VSG - People

Current

Academic Staff [Faculty]
Prof. Paul F. Whelan (Director)
Dr. Derek Molloy
Dr. Robert Sadleir

Research Fellow
Dr. Ovidiu Ghita

Centre Administrator
Laura Robertson

Post-doctoral Researchers
Dr. Dana Ilea Ghita
Dr. Federico Sukno (in collobration with RCSI)
Dr. Tarik Chowdhury
TBC

Research Engineers / Assistants
Julia Dietlmeier
Ketheesan Thirusittampalam

Adjunct Members
Prof. Padraic Mac Mathuna
(Gastrointestinal Unit, Mater Misericordiae Hospital)
Prof. Helen Fenlon
(Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital)
Prof. J Waddington
(Neuroscience, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)
Dr. Jane Courtney
(DIT Dublin Institute of Technology)
Dr. Andrew Donnellan
(School of Engineering, IT Tallaght)

Research Students
Michele Peporte [PFW]
Brendan Byrne [PFW]
Tony Marrero [PFW]
Patrica Moore [DM]
David Barry (in conjunction with IT Tallaght) [DM]
Wayne Kelly (in conjunction with IT Tallaght) [DM]
Ayodeji Adesina [DM]
Yu Sha [DM]
Jiao Tian [DM]
Snetha Anugu (in conjunction with IT Tallaght) [DM]
Xiong Ye [RS & DM]
Min Qiusha [RS]

Summer Interns
Shailesh Kayambady Sathyanarayana Bhat [National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India]
ALOUI Brahim [ENSEEIHT Toulouse, France].
Shruti Sharma [MEng Intern]

MEng (Taught) Project Students
Shruti Sharma
Alexandre Gadiou

BEng (Taught) Project Students
Glenn Sheridan
Luke Gahan

2012 Visiting Researchers
Dr. Enrique Alegre-Gutiérrez (University of Leon, Spain)

Some of the CIPA crew (Dec 08) - nearly time for a new photo!

Alumni

Dr. Stephen O'Brien (PhD 2011) [PFW], Integrating Contour-Coupling with Spatio-Temporal Models in Multi-Dimensional Cardiac Image Segmentation
Dr. Aubrey Dunne (PhD 2009) [PFW], Calibration of Non-Conventional Imaging Systems
Sean Begley (MEng 2009) [PFW], Content Based Image Pose Manipulation
Dr. Dana Ilea (PhD 2008) [PFW], Unsupervised Segmentation of Natural Images Based on the Adaptive Integration of Colour-Texture Descriptors
Dr. Dahai Yu (PhD 2008) [PFW], The application of manifold based visual speech units for visual speech recognition, in conjunction with Dr. Alistair Sutherland (School of Computing)
Dr. Felicia Brisc (PhD 2007) [PFW], Accelerated Volumetric Reconstruction From Uncalibrated Camera Views
Vincent Luaute (MEng 2007) [RS], A Remote Access CT Colonography Training System
Dr. Tarik Chowdhury (PhD 2006) [PFW], Automatic polyp detection using curvature analysis for standard and low-dose CT (Computed Tomography) data
Dr. Eamonn Boyle (PhD 2006) [DM], Active Modelling of Virtual Humans
Dr. Michael Lynch (PhD 2006) [PFW], Multidimensional Image Analysisof Cardiac Function in MRI
Dr. Robert Sadleir (PhD 2006) [PFW], Enhanced Computer Assisted Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography
Dr. John Mallon (PhD 2005) [PFW], Modelling and Removal of Distortions in Images
Dr. Kevin Robinson (PhD 2005) [PFW], Efficient Pre-segmentation Filtering In MRCP
Dr. Padmapriya Nammalwar (PhD 2004) [PFW], A Generic Framework For Colour Texture Segmentation
Tim Carew (MEng 2002) [PFW], Automation of Painted Slate Inspection
Dr. Ovidiu Ghita (PhD 2001) [PFW], A Real-time Low-cost Vision Sensor for Robotic Bin Picking
Dr. Derek Molloy (PhD 2000) [PFW], Active meshes For Motion Tracking
Tommy McGowan (MEng 1997) [PFW], Development of a Prototype Vision to Speech Sensory Substitution System

Former Visiting Researchers

Amaia Mendez (2008), Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
Thomas Lavazais (2008), ENSEEIHT, France
Artzai Picon (2007), Robotiker, Spain
Dr. Antonio Fernandez (2006), University of Vigo, Spain
Prof. John Barron (2003-04), Professor of Computer Science at The University of Western Ontario, Canada.
D Ilea (2003), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computers, Transilvania University Brasov, Romania
Prof. Naser Prljaca (2002), Dept of Electronic Engineering, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andreas Abele (1998), Fachhochschule (FH) Mannheim (Mannheim University Of Applied Sciences), Germany.
Rafael Carmona (1997), Ecole Nationale Superieure des Techniques Industrielles et des Mines d'ALES, France.
Prof. B Batchelor (1998-02), Dept of Computer Science, Cardiff University, Wales

Former Research Staff

Dr. Aubrey Dunne; Dr. Mark Sugrue; Dr. Kevin Robinson; Dr. Jacey Lynn Minoi; Dr. Naser Prljaca; Dr. Robert Sadlier; Dr Derek Molloy; Sean's Begley; Alexandru Drimbarean; Joanne Coyle; Nicolas Sezille; Ken McClannon; Abhilash Miranda; Dr. Shirley Coyle; Kevin Clarke; Billy Diggin; Stig Petri; Tim Carew; Tommy McGowan; Pradeep PP; Gabriel McMorrow; Jem Howard; Rafael Carmona; Christol Moses Barnes; Julien Vallat; Andreas Abele