Dr Cathal Gurrin (@cathal) is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, at Dublin City University, assistant head of the School of Computing with responsibility for Research and Engagement, and a principal co-investigator at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. Gurrin leads a group of 7 researchers dedicated to developing assistive technologies using wearable sensors and data analytics. The highly interdisciplinary approach advanced by his group, "lifelogging", integrates computer science, cognitive science and data-driven healthcare analytics to generate next-generation digital records of the individual, The basic idea is to provide a non-invasive, secure and privacy-preserving personal big data archive monitoring and analyzing continuously, for instance, health related data in a proactive manner for personalized health maintenance and restoration. He has secured research funding of over €2.5M (from Irish, EU and other international sources), co-authored patents with Samsung, licensed technologies to Irish startups, mentored new technology companies and has graduated 8 PhDs and supervised numerous MSc dissertations. He has a Google H-index of 29 from over 2,500 citations to his research works, and he is the co-author of ‘Lifelogging, Personal Big Data’, 2014. In addition, he co-organises the QS meetup in Dublin and regularly speaks at major international events such as the Global Quantified-Self Conference and partner-events. He is the founder and co-organser of the Lifelog Search Challenge at ICMR, the NTCIR-Lifelog participation workshop and the ImageCLEF lifelog task. Finally he has been the general chair of many high-ranking computer science conferences, such as ECIR 2011 & MMM 2014, he has been the general co-chair of MB2016 & MMM2017, and held co-chairing roles in ECIR 2010, ACM CIKM 2010, ACM SIGIR 2013, and he holds position on numerous editorial boards and conference steering committees. He will be the general co-chair of ACM ICMR2020 in Dublin and the PC co-chair of MMM2019 in Greece.
Research Team (August 2016)
- Dr. Duc Tien Dang Nguyen, postdoctoral researcher
- Aaron Duane, PhD Student, VR Lifelogging
- Rashmi Gupa, PhD Student, Lifelog Evaluation
- Liting Zhou, PhD Student, Lifelog Retrieval Systems
- Na Li, PhD Student, Lifelog Data Analytics
- Moohamad Hinbarji, RA, Assistive Technology for Elder-care
- Kaushik Venkataraman, RA, RA, Assistive Technology for Elder-care
Current and Recent Professional Activities Summary (2010 onwards)
- ICMR2020, General co-chair
- MMM2019, PC co-chair
- MMM2018, VBS co-chair
- MMM2017, General co-chair
- Measuring Behaviour 2016, General co-chair
- MMM2015, Demos co-chair
- MMM 2014, General Chair
- Sensecam 2013, PC co-chair & Organising Committee
- ACM SIGIR 2013, Short Papers & Demos co-chair
- MMM 2013, Proceedings co-chair
- MMM 2012, European Liaison
- ECIR 2011, General Chair
- ACM CIKM 2010, Demos co-chair
- Sensecam 2010, Local Organiser
- ECIR 2010, PC co-chair
- BCS Informer Magazine, Reviews Editor (10-15)
PC Memberships (2016 to 2018)
- ISCW2-18, PC Member
- MMM2018, PC Member
- SAC-IAR 2-18, PC Member
- HUM 2018, PC Member
- AH 2018, PC MemberDH2018, PC Member
- ACM SIGIR 2018, PC and SPC Member
- ECIR 2018, PC MEMBER
- MMM 2018, PC Member, VBS Co-chair
- ICME 2018, PC Member
- ICMR 2018, PC Member
- MMHealth 2017, PC Member and co-organiser
- AH 2017, PC Member
- DH 2017, PC Member
- JCDL 2017, PC Member
- LTA2017, Co-Organiser and PC Member
- SAC-IAR 2017, PC Member
- ACM SIGIR 2017, PC Member and Workshops PC Member
- ECIR2017, PC Member
- ICMR 2017, PC Member
- MMM2017 PC Member and co-General Chair
- AH 2016, PC Member
- ACM SIGIR 2016, PC Member
- DH2016, PC member.
- CVU 2016, PC Member
- ICME 2016, PC member
- ACM CHI 2016, PC Member
- DH 2016, PC Member
- HealthWare 2016, PC Member
- ICMR 2016, PC member
- SAC-IAR 2016 PC Member
- IRLLD 2016, Chair, PC Member
- ECIR 2016, Senior PC Member
- HealthRecSys 2016, PC Member
- MMM 2016, PC Member, Demos Chair
- Pervasive Computing 2016, PC Member
Editorial and Review Boards
- Information Processing & Management (15-...)
- World Wide Web Journal (13-...)
- IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Review Panel (11-..)
- International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (09-..)
- MultiMedia Tools and Applications Review Panel (08-..)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK (2011)
- NWO: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Expert Reviewer (2010)
Recent Invited Talks & Keynotes (2013 onwards)
- “The Digital Self - Self Tracking and the Future of Health Apps”. Invited talk and panel discussion at EU Digital Festival 2016, Brussels, Belgium, 21 June 2016.
- “Beyond Quantified Self - The Promise of Lifelogging as an Assistive Technology”. Keynote talk at HealthWear2016, Budapest, Hungry, 14th June 2016.
- “Lifelogging - Personal Data for Human Measurement”. Keynote at MB2016, the 10th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Research, Dublin, Ireland, 26th May 2016.
- “Lifelogging - Surrogate Memories and Recorded Lives”. Invited talk at Hochschule Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland, 15 May 2016.
- “Personal Data, beyond Facebook and Instagram”. Invited talk at Irish Distillers, Dublin, Ireland. October 2015.
- “Lifelogging, a new era of Personal Data”. Invited talk at BioHackers Summit 2015, Helsinki, Finland. September 2015
- “Extreme Personal Data”. Invited Seminar at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. August 2015.
- “Tracking your Life - Self Quantification & Endless Data”. Invited talk at EnterConf 2015, Belfast, Ireland. June 2015
- “15 Million Image Lifelog - Thoughts and Experiences”. Invited speaker at the Quantified Self Global Meetup, San Francisco, CA. June 2015
- “Lifelogging - Data Challenges”. Invited talk at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland. May 2015
- “Lifelogging - Challenges and Opportunities for a New Era of Personal Data”. Invited Seminar at Reykjavik University, Iceland. May 2015.
- “Lifelogging - The Era of Archived Lifetimes”. Evening Lecture at the Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. March 2015.
- “Lifleogging and the Internet of Me”. Invited Speech at IGQIE 2014, Dublin, Ireland. November 2014
- “Lifelogging - A New Big Data Challenge”. EU Delegation to Japan, Tokyo, Japan. November 2014
- “Play, Pause, Rewind - The Era of Archived Lifetimes”. Invited Speaker at Mayo2040, Mayo, Ireland. November 2014.
- “Lifelogging - Data Analytics for the Individual”. Keynote talk at VadConext 2014, Lille, France. Octover 2014
- “Lifelogging, a technical Summary”. Invited talk at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, June 2014
- “Lifelogging, creating The Personal Digital Assistant”. Invited talk at NII, Tokyo, Japan. June 2014
- “Gathering and Organising Lifelogs, A new information retrieval challenge”. Invited talk at the University of Kyoto, Japan, May 2014
- “Personal Life Archives: Challenges and Opportunities”. Invited talk at USCD, CA, 14 Nov 2013.
- “Lifelog, an Awareness Engine”. Invited talk at the Ubiquitous Computing group, UCSD, CA, 12 Nov 2013.
- “Lifelog Semantics from Wearable Computing”, Invited talk at ISTAS 2013, Toronto, Canada, June 2013.
- “Experiences of a LifeLogger: Tasks and Challenges”, Keynote talk at: Lifelong User Modelling workshop at UMAP 2013, Rome, Italy. 14th June 2013.
- “Personal Sensing and Lifelogging: Little-big data”, Invited talk at University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway. 10th June 2013.
- “Seven Years of Lifelogging: Experiences and Solutions”, Invited Speaker at Quantified Self EU 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 12th May 2013.
- “Lifelogging: An Information Retrieval Challenge”, Invited talk at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. 19th April 2013.
Recent Press Coverage (2011 onwards
- How Big is Your Data Trail? NewsTalk Radio, June 2016.
- Stem Skills that can open up new Worlds, Irish Times, May 2016.
- BBC World Service Click Podcast, special issue on Personal Identity, (first aired in) February 2016.
- Eine Suchmaschine für das Logbuch des Lebens, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 2015.
- NHK NextWorld - Lifelogging - A vision of Enhanced Memory Capabilities of Future Humans, January 2015
- In the future, will everyone be wearing Body Cameras? Washington Post, December 2014.
- BBC World News – Lifelogging Interview. 7th March 2014
- La vida a través de una cámara, El Pais, 3rd March 2014
- Lifelogging - Take a trip down memory mane - New Scientist, January 2014.
- The Economist Magazine: Ubiquitous Cameras, 15th November 2013.
- BBC World Service Click Podcast, special issue on Lifelogging, 1 January 2013.
- The Overly Documented Live, Esquire Magazine, Dec 2012.
- Beyond the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Series 3), July 2012
- Mooney Goes Wild, RTE Radio 1, 27 March 2012
- Lifeloggers. Morbosità e microcamere mineranno la privacy? Marie Clare (Italy), 14 Dec 2011.
- The Late Lunch, LMFM, 14 October 2011
- Irish Times, 30 September 2011
- Irish Independent, 30 September 2011
- Diari digitali, La Rebubblica, 25 September 2011
- Memories are made of Disks, Sunday Times, 11 Sept 2011.
Recent Videos
- “A Search Engine for the Self”, The Economist Magazine, November 2013.
- “The Era of Personal Life Archives”, The Distinctive Voices Series at the Beckman Institute, Irvine, CA, November 2012.
- “Cognitively Motivated Lifelog Software, what works and what frustrates?” Gurrin & Doherty, Personal Digital Archiving 2011, Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA, February 2012.