Personal profile
Biography
Academic Qualifications:
- Diplom-Informatiker (M.Sc.) (1994)
- Dr. rer. nat. (Computer Science) (2000)
- MA Academic Practice (2021)
Professional Background:
2021 - date: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer); School of Computer Science; University of Galway
2002 - 2021: Lecturer above the Bar, Discipline of IT; NUI Galway
1999 - 2002: Senior Embedded Systems Design Engineer; Eurologic Systems Ltd.; Dublin
1997-1999: Embedded Systems Design Engineer; Siemens-VDO AG, Babenhausen; Germany
1994-1997: Junior Lecturer and Researcher; University of Hildesheim; Germany
Research Interests
- Deep Machine Learning techniques and their applications in computer vision, audio processing, energy systems management, cybersecurity and synthetic data
- Cybersecurity
- (Deeply) Embedded Cyber-Physical Systems and their applications
- Time synchronisation protocols
- Medical Informatics and Biosignal Processing
Research Projects
- Cybersecurity
- Real-Time Systems
- Computer networking
- Computer architectures & OS
- Embedded Systems
- Medical Informatics
- Time synchronisation protocols
- Compiler theory
Education/Academic qualification
M.SC, PH.D
External positions
Senior Embedded Systems Design Engineer, Eurologic Systems Ltd.
1 Jul 1999 → 31 Dec 2001
Accepting PhD Students
- Accepting PhD Students
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 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Modelling Solar PV Adoption in Irish Dairy Farms Using Agent-Based Modelling
Faiud, I., Mason, K. & Schukat, M., 2025, Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Revised Selected Papers. Meo, R. & Silvestri, F. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 292-300 9 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2135 CCIS).Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
On-Device Evaluation of Joint Speech-Text Embeddings for ASR, TTS, and Speaker Recognition Tasks
Gonzales, M. G., Corcoran, P., Harte, N. & Schukat, M., 2025, In: IEEE Access. 13, p. 192518-192530 13 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Optimizing Deep Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Robotic Arm Control
Shianifar, J., Schukat, M. & Mason, K., 2025, Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Digital Twins: The PAAMS Collection - International Workshops of PAAMS 2024, Proceedings. González-Briones, A., Julian Inglada, V., El Bolock, A., Marco-Detchart, C., Jordan, J., Mason, K., Lopes, F. & Sharaf, N. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 293-304 12 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2149 CCIS).Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review
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The Effects of Video Compression on Simulated Time Events
Hanley, T., Lemley, J., Corcoran, P. & Schukat, M., 15 Sep 2025, In: IEEE Access. 13, p. 166892-166904 13 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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ADT: Time series anomaly detection for cyber-physical systems via deep reinforcement learning
Yang, X., Howley, E. & Schukat, M., Jun 2024, In: Computers and Security. 141, 103825.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
Open Access28 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Conference Chair - Cyber Research Conference Ireland (CRCI-2025)
Asghar, M. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson), Howley, E. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson), Shifa, A. (Organising Chair) & Schukat, M. (Organising Chair)
1 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Jonaid Shianifar
Schukat, M. (Co-Supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Iias Faiud
Schukat, M. (Co-Supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Michael Gian Gonzales
Schukat, M. (Primary Supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Felipe Arruda Pontes
Schukat, M. (Primary Supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised