I am a lecturer at the School of Computing, at Dublin City University, a visiting researcher at the University of Tromso, the director of the Human Media Archives research group as well as being a collaborating investigator in the CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies. My research interest is in information retrieval (IR), though I have a particular interest in how people access information from mobile devices (MHCIR). I have an ongoing interest in Human Digital Memories/Personal Big Data, and I have gathered a digital memory since 2006 (incl. over 12.5 million sensecam images). In addition, I still maintain an interest in Information Seeking on the WWW, which was the topic of my PhD.
I received a five-year SFI Stokes Lectureship award in 2007 from Science Foundation Ireland for the School of Computing, at Dublin City University.
Recent Professional Activities Summary (2010 onwards)
- MMM 2014, General chair
- Sensecam 2013, Organising Committee
- ACM SIGIR 2013, Short Papers & Demos co-chair
- MMM 2013, Proceedings co-chair
- MMM 2012, European Liaison
- ECIR 2011, General Chair, hosted in Dublin, Ireland.
- ACM CIKM 2010, Demos co-chair
- Sensecam 2010, Local Organiser
- ECIR 2010, PC co-chair
- BCS Informer Magazine, Reviews Editor (10-..)
PC Memberships (2010 onwards)
- LLPH 2013, PC Member
- Applied Computing 2013, PC Member.
- MMM 2013, PC Member, Proceedings Chair
- OAIR 2013, PC Member
- ICMR 2013, PC Member
- SAC IAR 2013, PC Member
- ACM SIGIR 2013, PC Member
- ECIR 2013, PC Member
- Lifestyle’12, PC Member
- ACM CIKM 2012, PC Member
- ACM SIGIR 2012, PC Member
- ECIR 2012, PC Member
- iHCI 2012, PC Member
- CHI 2012, PC Member
- SAC IAR 2012, PC Member
- MMM 2012, PC Member
- AIRS 2011, PC Member
- WI 2011, PC Member
- ACM SIGIR 2011, PC Member
- ACM CIKM 2011, Senior PC
- MMM 2011, PC Member
- IAPMA 2011, PC Member
- FDIA 2011, PC Member
- ECIR 2011, PC Member, Tutorials Committee
- STAIR 2011, PC Member
- SITIS 2011, PC Member
- SAC IAR 2011, PC Member
- iHCI 2011, PC Member
- ACM CIKM 2011, PC Member
- ICEIS 2011, PC Member
- ACM CIKM 2010, Senior PC Member
- iHCI 2010, PC Member
- IAPMA 2010, PC Member
- MMM2010, PC Member
- WI 2010, PC Member
- DMIA 2010, PC Member
- SAC IAR 2010, PC Member
- MobileHCI 2010, PC Member
Editorial and Review Boards
- World Wide Web Journal (13-...)
- IEEE Transactions on Multimedia Review Panel (11-..)
- International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (09-..)
- MultiMedia Tools and Applications Review Panel (08-..)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK (2011)
- NWO: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Expert Reviewer (2010)
Recent Press Coverage (2011 onwards)
- BBC World Service Click Podcast, special issue on Lifelogging, 1 January 2013.
- Beyond the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (Series 3), July 2012
- Mooney Goes Wild, RTE Radio 1, 27 March 2012
- Lifeloggers. Morbosità e microcamere mineranno la privacy? Marie Clare (Italy), 14 Dec 2011.
- The Late Lunch, LMFM, 14 October 2011
- Irish Times, 30 September 2011
- Irish Independent, 30 September 2011
- Diari digitali, La Rebubblica, 25 September 2011
- Memories are made of Disks, Sunday Times, 11 Sept 2011.
Recent Videos
- “The Era of Personal Life Archives”, The Distinctive Voices Series at the Beckman Institute, Irvine, CA, November 2012.
- “Cognitively Motivated Lifelog Software, what works and what frustrates?” Gurrin & Doherty, Personal Digital Archiving 2011, Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA, February 2012.