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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.
Publications
Other Journals
| Year | Journal | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Computers & Education | An approach to evaluating the user experience of serious games Jonathan Moizer, Jonathan Lean, Elena Dell’Aquila, 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. : . |
| 2012 | International Journal of Ecollaboration | 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.. : . |
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. : . |
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.. : Springer. |
| 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. : Springer. |
| 2016 | Using Online Role-Playing Games for Entrepreneurship Training A. Keary, P. Walsh, D. O’Byrne, J. Mozier, J. Lean, A. Di Fernindo, O. Miglino, R. Friedrich, R. Asperges, L. Thomson, E. Dell’Aquila and L. S. Sica (2016) Using Online Role-Playing Games for Entrepreneurship Training. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. |
| 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.. : IGI – Global. |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC 2017), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2017 M. Healy, A. Keary and P. Walsh (2017) Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC 2017), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2017. : . |
| 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) IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Kansas City, MO, USA, 2017.. : . |
| 2016 | Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2016. M. Healy, A. Keary and P. Walsh (2016) Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2016.. : . |
| 2015 | Brain Informatics and Health, London, 2015. A. Keary, A. Di Ferdinando, O. Miglino, I. Pessoa, L. M. da Silva and P. Walsh (2015) Brain Informatics and Health, London, 2015.. : . |
| 2014 | Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2014, Cork, 2014. A. Keary and P. Walsh (2014) Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2014, Cork, 2014.. : . |
| 2014 | Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference (LPRC), Limerick, 2014 A. Keary and P. Walsh (2014) Limerick Postgraduate Research Conference (LPRC), Limerick, 2014. : . |
| 2014 | IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Belfast, 2014. A. Keary and P. Walsh (2014) IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Belfast, 2014.. : . |
| 2013 | Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2013. A. P. Keary and P. Walsh (2013) Collaborative European Research Conference (CERC), Cork, 2013.. : . |
| 2013 | Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2013, Dublin, 2013. A. P. Keary, P. Walsh, D. O’Byrne, P. Moizer and J. Lean (2013) Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning 2013, Dublin, 2013.. : . |
Books
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2014 | S-Cube Project (S3 ): Training Soft Skills In Social Enterprises Using Virtual Environments for Role Play, [e-Book]. R. Asperges, E. Dell’Aquila, 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].. : University of Plymouth Press. |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
- [2013] – RISAM PhD Scholarship
Education
- [2018] Munster Technological University (MTU formerly – Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)) – PhD in Computer Science
- [2010] National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) & Regis University (Denver, USA) – M.Sc. in Software Engineering & Database Technologies. (MScSED)
- [2008] National College of Ireland – Knowledge Economy Skills Passport
- [1998] Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) – Enterprise Development Programme.
- [1983] Smith Muir and Associates – Programming and Systems Analysis training course.
- [1982] McCarthy, Daly, Stapleton – Financial Analysis training course
- [1982] University College Cork – Higher Diploma in Education.
- [1981] University College Cork – BA Degree
Languages
- Spanish
Employment
- [2021] National University of Ireland – Galway (NUIG) – Online facilitation of the AI module
- [2019] Informa Europe Limited t/a Informa Cognitive Engineering (ICE). – Director
- [2019] Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA). Rouen France – Post-Doc Researcher
- [2013] Munster Technological University – PhD candidate
- [1997] Informa (Europe) Limited – Director and Technical Business Development
- [1992] Siemens Centre for Advanced Technology Training (CATT). – Technical, Business and Training Manager
- [1989] Siemens Centre for Advanced Technology Training (CATT). – Training Manager
- [1985] Nixdorf Centre for Advanced Technology Training (CATT). – Technical Trainer, Researcher and Course Development
- [1983] Smith Muir and Associates. – Trainee computer consultant
- [2021] Tyndall National Institute (UCC) – Senior Researcher – WSN Group
Professional Associations
- [2021] Member