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Personal Information
College Photo Name Mc Goldrick, Ciaran Seamus
Main Department Computer Science
College Title Assistant Professor
E-mail ciaran.mcgoldrick@tcd.ie
College Tel +353 1 896 3626
Web http://www.ciaranmcgoldrick.net
 
Biography
Ciaran Mc Goldrick received a B.A. B.A.I. in Engineering (1st class) in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Image Coding in 1997 from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. He was Research Fellow with the Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering from 1997 - 1999. During this period, Dr. Mc Goldrick had specific responsibility for management and delivery on a number of European Commission funded projects. He joined the Department of Computer Science as a full-time lecturer in 1999. He has delivered courses on Computer Technology, Data Communications, Advanced Telecommunications and Mobile Communications in recent times. His principal active research interests lie in the areas of Mobile Communications, Wireless Sensor Networks, Structural Health Monitoring and Computer Science education.
 
Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies
Details Date From Date To
Member: Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI) 1992 Present
Member: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2004 Present
Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1992 Present
 
Languages
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Medium Basic
Irish Fluent Medium Medium
 
Description of Research Interests
Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Wireless Networks, Pervasive and Ubiquitous and Ambient Computing, Sensor Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks, Location Based Services, Network Positioning, Network Performance, Traffic Management, Dynamic Pricing, Active Queue Management, Structural Health Monitoring, Computer Science Education
 
Research Interests
Communication Sciences Communication Systems Communications engineering Computational mathematics, discrete mathematics
Computer Engineering Computer Hardware Computer Science Computer Simulation/Modeling
Computer Software Computer Vision Computer vision and robotics Computer/Data/Network Security
Control Applications (Computer Sciences) Control Theory (Computer Sciences) Cryptography Cryptography and coding theory
Cryptology Data protection, storage technology, cryptography Distributed systems Electrical Engineering
Electronic commerce,Payment, Signature Gateways Harmonic Analysis, Wavelets Image Processing
Imaging and Computer Vision Imaging, image processing Information Technology Information/Communication Systems
Internet Internet technologies Local Area Networks Location Based Services
MOBILE MOBILE COMMUNICATION MOBILE RADIO MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS
MOBILE-RADIO Microelectronics Mobile Applications Mobile Communications
Mobile Computing Mobile Networks Mobile Positioning Multimedia
Network Positioning Network technology, Security Networking Networks and telecommunications research
Pattern Recognition Queuing Satellite, Technology, Systems, Positioning, Communication Signal Analysis
Signal Processing Signal processing Software Engineering Surveillance Systems
Telecommunication Engineering Telecommunications Telecommunications Policy Telecommunications Research
Wireless Communication Systems Wireless Sensor Networks Wireless systems, Radio technology
 
Research Projects
Project title SYSWind
Summary Training future mechanical, civil, electronic engineers and computer scientists in SYStem Identification, Condition & Health Monitoring for a New Generation of WIND Turbines. www.syswind.eu
Funding Agency Euopean Commission
Programme Seventh Framework Programme
Type of Project Marie Curie Initial Training network
Date from 2009
Date to 2013
Person Months 60


Project title TinyTorrents - An efficient, scalable, robust, co-operative infrastructure providing global accessibility to local wireless sensornet information
Summary Wireless sensor functionality is predominantly constrained by sensor size and battery life considerations. Existing sensornet frameworks e.g. Deluge, are designed for specific purposes, such as sensor code update. TinyTorrents proposes a unique architectural platform which makes sensor data promptly, transparently and globally available using trackerless, co-operative Peer to Peer concepts. A key element of TinyTorrents will be the modelling and integration of wireless Quality of Service Active Queue Management functionality together with accurate power consumption and transmission characterisation. Sensors will be able to request prioritisation for "important" data subject to prevailing framework constraints.
Funding Agency Science Foundation Ireland
Programme Research Frontiers Programme
Type of Project Basic Research
Date from 01/09/2006
Date to 31/08/2009
Person Months 5


Project title Wireless Active Queue Management: A Robust, Scalable Approach using Control Theory.
Summary Active Queue Management (AQM) techniques have been successfully incorporated into existing Internet routers to signal dynamically congestion to sources on fixed networks. The increasing proliferation of mobile devices has created a growing awareness of the need for wireless AQM schemes. However, wireless links have intrinsic characteristics that invalidate the underlying assumptions of fixed infrastructure AQM. This project proposes to advance the theoretical understanding of the fundamental issues involved in wireless AQM. This knowledge will then be used to design and implement new, highly efficient Active Queue Management schemes for the wireless environment.
Funding Agency Science Foundation Ireland
Programme Research Frontiers Programme
Type of Project Basic Research
Date from 01/09/2006
Date to 31/08/2009
Person Months 3


 
Publications
Peer Reviewed
Ricardo Simon Carbajo, Meriel Huggard, Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Opportunistic Detection of Relative Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks, IFIP Wireless Days 2010, Venice, Italy, 20-22 October 2010, IEEE, 2010, pp1 - 5
Url  TARA - Full Text
DOI
Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Michael Clear, Ricardo Simon Carbajo, Karsten Fritsche, Meriel Huggard, TinyTorrents - Integrating Peer-to-Peer and Wireless Sensor Networks, WONS2009 - Sixth International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services, Snowbird, Utah, USA, 2-4 February, 2009, edited by Violet R. Syrotiuk, Anthony Ephremides, Claudio Casetti , 2009, pp119 - 126
Notes: [ISBN: 978-1-4244-3375-9 IEEE Catalog Number: CFP09361 Library of Congress: 2008909975]  TARA - Full Text
DOI
Clay Stevens, Colin Lyons, Ronny Hendrych, Ricardo Simon-Carbajo, Meriel Huggard, Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Simulating Mobility in Pervasive WSNs Bridging the gap between ns-2 and TOSSIM 2.x, The 13-th IEEE/ACM(*) International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, Singapore, 25-28th October 2009, 2009, pp247 - 250
Notes: [ISBN ~ ISSN:1550-6525 , 978-0-7695-3868-6]
DOI
Enrico Perla, Art O'Cathain, Ricardo Simon Carbajo, Meriel Huggard, Ciaran Mc Goldrick, PowerTOSSIM z: Realistic Energy Modelling for Wireless Sensor Network Environments, 3rd ACM International Workshop on Performance Monitoring, Measurement, and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks (PM2HW2N 2008), Vancouver, Canada, 31 October 2008, 2008, pp35-42
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Meriel Huggard, Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Practical Positioning Projects: Location Based Services in the Laboratory, Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference, Frontiers in Education, Indianapolis, Indiana, 19 - 22 October 2005, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2005, ppS3F-1 - S3F-6
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