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| Name | Boland, Francis Morgan | |
| Main Department | Electronic & Electrical Eng | |
| College Title | Professor of Engineering Science | |
| frank.boland@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 1481 | |
| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/fboland | |
| Biography | |
| My career as an engineer has been predominantly based within the academic sector. I am very committed to and derive much satisfaction from teaching electrical engineering principles to junior students and teaching advanced topics in signal processing and systems theory to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. My research work is in the mathematics and algorithms of adaptive systems and digital signal processing. This work has resulted in over 70 publications, supervision of 15 PhD and 17 MSc research theses and received over €2m in research funding from EU, national and industry sources. I have maintained strong links with the engineering industry through collaborative research, the delivery of specialist courses and consultancy work and professional associations | |
| Representations |
| Details | Date |
| Visiting Academic Researcher, HM Health & Safety | |
| Member NBST Telecommunications Research Committee | |
| Member Forfas, Foresight Committee on IT | |
| Member of the Electrical Division Board of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland | |
| Member of Executive Committee of the Dublin Zoo | |
| Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies |
| Details | Date From | Date To |
| Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland, FIEI, Chartered Engineer, C.Eng. | 1990 |
| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Kelvin Premium, Institution of Electrical Engineers | 1977 |
| Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, FTCD | 1990 |
| Description of Research Interests |
| Applied probability and adaptive systems, Communications engineering, Control engineering, Multimedia Performance and technology, Signal processing, Acoustics and speech processing/technology. |
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| Applied probability | COPYRIGHT PROTECTION | Communication engineering, technology | Communications engineering |
| Computer vision and robotics | Control Engineering | Engineering & Physical Acoustics | Foundations and methods |
| Human computer interactions | IMAGE PROCESSING | Imaging and Computer Vision | Modelling, modelling tools, 3D modelling |
| Multimedia | Performance and technology | Positioning and Guidance Systems | SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS |
| STEGANOGRAPHY | Signal processing | Signal, Video & Audio Processing | Sound Engineering |
| Speech processing/technology | Systems Engineering | Systems control, Modelling, Neural networks | Systems/Control |
| Telecommunication Engineering | Telecommunications | Vibration and Accoustic Engineering |
| Research Projects | |
| Project title | Audio Signal Processing for Enhanced eLearning |
| Summary | For teleconferencing to be useful in distance learning will require substantial enhancements in the associated audio technology. Audio is the primary component of an effective distance learning environment and is a key differentiator between a video conferencing system and a distance learning system. This project is investigating advanced sound enhancement. DSP solutions will be sought to: (a) The use of microphone arrays for the acoustic scene analysis required to localize the active participant. (b) The synthesis of a soundfield that provides accurate spatial cues at the listeners’ end. These tasks will also consider the operation of active acoustic echo cancellation |
| Funding Agency | Enterprise Ireland |
| Programme | Commercialisation Fund |
| Type of Project | Technical Development |
| Date from | 1 Oct 2003 |
| Date to | 30 Sept 2005 |
| Person Months | 72 |
| Project title | Mathematical Modelling of Solar Heating Systems |
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| Funding Agency | EU ESA-088 |
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| Project title | Project 271 ADVICE |
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| Funding Agency | EU ESPRIT |
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| Project title | Project R2008 EUROBRIDGE |
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| Funding Agency | EU RACE |
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| Project title | B1011 ARTLINE |
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| Funding Agency | EU TEN-IBC |
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| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| J . B. Foley and F. M. Boland, A Note on the Convergence Analysis of LMS Adaptive Filters with Gaussian Data, 1988, - 1809-1810 Url TARA - Full Text |
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| F M Boland and E R Lynch, Analysis of the stroboscopic waveform mode in scanning electron microscopy, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS E-SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 20, 1987, p1011 - 1015 Url DOI |
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| Foley, JB and Boland, F, COMPARISON BETWEEN STEEPEST DESCENT AND LMS ALGORITHMS IN ADAPTIVE FILTERS, IEE PROCEEDINGS-F RADAR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 134, 1987, p283 - 289 | |
| Normile, JO and Boland F, Adaptive Filtering with Finite Wordlength constraints, IEE PROCEEDINGS-E COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL TECHNIQUES, 130, (2), 1983, p42 - 48 Notes: [No. 2, sections A a I, part E. Mar. 1983, Old Working, Surrey, GB] |
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| BOLAND, FM, GIBLIN, J, NON-LINEAR CONTROL OF NON-MINIMUM-PHASE SYSTEMS, IEE PROCEEDINGS-D CONTROL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, 129, 1982, p118 - 122 | |
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