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Dr. Michael Schukat

M.SC, PH.D

 
researcher
 

Biography

Diplom-Informatiker; Dr. rer. nat. (Computer Science)

Professional Background:
  • Lecturer at NUI Galway since 2002
  • 1999 - 2002 Senior Embedded Systems Design Engineer with Eurologic Systems Ltd., Dublin
  • 1997-1999  Embedded Systems Design Engineer with Siemens-VDO AG, Babenhausen/Germany
  • 1994-1997 Junior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Hildesheim/Germany

Research Interests

  • AI and its Application
  • Synthetic data
  • Cybersecurity  (OSNA Research Group)
  • (Deeply) Embedded Cyber-Physical Systems and their Applications 
  • Time synchronisation protocols 
  • Medical Informatics and Biosignal Processing 

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
***COORDINATOR ACCOUNT*** IRC EMPLOYMENT-BASED POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2020 SAMUEL DUIGNAN: ADVANCED METHODOLOGIES FOR SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION 01-OCT-20 30-SEP-29
IRC EMPLOYMENT-BASED POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2020 SAMUEL DUIGNAN: ADVANCED METHODOLOGIES FOR SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION 01-SEP-20 31-AUG-29
D-REAL: Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality - Industry Partner FOTONATION 01-OCT-19 30-SEP-23
SCAMPS Secure Centralised Control analysis Monitoring Management and Prognostics System for remote energy assets 01-APR-15 30-SEP-16
FarmEye 01-NOV-14 30-NOV-16
GENERAL ACCOUNT M SCHUKAT 17-JUL-14 17-JUL-20
LETULINK LTD IV M SCHUKAT 15-NOV-13 15-NOV-14
SECURING SMARTBAY NIAP 01-MAY-13 01-FEB-14
EAGLEEDGE PROJECT M SCHUKAT 21-MAY-12 21-MAY-13
E.I. INNOVATION VOUCHER IV-2012-2087 HELPLINK MICHAEL SCHUKAT 21-MAY-12 21-MAY-15
CF 2011 1057 OSNA - OPEN SENSOR NETWORK AUTHENTICATION, MICHAEL SCHUKAT 15-AUG-11 09-AUG-14
EI PC 2007 106 MICHAEL SCHUKAT 10-SEP-07 30-NOV-09
EI FEAS IP 2007 467 Y COBAS M SCHUKAT 01-AUG-07 25-APR-08
EI PC 2004 441 DR MICHAEL SCHUKAT 31-DEC-04 05-OCT-06
EMBARK RS200378 DECLAN OBEIRNE M SCHUKAT 01-OCT-03 30-APR-09

Contract Researchers

  Researcher Name Project Role Funding Body
Time Meagh DigiSpenser Research Engineer
Mr. Fanie Meiring OSNA Research Engineer
Pádraig O Flaithearta, SCAMPS Research Engineer
Hakan Ozkok FarmEye / SCAMPS Research Engineer
Joe Desbonnet FarmEye / SCAMPS Research Engineer
Mr. Joanathan Hanley OSNA Research Engineer
Mr. David Thornton OSNA Research Engineer

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2021) 'Deep Reinforcement Learning for Home Energy Management System Control'
Lissa, Paulo and Deane, Conor and Schukat, Michael and Seri, Federico and Keane, Marcus and Barrett, Enda (2021) 'Deep Reinforcement Learning for Home Energy Management System Control'. Energy and AI, [DOI] [Details]
(1989) 'Blood Pressure Daytime Profile of Patients with Heart Disease and Exercise Hypertension'
Tammen, A.T., Feldhoff, A., Schukat, M., Zurmann, J., Blumchen, G. (1989) 'Blood Pressure Daytime Profile of Patients with Heart Disease and Exercise Hypertension'. Herz Kreislauf, 21 (9):368-372 [Details]
(1988) 'Automatic Blood Pressure Measurements - Methodical and Clinical Aspects'
Tammen, A.T., Schukat, M, Feldhoff, A,Klemperer, D. Zurmann, J., Niestegge, H, Jette, M., Blumchen, G (1988) 'Automatic Blood Pressure Measurements - Methodical and Clinical Aspects'. Herz Kreislauf, 20 (11):445-449 [Details]
(2020) 'Enhancing the spectrum sensing performance of cluster-based cooperative cognitive radio networks via sequential multiple reporting channels'
Hossain, Mohammad Amzad, Schukat, Michael, Barrett, Enda (2020) 'Enhancing the spectrum sensing performance of cluster-based cooperative cognitive radio networks via sequential multiple reporting channels'. Wireless Personal Communications, :1-23 [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'New framework for adaptive and agile honeypots'
Dowling, S., Schukat, M., Barrett, E. (2020) 'New framework for adaptive and agile honeypots'. Etri Journal, :965-975 [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Transfer Learning Applied to Reinforcement Learning-Based HVAC Control'
Lissa, Paulo and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2020) 'Transfer Learning Applied to Reinforcement Learning-Based HVAC Control'. SN Computer Science, 1 :1-12 [Details]
(2020) 'Sensing and throughput analysis of a MU-MIMO based cognitive radio scheme for the Internet of Things'
Miah, Md Sipon and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2020) 'Sensing and throughput analysis of a MU-MIMO based cognitive radio scheme for the Internet of Things'. Computer Communications, [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Cyber Attacks on Precision Time Protocol Networks—A Case Study'
Alghamdi, Waleed and Schukat, Michael (2020) 'Cyber Attacks on Precision Time Protocol Networks—A Case Study'. MDPI Electronics, 9 (9) [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Improving adaptive honeypot functionality with efficient reinforcement learning parameters for automated malware'
Dowling, Seamus and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2018) 'Improving adaptive honeypot functionality with efficient reinforcement learning parameters for automated malware'. Journal of Cyber Security Technology, :75-91 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'An enhanced sum rate in the cluster based cognitive radio relay network using the sequential approach for the future Internet of Things'
Miah, Md Sipon and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2018) 'An enhanced sum rate in the cluster based cognitive radio relay network using the sequential approach for the future Internet of Things'. Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences, 8 (1) [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Unintended Consequences of Wearable Sensor Use in Healthcare'
M. Schukat, D. McCaldin, K. Wang, G. Schreier, N. H. Lovell, M. Marschollek, S. J. Redmond (2016) 'Unintended Consequences of Wearable Sensor Use in Healthcare'. Thieme Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 10 (1):73-86 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Traffic light control using deep policy-gradient and value-function-based reinforcement learning'
Mousavi, Seyed Sajad and Schukat, Michael and Howley, Enda (2017) 'Traffic light control using deep policy-gradient and value-function-based reinforcement learning'. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 11 (7):417-423 [Details]
(2015) 'A QoS enabled multimedia WiFi access point'
Flaithearta, PO,Melvin, H,Schukat, M (2015) 'A QoS enabled multimedia WiFi access point'. International Journal Of Network Management, 25 :205-222 [DOI] [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(2001) Einsatzmöglichkeiten magnetisch-induktiver Durchflußmesser durch Anwendung des Signalhüllkurvenberechnungs-Verfahrens.
Michael Schukat (2001) Einsatzmöglichkeiten magnetisch-induktiver Durchflußmesser durch Anwendung des Signalhüllkurvenberechnungs-Verfahrens. Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2016) 'Trust and Trust Models for the IoT'
M. Schukat, P. Cortijo, H. Melvin (2016) 'Trust and Trust Models for the IoT' In: Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoTS): Models, Algorithms and Implementations. Boca Raton , US: Taylor & Francis LLC, CRC Press. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2021) IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)
Shubhajit Basak, Faisal Khan, Rachael McDonnell, Michael Schukat (2021) Learning Accurate Head Pose for Consumer Technology from 3D Synthetic Data IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) [Details]
(2020) 2020 31st Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Alghamdi, Waleed and Schukat, Michael (2020) Practical Implementation of APTs on PTP Time Synchronisation Networks 2020 31st Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-5 [Details]
(2020) 2020 31st Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Basak, Shubhajit and Javidnia, Hossein and Khan, Faisal and McDonnell, Rachel and Schukat, Michael (2020) Methodology for Building Synthetic Datasets with Virtual Humans 2020 31st Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2020) 2020 International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security)
Alghamdi, Waleed and Schukat, Michael (2020) Slave Clock Responses to Precision Time Protocol Attacks: A Case Study 2020 International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security) , pp.1-4 [Details]
(2020) 2020 3rd International Conference on Computer Applications \& Information Security (ICCAIS)
Alghamdi, Waleed and Schukat, Michael (2020) A Detection Model Against Precision Time Protocol Attacks 2020 3rd International Conference on Computer Applications \& Information Security (ICCAIS) , pp.1-3 [Details]
(2019) AICS
Lissa, Paulo and Peretti, Dayanne and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda and Seri, Federico and Keane, Marcus (2019) Machine Learning Methods Applied to Building Energy Production and Consumption Prediction AICS , pp.236-247 [Details]
(2019) 2019 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Ryan, Fergus and Schukat, Michael (2019) Wi-Fi User Profiling via Access Point Honeynets 2019 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-4 [Details]
(2019) 2019 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Hossain, Mohammad Amzad and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2019) Enhancing the Spectrum Utilization in Cellular Mobile Networks by Using Cognitive Radio Technology 2019 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2018) 2018 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
McMahon, Michael and Schukat, Michael (2018) A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback 2018 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2018) 2018 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM)
McMahon, Michael and Schukat, Michael (2018) A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR game control development environment prototype for game based neurorehabilitation 2018 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM) , pp.1-9 [Details]
(2018) Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Dowling, Seamus and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2018) Using reinforcement learning to conceal honeypot functionality Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases , pp.341-355 [Details]
(2017) 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Miah, Md Sipon and Schukat, Michael and Barrett, Enda (2017) Maximization of sum rate in AF-cognitive radio networks using superposition approach and n-out-of-k rule 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2017) 2017 12th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST)
Dowling, Seamus and Schukat, Michael and Melvin, Hugh (2017) Using analysis of temporal variances within a honeypot dataset to better predict attack type probability 2017 12th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST) , pp.349-354 [Details]
(2017) 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Alghamdi, Waleed and Schukat, Michael (2017) Advanced methodologies to deter internal attacks in PTP time synchronization networks 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2017) 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Mahbooba, Basim and Schukat, Michael (2017) Digital certificate-based port knocking for connected embedded systems 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-5 [Details]
(2017) 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Murray, Peter and Schukat, Michael (2017) MAV based SLAM and autonomous navigation: A view towards efficient on-board systems 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2017) 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
Dowling, Seamus and Schukat, Michael and Melvin, Hugh (2017) A ZigBee honeypot to assess IoT cyberattack behaviour 2017 28th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2015) 2015 26th Irish signals and systems conference (ISSC)
Schukat, Michael and Cortijo, Pablo (2015) Public key infrastructures and digital certificates for the Internet of things 2015 26th Irish signals and systems conference (ISSC) , pp.1-5 [Details]
(2014) Proceedings of The IT\&T 13th International Conference on Information Technology and Telecommunication, Dublin, Ireland
Silva, Pedro and Schukat, Michael (2014) On the use of k-nn in intrusion detection for industrial control systems Proceedings of The IT\&T 13th International Conference on Information Technology and Telecommunication, Dublin, Ireland , pp.103-106 [Details]
(2014) 2014 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS)
Flaithearta, Padraig O and Melvin, Hugh and Schukat, Michael (2014) A QoS enabled WiFi AP 2014 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) , pp.1-4 [Details]
(2014) The 10th International Conference on Digital Technologies 2014
Schukat, Michael (2014) Securing critical infrastructure The 10th International Conference on Digital Technologies 2014 , pp.298-304 [Details]
(2014) The 10th International Conference on Digital Technologies 2014
Flood, P\'adraig and Schukat, Michael (2014) Peer to peer authentication for small embedded systems: A zero-knowledge-based approach to security for the Internet of Things The 10th International Conference on Digital Technologies 2014 , pp.68-72 [Details]
(2013) The International Conference on Digital Technologies 2013
Flaithearta, Padraig O and Melvin, Hugh and Schukat, Michael (2013) Improving VoIP over synchronized WLANs The International Conference on Digital Technologies 2013 , pp.6-13 [Details]
(2013) 2013 IEEE 14th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks(WoWMoM)
Flaithearta, Padraig O and Melvin, Hugh and Schukat, Michael (2013) Optimising QoS of VoIP over wireless LANs via synchronized time 2013 IEEE 14th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks(WoWMoM) , pp.1-3 [Details]
(2005) The 2nd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'05)
O'Beirne, D and Schukat, Michael (2005) Collaborative exploration for a group of self-interested robots The 2nd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'05) , pp.184-191 [Details]
(2004) Proceedings of the 24th SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Gao, Dayong and Madden, Michael and Schukat, Michael and Chambers, Des and Lyons, Gerard (2004) Arrhythmia identification from ECG signals with a neural network classifier based on a Bayesian framework Proceedings of the 24th SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence [Details]
(1992) 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Kampmann, J and Schukat, M and Schwarzer, E and Kropp, S and Gieseke, R and Sande, C Hernandez (1992) Application of the ideas of SMDC (IEEE P 1073) pertaining to the project ALO-DIN/MCARE and a medical device of the urine collection class 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society , pp.2438-2439 [Details]
(2021) IEEE CCWC-2021
Mohammad Amzad Hossain, Michael Schukat, Enda Barrett (2021) A Reliable Energy and Spectral Efficient Spectrum Sensing Approach for Cognitive Radio Based IoT Networks IEEE CCWC-2021 [Details]
(2017) 2017 SMART CITY SYMPOSIUM PRAGUE (SCSP)
Dowling, S;Schukat, M;Melvin, H (2017) Data-Centric Framework for Adaptive Smart City Honeynets 2017 SMART CITY SYMPOSIUM PRAGUE (SCSP) [Details]
(2016) SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 - IntelliSys 2016
Sajad Mousavi, Michael Schukat and Enda Howley (2016) Deep Reinforcement Learning: An overview SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016 - IntelliSys 2016 [Details]
(2011) 24th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2011) & HealthGrid 2011, July 2011, Bristol
Bhaskar Rudroju, Michael Schukat, Peter Kidd (2011) Right Dose, Right Care, Every Time –A Distributed System for Quality Use of Drugs 24th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2011) & HealthGrid 2011, July 2011, Bristol [Details]
(2011) Hospital Pharmacists Association of Ireland: Annual Educational Conference, April 2011, Dublin
Bhaskar Rudroju, Peter Kidd, Michael Schukat (2011) Beam me up Scotty - I’m on Gentamicin Hospital Pharmacists Association of Ireland: Annual Educational Conference, April 2011, Dublin [Details]
(2011) 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), Boston/MA
Michael Schukat, Bhaskar Rudroju (2011) DigiSpenser – a GSM-Based Drug Management and Compliance Monitoring System 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), Boston/MA [Details]
(2011) 8th Int. Conference on Digital Technologies 2011, Zilina/Slowkia
Bhaskar Rudroju, Michael Schukat, Peter Kidd (2011) A Multi-Platform Medication Support System for Clinical Use 8th Int. Conference on Digital Technologies 2011, Zilina/Slowkia [Details]
(2011) 16th Annual HISI (Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland) Conference 2011, Dublin
Bhaskar Rudroju, Michael Schukat, Peter Kidd (2011) A distributed System for accurate Use of Drugs 16th Annual HISI (Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland) Conference 2011, Dublin [Details]
(2011) 8th Int. Conference on Digital Technologies 2011, Zilina/Slowkia
Adrian Lawless, Michael Schukat (2011) An Android-based Disease Management System for CF Patients 8th Int. Conference on Digital Technologies 2011, Zilina/Slowkia [Details]
(2010) The 9th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (IEEE NCA10), July 2010
Edmond Holohan, Michael Schukat (2010) Authentication using Virtual Certificate Authorities - A new Security Paradigm for Wireless Sensor Networks The 9th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (IEEE NCA10), July 2010 [Details]
(2009) The 6th International Workshop on Digital Technologies, November 2009
Michael Schukat, Colm Connolly (2009) A GSM-based Infrastructure for large geographically distributed sparse Sensor Networks The 6th International Workshop on Digital Technologies, November 2009 [Details]
(2009) The 6th International Workshop on Digital Technologies
Colm Connolly, Michael Schukat (2009) Advances in WDM PONs The 6th International Workshop on Digital Technologies [Details]
(2009) The 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS 2009), December 2009
Colm Connolly, Michael Schukat (2009) Transparent (Fiber to the Premises) Wave Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network The 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS 2009), December 2009 [Details]
(2006) The 37th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR/Robotik 2006)
Declan O'Beirne, Michael Schukat (2006) A Market Framework for Collaborative Robot Exploration The 37th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR/Robotik 2006) [Details]
(2005) The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2005)
Dayong Gao, Michael G. Madden, Michael Schukat, Des Chambers, Gerald Lyons (2005) ANN-based Diagnostic System for Arrhythmia with ECG Signals The IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2005) [Details]
(2005) 17th Annual Symposium of Electronic Imaging (IS&T/SPIE 2005)
Seamus Torpey, Oisin Curran, Michael Schukat, Andy Shearer (2005) Face Player: A Qualitative Sonification for the Visually Impaired 17th Annual Symposium of Electronic Imaging (IS&T/SPIE 2005) [Details]
(2005) IEEE International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EuroCon 2005)
Paul Killoran, Fearghal Morgan, Michael Schukat (2005) A New Secure Wireless Financial Transaction Architecture IEEE International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EuroCon 2005) [Details]
(2004) The 2004 International MultiConference in Computer Science & Computer Engineering (CISST'04)
Declan O'Beirne, Michael Schukat (2004) Exploration and Object Recognition Using Cooperative Robots The 2004 International MultiConference in Computer Science & Computer Engineering (CISST'04) [Details]
(2004) International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT 2004)
Michael Schukat, Michael P. Cullen, Declan O'Beirne (2004) A Dynamic Redundant Host Configuration Protocol for Collaborating Embedded Systems International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT 2004) [Details]
(2004) International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP 2004)
Seamus Torpey, Oisin Curran, Michael Schukat (2004) Qualitative Sonification of Portrait Pictures International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP 2004) [Details]
(2004) International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP 2004)
Michael Schukat (2004) A New Approach to Signal Processing for DC-Electromagnetic Flowmeters International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP 2004) [Details]
(1994) Fifth International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering
Michael Schukat, Eberhard Schwarzer, Jörg Kampmann, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Bernd Hausen, Carlos Hernandez Sande (1994) Analog DCCs within the Alodin project (MIB-prototype) based on Transputer architecture Fifth International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering [Details]
(1988) Fourth World Congress of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Barbara Tiemann, Annette Feldhoff, Michael Schukat, F. Landry, Maurice Jette, Joachim Zurmann, G. Blümchen (1988) Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Holter-Monitoring during Tennisplay (Heart Rate, Rhythm-Disturbances) in 23 Post-Myocardial Infarction-Patients and 21 Cardiac Normals Fourth World Congress of Cardiac Rehabilitation [Details]
(1987) Autumn Congress of the German Society for Cardiac Research
Hermann Niestegge, Arndt T. Tammen, Joachim Zurmann, Annette Feldhoff, Michael Schukat, G. Blümchen (1987) Comparison of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements with Intra-Aortal Measurements Autumn Congress of the German Society for Cardiac Research [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
ISSC 2021,
Michael Schukat IEEE Irish Systems & Signals Conference. [Program Committee], ISSC 2021, Ireland . [Details]
ISSC 2020,
Michael Schukat IEEE Irish Signals & Systems Conference. [Program Committee], ISSC 2020, Letterkenny . [Details]
(2017) IRSC 2017,
Michael Schukat (2017) International Robotic Sailing Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], IRSC 2017, Horten, Norway , 04-SEP-17 - 07-SEP-17. [Details]
(2018) IRSC 2018,
Michael Schukat (2018) International Robotic Sailing Conference. [Program Committee], IRSC 2018, Southampton, UK , 26-AUG-18 - 01-SEP-18. [Details]
(2020) ECAI 2020,
Michael Schukat (2020) European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. [Program Committee], ECAI 2020, Santiago de Compostela, Spain , 08-JUN-20 - 12-JUN-20. [Details]
(2016) IRSC 2016,
Michael Schukat (2016) International Robot Sailing Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Member], IRSC 2016, Viana do Castelo, Portugal , 05-SEP-16 - 10-SEP-16. [Details]
(2016) STAC Workshop: Essentials of MiFID 2 Time Compliance,
Michael Schukat (2016) Impact of MiFID 2 to Financial Service Industry. [Invited Oral Presentation], STAC Workshop: Essentials of MiFID 2 Time Compliance, London , 09-MAY-16 - 09-MAY-16. [Details]
(2016) STAC Summit 2016,
Michael Schukat (2016) ICT Challenges for the Financial Markets. [Invited Oral Presentation], STAC Summit 2016, London , 09-MAY-16 - 09-MAY-16. [Details]
(2015) IRSC 2015,
Michael Schukat (2015) International Robot Sailing Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Member], IRSC 2015, Aland Islands, Finland , 31-AUG-15 - 04-SEP-15. [Details]
(2014) DT 2014,
Michael Schukat (2014) Digital Technologies. [Conference Organising Committee Member], DT 2014, Zilina, Slovakia , 09-JUL-14 - 11-JUL-14. [Details]
(2014) IRSC 2014,
Michael Schukat (2014) International Robot Sailing Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Member], IRSC 2014, Galway , 08-SEP-14 - 12-SEP-14. [Details]

Workshops

  Year Publication
(2017) ALA2017: Applying Q(λ)-learning in Deep Reinforcement Learning to Play Atari Games.
Mousavi, SS; Schukat, M; Mannion, P; Howley, E (2017) ALA2017: Applying Q(λ)-learning in Deep Reinforcement Learning to Play Atari Games. Adaptive and Learning Agents Workshop: Workshops [Details]
(2016) STAC 2016: PTP and Security - Understanding Risks and best Practices.
Michael Schukat (2016) STAC 2016: PTP and Security - Understanding Risks and best Practices. Workshops [Details]
(2016) STAC 2016: Essentials of MiFID 2 Time Compliance.
Michael Schukat (2016) STAC 2016: Essentials of MiFID 2 Time Compliance. Workshops [Details]
(2015) ITSF 2015: Securing Time Protocols in Packet Switched Networks.
Michael Schukat (2015) ITSF 2015: Securing Time Protocols in Packet Switched Networks. Workshops [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
IEEE Member 01-JAN-07 /
GI (German Computer Society) Member 01-JAN-90 /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
School of CS Workload Committee Academic member 01-SEP-18 / 30-AUG-20
CoEI College Executive Committee Academic member 01-MAR-17 / 28-FEB-18
University Students’ Appeal Committee Academic member 01-SEP-16 / 30-AUG-17
Discipline of IT Summer Camp Academic member 01-MAR-10 / 31-DEC-18
CoEI Academic Affairs Committee Academic member 01-SEP-09 / 31-AUG-19
Discipline of IT Marketing Committee Academic member 01-SEP-09 /
CoEI Marketing Committee (formerly Communications Committee) Academic member 01-SEP-08 / 31-AUG-19

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Mannesmann VDO Embedded Systems Design Engineer 01-NOV-97 / 30-JUN-99
Eurologic Systems Ltd. Senior Embedded Systems Design Engineer 01-JUL-99 / 31-DEC-01

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2000 Universitaet Hildesheim Dr.rer.nat. Computer Science
2020 NUI Galway Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice Teaching & Learning
1994 Universitaet Hildesheim Diplom Informatiker (M.Sc. Computer Science) Computer Science
2019 NUI Galway Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Teaching & Learning

Languages

  Language
German

Community Engagement

  Title Type From / To
Outreach Transition year student placement facilitator 01-DEC-10 /
Outreach Coordinator of international student placements 01-JAN-12 /
Board Membership Member of Enterprise Ireland's Commcercialisation Fund Assessment Panel 01-JAN-08 / 31-MAR-08
Other External examiner to the Department of Computing & Mathematics and School of Business, GMIT 01-OCT-10 / 30-SEP-17
Board Membership Member of Enterprise Ireland's Applied Research Enhancement (ARE) programme panel 01-MAR-08 / 01-AUG-08
Outreach Chair of Parent Council Presentation College Athenry 01-OCT-13 / 01-OCT-18

Other Activities

  Description

05/06 – 13/14: (Joint) programme director for HDip, M.Sc. and M.Sc. (external stream) Software Design & Development

11/12 – 17/18: Member of B.E. (Construction Management) Programme Board

11/18 - 08/20: Programme Director M.Sc. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)

02/17-02/18: Head of Discipline of IT

Teaching Interests

  • Cybersecurity
  • AI and its Application
  • Embedded Systems
  • Medical Informatics
  • Time synchronisation protocols
  • Real-Time Systems                       

Recent Postgraduate Students

  Graduation Name Degree Primary Supervisor
2012 Colm Connolly PhD in Computer Science Y
2014 Bhaskar Rudroju MASTER OF ENGINEERING Y
2015 Padraig O'Flaithearta PhD in Computer Science
2020 Seamus Dowling PhD in Computer Science Y
2014 Declan O'Beirne PhD in Computer Science Y
2013 Eileen Hegarty MASTER OF ENGINEERING Y
2012 Liam Treacy MASTER OF ENGINEERING Y

Current Postgraduate Students (Research)

  Student Degree Type Type
Paulo Lissa Doctorate - Structured Ph.D (Engineering) Co-supervisor (1)
Mohannad Alahmadi Doctorate - Structured Ph.D (Engineering) Co-supervisor (1)
Michael Mc Mahon Doctorate - PhD(Eng) Supervisor
Mohammad Hossain Doctorate - Structured Ph.D (Engineering) Co-supervisor (1)
Waleed Alghamdi Doctorate - Structured Ph.D (Engineering) Supervisor
Shubhajit Basak Doctorate - Structured Ph.D (Engineering) Supervisor

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
01/02 – 06/07 OO Programming in C++ CT862
17/18 - present Software Engineering 3 CT417
02/03 – 07/08 Advanced Communications CT425
02/03 – 08/09 Advanced Topics in IT CT433
04/05 – 11/12 IT Strategy CT514
05/06 Hardware & Communications CT502
05/06 – 14/15 Next Generation Technologies 1 CT108
11/12 – present Computer Architecture and Operating Systems CT861
06/07 – 09/10 and 14/15 – present Next Generation Technologies 2 CT211 / CT255
11/12 – 13/14 Information Systems in Healthcare CT254
08/09 – 17/18 Next Generation Technologies 3 CT344 / CT360 / CT3111
09/10 – present Real-Time Systems CT420
15/16 – 16/17 OO Programming: Data Structures and Algorithms CT2109
17/18 Object-Oriented Design and Development CT548
19/20 - present Computer Security and Forensic Computing CT437
16/17 – present Smartgrid CT474
01/02 – 06/07 Computer Networking CT866