· Teaching
· Course
CA167 (refer to dedicated web-site) (Full Year): Computing for Mathematics
· Course CA314 (refer to notes on Moodle) (Semester 1): 00 Analysis and Design
· Course CA427 (refer to notes on Moodle) (Semester 1): Operations Research
· Course CA429 (refer to notes on Moodle) (Semester 2): Operations Research/Management Science
· Undergraduate (CA3/CA4) and/or taught M.Sc. projects/practicums: I am interested, particularly, in supervising projects with some mathematical or applied mathematical content. Often such projects have a visualisation aspect, and may involve modelling and/or simulation.
- At present, I teach Operations Research
so that I would consider project ideas in that area (mathematical programming,
simulating, queue systems, game theory, etc)
- Previously, I have suggested a software
testing application of Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition (which would be
a bit “researchy”) and perhaps more could be done with this; also, maybe
something on applications of Gröbner bases in Computer Science. Use could be
made of the freely available software QEPCAD.
- A rather different idea (suggested by radiative
transfer research) would be creation of a water body simulation (with
special emphasis on visualisation); however, the corresponding mathematics
would be a little specialised (though manageable).
- A particular, perhaps frivolous idea is
development of software for visualising “three spheres”, and higher dimensions
generally (see ProjectSuggestions/Spec_3_Sphere_visualisation.pdf
for some background).
- Software considerations in airborne systems and equipment certification (RTCA DO-178C, December 2011) is a revision of the successful, widely used RTCA DO-178B. These new guidelines/considerations have supplements on the use of each of formal methods, model based development and OO development. Projects or practicums based on this could be quite interesting.
Since October 2000 I have been a Lecturer in the School of Computing at DCU. Before that most of my career was in the aerospace industry, with occasional spells lecturing on Mathematical Physics/Applied Mathematics at University College Cork (UCC). I worked on several European Space Agency missions (development of the on-board attitude and control software for the ISO, SOHO and XMM satellites, in-flight payload calibration of the HIPPARCOS satellite). My industrial experience includes considerable work on applying software engineering standards, particularly those of ESA and civil aviation standard RTCA/DO-178B, and software quality management. Recent work, with Enterprise Ireland support, includes industrial collaboration for development of non-contact optical measurement of water properties, particularly in manufacturing settings.
· Application of simulation, mathematical modeling and numerical techniques, especially with reference to radiative transfer.
· Software engineering processes including effective application of SW engineering standards, especially in Space and Civil Aviation
Publications,
Articles, Some Reports et al
· The
development of a radiative transfer model for waters of varying depth, C. Peyton,
E. O’Mongain, W.G. Tuohey, “From the Sea-Bed to the Cloud-Tops” - Remote
Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference with Irish Earth
Observation Symposium, Cork, September 1-3, 2010
· Closed-form approximation as a basis
for a lightweight radiative transfer model, W.G. Tuohey, First Irish Earth Observation Researchers Symposium,
(at Teagasc, Kinsealey, Co. Dublin), November 2007
· Regulatory Considerations and
Business Implications for Automated System Suppliers, D.P. Meagher, M.S. Hashmi,
W.G. Tuohey, Pharmaceutical Engineering, November/December 2006.
· Software development projects -
Portfolio selection & staffing with tool support, M. Coyle, W.G.
Tuohey, Projects & Profits – The ICFAI University Press (May 2006, Rs. 60,
pp75-86).
· Picard style iteration for anisotropic H-functions (abstract), W.G. Tuohey, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (November 2005,Volume 96, Issue 1, pp. 85-101).
· Extracting Maximum Information from Airborne Remote Sensing (here), E. O'Mongain, W.G. Tuohey, ERCIM News No. 61, April 2005.
· Approach to the Inversion Problem in Radiative Transfer, W.G. Tuohey, Poster presentation at CASI 2003 (Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland), May 14-16, 2003.
· Benefits & Effective Application of Software Engineering Standards (abstract), W.G.Tuohey, Software Quality Journal (July 2002, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 47-68).
· CA SCHOOL WORKING PAPER: Effort profile and scheduling implications of ESA's software engineering standards (updated Nov 2000)
· CA SCHOOL WORKING PAPER: Development of technical software, Case study notes (updated Nov 2000)
· Software requirements document for XMM ACC software (for CAPTEC Ltd) “…specifies the software requirements on the on-board software for the attitude control computer on the XMM mission …” [commercial, NOT an open publication], W.G.Tuohey (1997)
· In-Orbit Scientific Calibration of HIPPARCOS (abstract, text), W.G.Tuohey, J.G.Campbell, E.O'Mongain, J.P.Gardelle, R.D.Wills, ESA Journal, Vol. 11 (1987).
· In-Orbit Calibration of the HIPPARCOS payload (abstract), R.D.Wills, W.G.Tuohey, E.O'Mongain, J.P.Gardelle, Paper at Third F.A.S.T. Thinkshop (Bari) (1986)
· HIPPARCOS On Orbit Calibration Report. Technical report, “…the purpose of this document is to report the results of on-orbit studies …”, J.P.Gardelle, W.G. Tuohey, J.G. Campbell, and E. O'Mongain., Computer Applied Techniques/Matra Espace Report to European Space Agency, MAT.HIP.25097, 208 pages (1986)
· Aspects of Hipparcos, W.G.Tuohey, Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin, No. 16 (1986)