A full CV is available upon request.

Current Position

• Associate Professor, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University
• Principal Investigator, Rinn Artificial Intelligence
• Director, Applied Machine Learning Research Group, Dublin City University
• Funded Investigator, Research Ireland Insight Centre for Data Analytics
• Research Leader, Research Ireland Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning
• IEEE Senior Member; Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research Profile

My research focuses on applied machine learning, optimisation, control, and trustworthy AI for intelligent, data-driven systems. I am particularly interested in developing scalable and operationally robust AI methods for smart mobility, smart cities, energy systems, cloud computing, healthcare, and environmental intelligence.

My work combines machine learning, distributed intelligence, graph-based modelling, optimisation, privacy-preserving analytics, and human-centred decision support for real-world cyber-physical and socio-technical systems.

Research Areas

• Applied Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Trustworthy, Explainable and Privacy-Preserving AI
• Agentic AI, RAG and LLM-based Decision Support
• Smart Mobility, Intelligent Transportation and Sustainable Cities
• Smart Grids, Energy Systems and E-Mobility
• Cloud Systems, AI for SRE and Operational Intelligence
• AI for Healthcare and Environmental Intelligence
• Control, Optimisation and Distributed Intelligent Systems

Education

• Ph.D. in Control Engineering and Optimisation, Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland Maynooth, 2015
• B.Eng. First Class Honours in Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Maynooth, 2011

Employment

• Associate Professor, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, 2026–Present
• Assistant Professor, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, 2019–2026
• Data Scientist / Applied Researcher / H2020 Project Lead, IBM Ireland Lab, 2018–2019
• Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin, 2017–2018
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin, 2015–2017
• Research and Teaching Assistant, National University of Ireland Maynooth, 2011–2015

Research Funding and Leadership

• Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on multiple nationally and internationally funded research projects.
• Secured over €3M in research funding as PI since joining Dublin City University.
• Led and contributed to projects funded by Research Ireland/SFI, Enterprise Ireland, EU H2020, Huawei, IBM, Google Cloud and other industry partners.
• Sole PI of the SFI Frontiers for the Future project ESSENTIAL.
• Previously involved in several EU H2020 projects, including technical and work package leadership roles at IBM Ireland Lab.

Publications

• Author of 70+ peer-reviewed publications in journals and international conferences.
• Publications span machine learning, control, optimisation, smart mobility, smart grids, cloud systems, healthcare, and intelligent transportation systems.
• Full publication list is available on Google Scholar.

Selected Research Themes

• Federated and privacy-preserving machine learning for energy and mobility systems.
• Graph neural networks and spatio-temporal modelling for transportation and cloud systems.
• AI-enabled digital twins and simulation-based decision support for smart cities.
• LLM, RAG and agentic AI systems for decision support and evaluation.
• Medical and environmental intelligence using multimodal machine learning.

Supervision

I supervise and co-supervise PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants, research masters students, taught masters students and undergraduate final-year project students across applied AI, smart mobility, energy systems, cloud intelligence, healthcare and environmental intelligence.

Teaching

I have taught and coordinated modules in control systems, system dynamics, computer control, mechatronic system simulation and control, and masters-level research projects. I have also contributed to programme-level supervision, project coordination and research-led teaching in electronic engineering, intelligent systems and applied machine learning.

Professional Service

• Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
• Associate Editor, INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research
• IEEE Senior Member
• Management Committee Member for Ireland in multiple EU COST Actions
• Reviewer for leading journals and conferences in machine learning, control, intelligent transportation, smart grids and applied AI
• Organiser, session chair and technical committee member for international conferences and workshops

Technical Skills

• Programming and Data Science: Python, MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Java
• Machine Learning and Deep Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, NumPy, SciPy
• Optimisation and Control: Linear and quadratic programming, distributed optimisation, optimal control, classical and modern control
• Systems and Applications: Intelligent transportation systems, smart grids, cloud systems, cyber-physical systems, IoT and edge/cloud computing

Professional Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Agile Explorer, IBM
• Cognitive Practitioner, IBM
• Machine Learning with Python, IBM
• Deep Learning, IBM
• Python for Data Science, IBM
• Certified Interviewer, IBM