Tim McCarthy

Prof Tim McCarthy

Computer Science, National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG), Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI), Hamilton Institute, ICARUS

Professor

Location Iontas Building

Room 2.18

Phone (01) 708 6180

Email tim.mccarthy@mu.ie

Biography

Tim is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Principal Investigator (PI) based in the National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG) at Maynooth University. He has over thirty years R&D experience in Earth Observation, Geographical Information Science and Geocomputation specialising in a number of research areas including;

Earth Observation: Satellite, Airborne & Terrestrial Mapping Systems
Autonomous Systems including Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) - Drones
Geo-Sensor Technologies (Optical, LiDAR, Navigation, Radar)
Machine Learning (Geo), Geospatial Analysis & Modelling
Web & Mobile Geospatial Information Services
Spatial Decision Support (Cloud-based) Platforms

Over the past fifteen years at Maynooth, he has led (PI/Co-PI) >32 X externally funded research projects (€28m funding), published >112 articles (papers, reports, standards, datasets), recipient/co-recipient of 8 X RTDI Awards, spun-out 2 X University companies, supervised/co-supervised (successful completion) 5 X PhDs & 1 X MRes, currently supervising 4 PhD/MRe. He sits on >4 committees/working-groups including the Copernicus Earth Observation programme in Brussels, appointed 2015, as Irish National delegate. He provides RTDI support to Industry including a number of start-up ventures, focused around Geospatial Science & Technology, Spatial Decision Support Systems and AI. He is currently Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI of >10 X research projects including;

Terrain-AI : Monitoring GHG Emissions across complex terrestrial environments with Prof Rowan Fealy
U-Flyte : Technologies, Applications and Operations of Drones
CoPilot-AI : Common Operational Picture for real-time Wildfire Response (Co-PI Prof John McDonald)
EO-DataHub : Development of EO Data & Resource Hub : Copernicus Academy/Relay
MaCoBioS : Researching efficient, integrated management and conservation strategies for European marine coastal ecosystems

Additional R&D project activities include Collaborative Drone/UGV, Precision Agriculture, Road Safety Risk Analysis, Maritime Monitoring and Geospatial Interoperability.

Research Publications

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2009	Charlton M, Coveney S and McCarthy T (2009) '3 Issues in Laser Scanning' In: Laser scanning for the environmental sciences. UK : Wiley-Blackwell. [Link]
	2009	Curtis, A., Mills, J.W., McCarthy, T., Fotheringham, A.S. and Fagan, W. (2009) 'Space and Time Changes in Neighborhood Recovery after a Disaster Using a Spatial Video Acquisition System' In: P. Showalter and Y. Lu(Eds.). Urban Disasters and Geotechnologies. : Springer.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Deodoro, S. C., Moral, R. A., Fealy, R.M.., McCarthy, T., & Fealy, R. (2024) 'Using the surface scattering mechanism from dual-pol SAR data to estimate topsoil particle-size fractions'. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 128 . [DOI]
	2024	Casal, G.; Trégarot, E.; Cornet, C.C.; McCarthy, T.; van der Geest, M. (2024) 'A cost-effective method to map mangrove forest extent, composition, and condition in small islands based on Sentinel-2 data: Implications for management'. Ecological Indicators, 159 . [Link] [DOI]
	2024	Pérez, G.; O'Leary, B.C.; Allegri, E.; Casal, G.; Cornet, C.C.; de Juan, S.; Failler, P.; Fredriksen, S.; Fonseca, C.; Furlan, E.; Gil, A.; Hawkins, J.P.; Maréchal, J.P.; McCarthy, T.; Roberts, C.M.; Trégarot, E.; van der Geest, M.; Simide, R. (2024) 'A conceptual framework to help choose appropriate blue nature-based solutions'. Journal of Environmental Management, 352 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Sandra Cristina Deodoro, Rafael Andrade Moral, Reamonn Fealy, Tim McCarthy, Rowan Fealy (2023) 'An assessment of Sentinel 1 SAR, geophysical and topographical covariates for estimating topsoil particle size fractions'. European Journal of Soil Science, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2023	Grey A.; Costeira R.; Lorenzo E.; O’Kane S.; McCaul M.V.; McCarthy T.; Jordan S.F.; Allen C.C.R.; Kelleher B.P. (2023) 'Biogeochemical properties of blue carbon sediments influence the distribution and monomer composition of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)'. Biogeochemistry, . [DOI]
	2023	Casal, G.; McCarthy, T. (2023) 'Marine coastal biodiversity and services in Ireland in a three-dimensional context: Scientific, news media, and legislative'. Ocean and Coastal Management, 244 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Grey, A.; Costeira, R.; Lorenzo, E.; O’Kane, S.; McCaul, M.V.; McCarthy, T.; Jordan, S.F.; Allen, C.C.R.; Kelleher, B.P. (2023) 'Geochemical properties of blue carbon sediments through an elevation gradient: study of an anthropogenically impacted coastal lagoon'. Biogeochemistry, 162 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Fonseca C.; Wood L.E.; Andriamahefazafy M.; Casal G.; Chaigneau T.; Cornet C.C.; Degia A.K.; Failler P.; Ferraro G.; Furlan E.; Hawkins J.; de Juan S.; Krause T.; McCarthy T.; Pérez G.; Roberts C.; Trégarot E.; O'Leary B.C. (2023) 'Survey data of public awareness on climate change and the value of marine and coastal ecosystems'. Data In Brief, 47 . [DOI]
	2022	Upreti, D.; McCarthy, T.; O’Neill, M.; Ishola, K.; Fealy, R. (2022) 'Application and Evaluation of a Simple Crop Modelling Framework: A Case Study for Spring Barley, Winter Wheat and Winter Oilseed Rape over Ireland'. Agronomy, 12 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Casal G.; Cordeiro C.; McCarthy T. (2022) 'Using Satellite-Based Data to Facilitate Consistent Monitoring of the Marine Environment around Ireland'. Remote Sensing, 14 (7). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	McCarthy, T.; Pforte, L.; Burke, R. (2020) 'Fundamental elements of an urban UTM'. Aerospace, 7 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Cahalane C, Monteys X, Magee A, Hanafin J, Harris P, McCarthy T (2020) 'Studying Submarine Geomorphology in an INFOMAR Priority Bay through the application of Remote Sensing Techniques'. Irish Geography, 53 (1):43-57. [Link] http://dx.doi.org/10.2014/igj.v53i1.1410
	2020	Rossiter, T; Furey, T; McCarthy, T; Stengel, DB (2020) 'Application of multiplatform, multispectral remote sensors for mapping intertidal macroalgae: A comparative approach'. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, . [DOI]
	2020	Rob O’Hara, Stuart Green, Tim McCarthy, Conor Cahalane, Owen Fenton, Pat Tuohy (2020) 'Identifying artificially drained pasture soils using machine learning and Earth observation imagery'. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 14 (3):1-16. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Rossiter, T., Furey, T., McCarthy, T., & Stengel, D. B. (2020) 'UAV-mounted hyperspectral mapping of intertidal macroalgae'. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 242 (1):1-16. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Casal G.; Hedley J.D.; Monteys X.; Harris P.; Cahalane C.; McCarthy T. (2020) 'Satellite-derived bathymetry in optically complex waters using a model inversion approach and Sentinel-2 data'. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 241 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Askari M.; McCarthy T.; Magee A.; Murphy D. (2019) 'Evaluation of grass quality under different soil management scenarios using remote sensing techniques'. Remote Sensing, 11 (15). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Gema Casal and Paul Harris and Xavier Monteys and John Hedley and Conor Cahalane and Tim McCarthy (2019) 'Understanding satellite-derived bathymetry using Sentinel 2 imagery and spatial prediction models'. 0 (0):1-16. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	O’Hara R, Green S, & McCarthy T (2019) 'The agricultural impact of the 2015–2016 floods in Ireland as mapped through Sentinel 1 satellite imagery'. Irish Journal Of Agricultural And Food Research, 58(1) (44):1-22. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Casal G.; Monteys X.; Hedley J.; Harris P.; Cahalane C.; McCarthy T. (2018) 'Assessment of empirical algorithms for bathymetry extraction using Sentinel-2 data'. International Journal for Remote Sensing, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2017	Kumar P.; Lewis P.; McCarthy T. (2017) 'The potential of active contour models in extracting road edges from mobile laser scanning data'. Infrastructures, 2 (3). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2017	Cahalane, C; Walsh, D.; Magee, A.; Mannion, S.; Lewis, P.; McCarthy, T (2017) 'Sensor Pods: Multi-Resolution Surveys from a Light Aircraft'. Inventions, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	McCaul M.; Barland J.; Cleary J.; Cahalane C.; McCarthy T.; Diamond D. (2016) 'Combining remote temperature sensing with in-situ sensing to track marine/freshwater mixing dynamics'. Sensors, 16 (9). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Cahalane C.; Lewis P.; McElhinney C.; McNerney E.; McCarthy T. (2016) 'Improving MMS performance during infrastructure surveys through geometry aided design'. Infrastructures, 1 (1). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Kumar, Pankaj and Lewis, Paul and McElhinney, Conor P and Boguslawski, Pawel and McCarthy, Tim (2016) 'Snake Energy Analysis and Result Validation for a Mobile Laser Scanning Data-Based Automated Road Edge Extraction Algorithm'. :1-11. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Weekley, Jill and Barrell, John and McCarthy, Tim (2016) 'Developing a road safety review tool to identify design standard and safety deficits on high risk road sections'. 14 :4130-4139. [Full-Text]
	2015	Cahalane, C; Lewis, P; McElhinney, CP; McCarthy, T (2015) 'Optimising Mobile Mapping System Laser Scanner Orientation'. Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information, 4 :302-319. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2014	Cahalane, C; McElhinney, CP; Lewis, P; McCarthy, T (2014) 'Calculation of Target-Specific Point Distribution for 2D Mobile Laser Scanners'. Sensors, 14 :9471-9488. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2014	Cahalane, C; McElhinney, CP; Lewis, P; McCarthy, T (2014) 'MIMIC: An Innovative Methodology for Determining Mobile Laser Scanning System Point Density'. Remote Sensing, 6 :7857-7877. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2014	Kumar, Pankaj and McElhinney, Conor P. and Lewis, Paul and McCarthy, Timothy (2014) 'Automated road markings extraction from mobile laser scanning data'. 32 :125-137. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2014	Dubber, Donata and Pilla, Francesco and Smyth, David and Qazi, Nadeem and McCarthy, Tim and Gill, Laurence W. (2014) 'Development of a geographic information system-based decision support toolset to assess the feasibility of on-site wastewater treatment and disposal options in low permeability subsoils'. 70 (3):464-471. [Full-Text]
	2013	Radu, T; Gallagher, S; Byrne, B; Harris, P; Coveney, S; McCarron, S; McCarthy, T; Diamond, D (2013) 'Portable X-Ray Fluorescence as a Rapid Technique for Surveying Elemental Distributions in Soil'. Spectroscopy Letters, 46 :516-526. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2013	Kumar, P; McElhinney, CP; Lewis, P; McCarthy, T (2013) 'An automated algorithm for extracting road edges from terrestrial mobile LiDAR data'. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 85 :44-55. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2010	Lewis, P and McElhinney, C and Sch\"on, B and Mc Carthy, T (2010) 'Mobile Mapping System LiDAR Data Framework'. . [Full-Text]
	2010	Mccarthy, T and Maynooth, N and Mcelhinney, C and Cahalane, C and Kumar, P (2010) 'Initial results from european road safety inspection (eursi) mobile mapping project'. . [Full-Text]
	2008	McCarthy T., Zheng J. and Fotheringham A.S. (2008) 'Integration of dynamic LiDAR and image sensor data for route corridor mapping'. THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES, XXXVII :1125-1130. [Full-Text]
	2008	Zheng J., McCarthy T. and Fotheringham A. Stewart (2008) 'Linear feature extraction of buildings from terrestrial LiDAR data with morphological techniques'. THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES, XXXVII :241-244. [Full-Text]
	2007	Curtis A.; Mills J.; Kennedy B.; Fotheringham S.; Mccarthy T. (2007) 'Understanding the geography of post-traumatic stress: An academic justification for using a spatial video acquisition system in the response to Hurricane Katrina'. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 15 (4):208-219. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2007	McCarthy T, Charlton M, Fotheringham A S, and O'Malley V. (2007) 'Integration of LiDAR and Stereoscopic Imagery for Automated Route Corridor Inventory'. THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES, XXXVI :203-209. [Full-Text]
	2007	McCarthy T., Fotheringham A. S. and Gearoid O'Rian (2007) 'Compact Airborne Image Mapping System (CAIMS)'. THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES, XXXVI :198-202. [Full-Text]
	2003	Raper, J and Livingstone, D and Bristow, C and McCarthy, T (2003) 'Constructing a geomorphological database of coastal change using GIS'. :399-413.
	1999	Livingstone, David and Raper, Jonathan and McCarthy, Timothy (1999) 'Integrating aerial videography and digital photography with terrain modelling: an application for coastal geomorphology'. 29 (1):77-92. [Full-Text]
	1998	Raper, J. F., & McCarthy, T. and Williams N (1998) 'Georeferenced four-dimensional virtual environments: principles and applications'. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 22 :529-539. [Full-Text]

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2022	Finkele, K., Hochstrasser, T., Murphy, P. N. C., Daly, E., Jarmain, C., Richards, K., Fenton, O., Cummins, T., Saunders, M., Johnston, P. M., Bruen, M., Byrne, K. A., Delaney, D. T., Fealy, R., Green, S., Higgins, S., Hunter Williams, N., Lanigan, G., McCarthy, T., McCormack, T., Mellander, P.-E., Nicholson, O., Nugent, C., O'Loughlin, F., Tobin, B., Tuohy, P., and Whetton, R (2022) EMS Annual Meeting 2022 *The new Irish Soil Moisture Observation Network–ISMON: an Umbrella for Integrating Several Recent Soil Moisture Measurements Initiatives* Bonn, Germany, [Link] https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2022-273
	2021	Buosi S, Sonarghare S, McDonald J and McCarthy T (2021) 23rd Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing conference (IMVIP 2021) *More efficient Geospatial ML modelling techniques for identifying man-made features in Aerial Ortho-imagery* Dublin, [Full-Text]
	2019	J Kaivosoja, O Niemeläinen, R Näsi, R Burke, T McCarthy, B O’Brien, D Murphy, M Murphy, F Oudshoorn, L Hart, C Umstätter, E Honkavaara (2019) Precision Livestock Farming'19 . In: O’Brien B., Hennessy D. Shalloo L eds. *Evaluation of remote sensing technologies and cloud services to support grassland management*
	2019	Murphy D, O' Brien B, Askari M, McCarthy T, Magee A, Burke R, and Murphy M (2019) 2019 ASABE Annual International Meeting *GrassQ - A holistic precision grass measurement and analysis system to optimize pasture based livestock production* [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	B O’Brien, D Murphy, MS Askari, R Burke, A Magee, C Umstätter, L Hart, F Oudshoorn, M Murphy, J Kaivosoja, R Näsi, E Honkavaara, T McCarth (2019) Precision Livestock Farming'19 . In: O’Brien B., Hennessy D. Shalloo L eds. *Modelling precision grass measurements for a web-based decision platform to aid grassland management*
	2018	Paul Lewis, Tim McCarthy (2018) European Transport Conference *TN-ITS GO; Ireland's steps towards a harmonised European Service for fresh and accurate Road-Network Map Data* [Link] [Full-Text]
	2016	cCaul, Margaret, Barland, Jack, McNamara, Eoghan, McCluskey, Peter, Cahalane, Conor, McCarthy, Tim and Diamond, Dermot (2016) Innovation in Environmental Monitoring, 21-22 Sept 2016, University of York, York, UK *Tracking dynamics of freshwater and marine water mixing using satellite and flyover thermal imaging combined with in-situ sensing* [Link]
	2016	McCaul, Margaret, Barland, Jack, McNamara, Eoghan, McCluskey, Peter, Cahalane, Conor, McCarthy, Tim and Diamond, Dermot (2016) ISEH2016 & ISEG2016 *Integrating geospatial remote and in-situ sensing: opportunities and challenges* [Link]
	2013	Qazi, Nadeem and Smyth, David and McCarthy, Tim (2013) Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim), 2013 UKSim 15th International Conference on *Towards a GIS-based decision support system on the amazon cloud for the modelling of domestic wastewater treatment solutions in Wexford, Ireland* [Full-Text]
	2012	Cahalane, Conor and McCarthy, Tim and McElhinney, Conor P (2012) Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on computing for geospatial research and applications *MIMIC: Mobile mapping point density calculator* [Full-Text]
	2012	Lewis, Paul and Mc Elhinney, Conor P and McCarthy, Timothy (2012) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Applications *Lidar data management pipeline; from spatial database population to web-application visualization* [Full-Text]
	2011	McElhinney, Conor P and Lewis, Paul and McCarthy, Timothy (2011) Proceedings of the MMT11, the 7th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology, Krakaw, Poland *Mobile terrestrial LiDAR data-sets in a spatial database framework* [Full-Text]
	2011	Cahalane, Conor and McElhinney, Conor P and McCarthy, Tim (2011) Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology (MMT11), Krakaw, Poland *Calculating the effect of dual-axis scanner rotations and surface orientation on scan profiles* [Full-Text]
	2010	Kumar, Pankaj and McCarthy, Tim and McElhinney, Conor P (2010) Proceedings of the European Laser Mapping Forum (ELMF 2010), The Hague, The Netherlands *Automated road extraction from terrestrial based mobile laser scanning system using the gvf snake model* [Full-Text]
	2010	Cahalane, Conor and McElhinney, Conor P and McCarthy, Tim (2010) Proceedings of the European laser Mapping Forum (ELMF 2010), The Hague, The Netherlands *Mobile mapping system performance: An analysis of the effect of laser scanner configuration and vehicle velocity on scan profiles* [Full-Text]
	2010	McCarthy, T and McElhinney, C (2010) European Transport Conference, 2010 *European road safety inspection (EuRSI) research project* [Full-Text]
	2010	Cahalane, C and McCarthy, T and McElhinney, CP (2010) Remote Sensing \& Photogrammety Society Annual Conference-'From the sea-bed to the cloudtops *Mobile mapping system performance-An initial investigation into the effect of vehicle speed on laser scan lines* [Full-Text]
	2010	McElhinney, CP and Kumar, Pankaj and Cahalane, Conor and McCarthy, Timothy (2010) Proceedings of the ISPRS Commission V Technical Symposium, Newcastle, UK *Initial results from European Road Safety Inspection (EURSI) mobile mapping project* [Full-Text]
	2009	Doyle J, Farrell R, McLoone S, McCarthy T, and Hung P (2009) China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (CIICT 2009), Maynooth, Ireland, 19-21 August 2009 *Extracting Localised Mobile Activity Patterns from Cumulative Mobile Spectrum RSSI* [Full-Text]
	2009	Doyle J, Farrell R, McLoone S, McCarthy T, Tahir M and Hung P (2009) Proceedings of the 20th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009), Dublin, Ireland, June 2009 *Utilising Mobile Phone RSSI Metric for HumanActivity Detection* [Full-Text]
	2009	Hung P, Tahir M, Farrell R, McLoone S and McCarthy T (2009) Proceedings of the 20th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009), Dublin, Ireland, June 2009 *Wireless Sensor Networks for Activity Monitoring using Multi-sensor Multi-modal Node Architecture* [Full-Text]
	2009	Tahir M, Hung P, Farrell R, Mcloone S and McCarthy T (2009) China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (CIICT 2009), Maynooth, Ireland, 19-21 August 2009 *Lightweight Signal Processing Algorithms for Human Activity Monitoring using Dual PIR-sensor Nodes* [Full-Text]
	2008	McCarthy T, Farrell R, Curtis A and Fotheringham A.S. (2008) Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VIII. Proceedings of SPIE. Cardiff, UK 2008 *Integrated remotely sensed datasets for disaster management* [Full-Text]
	2007	Lewis, P and Winstanley, A and McCarthy, T (2007) Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, 2007. IMVIP 2007. International *Synchronised Encoding of GPS NMEA Messages onto High Definition Video Streams* [Full-Text]
	2007	Lewis, Paul and McCarthy, Tim and Winstanley, Adam C. and Fotheringham, Stewart (2007) 9th International Conference on GeoComputation, 3-5 September 2007, Maynooth *Software algorithm for decoding GPS from spatially encoded video* [Link] [Full-Text]
	2006	Riain G.; McCarthy T.; Kelly K.; Reddy S.; O'Malley V. (2006) EURONOISE 2006 - The 6th European Conference on Noise Control: Advanced Solutions for Noise Control *Data capture and presentation techniques in support of the eu environmental noise directive*
	1999	McCarthy, Timothy (1999) European Symposium on Utilisation of the International Space Station, 2 nd, Noordwijk, Netherlands *Real-time mapping using multispectral spaceborne videography- Prototype design for the ISS encompassing space and ground segment* [Full-Text]
	1998	Raper, JF and McCarthy, Timothy and Unwin, David (1998) Proceedings GISRUK *Multi dimensional Virtual Reality Geographic Information System,(VRGIS): Research guidelines*
	1997	Raper, J and McCarthy, T and Williams, N (1997) AGI-CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS- *Integration of real-time GIS data with Web-based virtual worlds*
	1997	Raper, Jonathan and McCarthy, Timothy and Williams, Nathan (1997) Proceedings of the ESRI User Conference 1997 *Integrating ArcView and Geographically Referenced VRML Models in Real Time*
	1997	Fisher, P and Dykes, J and Moore, K and Wood, J and McCarthy, T and Raper, J and Unwin, D and Williams, N and Jenkins, A (1997) Geological Teaching and Learning Network Conference *The virtual field course: an educational application of GIS*
	1997	McCarthy, Timothy and Raper, Jonathan and Cooper, Roger (1997) International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition- Development, Integration, Applications \& Operations, 3 rd, Copenhagen, Denmark *Real-time geographic positioning features in airborne videography*
	1995	Raper, J and McCarthy, T (1995) AGI-CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS- *Spatial data decision support using multimedia*
	1994	Raper, JF and McCarthy, T (1994) Proc. Association for Geographic Information conference *Virtually GIS: the new media arrive*
	1994	Raper, JF and McCarthy, Timothy (1994) Proceedings of the European GIS Conference *Using airborne videography to assess coastal evolution and hazards*
	1993	Raper, J and McCarthy, F and Livingstone, D (1993) Proceedings of the AGI Conference, Birmingham: AGI *Interfacing GIS with virtual reality technology*

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2008	(2008) EuroSDR & ISPRS Workshop 2008 .
	2008	(2008) GEOIDE Annual Conference .
	2008	(2008) Irish Earth Observation Researchers Symposium .
	2008	(2008) Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring Conf .
	2007	(2007) Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences Conf .
	2005	(2005) Use of LiDar for Virtual Route Corridor Design Invited seminar, Environment Agency Bath, UK, .

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2023	McCarthy T., Foyle F., Misra G., O'Sullivan L., Lewis P., and McBrierty L (2023) Investigation of novel A.I. & Decision Support technologies for improved Environmental & Sustainable Management of GNI’s Right of Way (RoW). Gas Networks Ireland, . [Link]
	2022	Butterworth-Hayes P and McCarthy T (2022) ACCELERATING THE POTENTIAL OF DRONES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTERNATIONAL BEST AND EMERGING PRACTICE REPORT. Smart Dublin, DCC, . [Link] [Full-Text]

Electronic Article

	Year	Publication
	2022	McCarthy T, McDonald J, Keogh S and O'Reilly J (2022) How data can be used to help fight wildfires in real-time. Dublin: [Electronic Article] [Link]
	2020	McCarthy T (2020) U-Flyte researchers develop new concept for urban UTM. London, UK: [Electronic Article] [Link]
	2019	McCarthy T (2019) Will utm eventually spell the demise of the commercial drone operator. [Electronic Article] [Link]
	2018	McCarthy T (2018) In an urban, BVLOS-based drone eco-system machines will play a much larger role in regulating UTM. [Electronic Article] [Link]

Magazine Article

	Year	Publication
	1999	McCarthy, Tim (1999) AutoCAD Express NT: Covering Release 14. [Magazine Article]

Magazine Article

	Year	Publication
	2013	McCarthy, Tim (2013) AutoCAD express. [Magazine Article]
	1998	McCarthy, T and Raper, J (1998) GIS for the Mac is not a crowded market. [Magazine Article]
	1997	McCarthy, T and Raper, J (1997) New Moves in the Aerial Ballet: The evolution of aerial videography and explain how applied videometrics helps us extract useful spatial data from aerial films, in real-time. [Magazine Article]
	1996	Raper, J and McCarthy, T (1996) On Video: In the search for fast and cost effective data capture, aerial videography is the new kid on the block. [Magazine Article]
	1995	Cooper, R and McCarthy, T and Raper, J (1995) Airborne videography and GPS. [Magazine Article]

Review Articles

	Year	Publication
	1998	McCarthy, T (1998) GIS Online by Brandon Plewe a down-to-earth primer. [Review Articles]

Thesis

	Year	Publication
	1999	McCarthy T (1999) Integrating Aerial Video with GIS. University of London (Birkbeck): [Thesis] [Link]

Technical Publication

	Year	Publication
	2014	McCarthy T and Burke R (2014) ESReT : User Guide. [Technical Publication] [Link]
	2013	McCarthy T., Langenbach Z., Pforte L., and Lewis P. (2013) A review of design speed based on observed behaviour. [Technical Publication] [Link]
	2012	McCarthy T (2012) EuRSI: Final Report. [Technical Publication] [Link]
	2011	McCarthy T (2011) EuRSI - D 3.2 Risk Assessment Review. [Technical Publication] [Link]
	2009	O'Riain G and McCarthy T (2009) Innovative Data Capture and Presentation Techniques in Support of the EU Environmental Noise Directive. [Technical Publication] [Link] [Full-Text]

Short Survey

	Year	Publication
	2022	Catarina Fonseca, Louisa Wood, mialy andriamahefazafy, Gema Casal, Tomas Chaigneau, Cindy C. CORNET, Anna Degia, Failler Pierre, Gianluca Ferraro, Elisa Furlan, Julie Hawkins, Silvia de Juan, Torsten Krause, Timothy McCarthy, Géraldine Pérez, Callum Roberts, Ewan TREGAROT, Bethan C. O’Leary (2022) Marine and coastal ecosystems and climate change: dataset from a public awareness survey. [Short Survey] [Link] [DOI]

Other

	Year	Publication
	2012	McCarthy, Timothy (2012) Synchronisation system. [Other]

Standard

	Year	Publication
	2011	Stephenson M, McCarthy T, Byrne D, NiRaghallaigh D, MacAonghusa P \& Riordan P (2011) Dublinked Metadata Profile. [Standard]

Professional

Professional Associations

Description	Function	From / To
Royal Institute of Navigation	Fellow	22/04/2020 -
Royal Aeronautical Society	Fellow	06/03/2024 -
Irish Computer Society	Fellow	- 03/06/2020
Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland	Member/Chartered Surveyor	- 31/03/2020
Royal Geographical Society	Fellow	- 07/02/2020
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors	Member	- 31/03/2020
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers	Member	01/08/2021 - 31/01/2024
ITS Ireland	Member	01/08/2013 - 12/02/2019

Honors and Awards

Date	Title	Awarding Body
22/02/2023	SFI Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge (with Prof John McDonald, Prof Charles Markham and wider MU Team)	SFI
01/05/2022	US-Ireland (Research Innovation Award) with Prof Rowan Fealy	RIA & American Chamber of Commerce Ireland
01/11/2021	AI Awards (Social Good) with Prof Rowan Fealy	AI Awards
01/10/2012	Copernicus Masters	International (ESA & Copernicus)
01/01/2010	IBM Research Award	IBM
01/01/2012	SmartBay Innovation	SmartBay Consortium
01/01/2011	Commercialisation Award	Maynooth University
01/01/2010	Google Research Award	Google

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
Marine Institute	Board Member	02/02/2024 -
EU: European Copernicus Committee (Brussels)	National Delegate	01/11/2015 - 01/06/2023
IE: Unmanned Aircraft Association Ireland	Founding Committee Member	02/04/2016 - 01/09/2019
MU: Aerial and Drone Oversight Committee (ADOC)	Member	01/08/2023 -
IE: Marine Research Advisory Group	Member	01/09/2016 -
EU: Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake (FPCUP)	Leadership Group Member	01/05/2019 -
IE: Guidelines for testing Autonomous Vehicles on Irish Roads	Member	01/03/2018 - 02/02/2019
EU: Copernicus Sentinel Benefit Study	Stakeholder/Reviewer	01/02/2018 - 01/02/2019
CITY COUNCIL: Knowledge Management & Open Data Project	Peer Review Member	01/02/2012 - 06/06/2013

Consultancy

	Client	Description
	Verifly	Geospatial Scientific Adviser

Outreach Activities

Organisation	Type	Description
Sunday Times	Civic Society	2024 (Sunday Times) Drones Article: Fight for the skies: the drone companies wanting to deliver your dinner [Link]
SFI	Civic Society	2024 (SFI). Terrain-AI: Launch with Minister Eamonn Ryan (YouTube : 14mins) [Link]
SFI News	Civic Society	2024 (SFI). Terrain-AI: Urban Sense, Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions in real time across Dublin [Link]
RTE	Civic Society	2024 (RTE) Terrain-AI : Urban Sense Project. Greenhouse gas sensors to monitor Dublin's emissions. [Link]
SFI News	Civic Society	2023 (SFI News Release) Little Book of Science : CoPilot-AI/DecaMap project featured on Page-8. [Link]
RTE	Civic Society	2023 (RTE-1) Science Programme - Terrain-AI featured on Game-Changer : AI & You [Link]
SFI News	Civic Society	2023 (SFI News Release) Terrain-AI : Climate Change & Sustainability [Link]
RTE Radio-1	Civic Society	2023 (RTE Radio-1 Drivetime) SFI Defence Organisation Award [Link]
Irish Independent	Civic Society	2023 (Irish Independent) SFI Defence Organisation Award [Link]
Silicon Republic	Civic Society	2023 (Silicon Republic) SFI-Defense Organisation Challenge Award [Link]
Irish Times	Civic Society	2023 (Irish Times) SFI Defence Organisation Award [Link]
RTE	Civic Society	2023 (RTE) SFI Defence Organisation Award [Link]
Irish Examiner	Civic Society	2023 (Irish Examiner) SFI Defence Organisation Challenge Award [Link]
Silicon Republic	Civic Society	2022 (Silicon Republic) CoPilot-AI Project - Challenges of Competitive Funding [Link]
RTE	Civic Society	2022 (RTE) Brainstorm : CoPilot-AI [Link]
RIA	Civic Society	2022 (RIA) Terrain-AI wins US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards [Link]
Silicon Republic	Industry	2022 (Silicon Republic) Copernicus Academy & Relay in Ireland [Link]
Smart Dublin	Civic Society	2022 (Smart Dublin, DCC) Future Proofing Dublin's Skies (Drones) [Link]
Silicon Republic	Civic Society	2022 (Silicon Republic) SFI-Defense Organisation Challenge [Link]
Irish Times	Civic Society	2021 (Irish Times) Terrain-AI [Link]
Irish Examiner	Industry	2020 (Irish Examiner) SFI Terrain-AI Project [Link]
Silicon Republic	Civic Society	2020 (Silicon Republic) Geospatial Science [Link]
Irish Times	Industry	2020 (Irish Times) Terrain-AI Project [Link]
RTE	Industry	2020 (RTE) SFI Terrain-AI Morning Ireland [Link]
Silicon Republic	Industry	2020 (Silicon Republic) SFI Terrain-AI Project [Link]
Irish Tech News	Civic Society	2020 (Irish Tech News) SFI Terrain-AI Project [Link]
Irish Research Council	Civic Society	2020 (Irish Research Council) Twenty-six Projects Announced under the COVID-19 Rapid Response Research and Innovation Programme [Link]
Silicon Republic	Industry	2020 (Silicon Republic) SFI Covid-19 R&D Funding Award for 'Data Platform for Emergency Response Management' [Link]
Irish Times	Civic Society	2019 (Irish Times) Drones in Agriculture [Link]
Silicon Republic	Industry	2019 (Silicon Republic) Announcement of NATDaP Research Project - funded by SFI Research Infrastructure programme [Link]
Radio (Northern Sound)	Civic Society	2019 (Radio) Promoting U-Flyte's use of Drones in Agriculture - Northern Sound Radio [Link]
Think Business Ireland	Industry	2019 (Think Business) Announcement of SFI Research Infrastructure Awards including 'National Autonomous Technology Data Platform (NATDap)' [Link]
Commercial UAV News, USA	Industry	2019 (Commercial UAV News, USA). Ireland’s U-Flyte is Building a UTM for a Future with Fewer Drone Operators [Link]
Unmanned Airspace	Industry	2019 (Unmanned Airspace) Will UTM eventually spell the demise of the commercial drone operator? [Link]
RTE (Drive Time)	Civic Society	2019 (RTE Drive-Time): Rogue Drone Activities (move to play-tab 02:25 on podcast) [Link]
Sunday Times	Civic Society	2019 (Sunday Times Article): Rogue Drone Operation Article with reporter Graeme Lennox [Link]
RTE (News)	Civic Society	2018 (RTE News) : Explaining and Promoting U-Flyte - drone research programme [Link]
RTE Morning Ireland	Civic Society	2018 (RTE Morning Ireland) Explaining and promoting U-Flyte - Drone Research programme [Link]
RTE (Drive-Time)	Civic Society	2018 RTE (Drive-Time Radio) Drones used for Search and Rescue (move to Play-tab 01:52:20) [Link]
Unmanned Airspace	Industry	2018 (Unmanned Airspace Systems) Article on U-Space & UTM [Link]
IRLOGI	Industry	2017 (IRLOGI). Panelist. Annual IRLOGI GIS Conference Ireland [Link]
Marine Institute	Civic Society	2016 (Marine Institute Ocean Wealth) Video clip detailing role of EO & Drones for Maritime Monitoring [Link]
SFI Little Book of Irish Science	Civic Society	2016 (SFI Booklet) detailing various STEM related R&D activities [Link]
Sunday Business Post	Civic Society	2015 (Sunday Business Post: Newspaper) article on drone research [Link]
RTE (Creedon's Weather)	Civic Society	2014 (RTE Creedon's Weather): Drones for mapping storm damage [Link]
RTE Science Squad	Civic Society	2013 (RTE Science Squad TV programme) Drones for Precision Agriculture [Link]
New York Times	Civic Society	2010 (New York Times Article). Designer and developer of Geospatial Video Mapping software used to record recovery post-Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, USA [Link]

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