Alfie Keary
Research Profile
Alfie Keary
Contact Details
Tyndall Micronano Electronics
University College Cork
Cork
Ireland
T: +353-21-490-3000
E: alfie.keary@tyndall.ie
Biography
Dr. Alphonsus (Alfie) Keary has worked in the ICT industry and the corporate sector with Nixdorf Computer and Siemens. His business and research activities have included computer mediated communications (CMC); cloud based software services; ICT consulting and education services as well as interactive web based learning services.
Keary has taken numerous industry specific training programmes in ICT, has studied at the Irish Management Institute (IMI) and completed an Enterprise Development Programme managed by the Dublin Institute of Technology. Keary is a graduate of University College Cork (UCC), (Mathematics/Computing and Economics), the National College of Ireland (Knowledge Economy Skills Passport), National University of Ireland Galway (NUI-Galway) and Regis University, Denver, Colorado. In 2010, Keary graduated with an MSc degree in Software Engineering and Database Technologies (MScSED), a joint degree from NUI-Galway and Regis University, Denver.
Following up with further research proposals and publications, in 2012, Keary was awarded a full time PhD Risam scholarship by the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland. In taking up his scholarship at CIT, Keary returned to full-time education in 2013. Since then his PhD research work and interests have involved the fields of affective computing (AC), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoTs) , affective sensory technologies, multimodal sensory fusion architectures and engineering, and systems and technologies for human machine/robot interaction (HMI/HRI).
Keary is now advancing his research career as a senior researcher at the Tyndall National Institute which is part of UCC, Ireland.
Keary has taken numerous industry specific training programmes in ICT, has studied at the Irish Management Institute (IMI) and completed an Enterprise Development Programme managed by the Dublin Institute of Technology. Keary is a graduate of University College Cork (UCC), (Mathematics/Computing and Economics), the National College of Ireland (Knowledge Economy Skills Passport), National University of Ireland Galway (NUI-Galway) and Regis University, Denver, Colorado. In 2010, Keary graduated with an MSc degree in Software Engineering and Database Technologies (MScSED), a joint degree from NUI-Galway and Regis University, Denver.
Following up with further research proposals and publications, in 2012, Keary was awarded a full time PhD Risam scholarship by the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland. In taking up his scholarship at CIT, Keary returned to full-time education in 2013. Since then his PhD research work and interests have involved the fields of affective computing (AC), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoTs) , affective sensory technologies, multimodal sensory fusion architectures and engineering, and systems and technologies for human machine/robot interaction (HMI/HRI).
Keary is now advancing his research career as a senior researcher at the Tyndall National Institute which is part of UCC, Ireland.
Dr. Alphonsus (Alfie) Keary has worked in the ICT industry and the corporate sector with Nixdorf Computer and Siemens. His business and research activities have included computer mediated communications (CMC); cloud based software services; ICT consulting and education services as well as interactive web based learning services.
Keary has taken numerous industry specific training programmes in ICT, has studied at the Irish Management Institute (IMI) and completed an Enterprise Development Programme managed by the Dublin Institute of Technology. Keary is a graduate of University College Cork (UCC), (Mathematics/Computing and Economics), the National College of Ireland (Knowledge Economy Skills Passport), National University of Ireland Galway (NUI-Galway) and Regis University, Denver, Colorado. In 2010, Keary graduated with an MSc degree in Software Engineering and Database Technologies (MScSED), a joint degree from NUI-Galway and Regis University, Denver.
Following up with further research proposals and publications, in 2012, Keary was awarded a full time PhD Risam scholarship by the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland. In taking up his scholarship at CIT, Keary returned to full-time education in 2013. Since then his PhD research work and interests have involved the fields of affective computing (AC), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoTs) , affective sensory technologies, multimodal sensory fusion architectures and engineering, and systems and technologies for human machine/robot interaction (HMI/HRI).
Keary is now advancing his research career as a senior researcher at the Tyndall National Institute which is part of UCC, Ireland.
Keary has taken numerous industry specific training programmes in ICT, has studied at the Irish Management Institute (IMI) and completed an Enterprise Development Programme managed by the Dublin Institute of Technology. Keary is a graduate of University College Cork (UCC), (Mathematics/Computing and Economics), the National College of Ireland (Knowledge Economy Skills Passport), National University of Ireland Galway (NUI-Galway) and Regis University, Denver, Colorado. In 2010, Keary graduated with an MSc degree in Software Engineering and Database Technologies (MScSED), a joint degree from NUI-Galway and Regis University, Denver.
Following up with further research proposals and publications, in 2012, Keary was awarded a full time PhD Risam scholarship by the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland. In taking up his scholarship at CIT, Keary returned to full-time education in 2013. Since then his PhD research work and interests have involved the fields of affective computing (AC), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoTs) , affective sensory technologies, multimodal sensory fusion architectures and engineering, and systems and technologies for human machine/robot interaction (HMI/HRI).
Keary is now advancing his research career as a senior researcher at the Tyndall National Institute which is part of UCC, Ireland.
Research Interests
Books
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2014) | S-Cube Project (S3 ): Training Soft Skills In Social Enterprises Using Virtual Environments for Role Play, [e-Book].
R. Asperges, E. DellAquila, A. Di Ferdinando, R. Friedrich, A. Keary, J. Lean, O. Miglino, J. Moizer, D. O'Byrne, L. S. Sica, . L. Thomson and P. Walsh (2014) S-Cube Project (S3 ): Training Soft Skills In Social Enterprises Using Virtual Environments for Role Play, [e-Book]. UK: University of Plymouth Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2017) | 'SenseCare: Using Affective Computing to Manage and Care for the Emotional Wellbeing of Older People'
R. Bond, H. Zheng, H. Wang, M. Mulvenna, P. McAllister, K. Delaney, P. Walsh, A. Keary, R. Riestra, S. Guaylupo, M. Hemmje, J. Becker and F. Engel (2017) 'SenseCare: Using Affective Computing to Manage and Care for the Emotional Wellbeing of Older People' In: eHealth 360°. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. EU: Springer. [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2016) | 'Using Online Role-Playing Games for Entrepreneurship Training'
A. Keary, P. Walsh, D. OByrne, J. Mozier, J. Lean, A. Di Fernindo, O. Miglino, R. Friedrich, R. Asperges, L. Thomson, E. DellAquila and L. S. Sica (2016) 'Using Online Role-Playing Games for Entrepreneurship Training' In: Game-Based Learning and the Power of Play: exploring evidence, challenges and future directions. OnLine: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details] |
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| (2016) | 'SenseCare: Towards an Experimental Platform for Home-Based, Visualisation of Emotional States of People with Dementia'
F. Engel, R. Bond, A. Keary, M. Mulvenna, P. Walsh, H. Zheng, H. Wang, U. Kowohl and M. Hemmje (2016) 'SenseCare: Towards an Experimental Platform for Home-Based, Visualisation of Emotional States of People with Dementia' In: Road Mapping Infrastructures for Advanced Visual Interfaces Supporting Big Data in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. EU: Springer. [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2013) | 'Current Trends and Developments, Future Requirements, and Predictions for Computer Mediated Communications and E-Collaboration'
A. P. Keary, S. Redfern and P. Walsh (2013) 'Current Trends and Developments, Future Requirements, and Predictions for Computer Mediated Communications and E-Collaboration' In: Knowledge Discovery, Transfer, and Management in the Information Age, IGI - Global. USA: IGI - Global. [DOI] [Details] |
Other Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2019) | 'An approach to evaluating the user experience of serious games'
Jonathan Moizer, Jonathan Lean, Elena DellAquila, Paul Walsh, Alphonsus (Alfie) Keary, Deirdre O'Byrne, Andrea Di Ferdinando, Orazio Miglino, Ralf Friedrich, Roberta Asperges, Luigia Simona Sica (2019) 'An approach to evaluating the user experience of serious games' Computers & Education, . [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'The Future Directions of the Conferencing and Collaboration Field'
A. P. Keary and S. Redfern (2012) 'The Future Directions of the Conferencing and Collaboration Field' International Journal of Ecollaboration, 8 (2) :46-69. [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details] |
Thesis/Dissertation
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2018) | Affective computing for emotion detection using vision and wearable sensors.
Alfie Keary (2018) Affective computing for emotion detection using vision and wearable sensors. Thesis/Dissertation [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2017) | Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC 2017), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2017
M. Healy, A. Keary and P. Walsh (2017) Preforming real-time emotion classification using an Intel RealSense camera, multiple facial expression databases and a Support Vector Machine Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC 2017), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2017 [Details] |
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| (2017) | IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Kansas City, MO, USA, 2017
F. Engel, A. Keary, K. Berwind, M. X. Bornschlegl and M. Hemmje (2017) The role of reproducibility in affective computing IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Kansas City, MO, USA, 2017 [Details] |
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| (2016) | Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2016
M. Healy, A. Keary and P. Walsh (2016) Prototype proof of concept for a mobile agitation tracking system for use in elderly and dementia care use cases Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2016 [Details] |
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| (2015) | Brain Informatics and Health, London, 2015
A. Keary, A. Di Ferdinando, O. Miglino, I. Pessoa, L. M. da Silva and P. Walsh (2015) Seriously Intelligent Communications Skills Mentor Brain Informatics and Health, London, 2015 [Details] |
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| (2014) | Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference (LPRC), Limerick, 2014
A. Keary and P. Walsh (2014) A Case for Serious Games Engineered with Affective Computing Functionality Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference (LPRC), Limerick, 2014 [Details] |
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| (2014) | IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Belfast, 2014
A. Keary and P. Walsh (2014) How Affective Computing Could Complement and Advance the Quantified Self for workshop The Role of Quantified Self for Personal Healthcare (QSPH 2014) IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Belfast, 2014 [Details] |
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| (2014) | Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2014, Cork, 2014
A. Keary and P. Walsh (2014) Role of Affective Computing in Game Based Learning Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2014, Cork, 2014 [Details] |
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| (2013) | Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2013
A. P. Keary and P. Walsh (2013) Affective and Perceptive Computing for Computer Mediated Communication in Game Based Learning Applications Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2013 [Details] |
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| (2013) | Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2013, Dublin, 2013
A. P. Keary, P. Walsh, D. O'Byrne, P. Moizer and J. Lean (2013) Using Online Role-Playing Games for Entrepreneurship Training Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2013, Dublin, 2013 [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | RISAM PhD Scholarship | Munster Technological University (formerly CIT) |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA) | Member | 04-JAN-21 / |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Basic | Basic | Basic |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyndall National Institute (UCC) | Senior Researcher - WSN Group | 26-OCT-21 / | |
| National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) | Online facilitation of the AI module | 01-APR-21 / 27-AUG-21 | |
| Informa Europe Limited t/a Informa Cognitive Engineering (ICE). | Director | 01-OCT-19 / 24-SEP-21 | |
| Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA). Rouen France | Post-Doc Researcher | 01-MAY-19 / 31-JUL-19 | |
| Munster Technological University | PhD candidate | 04-MAR-13 / 31-OCT-18 | |
| Informa (Europe) Limited | Director and Technical Business Development | 01-SEP-97 / 22-FEB-13 | |
| Siemens Centre for Advanced Technology Training (CATT). | Technical, Business and Training Manager | 01-JAN-92 / 29-AUG-97 | |
| Siemens Centre for Advanced Technology Training (CATT). | Training Manager | 02-JAN-89 / 01-JAN-92 | |
| Nixdorf Centre for Advanced Technology Training (CATT). | Technical Trainer, Researcher and Course Development | 01-JAN-85 / 01-JAN-89 | |
| Smith Muir and Associates. | Trainee computer consultant | 03-JAN-83 / 01-JAN-85 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Munster Technological University (MTU formerly - Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)) | PhD in Computer Science | Computer Science (AI and Affective Computing) | |
| 2010 | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) & Regis University (Denver, USA) | M.Sc. in Software Engineering & Database Technologies. (MScSED) | Modules Taken Year 1 2008 2009 Software Engineering Computer Architecture and Operating Systems Database Architecture Database Concepts Application Programming - C Modules Taken Year 2 2009 2010 Database Administration Middleware Architectures and Database Applications XML Concepts for Database Development Object Oriented Programming - Java Artificial Intelligence | |
| 2008 | National College of Ireland | Knowledge Economy Skills Passport | Intensive programme covering a range of topics to assist organisations working in the Knowledge Economy. | |
| 1998 | Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) | Enterprise Development Programme. | One year Enterprise Development Programme | |
| 1983 | Smith Muir and Associates | Programming and Systems Analysis training course. | Programming and Systems Analysis. | |
| 1982 | University College Cork | Higher Diploma in Education. | Education and Learning modules | |
| 1982 | McCarthy, Daly, Stapleton | Financial Analysis training course | Finance | |
| 1981 | University College Cork | BA Degree | Mathematics (with Computers) & Economics |