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Biography
Dr. Lukasz Porwol (Luke) is the E-Gov Unit Leader at the Insight, University of Galway. He is an SFI Research Fellow with Fidelity Investments and Head of Sponsorship at MIT Reality Hack. His research focuses on leveraging digital technologies such as social media and eXtended Reality to support effective communication and collaboration in the context of e-Participation and Media Convergence. Luke has over 15 years of experience as a lead and principal investigator coordinating work in various European Commission and Enterprise-funded research and innovation projects (1 - 4 million EUR) in the domain of XRARVR, e-Participation, e-learning, Open Data and Cloud Computing. Luke is a registered trainer delivering courses in partnership with Urbantide Ltd. in Data Analytics and Visualization to the Irish Government. Luke was a two-term elected board member and the secretary at Digital Government Society based in California, USA. He is a registered ODI (Open Data Institute, London) trainer and official Medley (Elsevier) Advisor for Ireland. Moreover, Lukasz was one of the founding directors for the Computer amp; Communications Museum of Ireland Ltd.
Education/Academic qualification
M.Sc.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Design and architecture of the CARA infrastructure for visualising and benchmarking patient data from general practice
Garzón-Orjuela, N., Garcia Pereira, A., Vornhagen, H., Stasiewicz, K., Parveen, S., Amin, D., Porwol, L., d'Aquin, M., Collins, C., Stanley, F., O'Callaghan, M. & Vellinga, A., 9 Aug 2024, In: BMJ Health and Care Informatics. 31, 1, e101059.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Virtual reality training for crisis communication: Fostering empathy, confidence, and de-escalation skills in library and information science graduate students
Williams, R. D., Dumas, C., Ogden, L., Flanagan, J. & Porwol, L., Jul 2024, In: Library and Information Science Research. 46, 3, 101311.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Collaboration to reduce antibiotic use and resistance and identify opportunities for improvement and awareness (CARA)
Parveen, S., D'Aquin, M., Porwol, L., Collins, C., O'Callaghan, M., Vornhagen, H., Garcia Pereira, A. & Vellinga, A., 1 Jan 2023, In: Rural and Remote Health. 23, 1, p. 8153 1 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Decentralized Metaverse: Towards a Secure, Autonomous, and Inclusive Virtual World
Alsamhi, S. H., Hawbani, A., Kumar, S., Porwol, L. & Curry, E., 2023, International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies, ICECET 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies, ICECET 2023).Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review
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Engineering Data Assets for Public Health Applications: A Covid-19 Case Study
Scriney, M., Timilsina, M., Curry, E., Porwol, L., Nie, D., Dahley, D., Fernandez, J. B., D'Aquin, M. & Roantree, M., 2023, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2023. He, J., Palpanas, T., Hu, X., Cuzzocrea, A., Dou, D., Slezak, D., Wang, W., Gruca, A., Lin, J.C.-W. & Agrawal, R. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1853-1862 10 p. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2023).Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
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Fidelity Investments (External organisation)
Porwol, L. (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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MIT Reality Hack (External organisation)
Porwol, L. (Member)
15 Apr 2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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Digital Government Society(External) (External organisation)
Porwol, L. (Member)
1 Nov 2016 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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