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Brian Moran
brian.moran.2017@mumail.ie

Brian Moran is currently studying for a PhD at the National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University, working on the Building City Dashboards Project. He holds an H.Dip in “Data Science and Analytics” and a BSc, both from Maynooth University. His research focuses in analytics and modelling problems: moving beyond visual analytics to perform data analytics, statistical modelling, generate and evaluate predictions, simulations, and optimisations. He has previously worked in the private sector as an IT project manager and a service delivery manager.

Supervisors: Chris Brunsdon, Martin Charlton, Rob Kitchin (maynooth University)

Seán O'Kane
sean.okane.2015@mumail.ie

Sean O’Kane is a current PhD student with the NCG. He is studying under the supervision of Dr Tim McCarthy and Dr Rowan Fealy on the research project: ‘Predict’. ‘Predict’ is an environmental research project, headed by Dr Brian Kelleher of DCU, which is focused on the marine environment of Dublin Bay.
Sean holds an MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing (1.1) from Maynooth University, and a B.A. joint honours degree in Geography and English. His current research interests lie in the areas of: Remote Sensing; GIS; Geospatial Statistics; RS Data Acquisition, Processing, and Analysis; Coastal/Marine Remote Sensing; Environmental Modelling; and LiDAR.

Dr Tim McCarthy & Dr Rowan Fealy (Maynooth University)

Réamonn Fealy
reamonn.fealy.2016@mumail.ie

Spatial analysis techniques in agri-environmental policy making; limits and opportunities

Réamonn Fealy is currently studying for a PhD under the joint supervision of Professor Christopher Brunsdon, National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University and Mr Martin Charlton, National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University. The title of my thesis is "Spatial analysis techniques in agri-environmental policy making; limits and opportunities". My research focuses on the often complex interface between agriculture and the environment and the particular role of spatial analysis in the development of policy, assessment of risk and legislative aspects that arise in this domain. For more information please visit: Réamonn Fealy

Professor Christopher Brunsdon and Mr Martin Charlton (Maynooth University)

Paul Kilgarriff
paul.kilgarriff.2014@nuim.ie

The Spatial Distribution of Welfare in Ireland

Paul Kilgarriff is currently studying for a PhD under the joint supervision of Mr Martin Charlton, National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University, Dr Ronan Foley, Department of Geography, Maynooth University and Professor Cathal O'Donoghue, Head of Teagasc Rural Economy and Development Programme. The title of my thesis is "The Spatial Distribution of Welfare in Ireland" and my study comprises of elements from three disciplines; economics, geography and geocomputation. The objective of this thesis is to examine whether or not a relationship exists in Ireland between space (spatial area) and welfare (individual's ell-being). For more information please visit: Paul Kilgarriff

Mr Martin Charlton, Dr Ronan Foley (Maynooth University) and Professor Cathal O'Donoghue (Teagasc)

Egess Tiri
egess.tiri.2017@mumail.ie

Egess has a BSc and MSc in Geo Informatics from the University of Tirana, Albania. Following her studies, she has been involved in GIS Industry, in the country, for both public and private sectors. Recently, she has been part of a multinational team, in a large scale project (Devoll Hydropower Project, Statkraft Albania) with the role of establishing and maintaining the Database & GIS system for Environmental & Social Management Unit and beyond. Currently she is following her PhD studies with National Centre for Geocomputation on Building City Dashboards Project.
Location: Iontas Building
Floor: 2nd Floor
Phone: (+353) 873551053
Email: egess.tiri.2017@mumail.ie

Professor Christopher Brunsdon and Mr Martin Charlton (Maynooth University) Prof Robert Kitchin (Maynooth University)

Recently completed PhD students

Robert O'Hara	2019	The application of Earth Observation for mapping soil saturation and the extent and distribution of artificial drainage on Irish farms
John Doyle	2014	Estimating Movement from Mobile Telephony Data
Conor Cahalane	2013	Calculating and Assessing Mobile Mapping System Point Density for Roadside Infrastructure Surveys
Cathal Coffey	2013	Temporal decomposition and semantic enrichment of mobility flows
Fergal Walsh	2013	The spatial structure of mobile communication networks
Kazi Ishtiak Ahmed	2012	Acoustic data optimisation for seabed mapping with visual and computational data mining
Peter Foley	2012	Using Geovisual Analytics to investigate the performance of Geographically Weighted Discriminant Analysis
Ricky Jacob	2012	Integrating Haptic Feedback into Mobile Location Based Services
Pankaj Kumar	2012	Road Feature Extraction using Terrestrial Mobile Laser Scanning System
Binbin Lu	2012	Geographically Weighted Regressions with non-Euclidean distance metrics
Carson J.Q. Farmer	2011	Commuting flows and local labour markets: Spatial interaction modelling of travel-to-work
Paul Lewis	2009	Linking Spatial Video and GIS
Ricardo Crespo	2009	Statistical extensions of GWR : spatial interpolation and a spatiotemporal apporach
Seamus Coveney	2008	Global positioning systems and terrestrial laser scanning for the validation of an existing digital elevation model and the generation of new digital elevation models

Recently Completed MSc Students

Dr Lars Pforte graduated from MSc in August 2010. "I found the MSc course in Geocomputation, Maynooth University a very rich and exciting programme. The course covers a wide range of different areas like remote sensing, spatial databases, the use and implementation of statistical methods and visualisation techniques. The programme presents an interesting overview over the many fold opportunities that Geocomputation has to offer. In fact the programme convinced me to continue research in Geocomputation and I have a post-doctoral position in NCG".

Brian Byrne graduated from MSc in August 2011. "Upon completion of the MSc Geocomputation I moved to Australia and obtained a job providing GIS support to mango farms across the Northern Territory and Queensland. I used geo- statistical knowledge to create a sampling strategy for Infra-red scanning of the mangos. The results provided the managers with information on what parts of the farms were healthiest and what parts would fruit at the same time. This information can provide significant savings to a multi million dollar crop".

Damien Butler graduated from MSc in August 2011. "I am now currently working with ESRI Ireland. The course is very diverse, you gain industry relevant experience in a wide range of GIS skills and advanced concepts in Geocomputation. The course also offers a range of computer skills in a GIS/spatial context for all levels of ability. The course gives the student freedom to apply their newly acquired skills to projects on the course in any area of interest to them".

Margaret McDonnell graduated from MSc in August 2013. Margaret is working as Junior Software Engineer, Capita Integrated Business Solutions, Dublin. "I found MSc in Geocomputation beneficial at interview stage for my current position. The taught components of the course exposed me to various new types of software preparing for a fast moving work environment. The ability to write for both a technical and general audience was provided by the dissertation. I have no doubt over the coming years I will put even more of my MSc in Geocomputation skills to use".

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