Computer Science Research

Maynooth University Ireland

Welcome

This page provides information on Research in Department of Computer Science at Maynooth University (MU) in Ireland. The CS department at MU (also known as National University of Ireland Maynooth NUIM) is a member of the National University of Ireland (NUI). The NUI Computer Science departments continue together to be the top best Universities for Computer Science in Ireland in 2023 according to research.com. Our CS Department Annual Report summaries and publications are available here.

Computer Science Department in Maynooth is also on LinkedIn.

Research areas

Our research themes and applications are:

  • Artificial Intelligence (inc. machine learning, Deep Neural Networks)
  • Software Verification and Theoretical Computer Science
  • DNA Computing
  • Algorithms and Optimization
  • Applications: Computer Vision, Robotics, GeoScience, Augmented Reality, Multimedia processing, Computer Science Education.

Our department has been successful in getting research funding over the years for instance from Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Research Council, and the European Union.

Information for students

The information page for prospective and current research postgraduate students is available here.

Academic Staff Expertise

Institutional individual webpages of academic staff members are linked using the icon for each MU CS member of staff in the table below.

Name Topics Uni OrcID GS
Ralf Bierig Virtual Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Behaviour, Interactive Information Retrieval,
Stephen Brown Embedded networking, wireless sensor and actuator networking,
Kevin Casey Virtual Machines, Compilers, Programming Languages, Web Development, Cloud Computing,
Natalie Culligan Computer Science, Education,
Rozenn Dahyot pattern recognition, signal processing, machine learning, computer vision, computer graphics,
Thomas Dowling
Joseph Duffin
Behnam Faghih Music Technology, Audio Signal Processing, Music E-Learning, E-Democracy, E-Government,
Edgar Galvan Machine Learning, Evolutionary Algorithms, Deep Neural Networks,
Bryan Hennelly Microscopy, Image Processing, Optics, Raman spectroscopy, holographic microscopy,
John Keating
Liadh Kelly Information Retrieval, Ubiquitous Computing, Lifelogging, eHealth,
Dermot Kelly
Taina Lehtimaki
Thomas Lysaght Music Signal Processing, Wigner Distribution, Music Technology,
Phil Maguire metrology, blockchain economics, portfolio optimization, algorithmic information theory, surprise,
Charles Markham Computer Science,
Tim McCarthy Geospatial Science & Technology,
John McDonald Computer Vision, Visual SLAM, Robotics, Augmented Reality, Pattern Recognition,
Rosemary Monahan Formal Methods, Verification, Specification,
Peter Mooney Volunteered Geographic Information, Citizen Science, Open Data, Big Spatial Data, OpenStreetMap,
Aidan Mooney Computer Science Education, Large Class Teaching, Eye-tracking, Automated Feedback and Assessment,
Thomas Naughton Optical image processing, optical computing, digital holography, parallel computing,
Mark Noone Computer Science Education, Programming, Visual Programming Languages, Textual Programming Languages, Hybrid Programming Languag,
Diarmuid O’Donoghue Computational Intelligence, Evolutionary Computing, Analogical Reasoning, Computational Creativity,
Barak Pearlmutter Computational Neuroscience, Theoretical Neurobiology, Machine Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks, Automatic Differentiation,
Ronan Reilly reading, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, neuroscience,
Damien Woods molecular programming, models of computation, optical computing, small universal Turing machines, algorithms complexity theory,
Hao Wu Formal Methods, SAT/SMT, Specification, Programming Languages, Model-Driven Engineering,
Joe Timoney Audio Signal Processing, Music analysis, Software Testing,

Research Groups

Depending on ongoing funded projects and research interests, several academics have formed research groups e.g.:

Research Support

Research staff and students in our department can rely on the technical support from James Cotter, Michael Monaghan, Dr Vanush Paturyan (e.g. GPU cluster support) and Ranju Upadhyay.

Likewise the research activities in the department are well supported by its administrative staff Phil Dully, Des Noonan and Khalila Ismail.

Contact

Department of Computer Science

Eolas Building

North Campus

Maynooth University

Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland

Email: computerscience.department@mu.ie