Short Vita, F.D. Murtagh

Education

• BA, BAI, Engineering Science and Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1976.
• MSc, Computer Science (by research, information retrieval), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1979.
• DEA, Mathematical Statistics, Université P&M Curie (Paris 6), Paris, France, 1979.
• PhD, Mathematical Statistics (clustering and discrimination analysis of hydrogeological data), Université P&M Curie (Paris 6), Paris, France, 1981. In conjunction with Computing Department, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans, France.
• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Astronomy (contributions to pattern recognition and data analysis methods), Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I), France, 1993.

Positions

• 2004- : Full Professor, Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London.
  Department Chair, 2005- .
• 1999-2004 : Full Professor, Computer Science, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
• 1996-1999: Full Professor, Computing Science, University of Ulster, Magee College, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. Division Head.
• 1984-1996: Senior Scientist, Hubble Space Telescope Group (ST-ECF), Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department, European Space Agency. Based at European Southern Observatory, Garching/Munich, Germany.
• 1990- : Professeur Associé Sciences et Techniques, Observatoire Astronomique, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 1, France.
• 1984: Visiting Scientist, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.
• 1980-1984: Lecturer, Computer Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
• 1976-1978: Statistician-Programmer, Educational Research Centre, St Patrick's College, Dublin, Ireland.
• Short-term positions, and extensive visiting positions include: Asea Brown Boveri, Baden, Switzerland; CIE national railway engineering works, Dublin, Ireland; Arthur Guiness Son & Co. Ltd., Dublin, Ireland; CIMSA - Compangie d'Informatique Militaire, Spatiale et Aéronautique, Thomson-Brandt, Vélizy, France; MathSoft, Inc., Seattle; Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle; Centre National d' Edudes des Télécommunications, CNET, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland; Clustan Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland; ECN Neurocomputing GmbH, Munich, Germany.
• Start-up companies founded: Multi Resolutions Ltd., UK.

Courses

• CS253, Group Projects, 2nd year, 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
• Professional Practice, 1st year, 3rd year, 2004-2005.
• CSC 317, Information Security, 2001-2002, 2000-2001.
• CSC 306, Artificial Intelligence, 2000-2001 (partial).
• CSC 105, Information Technology, 1999-2000.
• AC 460, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Univ. Ulster, 1996, 1997, 1998.
• MRes, Image Processing, Univ. Ulster, 1997.
• DEA, Astronomical Observatory, Univ. Louis Pasteur, Multivariate Data Analysis, yearly since about 1990. Now Master M2.
• DEA, Astronomical Observatory, Univ. Louis Pasteur, Inverse Problems; Information Retrieval.
• Multivariate Data Analysis, University of Washington, Department of Statistics, summer course, approx. 1988.
  Multivariate Data Analysis, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, 1984 (on which two books were based, published in 1985 and 1987.)
• Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, 1980-1984: Algorithms and Data Structures; Mathematics for Computer Science (Discrete Mathematics and Logic). Introductory Computer Science for Engineers.

Research Supervision