I am a senior lecturer at the School of Computing at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
I currently serve as Head of School.
I joined DCU in late 2002. Prior to then I spent six years with Bell Labs Research (the research division of Lucent Technologies) in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and four years with the Database Research Group at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. And going right back to the late 80s and early 90s, I did my Ph.D. at the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
In case you need to recognise me, this is what I look like.
On an experimental basis, I'm making my calendar of upcoming commitments available online.
My research interests are in the area of network data management, which encompasses research in database systems, emphasizing the challenges arising from their use in computer networks. For more information, see my list of publications.
I currently teach three modules:
Here are some project ideas that may be a useful starting point for third- and fourth-year student projects.
Here are the slides from the ten-year best paper presentation at VLDB 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Here are some slides that describe research activities within the School of Computing.
The school's transfer process is documented here in pdf, and here in html.
Some slides on full economic costing, and the same thing in 4up.
Some slides on the school, and the same thing in 4up.
I also keep a miscellany of odd cuttings.
