Education
Ph.D in Computer Vision
School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University
2005 – 2009
- Research interests: computer vision, image processing, machine learning, image understanding, algorithm evaluation
- Published seven conference papers and one journal paper
- Ph.D Thesis: “Image Segmentation, Evaluation, and Applications.” Supervised by Prof. Noel E. O’Connor and examined by Dr. Cathal Gurrin (internal) and Prof. Philippe Salembier (external)
B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Applications
School of Computing, Dublin City University
2001 – 2005
- Specialization: Software Engineering
- Completed every year with first class honors
- Graded in top five of a class of 265–350 students every year
- Second highest overall grade in second and final year
- Third highest overall grade in third year
Leaving Certificate
Castleknock Community College
1995 – 2001
- 510 points
- “A” grades in higher‐level mathematics, economics, chemistry, and accounting
Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nov 2009 – present
CLARITY Center, Dublin City University
- Postdoctoral researcher with the Center for Digital Video Processing and the CLARITY research center
- Collaborator on successful 13 partner EU FP7 proposal securing 5.9 M funding for research on audiovisual digital libraries (AXES project)
- Member of AXES FP7 Project Executive Board
- Member of 2011 European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) program committee
- Filed UK patent for ultrasound arterial diameter estimation algorithm
- Involved in mobile device and HCI research in collaboration with Disney research
- Involved in a variety of other research projects, including computer assisted analysis of ultrasound images, the annual TRECVid video information retrieval activity, the 3D Life project, the Sponge It Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership, and the Wireless Aquatic Navigator for Detection and Analysis (WANDA) project
Technology Intern
Summer 2008
Walt Disney Animation Studios, Burbank, CA
- Developed system for scene completion in natural images based on 2004 SIGGRAPH paper
- Investigated feasibility and usefulness of this system on a large corpus of digitized animation content
Research Intern
Summer 2005
Center for Digital Video Processing, Dublin City University
- Participated in several digital video research projects, including work on saliency, image segmentation, filtering, machine vision, and information retrieval
- Implemented concepts from various research papers, including a optimized implementation of a saliency map generation algorithm
Software Development Intern
April – Oct 2005
Hewlett Packard, Leixlip, Ireland
- Participated in design and development of a worldwide project aimed at enhancing manufacturing execution systems
- Designed and implemented barcode labeling software
- Implemented web applications for operators in print head manufacturing
- Involved in C++ special interest group: presented on software design patterns
- Worked with development teams on‐site and overseas
Skills
Programming Languages
- Expertise in Java, C, C++, Objective-C, and Python
- Proficient with Lua, Ruby, Bash, LaTeX, MATLAB, R, SQL, x86 assembly, HTML, XML, and CSS
- Familiar with LISP, Haskell, Erlang, PHP, Javascript, XSLT, C#, D, and Prolog
- Strong UNIX skills
Development Experience
- Experience in software design methods and models
- Experience with team development software (CVS, SVN, and Mercurial)
- Experience with user interface design and development
- Experience with mobile application development (iPhone and Android platforms)
- Experience with numerical and statistical computing
- Experience in Linux device driver development
- Experience developing image processing and computer vision algorithms
- Experience with machine learning techniques
Other Skills
- Experienced with document preparation and typesetting
- Experienced with vector graphic design and web design
- Strong written and spoken communication skills
Professional Activities
Teaching
- Lecturer, Introduction to Engineering and Computing (DCU Access Program), Dublin City University, 2010
- Lab Demonstrator, Image and Video Compression (EE554), Dublin City University, 2006 – 2009
- Lab Demonstrator, Mobile Robotics (EE303), Dublin City University 2008 – 2009
Journal and Conference Paper Reviewing
- IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2011
- International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS) 2011
- European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) 2011
- ACM Multimedia Tools and Applications (ACM-MTAP) 2010
- ACM Multimedia (ACM-MM) 2010
- ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (ACM-TOMCCAP) 2010
- ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) 2010
- Pattern Recognition 2009
- International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS) 2010
- IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2008 and 2009
Publications
Toward Automated Evaluation of Interactive Segmentation, K. McGuinness, N. E. O’Connor, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, pp. 868 – 884, June 2011
Creation of Virtual Worlds from 3D Models Retrieved from Content Aware Networks Based on Sketch and Image Queries, T. Semertzidis, K. McGuinness, P. Daras, L. Makris, N. E. O'Connor, M. G. Strintzis, WIAMIS 2011 – Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services, Delft, The Netherlands, April 2011
TRECVID 2010 Experiments at Dublin City University, C. Foley, J. Guo, D. Scott, P. Wilkins, C. Gurrin, A. F. Smeaton, P. Ferguson, K. Mc Cusker, E. S. Diaz, K. McGuinness, N. E. O’Connor, X. Giro-i-Nieto, F. Marques, TRECVid 2010 – Text REtrieval Conference TRECVid Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2010
Wireless Aquatic Navigator for Detection and Analysis (WANDA), C. Fay, K. Lau, S. Beirne, C. Ó Conaire, K. McGuinness, B. Corcoran, N. E. O’Connor, D. Diamond, S. McGovern, G. Coleman, R. Shepherd, G. Alici, G. Spinks, G. Wallace, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2010
A Comparative Evaluation of Interactive Segmentation Algorithms, K. McGuinness, N. E. O’Connor, Pattern Recognition, pp. 434 – 444, February 2010
Image Segmentation, Evaluation, and Applications, K. McGuinness, Ph.D Thesis, Dublin City University, November 2009
The K-Space Segmentation Tool Set, K. McGuinness, N. E. O’Connor, SAMT 2008 – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies, Koblenz, December 2008
Incorporating Spatio-Temporal Mid-Level Features in a Region Segmentation Algorithm for Video Sequences, I. Gonzalez-Diaz, K. McGuinness, T. Adamek, N. E. O’Connor, F. Diaz-de-Maria, ICIP 2008 – IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, San Diego, CA, October 2008
K-Space at TRECVid 2008, P. Wilkins, D. Byrne, G. Jones, H. Lee, G. Keenan, K. McGuinness, N. E. O’Connor, N. O'Hare, A. F. Smeaton, T. Adamek, TRECVid 2008 – Text REtrieval Conference TRECVid Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2008
K-Space at TRECVid 2007, P. Wilkins, T. Adamek, D. Byrne, G. Jones, H. Lee, G. Keenan, K. McGuinness, N. E. O’Connor, A. F. Smeaton, A. Amin, Z. Obrenovic, R. Benmokhtar, E. Galmar, B. Huet, S. Essid, R. Landais, F. Vallet, G. Papadopoulos, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, I. Kompatsiaris, E. Spyrou, Y. Avrithis, R. Morzinger, P. Schallauer, W. Bailer, T. Piatrik, K. Chandramouli, E. Izquierdo, M. Haller, L. Goldmann, A. Samour, A. Cobet, T. Sikora, P. Praks, TRECVid 2007 – Text REtrieval Conference TRECVid Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2007
Visual Analysis for Drum Sequence Transcription, K. McGuinness, O. Gillet, N. E. O’Connor, G. Richard, EUSIPCO 2007 - Proceedings of the 15th European Signal Processing Conference, pp. 312 – 316, Poznan, Poland, September 2007
Image Segmentation Evaluation Using an Integrated Framework, K. McGuinness, G. Keenan, T. Adamek, N. E. O’Connor, VIE 2007 – Proceedings of the IET 4th International Conference on Visual Information Engineering, London, UK, July 2007
A Framework for Integrating and Evaluating Automatic Region-based Segmentation Algorithms, K. McGuinness, G. Keenan, T. Adamek, N. E. O’Connor, SAMT 2006 – Proceedings of the First International Conference on Semantics And Digital Media Technology, pp. 41 – 42, Athens, Greece, December 2006
K-Space at TRECVid 2006, P. Wilkins, T. Adamek, P. Ferguson, M. Hughes, G. Jones, G. Keenan, K. McGuinness, J. Malobabic, N. E. O’Connor, D. Sadlier, A. F. Smeaton, R. Benmokhtar, E. Dumont, B. Huet, B. Merialdo, E. Spyrou, G. Koumoulos, Y. Avrithis, R. Moerzinger, P. Schallauer, W. Bailer, Q. Zhang, T. Piatrik, K. Chandramouli, E. Izquierdo, L. Goldmann, M. Haller, T. Sikora, P. Praks, J. Urban, X. Hilaire, J. Jose, TRECVid 2006 – Text REtrieval Conference TRECVid Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2006
References
- Prof. Noel E. O’Connor, Dublin City University, +353 1 7005078
- Mr. Aiden Kindlon, Hewlett Packard, +353 1 6150101