Current Supervisions
Rory Ward, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2021 – Present. Funder: CRT-AI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Current Co-Supervisions as Primary Supervisor
Hassan Khan, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2023 – Present. Co-Supervisors: Subhasis Thakur. Funder: Sustain (Science Foundation Ireland)
Jefkine Kafunah, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2019 – Present. Co-Supervisors: Ali Intizar, Subhasis Thakur. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Current Co-Supervisions as Secondary Supervisor
Rishabh Chandaliya, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2021 – Present. Co-Supervisors: Martin Serrano. Funder: i3-Market (Horizon 2020)
Anupa Shyamlal, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2020 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Subhasis Thakur. Funder: VistaMilk (Science Foundation Ireland)
Jaleed Khan, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2019 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Edward Curry. Funder: CRT-AI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Muhammad Yahya, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2019 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Abdul Wahid, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2019 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Sweta Malik, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2019 – Present. Co-Supervisors: Subhasis Thakur, Maeve Duffy. Funder: CENTS (DTIF)
Atiya Usmani, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2018 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Edward Curry. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Bianca Pereira, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2018 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Mathieu d’Aquin. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Yasar Khan, PhD, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2016 – Present. Co-Supervisor: Mathieu d’Aquin. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Previous Supervisions
Dr. Bharath Sudharsan, PhD, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2019 – 2022. Co-Supervisor: Ali Intizar. Examiners: Thomas Runkler, Edward Curry. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr. Safina Showkat Ara, “Exploration Algorithms for Discoverable and Undiscoverable Decentralised Online Social Networks”, PhD, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2015 – 2021. Co-Supervisor: Subhasis Thakur. Examiners: Antonio Moreno, Peter Corcoran. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr. Sebastian Ruder, “Neural Transfer Learning for Natural Language Processing”, PhD, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2015 – 2019. Examiners: Ivan Titov, Paul Buitelaar. Funder: Irish Research Council and AYLIEN Ltd.
Dr. Guangyuan Piao, “Semantics-Aware User Modeling and Recommender Systems in Online Social Networks”, PhD, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2014 – 2018. Examiners: Harith Alani, Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann. Funder: Insight (Science Foundation Ireland) and SAP
Marie Boran, “Understanding Social Media Adoption in the Irish Scientific Community and its Relevance to Interpreting Altmetrics”, MApplSc, Insight Research Institute, NUI Galway, 2012 – 2015. Examiners: Tope Omitola, Conor Hayes. Funder: DERI/Insight (Science Foundation Ireland)
Julie Letierce, “Understanding If and How the Web Improves Scientific Communication Between its Stakeholders”, MEngSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2012. Examiners: Padraig Murphy, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr. Smitashree Choudhury, “A Social Context-Enabled Framework for the Semantic Enrichment and Integration of Web Videos”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2011. Examiners: Lora Aroyo, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr. Sheila Kinsella, “Augmenting Social Media Items with Metadata using Related Web Content”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2011. Examiners: Fabien Gandon, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Gerard Cahill, “A Web Portal Powered by Social Network Data for Irish Researchers”, MEngSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2011. Examiners: Robin Teigland, Stefan Decker. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
Dr. Uldis Bojars, “The SIOC MEthodology for Lightweight Ontology Development”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2004 – 2009. Examiners: Chris Bizer, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr. Hak-Lae Kim, “Leveraging a Semantic Framework for Augmenting Social Tagging Practices in Heterogeneous Content Sharing Platforms”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2009. Examiners: Tom Gruber, Philippe Laublet, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Previous Co-Supervisions as Primary Supervisor
Duc-Duy Nguyen, MEngSc, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, 2017 – 2022. Examiners: Damon Berry, Edward Curry. Co-Supervisors: Mathieu d’Aquin, Alessandro Adamou, Ali Intizar. Funder: Confirm (Science Foundation Ireland)
Dr. Hoan Nguyen Mau Quoc, “A Scalable Spatio-temporal Query Processing for Linked Sensor Data”, PhD, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2012 – 2019. Examiners: Axel Polleres, Juan Miguel Gómez Berbís, Mathieu d’Aquin. Co-Supervisor: Danh Le Phuoc. Funder: OpenIOT (FP7)
Huy Le Van, “Near Real-Time Data Warehousing of Linked Streams”, MApplSc, Data Science Institute, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2018. Examiners: Antonio Jara, Mathieu d’Aquin. Co-Supervisors: Martin Serrano, Danh Le Phuoc. Funder: Fed4FIRE (FP7) and OpenIOT (FP7)
Dr. Ted Vickey, “Just Tweet It: The Collection, Processing, Classification and Analysis of 2 Million Fitness Tweets”, PhD, Data Science Institute and Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2018. Examiners: Alan Smeaton, Gearóid Ó Laighin. Co-Supervisors: Cedric Bryant, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Stephen Kinsella. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and American Council on Exercise
Dr. Lukasz Porwol, “The Duality of e-Participation - A Model and Technical Infrastructure to Study and Harness Social Media-Based Participation”, PhD, Insight Research Institute, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2016. Co-Supervisors: Adegboyega Ojo. Examiners: Soon Ae Chun, Murray Scott. Funder: DERI/Insight (Science Foundation Ireland) and Cloud4SOA
Dr. Myriam Leggieri, “Distributional Semantics for Sensors Linking and Selection”, PhD, Insight Research Institute, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2015. Examiners: Steffen Staab, Michael Schukat. Co-Supervisors: Brian Davis. Funder: SPITFIRE
Dr. Owen Sacco, “Trust-Aware Privacy Preferences for Information Sharing on the Web of Data”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2014. Examiners: Mathieu d’Aquin, Stefan Decker. Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant, Alessandra Mileo. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Cisco Systems
Dr. Antonio Aguilar, “Design and Evaluation of an Automated Algorithm for Cardiac Risk Stratification”, PhD, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Ronney Panerai, Gerard Hurley. Co-Supervisors: Gearóid Ó Laighin, Fabio Quondamatteo. Funder: Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme
Dr. Fabrizio Orlandi, “Profiling User Interests on the Social Semantic Web”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2014. Examiners: Fabien Gandon, Stefan Decker. Co-Supervisor: Alexandre Passant. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Cisco Systems
Dr. Jodi Schneider, “Enabling Reuse of Arguments and Opinions in Open Collaboration Systems”, PhD, DERI, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Simon Buckingham Shum, Siegfried Handschuh. Co-Supervisors: Alexandre Passant, Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Ina O’Murchu, “Connecting Local Community Groups Using Semantic Technologies”, MSc, DERI, NUI Galway, 2004 – 2006. Examiners: Sung-Kook Han, Stefan Decker. Co-Supervisor: Stefan Decker. Funder: DERI (Science Foundation Ireland)
Previous Co-Supervisions as Secondary Supervisor
Chan Le Van, “Optimisation of a Linked Stream Processing Engine”, MApplSc, Insight Research Institute, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2016. Examiners: Emanuele Della Valle, Michael Schukat. Co-Supervisors: Alessandra Mileo, Danh Le Phuoc, Muhammad Intizar Ali. Funder: GAMBAS (FP7)
Dr. Shane Lowe, “The Design, Development and Validation of a Wearable Behaviour Monitor for the Autonomous Assessment of the Functional Health of Older Adults”, PhD, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2013. Examiners: Rose Anne Kenny, Maeve Duffy. Co-Supervisor: Gearóid Ó Laighin. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Georgia Tech Ireland
Alan Dunne, “Development of a Touchscreen System for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy”, MEngSc, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway, 2009 – 2011. Examiners: Eugene Coyle, Gearóid Ó Laighin. Co-Supervisor: Gearóid Ó Laighin. Funder: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Georgia Tech Ireland
Previous Supervisions of Minor Projects
Richard Hunt, “Using QR Codes to Improve the Touristic Experience”, MA in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2013 – 2014
Mary Murphy, “A Study of Social Inclusion and the Use of Technology in Encouraging Interaction”, MA in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2010 – 2011
Martin Fitzgerald, “Creating a Community-Based IPTV Channel”, MA in Digital Media, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, 2006 – 2007
Current Research Fellows
Dr. Subhasis Thakur
Dr. Priyanka Verma
Current Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Associates
Dr. Nitesh Bharot
Dr. Mirco Soderi
Dr. Lan Yang
Current Research Assistants
Previous Postdoctoral Researchers/Research Associates
Dr. Saurabh Shukla
Dr. Kosala Yapa Bandara
Dr. Ronan Cummins
Dr. Maciej Dabrowski
Dr. Aidan Finn
Dr. Conor Hayes
Dr. Bahareh Heravi
Dr. Shahid Hussain
Dr. Jeff Morgan
Gabriel Mullarkey
Dr. Alexandre Passant
Previous Research Assistants
Vignesh Kamath
Arnaud Daron
Kamalesh Kanakaraj
Ajay Nair
Fionntán O’Donnell
Visiting Students and Professors
Federica Rollo, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Julien Paganelle, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France
Charles-Adrien Beneteau, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France
Giustina Ciccariello, Roma Tre University, Italy
Alessia Antelmi, University of Salerno, Italy
Karen Young, NUI Galway, Ireland
Matthieu Rebouh, L’École d’Ingénieurs du Centre des Études Supérieures Industrielles de Pau, France
Nitish Mittal, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, India
Ayushi Gupta, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India
Vanya Sharma, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India
Karthik Aluru, Université Paris-Sud XI Orsay, France
Roberto Covello, University of Calabria, Italy
Tara Donoghue, University of Limerick, Ireland
Sergio Fernández, Fundación CTIC, Spain
Tuukka Hastrup, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Gandhi Hernandez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Christian Hunsen, University of Göttingen, Germany
Jung Jin-Uk, Seoul National University, Korea
Prof. Jason Jung, Yeugnam University, Korea
Tiago Marino, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mateusz Marmolowski, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
Yuki Matsuoka, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Thomas Schandl, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Daniel Villanueva, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Sungkwon Yang, Seoul National University, Korea