conjunction with Machine Vision
Technology (MVT)
Nov 1998 – Feb 1999
Implementation Consultant for Ross Systems Ireland Ltd.
Mar 1996 - July 1998
Business Systems Analyst/Developer (Team Leader) for Phimac Computing Ltd.
Oct 1995 - Jan 1996
Visiting Researcher to the Department of Computer Science, National University of
Ireland, Maynooth.
4. Scholarly Interests
eLearning
eLearning, Virtual Learning Environments, pedagogically inspired models in ICT
Education, constructivistic learning approaches.
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Acquisition and Representation, Ontology Design, Knowledge
Management for Assistive Technology, Ontological Representations of ICT Training
Computer Vision
Automated Inspection, shape-from-specularity, shape-from-shading, shape-frommotion, photometric stereo, Gestalt psychology, illusory contour formation,
biologically inspired models.
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5. Publications
Gordon, D., eBeckett: An Investigation of the Additional Dimensionality provided by
an On-line Environment for Beckett Studies, Beckett at 100: New Perspectives,
Febuary 2006.
Lawless, D., Gordon, D., O'Leary, C., Mtenzi, F., Xu, X., Bechkoum, K. Establishing
Undergraduate Research Communities, CAL 2005, April 2005.
Craddock, G., Gordon, D., Scherer, M., Inclusive Learning through Technology:
Individualized Curriculum in Special Ed, ATIA 2005 Conference and Exhibition,
Orlando, Florida, January 2005
Gordon, D., Craddock, G., Lynch, B., Using the de Bono 6-Hats Technique as a
Learning Styles Model, ELSIN Seminar 2004, University of Durham, UK, September
2004
Lawless, D., Gordon, D., O'Leary, C., Collins, M. Determining Key Skills for IT
Graduates in the Emerging Knowledge-Based Economy, All Ireland Society for
Higher Education Inaugural Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, September 2004
Gordon, D., Bull, G., The Nexus Explored: A Generalised Model of Learning Styles,
SITE 2004, March 2004.
Gordon, D., Bull, G., Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas: Using Learning style as a
guide when developing Learning Materials using a Virtual Learning Environment,
CAL 2003, April 2003.
Gordon, D., O'Leary, C., Zen and the Art of Web Site Evaluation: Tools to Assist in
the Successful Development of an eLearning Portal, CAL 2003, April 2003.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Deirdre Lawless
Lecturer
Full Time
2. Academic Qualifications
MSc . Computer Science, University of Dublin, 1999.
BSc. Computer Science, University College Dublin, NUI 1990.
3. Experience
September 2002 – date School of Computing, Faculty of Science, Dublin Institute of
Technology, Kevin Street Dublin 8.
Lecturer
Modules
Knowledge Based Decision Support Systems, BSc. Computer Science 4th Year.
Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence, BSc. Computer Science 3rd Year.
Intelligent Systems Development, BSc. Computer Science 3rd Year
Information Systems, BSc. Information Technology 1st Year.
Research
Local project manager of the Emersion project funded by EU Asia-Link project,
awarded March 2003. Emersion will establish, implement and evaluate an industryoriented education model and system in China, particularly for the information
technology sector.
August 2000 – May 2002 Amdocs, Regus House, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2.
R&D Project Lead/Manager for international leader in development of customer care
and billing systems for the telecommunications industry in start-up research and
development centre in Dublin.
October 1998 – July 2000, CIE,Oriel Street, Dublin 1.
Web Development Team Lead
July 1996 - October 1998, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2.
Research assistant on the MILESTONE(MIgrating Legacy SysTems to OpEN
Environments) project involving Broadcom Éireann Research, Telecom Éireann,
Ericsson and the Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin.
October 1996–June 1998 ,Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Associate Lecturer, School of Business
Sept. 1990 – July 1996, CIE ,Oriel Street, Dublin 1.
Systems Designer
4. Scholarly Interests
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Information systems engineering and re-engineering, particularly legacy system
migration.
Knowledge Engineering.
Knowledge Management in particular the applications of modern database systems,
with active mechanisms
End-user controlled software development.
ICT Education and E-learning.
5. Publications
“Establishing Undergraduate Research Communities”, Deirdre Lawless, Damian
Gordon, Ciarán O’Leary, Fred Mtenzi, Xiaofei Xu,Kamal Bechkoum, CAL 05 –
Virtual Learning ?, April 2005.
"Determining Key Skills for IT Graduates in the Emerging Knowledge-Based
Economy", Deirdre Lawless, Damian Gordon, Ciarán O'Leary, Michael Collins, All
Ireland Society for Higher Education Conference, September 2004.
"Requirements For An Industry-Oriented IT Education Model To Support The
Emerging Knowledge Economy in China", Deirdre Lawless, Bing Wu, Xiaofei Xu,
Cheng Yuan, Kamal Bechkoum, Second International Conference on Knowledge
Economy and Development of Science and Technology, September 2004.
“Legacy Information System Migration: A Methodology and its Trial
Implementation”, Deirdre Lawless, M.Sc. Thesis, June 1999.
“Legacy Information System Migration: A Brief Review of Problems, Solutions and
Research Issues”, Jesus Bisbal, Deirdre Lawless, Bing Wu, Jane Grimson, IEEE
Software, September 1999.
“Requirements for a General Migration Tool-kit”, Deirdre Lawless, Technical Report
ML0026, MILESTONE Project, Trinity College Dublin, October 1997.
“Legacy Systems Migration: A Method and its Tool-kit Framework”, Bing Wu,
Deirdre Lawless, Jesus Bisbal, Jane Grimson, Vincent Wade, Donie O’Sullivan and
Ray Richardson, In Proceedings of the Joint 1997 Asia Pacific Software Engineering
Conference and the International Computer Science Conference
(APSEC’97/ICSC’97), Hong Kong, China, December 2-5, 1997.
"An Overview of Legacy Information Systems Migration", Jesus Bisbal, Deirdre
Lawless, Ray Richardson, Bing Wu, Jane Grimson, Vincent Wade, and Donie
O’Sullivan. In Proceedings of the Joint 1997 Asia Pacific Software Engineering
Conference and International Computer Science Conference (APSEC'97/ICSC'97),
Hong Kong, China, 2 - 5 December 1997.
“Legacy System Migration: A Legacy Data Migration Engine”, Bing Wu, Deirdre
Lawless, Jesus Bisbal, Jane Grimson, Vincent Wade, D O’Sullivan, and Ray
Richardson. In Proceedings of the 17th International Database Conference
(DATASEM ‘97), pp. 129-138, Brno, Czech Republic, October 12 - 14, 1997.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Office Location
Tel:
E-mail:
Denis Manley
K113a
402 – 4949
denis.manley@comp.dit.ie
2. Education and Qualifications
Schools Attended
Millstreet Community School
Cork R.T.C.
D.I.T. Kevin Street
D.I.T. Kevin Street
National Distance Education Centre
D.C.U.
D.I.T. Kevin Street
Examination Taken
Second Level
Leaving Certificate 1986
Subject
Maths
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Applied Maths
Third Level
Degree in Applied Sciences
Certificate in COBOL
Programming
Diploma in Information
Technology
Degree in Information
Technology
MSc. In Information
Technology
3. Work Experience
Company
Kevin Street D.I.T.
Kevin Street D.I.T.
From
1981
1987
1990
1993
1994
To
1986
1990
1992
1994
1998
1998
2000
Level
Honours
Honours
Honours
Honours
Honours
Grade
A
A
A
A
B
Grade
B.Sc. (hons)
2.1
Distinction
Year
1992
Distinction
1996
College
Trinity
College
D.I.T. Kevin
St.
D.C.U.
B.Sc. (hons)
1.1
Distinction
1998
D.C.U.
2000
D.I.T Kevin
St.
From
To
Sept
2000
Jan 1999
--------June
2000
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1994
Position and
Duties
Lecturer in
Computer Science
Supervisor of
computer labs.
Enfer Scientific,
21 Upper Fitzwilliam
Street
Dublin 2
Sept
1993
Aug
1998
Supervisor of
introductory C
labs.
Laboratory
Technician
incl. maintenance
of the computer
system
Bon Secours Hospital
Tralee Co. Kerry.
Jan 1993
Aug
1993
Laboratory
Technician
West Middlesex
Hospital,
London, England
June
1990
Sept
1990
Laboratory
Technician
Cork University
Hospital,
Cork.
Sept
1989
June
1990
Laboratory
Technician
PROJECTS
MSc papers
The strategic implications of electronic commerce for Businesses
Smart Cards: Their features and strategic implications.
Neural networks an alternative computing paradigm for strategic management
An Investigation of Electronic Commerce issues using Biometric Verification
Techniques Implemented on Smart Cards.
Strategic issues influencing the adoption of Internet retailing
PhD Title: An Investigation into computational methods for understanding gene
regulation
4. Research Interests
Bio-informatics: namely pattern matching techniques that can be used to analyze and
store biological information.
Modelling biological processes and computational Analysis of biological processes
Setting up a Bioinformatics Course
5 Publications (International only)
An Investigation into computational methods for understanding gene regulation
IEEE SMC 2004 The Hague, The Netherlands.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Edina Hatunić-Webster
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
M.Sc. Computer Science;
1993, Computer Science Department, University College Dublin;
M.Sc. Thesis: “Hatunić, E., Design and Implementation of a Security System for a
Complaint Handling Management Application, M.Sc. Dissertation, Department of
Computer Science, University College Dublin, February 1993”
B.Sc. Mathematics with Computer Science;
1989, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Hercegovina
3. Experiences
Sep.2004 – Present
Dublin Institute of Technology,
School of Computing
Lecturer in Computing
Lecturing K268/3 Software Engineering
Lab assistant for the following courses: FT228/3 User Interface Programming (Labs
and Tutorials), FT228/2 Operating Systems and FT228/4 Distributed Systems
Supervising 5 Final Year Projects
Mar.2003 – Apr.2003
Institute of Art, Design and Technology,
Dun Laoghaire
Mathematics and programming tutor
Run an advice clinic for first year students having problems with mathematics and
programming
LogicaCMG (Logica Mobile Networks)
Technical Leader/Senior Designer/Team
Manager
1998 – 2003
Designed and developed client functionality for the Operations & Maintenance
Interface of Logica’s MMS and SMS products (using Java/Swing). Designed and
implemented the licensing feature for the Logica’s SMSC.
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Participated in code and product reviews. Presented solutions to UI design issues.
Evaluated and recommended tools and procedure for the CMF GUIs unit and
regression testing (JUnit , SilkTest)
Managed development team of 2–7 developers, including supervision and training of
two new hires. Followed ISO9001 quality procedures.
Designed and developed the Event Viewer – a Java/Swing fault management
application.
Led the development team to deliver on time the following SMSC components:
database schema development and support, SNMP subagent, Metrics Module (a Webbased Java client and Java server connecting to an Oracle database). Projects within
the team utilised Java, C, JDBC, CORBA and Oracle technologies.
Negotiated project outsourcing for the Metrics Product.
Designed and developed a user interface utility (a Java application) that allows
activation representatives to activate and reprogram CDMA phones. Presented the
product demo version to the customer.
Evaluated and introduced new tools into development process (JDK, InstallShield).
Critical Path
1995 – 1998
Technical Leader/ Senior Software
Engineer
Developed a Web-based GUI (a Java applet) used to administer ISOCOR E-mail
server.
Designed and implemented a MAPI based address book, using DAP (Directory
Access Protocol) to access X500 directory services.
Designed and implemented extensions to the ISOPRO for MAPI E-mail client to
provide automatic compression/decompression and virus checking of message
attachments.
Wrote project proposals.
Synaptics Ltd
1993 – 1995
Software Engineer
Extended the X.500 attribute syntaxes, added new attributes and objects to support the
project specific distributed directories and provided security for the directory using
X.509 certificates.
CNDS Research Group, Department of
1991 - 1993
Computer Science, UCD
Research Assistant
Designed and developed a security system for a Telecommunications Management
Network (TMN) application – Complaint Handling Management Application.
Mentored undergraduate student projects.
Presented work at a Departmental Seminar. Chosen to present at the 1992 UCD
Postgraduate Day
IRIS – ENERGOINVEST
1989 - 1991
Software and Security Specialist
Designed and developed a security library during the work on the CEC's COST-11
Ter 'Computer Networks Security' and CEC's COST-225 'Secure Communications'
projects. The library is a part of a commercial product.
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4. Scholarly Interests
Health Informatics, Computer Security
5. Publications
Technical Assistant for the book:
“S. Muftic, A. Patel, P. Sanders, R. Colon, J. Heijnsdijk and U. Pulkkinen, ‘Security
Architecture for Open Distributed Systems’, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1993”.
“Muftic, S. and Hatunic, E. 'CISS: Generalised Security Libraries', Computers &
Security, 11 (1992) 653-659.”
“Hatunic, E., Clissmann, C., Patel, A. (UCD), Hurley, B. and Fitzgerald, A.
(Broadcom Ltd.), 'Provision of Security to a TMN Complaint Handling Application',
6th RACE TMN Conference, Madeira, September 1992.”
One of the collaborative colleagues for the book:
‘Muftic, S., ‘Security mechanisms for computer networks’, Ellis Horwood Computer
Communications And Networking Series, 1989
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Emmet Caulfield
Assistant Lecturer
Pro-Rata
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering, higher second class honours, 1995.
3. Experiences
RISC assembly language programming (Kestral Security Products Ltd.), mixed signal
hardware design (Kestral), software development (Kestral), Unix & Korn shell
training (various), training materials development (L.M. Ericsson Ireland Ltd.),
Internet & web programming (Netrogen, various), IP telephony (TCSI Ltd., SIP
Projects Ltd.), financial web service development, plasma surface engineering
(Plasma Coating Group, DCU), business automation and consulting (DiverseyLever
Ireland Ltd.). See: http://netrogen.com/about/emmet.php
4. Scholarly Interests
Database management systems and models, object modeling, operating systems, Open
Source software.
5. Publications
None.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Frank Deignan
L
Part-time
2. Academic Qualifications
B. Sc., M. Sc., FBCS, AFIMA, C. Eng.
3. Experiences
1971 – 1974: Mathematical/Systems Programmer, University of Wales, Cardiff
1974 – 1977: Associate Research Fellow, University College London
1977 – 2002: Various roles including Principal Consultant, Systems Architect,
ICL/Fujitsu
2002 – Present Part – time Lecturer, DIT
4. Scholarly Interests
Knowledge Management
eBusiness
Networking
5. Publications
Asynchronous Transfer Mode – ATM, F Deignan, Ingenuity: ICL Systems Journal,
Volume 9, Issue 2, November 1994
Networking Services, F Deignan and D Hollingsworth, Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 013-630393-5
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Frank Deignan
L
Full Time
2. Academic Qualifications
MSc (Computer Science), BSc(Eng), DipEE, DipTechEng.
3. Experience
Industrial: PC based control software for industrial processes.
Distributed database ,data entry and data communications
systems development and maintenance
Embedded systems development.
Academic:
Lecturer in DIT for 13 years.
Ongoing programming support for a range of research projects across a number of
faculties between DIT and UCD.
4. Scholarly Interests
Assistive technology for Linux
Microprocessor based control systems
Power electronics.
5. Publications
58
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Fredrick Japhet Mtenzi
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc, Master management Science, PhD
3. Experiences
Fred’s industrial experience involves analysis, design and implementation of
Management Information Systems in two large Banks and Ministry of Labour and
Children in Tanzania. He has participated in a number of projects which were
sponsored by UNICEF and World Bank as a computer networking consultant. He has
been researching in collaboration with one of the largest shopping chains on the
appropriate networking technologies they can use in their shopping chains in rural
Tanzania.
He has been lecturing in third level institutions for more than fifteen years. Among
the universities he has worked include University of Dar es salaam – Tanzania,
University College Dublin – Ireland and Dublin Institute of Technology – Ireland. He
has supervised research students at undergraduate, masters, doctorate and postdoctorate level. In the last five years has worked also as a visiting academic to Harbin
Institute of technology and University of Dar es salaam. He is a member of various
societies such as IEEE, ACM, Irish Computer society, British Computer society and
IASTED. He has been a programme committee member in a number of conferences
such as Communications and Computer Networks CCN2004 and Communications
Systems ACIT 2005.
4. Scholarly Interests
Data quality issues in Data warehousing,
Internet price comparison using intelligent agents,
Combinatorial Optimization, Approximation Algorithms, NP-Completeness and the
Travelling Salesman Problem,
Distributed Systems and Components Based Software Engineering,
Design and Implementation of Energy aware routing algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc
Networks (MANET)
Security issues in MANET and sensor networks
Knowledge Management
High performance E-Commerce
5. Publications
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Fredrick Mtenzi and John Kyaruzi, A new search technique in Planar Convex
Networks, University Science Journal, December 1993
Fredrick Mtenzi, Personal Computers into interactive future, Computer Center
Newsletter, December 1993
Fredrick Mtenzi, Artificial Neural Systems: A necessary tool for Financial decision
Making, Institute of Finance Management (IFM) Journal, 1993
Fredrick Mtenzi, Experimental design methodology for large, symmetric, sparse,
Travelling Salesman Problem, (accepted for publication on the European Journal of
Operations Research).
Fredrick Mtenzi, Integer Linear Programming formulations for the Sparse TSP,
(accepted for publication on the European Journal of Operations Research).
Fredrick Mtenzi, Lower Bound for the Sparse TSP, University Science Journal, June
2002, pp 30-41
Fredrick Mtenzi, Tour Construction Heuristics for the Sparse TSP, Working Paper
MIS, Business Research Programme, Graduate School of Business, University
College Dublin
Fredrick Mtenzi, Tour Improvement Heuristics for the Sparse TSP, Working Paper
MIS, Business Research Programme, Graduate School of Business, University
College Dublin
Fredrick Mtenzi, Random Methods for the Sparse TSP, Working Paper MIS, Business
Research Programme, Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin
Yingyu Wan, Fred Mtenzi, and Bing Wu, Distributed Construction of Weakly
Connected Dominating Sets for Clustering Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Third IT&T
Annual Conference, 22-23 October, 2003
Yingyu Wan, Fred Mtenzi, and Bing Wu, A best-possible approximation for
minimum-energy multicast problem in wireless ad hoc networks, XVI Conference of
the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization, 5 June - 7 June 2003 Molde,
Norway
Fredrick Mtenzi, Randomised Algorithms for the Sparse Travelling Salesman
Problem, The 7th International Conference for Young Scientists, August 9 – 10, 2003,
Harbin Institute of technology, China.
Xiaohai Wei Fredrick Mtenzi Bing Wu and Yingyu Wan, An Energy Efficient
Routing Algorithm With Priority for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (PDSR), , Proceedings
of the Third IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical
Communications, Editor: Lambertus Hesselink, pages 628-632, ISBN: 0-88986-3741, ACTA Press, 2003.
Xiaohai Wei, Guoliang Chen, Yingyu Wan, Yinlong Xu and Fredrick Mtenzi.
Minimal Re-Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. In Proc. of first IEEE and IFIP
International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications and Optical
communications Networks (WOCN 2004), pages 204-207, 2004
Xiaohai Wei, Guoliang Chen, Yingyu Wan and Fred Mtenzi, Optimized priority
based energy efficient routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks Pages 231-239,
Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 203-349 (July 2004) Quality of service in ad hoc networks,
Ad Hoc Networks, Ad Hoc Networks Copyright © 2004 Elsevier B.V.
Peter Cahill and Fredrick Mtenzi, Speech Synthesis for PDA, ITB Journal Issue
Number 9, Pages 63-74, May 2004
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Hugh Mcatamney
Assistant Lecturer
part time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc managament – University of Dublin Trinity College
M.Phil IT – Dublin Institute of Technology
3. Experiences
Lecturer in DIT since 1995
President of Triathlon Ireland since 2000
4. Scholarly Interests
Virtual Reality
Game Engineering / Learning
E-Learning
5. Publications
The National Gallery of Ireland Virtual Gallery’, National Gallery of Ireland
Symposium, Dublin.
‘The National Gallery of Ireland Virtual Gallery’, Proceedings of the VSMM 6th
International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia. Ogaki City, Japan.
October 2000.
'An Investigation into the Use of the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) as
a Means of Distribution of Virtual Tourism' , Proceedings of the Hospitality
Information Technology Association (HITA) Conference, Edinburgh, 1999
There are over 40 citations of my work. A list of these is available in a publications
document at Http://www.dmc.dit.ie/2002/research.html
61
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Jane Ferris
Assistant Lecturer
Temporary WholeTime
2. Academic Qualifications
BSc (Hons)
Msc (Dist)
Materials Engineering with Management
IT for Strategic Management
3. Experiences
Lecturer in the DIT (2000 – present)
4. Scholarly Interests
5. Publications
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
John Gilligan
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc (Hons) NUI MSc NUI
3. Experiences
Lecturer Computer Science University College Dublin 1986-1988
Lecturer Computer Science DIT 1985 – Present
Course Chair FT225 Degree in Applied Science/Computing
Researcher on EU ICARUS ERAE project in Formal Specifications 1989
Funded Research IAD/ PAT Grants, ETCI Grants , British Irish Council, Equal 4 ,
Inclusive Learning Through Technology McMahon Foundation, DIT Seed.
External Project Assessor IDA 1999
External Examiner Masters UCD 2003 –2004
Member of Scientific Committee AAATE 03 Conference
Chaired Human Computer Interaction session AAATE 03 Conference
Internal Assessor DIT Masters Validation in Music Technology 1998
External Assessor Limerick Institute of Technology Masters 2004
4. Scholarly Interests
Assistive Technology , Education and Technology
Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Based Systems , Formal Specifications
5. Publications
Various Technical reports
“Towards a repository of Assistive Technology plans” John Gilligan and Prof. Peter
Smith, AAATE 03 Conference Dublin
Paper accepted for Balancing Equation Conference Southampton 05
63
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
June Barrett
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
BA (mod) Natural Sciences - Trinity College Dublin
PgD – Computer Science - University College Cork
MSc – Computer Applications - Dublin City University
3. Experiences
1996-Present
Lecturer
Dublin Institute of Technology
Lecturing in Procedural & Object Orientated Programming, Databases, Systems
Analysis & Design.
Project co-ordination for final year projects on BSc (Ordinary).
Supervision of MSc research for the MSc (ITSM ).
Disabilities co-ordinator for the School of Computing.
1986 – 1996
FAS Ireland’s National Training and Employment Authority
Project Manager for European Project (EURAS). To develop a European database for
recruitment and job placement.
Senior Analyst on payroll, personnel, course recruitment database systems.
Programmer on various internal and external information systems.
4. Scholarly Interests
Object Orientated Programming and OO Systems Design.
Database System Architectures, Data Warehousing and Data Mining.
Education for students with disabilities.
5. Publications
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Ken O’Brien
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications B.E M.Eng.Sc.
3. Experiences
Software development, systems analysis, systems programming, systems
administration, network planning, and implementation consulting, software engineer
4. Scholarly Interests data communication, operating systems
5. Publications
1.ESB X.25 Packet Data Network, Institute of Engineers of Ireland 11/4/91;
2.The Planning,Design and Installation of ESB's X.25 Network, CIGRE, Paris 1992;
3.Implementation of WGS84 mapping reference system for Irish Airspace IEI
magazine 1998
4. A three phase Thyristor invertor for Constant-Current Control of an Induction
Motor, M.Eng.Sc. Thesis 1973.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Mark Deegan
L1
Full Time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.A. (Ordinary) Mathematics, University of Dublin, Trinity College, 1990
B.A.I. (Honours) Engineering, University of Dublin, Trinity College, 1990
M.Sc. (Computer Science), University of Dublin, Trinity College, 1994
M.I.E.I. (Member of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland) 1990
M.B.C.S. (Member of the British Computer Society) 2004
3. Experiences
1990 – 1999: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Scieice,
DIT, Kevin Street. Preparing and delivering courses to undergraduate and masters
students.
1994 – 1999: IT Consultant. Providing IT design and support services to a number of
major clients in Ireland and the UK.
1994 – Present: Director, Degas Software Studios, Dublin.
1994 – 2000: IT Trainer, Moresoft Institute, Dublin. Preparing and delivering
commercial IT training courses on a wide range of subjects.
2000 – 2001: Engineering Program Manager, Sun Microsystems. Managing the
sustaining of a number of Sun Microsystems software products including Sun Ray and
SunForum (video conferencing software). Promoting the evolution of software
development and management processes.
2000: Project Manager, Guinness UDV, Dublin. Responsible for managing the
deployment of Siebel and related systems to a 250+ strong sales force.
2001 – Present: Lecturer, School of Computing, DIT Kevin Street. Preparing and
delivering courses to undergraduate and masters students. Planning the IT
infrastructure of the School of Computing.
4. Scholarly Interests
1: The Development of software support systems for ubiquitous computing in an
academic environment. I have a keen interest in the area of ubiquitous computing,
and, in particular the area of thin client computing. This was the main business area of
the Sun Ray group in which I worked at Sun Microsystems.
2: The formation of Third Level Education Policy in Ireland. I have a keen interest in
the evolution of the third level sector in Ireland. I am interested in establishing if any
particular long term vision has been or should be applied to the development of the
third level sector in Ireland.
5. Publications
DEEGAN, Mark. O’DRISCOLL, Ciarán. The Development of Software Support
Systems for Ubiquitous Computing in an Academic Environment. School of
Computing, DIT Kevin Street, 3rd Annual Research Seminar, December 2004.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Mark Foley
Lecturer
PWT
2. Academic Qualifications
DipACP, MBCS, PgD, MSc, CITP
3. Experience
18 years in business world (banking & IT). IT experience includes, operations,
software development, consultancy, project management, networking.
9 years in academic world as full time lecturer.
4. Scholarly Interests
IT Management, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Data Mining, Web
Development, Databases
5. Publications
M. Foley, A. Alderson and H. Shah (2000) "A framework to guide the strategic
manager in the acquisition of software development technologies" - 2nd International
Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Staffordshire University, UK; July
2000.
67
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Michael Collins
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
M.Sc. in Computer Science
B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering)
Diploma in Computer Science
Technician Certificate in Electronic Engineering
3. Experiences
Lecturer in Computer Science, School of Computing, DIT, Kevin Street, Dublin 8.
(Sep 02 – present)
Software Engineer, TransactPlus, San Francisco, California, USA. (Apr 01 – Nov 01)
Research Software Engineer, Broadcom Eiréann Research, Dublin. (Feb 98 – Jun 99)
Localisation Software Engineer, ITP, Bray, Co. Wicklow (Jul 97 – Nov 97)
4. Scholarly Interests
Internet Research and Web Technologies
Pervasive computing
IT Education
5. Publications
Lawless, Deirdre, Gordon, Damian, O'Leary, Ciarán, Collins, Michael (2004),
"Determining Key Skills for IT Graduates in the Emerging Knowledge-Based
Economy", to be presented at All Ireland Society for Higher Education Inaugural
Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 2nd - 3rd September 2004
68
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Oliver O'Connor
L
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications BSc, MSc
3. Experiences
1975-1978
Lecturer in Computer Applications RTC Dundalk
1978-1986: Software Engineer/Analyst various industries.
1986-present: Lecturer, DIT, Kevin St.
4. Scholarly Interests
Systems Analysis, Systems Development Methodologies, Software Engineering,
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time:
Patrick Browne
Lecturer
F
2. Academic Qualifications
British Computer Society Exams, School of Computing, DIT Kevin St.
B.Sc. in Computer Applications, Dublin City University.
M.Sc. in Computer Applications, Dublin City University.
3. Experiences
25 years experience of digital cartography and geographic information systems with
the Irish Ordnance Survey.
1 year Software Engineer with ICL.
5 years lecturing at the School of Computing, DIT, Kevin Street
2 years lecturing at the National College of Ireland
4 years tutoring with the Open University.
4. Scholarly Interests
Geographic Information Systems, Formal Methods, and Databases
5. Publications
1) “Towards a Unified Spatial-Temporal Data Model and Query Language for
Geographical Information Systems" at British National Conference on Databases
(Doctoral Consortium) in Edinburgh, July 2004.
2) "Unification of Spatial-Temporal Data Models" Conference on Spatial Information
Theory (COSIT03) in Switzerland, Sept. 2003.
3) “Spatial and Temporal Data Models for Geographical Information Systems” by
Patrick Browne, Micheal O'hEigeartaigh, Dublin City University, Working Paper
1997.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Patrick Matthews
Lecturer
Full-time (permanent)
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons) (N.U.I.)
3. Experiences
1987-1992
Researcher on various industry and ECfunded projects, Department of
Computer Science, U.C.D.
1992-date
Lecturer, Department of Management
Information Systems, D.I.T.
4. Scholarly Interests
Artificial intelligence applications,
Natural language processing, Web development.
5. Publications
Using Actions to Generate Sentences. In: AI and Cognitive Science '92, Proceedings
of the 5th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science.
(Springer-Verlag 1992)
Transforming Expert System Output into Natural Language in a Process Control
Environment (with H. Mok). In: SAC '92: Proceedings of the 1992 ACM/SIGAPP
Symposium on Applied Computing. (ACM Press, 1992).
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Patricia O’Byrne
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science with Mathematics as a minor UCD 1981.
PgD (ITSM) 1997, University of Staffordshire.
M.Sc. (ITSM) with Distinction, 1999, University of Staffordshire.
3. Experiences
Systems Programmer, C.I.E.
Applications Programmer, C.I.E.
Systems Analyst and Designer, C.I.E.
Lecturer, D.I.T. Kevin St.
4. Scholarly Interests
Legacy systems, Systems Analysis and Design, Databases, Programming. Research
into IT for Strategic Management and supervision of Masters students.
5. Publications
O’Byrne, Patricia, Wu, Bing “Lace Frameworks and Technique – Identifying the
Legacy Status of an Information System from the Perspectives of its Causes and
Effects” 2000 International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution (ISPSE
2000), Kanazawa, Japan.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Paul Bourke
Lecturer
Full
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc, H.Dip in Ed, M.Sc, Dip in L.S., LL.M
3. Experiences
Maths Teacher & Sports Coach at St. Benedicts, Ealing, London.
Systems Analyst at Wang Laboratories in Limerick, Boston & Sydney.
4. Scholarly Interests
Alternative IT interfaces
Digital Image Processing
Global Lighting Models
Liability issues in Software systems
IT Intellectual Property Rights
Data Protection & Freedom of Information
e Government
Cyber crime
5. Publications
Computers controlled by Eye-movement, ISSC 1998
Electronic Voting: An Irish legal case study, UOS 2004
73
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Richard Lawlor
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.Sc., M.Sc.(Maths), M.Sc.(Computing)
3. Experiences
1985-present: Lecturer, DIT
Part time member of the Foramal Methods Group in TCD for about 2 years.
Actively involved with the franchise of FT228 computer science degree by Harbin
Institute of Technology. Delivered some of FT228-1 to the HIT-DIT class.
4. Scholarly Interests
Category Theory, Formal modelling of concurrency, Formal Specification, Z, CSP,
Unifying Theories of Programming, Programming Paradigms, Functional
Programming, Concurrent Programming, Software Engineering.
5. Publications
I contributed to an IEEE conference paper on "Image Motion Detection and
Analysis". The paper was published in "Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International
Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision (ICARCV'92). Other
contributor was Dr. Jan Yun of DCU.
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time
Ronan Fitzpatrick
Lecturer
Full-time
2. Academic Qualifications
MSc, CEng, MBCS
3. Experiences
32 years of Industrial appointments
1961 - 1967
Draughtsman
1967 - 1968
1968 - 1969
1969 - 1970
Draughtsman
1970 - 1976
1977 - 1984
1984 - 1986
1986 - 1991
1991 to 1993
SMITH & PEARSON LTD.
Trainee
O'DWYER STEEL CO. LTD.
THOMAS GARLAND & PARTNERS
CESCO LIMITED
Draughtsman
Draughtsman
Senior
BURKE HIGGINS MCNULTY (STEEL) LTD
SHANNON STRUCTURES AND SERVICES LTD.
FREELANCE COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT
CBT SYSTEMS LIMITED
CBT COURSEWARE CONSULTANT
Manager
Director/Secretary
Developer
Developer
Consultant
12 years of Academic appointments (Lecturer)
1992 - 1998
1995
1995
1996
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - TALLAGHT,
PORTOBELLO COLLEGE - DUBLIN
GRIFFITH COLLEGE - DUBLIN
DCU AT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TALLAGHT
1996 – to-date
(2004)
DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - KEVIN STREET
1999 – 2001
Ireland’s representative to the International Standards Authority Technical Committee
- ISO/TC 159/SC4 WG6 - Human centered design processes for interactive systems.
4. Scholarly Interests
Strategic Management of IT
Usability
Web site quality
5. Publications
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Fitzpatrick, R. (1996) Software Quality: Definitions and Strategic Issues,
Staffordshire University, School of Computing Report
Fitzpatrick, R. and Higgins, C. (1998) Usable software and its attributes: A synthesis
of software quality, European Community law and human-computer interaction, In:
People and Computers XIII. Proceedings of HCI’98 Conference, Springer, London,
UK
Fitzpatrick, R. and Dix, A. (1999a) A Process for Appraising Commercial Usability
Evaluation Methods, Human-Computer Interaction: Ergonomics and User Interfaces,
Proceedings of HCI International ’99, Munich, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New
Jersey, USA
Fitzpatrick, R. (1999b) Strategies for Evaluating Software Usability, Department of
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin
Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Fitzpatrick, R. (2000a) Interpreting quality factors for the World Wide Web, Irish
Academy of Management Conference, September 2000, Dublin, Ireland (Extended
abstract)
Fitzpatrick, R. (2000b) Additional Quality Factors for the World Wide Web,
Proceedings of the Second World Congress for Software Quality, Yokohama; Union
of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, Tokyo, Japan
Fitzpatrick, R. (2001) Strategic Drivers of Software Quality: Beyond external and
internal software quality, Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software,
Proceedings of APAQS 2001, Hong Kong; IEEE Computer Society Press, California,
USA
Fitzpatrick, R. (2002) Software Quality Matters, School of Computing Research
Paper (ITSM), Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Fitzpatrick, R. (2003a) Quality Challenges in E-Commerce Web sites, Workshop
paper for Exploring the Total Customer Experience: Usability Evaluations of (B2C)
E-Commerce Environments at INTERACT 2003: Ninth IFIP TC 13 International
Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, September 2003, Zurich, Switzerland
Presentation
Fitzpatrick, R. (2003b) The Software Quality Star: A conceptual model for the
software quality curriculum, Workshop paper for Closing the Gaps: Software
Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction at INTERACT 2003: Ninth IFIP TC
13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, September 2003,
Zurich, Switzerland Presentation
Fitzpatrick, R. and O'Donnell, K. (2003) Crafting a research paper ITSM Authoring
Style, School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8,
Ireland.
Fitzpatrick, R. (2003) Engagibility ratios for quality Web sites: Challenges and
strategy, Proceedings of the Dublin Institute of Technology, School of Computing
PhD Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Fitzpatrick, R., Smith, P. and O'Shea, B. (2004) Software Quality Revisited,
Proceedings of the Software Measurement European Forum (SMEF 2004, Rome),
Istituto di Ricerca Internazionale S.r.l., Milan, Italy, p307/315, ISBN 88-86674-33-3.
Fitzpatrick, R., Smith, P. and O'Shea, B. (2004) Software Quality Challenges,
Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Software Quality at the 26th International
Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2004), Edinburgh, Scotland, IEE,
Stevenage, Herts, UK.
Fitzpatrick, R., Smith, P. and O'Shea, B. (2005) Website engagibility: A step beyond
usability, Proceedings of parallel session "Quality models for Human Computer
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Interaction" in the context of the 3rd international conference on Universal Access in
Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2005, Las Vegas, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, New Jersey, USA
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Sarah Jane Delany
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
BA (Mod) in Mathematics, University of Dublin, Trinity College
MSc. in Computer Science (Assistive Technology), Staffordshire University, UK
3. Experiences
1996- : DIT Kevin Street
1993-1996: ESBI Computing,
1987-1993: Andersen Consulting,
4. Scholarly Interests
Machine Learning
Case-base Reasoning
Email / Spam Filtering
Concept Drift
5. Publications
Delany SJ, Cunningham P, Tsymbal A, Coyle L. (2005) A Case-Based Technique for
Tracking Concept Drift in Spam Filtering, Knowledge Based Systems, to appear.
Delany SJ, Cunningham P, Tsymbal A, Coyle L. (2004) A Case-Based Technique for
Tracking Concept Drift in Spam Filtering9, AI 2004, the 24th SGAI International
Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence p316.
Delany SJ, Cunningham P, Coyle L. (2004) An Assessment of Case-Based Reasoning
for Spam Filtering, In: L. McGinty & B Crean (eds.), Proceedings of Fifteenth Irish
Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, p.9-18.
Delany SJ, Cunningham P. (2004) An Analysis of Case-base Editing in a Spam
Filtering System, In: Funk P & Gonzales Calero P.A. (eds.), Advances in Case-Based
Reasoning, (Proceedings of Seventh European Conference on Case-Based
Reasoning), LNAI 3155 pp.128-141 Springer Verlag
Barrett R. & Delany SJ., (2004) openMVC: A Non-proprietary Component-based
Framework for Web Applications, WWW2004 13th International World Wide Web
Conference, p.464-465.
Cunningham P., Nowlan N., Delany SJ., Haahr M., (2003) A Case-Based Approach to
Spam Filtering that Can Track Concept Drift, The ICCBR'03 Workshop on LongLived CBR Systems, Trondheim, Norway, June 2003
Delany SJ., Cunningham P. & Wilke W., (1998), The limits of CBR in Project
Estimation, GWCBR’98 – 6th German Workshop on CBR, Berlin, March 1998
9
Awarded Best Application Paper, to appear in Special Issue of Knowledge Based Systems
78
Technical Reports:
Delany SJ., Cunningham P. (2000) The application of Case-Based Reasoning to Early
Software Project Cost Estimation and Risk Assessment. TCD Departmental Technical
Report
79
1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Shane Mulligan
Lecturer
Full-time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.A.(Mod.), M.Sc., Ph. D.
3. Experiences
2002- present: Lecturer in School of Computing, DIT Kevin St.
Jan. – July 2003
Research Sabbatical in Toulouse, France
1990 – 2002
Lecturer in Computer Applications, DIT Bolton St.
1986 – 1990
Research Assistant, Numerical Analysis Group, TCD
4. Scholarly Interests
Numerical Analysis,
High Performance Parallel and Scientific Computing,
Finite Element and Finite Difference numerical methods,
Parallel Numerical Algorithms,
Mathematics in Computing.
5. Publications
Seán P. Mulligan, “A numerical solution of the two-dimensional Poisson equation in
semiconductor devices”, M.Sc. Thesis, School of Mathematics, University of Dublin,
Trinity College, (1991)
Seán P. Mulligan, “A comparison of iterative methods for the solution of the
linearised Poisson equation in semiconductor device modelling”, INCA (Institute for
Numerical Computation and Analysis) Preprint No. 4, (1987). See the INCA WWW
site: http://dune.mcs.kent.edu/inca/index.html
Seán P. Mulligan, “On block preconditioned iterative methods for unsymmetric linear
systems”, INCA Preprint No. 5, (1988)
Seán P. Mulligan, “A comparison of preconditioned conjugate gradient methods for
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Susan McKeever
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
B.A.B.A.I Eng (Electronic) from Trinity College Dublin (1st)
2003 M.Sc Assistive Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology
3. Experiences
1989 – 1993 Software Engineer and Team leader with Andersen Consulting Dublin.
Worked on a variety of client assignments, including custom and package system
implementations. Clients included Microsoft, Shorts Aircraft and Power
Supermarkets.
1993 - 1997 IT Consultant for Binder Hamlyn Consultancy in London. Performed
numerous client assigments including IT strategy and systems implementation
projects.
1997 – 2002 Independent IT project manager in Dublin, with particular expertise in
web systems. Clients included AIB, Bank of Ireland and IBM.
4. Scholarly Interests
Web technologies
System Interface design
5. Publications
McKeever S. (2003) "Defining the range of B2B e-commerce formats", IADIS
conference, Portugal.
McKeever, S., (2003), Understanding Web Content Management systems: evolution,
lifecycle and market, Journal of Industrial Management and Data Systems, Volume
103, Number9, pp 686-692
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1. Personal Details
Name:
Grade:
Full time/Part-time:
Svetlana Hensman
Lecturer
Full time
2. Academic Qualifications
BSc in Computer Science (1st Hons) and MSc in Artificial Intelligence (1st Hons)
Awarded by Sofia University, Bulgaria - July 2000.
PhD in Computer Science
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland
Submitted: October 2004, viva scheduled for February 24th, 2005.
The PhD dissertation explores the idea of automatically building semantic
representation of text, as well as embedding this representation in XML documents.
By applying VerbNet and WordNet lexical resources we identify the semantic roles,
which in turn are used to construct a conceptual graph representation of each
sentence. We also use syntactic information and some semi-automatically precompiled domain specific knowledge.
Supervisors: Mr. John Dunnion, Prof. Ronan Reilly.
3. Experiences
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
September 2004 – October 2004
Taught an intensive 6-week course in Programming and Object-oriented development
for the Master of Management Science course.
Lecturer
Griffith College Dublin, South Circular Rd, Dublin 2, Ireland
Feb 2001 - Jun 2001, Sep 2004 - Oct 2004
Courses taught:
Knowledge-based systems
Object-oriented development, 3rd year BSc
Data structures, 1st year BSc
Responsibilities included:
planning, organizing and delivering of course material
organizing tutorials and preparing demonstrators
preparing and correcting assignments
preparing and correcting exams
Project supervisor
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Griffith College Dublin, South Circular Rd, Dublin 2, Ireland
Feb 2001 - Jun 2001
A course supervisor for the final year projects of 1st year BSc in Computing students.
Tutor
Griffith College Dublin, South Circular Rd, Dublin 2, Ireland
Nov 1999 - Feb 2001
Courses taught:
Object-oriented development, 3rd year BSc and 2nd year National Certificate
Data structures, 1st year BSc
Introduction to programming, 1st year BSc
Postgraduate Demonstrator
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Nov 1998 – October 2004
Courses taught:
Formal grammars and syntax, 3rd year BSc
Introduction to programming, 1st year BSc
Data structures, 2nd year BSc
Introduction to computing, 1st year BA (Agricultural Department)
Databases, 1st year BA (Department of Library and Information Studies)
Research Experience
INTINN project
Jan 2001 – March 2004
University College Dublin, Ireland
A project for classification, semantic annotation and developing of automatic markup
languages for hypertext documents; a continuation of INTENTS project.
INTENTS project
Nov 1998 - Dec 2000
University College Dublin, Ireland
This project aimed at developing a set of tools for intelligent indexing, navigation and
searching of hypertext documents.
Tempus exchange student
Apr 1998
Visited the Computer Science Department at University College Dublin as a Tempus
exchange student and worked on the INTENTS project
DBR-MAT project
Sept 1996 - Oct 1998
Linguistic Modelling Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
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A joint German-Bulgarian-Romanian project in Knowledge-based Machine Aided
Translation, fund-ed by the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany). Our Bulgarian team
was engaged in the development of a module for generation of natural language
explanations in Bulgarian from an underlying knowledge base of conceptual graphs.
CGLex project
Sept 1996 - Oct 1998
Linguistic Modelling Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Science}, Bulgaria
The goal of the project was to create a Natural Language-based tool for Conceptual
Graph acquisition.
Visiting researcher
Sept 1996
Visiting researcher at the Natural Language Group, CS Department, Hamburg
University, Germany, working on the integration of the German and Bulgarian
modules of CGLex and DBR-MAT projects.
4. Scholarly Interests
My research interests include Natural Language Processing, Knowledge
Representation, Semantics, Information Extraction, Information Retrieval, Hypertext
Markup Languages, Web Technologies.
5. Publications (peer-reviewed)
Svetlana Hensman and John Dunnion
Using linguistic resources to construct conceptual graph representation of texts
In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue
(TSD), Brno, Czech Republic, September 8-11, 2004.
Svetlana Hensman and John Dunnion
Automatically building conceptual graphs using VerbNet and WordNet
In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Information and
Communication Technologies (ISICT), Las Vegas, June 16-18, 2004, pp.115--120.
Svetlana Hensman
Construction of Conceptual Graph representation of texts
In Proceedings of the Student Research Workshop at HLT-NAACL,
Boston, USA, May 2, 2004, pp. 49-54.
Svetlana Hensman and John Dunnion
Applying VerbNet for automatic semantic role identification
In Proceedings of the 14th Irish Conference of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive
Science (AICS 2003), Dublin, Ireland, September 17-19, 2003, pp. 72-76.
Svetlana Hensman and John Dunnion
Applying VerbNet for automatic semantic role identification
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International Conference for Cognitive Modeling in Linguistics,
Varna, Bulgaria, September 1-7, 2003, pp. 471-481.
Svetlana Damianova, Shazia Akhtar, John Dunnion and Ronan Reilly
NewMedia, New Tools, Invited talk for "New Media, New Links: Strategies for
Interdisciplinary Collaboration", Lillian Gilbreth Colloquium, New Jersey, USA,
March, 2001.
Svetlana Damianova, John Dunnion and Ronan Reilly
Semantic indexing and knowledge-based searching of documents using conceptual
graphs, Poster presentation at "Wiring Memory" colloquium,
Dublin, Ireland, September 2001.
Svetlana Damianova and John Dunnion
IBIS: a system for semantic indexing and knowledge-based searches of hypertext
documents, Poster presentation at "What's All the Hype in Hypertext About"
workshop, Dublin, Ireland, March 2000.
Svetlana Damianova and Kristina Toutanova
Using Conceptual Graphs to Solve a Resource Allocation Task
In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Conceptual Structures,
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, July 1999, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Vol. 1640, pp. 297-314.
Galia Angelova, Kristina Toutanova and Svetlana Damianova
Knowledge Base of Conceptual Graphs in DBR-MAT
Technical Report BG-3-98, Project DBR-MAT (funded by the Volkswagen
Foundation), University of Hamburg, Computer Science Faculty,
Hamburg, Germany, July 1998.
Galia Angelova, Svetlana Damianova, Kristina Toutanova and Kalina Bontcheva
Menu-Based Interface to Conceptual Graphs: the CGLex Approach
In Proceedings of CGTools Workshop, Seattle, USA, August 1997,
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Vol. 1257, pp. 603-606.
Galia Angelova, N. Boynov, Kalina Bontcheva, and Svetlana Damianova
CGLex: A Natural Language Based Tool for Conceptual Graphs
In Proceedings of CGTools Workshop, pp. 9-10,
Sydney, Australia, August 1996.
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