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Timothy McCarthy National Centre for Geocomputation, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth, Co Kildare. email/tel: tim.mccarthy@nuim.ie, +353-1-7086180   Career Profile (Education and Employment) 2006 - present         Senior Research Fellow, NCG, NUIM 1999 - 2006            Designer & Developer of Mobile Mapping Systems, UK & Canada 1999                       PhD University of London (Birkbeck) 1997 – 1999           Research Assistant/PhD Candidate University of London 1994 - 1999            Director of Airborne Videography Ltd (University Spin-out), London UK 1988 - 1994            BP Exploration Remote Sensing Group London (Middle East, Africa & South America) 1988                       MSc (Remote Sensing) University College London 1985                       BSc (Geology & Maths) University College Cork  Research Funding History Funding Organisation    Details    Role    Award Year    Award€    Status SFI    StratAG    Co-PI    2009    9m    Completed NRA (Ireland)    30 month Fellowship    PI    2010    230k    Current Google    24 month Research Award    PI    2010    60k    Current ESA (EU)    24 month research project    Co-PI    2012    250k    Current ERA-NET (EU)    30 month research project    PI    2010    280k    Completed EPA (Ireland)    12 month Fellowship    Co-PI    2011    400k    Completed IRC/IRCSET    24 month Fellowship    PI    2012    150k    Completed SFI     3 X SFI Industry Fellowships    PI    2013    250k    Current Teagasc    1 X PhD Fellowship (UAV)    CO-PI    2014    125k    Current PIPCO (Industry)    24 month project    PI    2014    125k    Current CEDR (EU)    24 month project    PI    2014    100k    Current SFI     1 X UAS/RPAS/UAV    PI    2014    100k    Current SFI    iCRAG (Postdoc funding)    PI    2015    70k    Current Verifly (Industry)    Consulatancy    PI    2015    60k    Current   History of Mentoring and Supervision Academic supervision has included input to a number of PhD & MSc candidates including: PhD Supervision/Examination 1 X current PhD candidate (2014 - 2018) 2 X successful PhD candidates (2012, 2013) 1 X External PhD Examiner (PhD 2011) 1 X Internal PhD Examiner (PhD 2014) Shared mentoring/supervision duties for various MSc & PhD candidates (2006 - present) Research Team Management Tim currently manages a research group in the National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG), researching and developing novel geospatial technologies including: Remote sensing, Mobile Mapping Systems & Spatial Decision Support platforms. Presently, there are six postdocs and two research technicians/assistants working in his group.     Innovation/Commercialisation Activity Patents Patent 'A synchronisation system' 2012 (pending) http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/WO2013068145 Spin-out Founder & CEO of iGeotech Technologies Ltd (2011) Developed Ubipix GeoMedia Web Server (http://www.ubipix.com/) Potential HPSU (Sept 2012) Five people (f/t & p/t)  employed Secured initial Angel investment from UK 2011 Winners of European Earth Observation cloud-computing challenge (GMES 2012) http://www.copernicus-masters.com/index.php?anzeige=winner_t-systems2012.html Short-listed for Silicon-Valley start-up ITLG - http://www.itlg.org/events/2013-SVCTI/event-finalists.php Silicon Republic 'start-up-of-the-week' http://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/30036-tech-start-up-of-the-week Participating in 2 X ESA research projects (Viseo-Fusion & UDRR) Innovation platform 2010 - NUIM Co-founder of Dublinked - Open Data Innovation Hub http://www.dublinked.ie/ 2009 - present - NUIM PI on SmartBay PRTLI-5 5m Marine Research & Innovation platform project - http://smartbay.ie/   Other information   Tim has led a group of six researchers over the past five years in a number of applied research areas including Mobile Mapping Systems, Remote Sensing, Road Safety Risk Analysis & Spatial Decision Support System.  He has coordinated the design and construction of various terrestrial, airborne and marine mobile mapping systems. In this same period he has acted as Co-PI/PI on more than 13 R&D projects with a combined gross value of €10.6m (direct value of €2.5m) funded from national, European and international corporations. He has formed strong linkages with Industry including  high-tech SMEs/MNCs in Ireland as well as international organisations & agencies.   Industry R&D Activities Industry Liaison Co-PI for  SFI funded Strategic Research Centre StratAG.ie 1999 - 2005 - Chief Designer & Developer for Mobile Mapping System in UK/Canada, still in use today http://www.routemapper.net/ Co-PI for StratAG's Mobile Mapping System including fully equipped LiDAR/imaging Survey Vehicle & IAA (iaa.ie) licensed Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Octocopter (Remote Sensing feature: Science Squad, RTE-1 4th Oct2013) http://www.thesciencesquad.ie/) Co-Author of Dublined Metadata Standard http://www.dublinked.ie/datastore/local/Dublinked/catalog/Dublinked_Metadata_Profile_v1.0.pdf Awards NUIM Commercialisation Award 2011: http://commercialisation.nuim.ie/news-and-events/2011-commercialisation-award Smartbay Innovator Award 2011: http://www.marine.ie/home/aboutus/newsroom/pressreleases/ConferenceLookstoTechnologytoGetMorefromourMarineResources.htm Led SFI/NCG spin-out (iGeotec) team to win European Corpernicus/GMES  EO award http://www.copernicus-masters.com/index.php?anzeige=winner_t-systems2012.html Relevant commercial expertise Mar 2013: Completed Investment Ready Business-Plan for iGeotec start-up (in partnership with EI/DBIC) Apr 2013: Completed 3 day Silicon-Valley dealing with 'Lean start-up' for spin-out  technology Companies SmartBay PI (http://www.smartbay.ie/Research/PIBiographies.aspx) Invited to chair 9th European ITS Congress (4th June 2013) afternoon Executive Session (ES04) based around Open Transport Data in Europe (http://www.itsineurope.com/its9/index.php/programme/proceedings) Chair & organiser of national Earth Observation conference, 2014 http:/ieos2014.com/ Peer Review board member for the ' Knowledge Management & Open Data Project' Business Case (related to Dublinked initiative)   Publication Listing   Total Publications: # 63 Senior Author Publications: # 12 Journal Articles: # 11 Reviews: # 7 Book Chapters: # 3 Books: # 0 Conference associated publications: # 38 comprising:   #14 (International Peer Reviewed) #24 (National Reviewed) Other: # 5   Journals Cahalane C, McElhiney C, Lewis P, McCarthy T (2014) MIMIC: An Innovative Methodology for Determining Mobile Laser Scanning System Point Density. Remote Sensing, 6 (9), 7857 - 7877   Kumar P, McElhiney C, Lewis P and McCarthy t (2014) Automated road markings extraction from mobile laser scanning data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 32 (1) 125 - 137. Elsevier   Cahalane C, McElhiney C, Lewis P, McCarthy T (2014 (2014) Calculation of target-specific point distribution for 2D mobile laser scanners. Sensors. 14 (6) : 9471 - 9488.   *Kumar Pankaj  McElhinney Conor P McCarthy T (2013) Novel Validation and Parameter Analyses of An Automated Road Edge Extraction Algorithm, International Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing   *Kumar Pankaj  McElhinney Conor P McCarthy T (2013) An Automated Algorithm for Extracting Road Edges from Terrestrial Mobile LiDAR Data, International Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, 85, 44-55.   Radu Tanja Gallagher Simon Byrne Brian Harris Paul Coveney Seamus McCarron Stephen McCarthy Tim Diamond Dermot (2013) Portable X-Ray Fluoresence as a Rapid Technique for Surveying Elemental Distributions in Soil, Spectroscopy Letters, Taylor & Francis   *Coveney Seamus Stewart Fotheringham A Charlton Martin McCarthy Timothy (2010) Dual-scale validation of a medium-resolution coastal DEM with terrestrial LiDAR DSM and GPS, Computers & Geosciences, 36 (4),  489-499,  Elsevier   *Curtis Andrew Mills Jacqueline W Kennedy Barrett Fotheringham Stewart McCarthy Timothy (2007) Understanding the Geography of Post?Traumatic Stress: An Academic Justification for Using a Spatial Video Acquisition System in the Response to Hurricane Katrina, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 15(4), 208-219, Wiley Online Library   *Livingstone David Raper Jonathan McCarthy Timothy (1999) Integrating aerial videography and digital photography with terrain modelling: an application for coastal geomorphology, Geomorphology, 29, 1, 77-92, Elsevier   *Raper J McCarthy T Williams N , 1998, Georeferenced four-dimensional virtual environments: principles and applications, Computers,  environment and urban systems, 22, 6, 529-539, Elsevier   Book Chapters *Curtis Andrew J Mills Jacqueline W McCarthy Timothy Fotheringham A Stewart Fagan William F (2010) Space and time changes in neighborhood recovery after a disaster using a spatial video acquisition system, Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis. 373-392, Springer   Charlton M,  Coveney S and McCarthy T. (2009) " Issues in laser scanning". Laser scanning for the environmental sciences.  Eds: Heritage George Large Andy. Wiley-Blackwell.   Raper, J., Livingstone, D., Bristow, C., & McCarthy, T. (2003). Constructing a geomorphological database of coastal change using GIS. Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems: Applying the Technology to the Environment, 399-413.   International Peer Reviewed Edited Conference Proceedings Qazi Nadeem Smyth David McCarthy Tim (2013) Towards a GIS-Based Decision Support System on the Amazon Cloud for the Modelling of Domestic Wastewater Treatment Solutions in Wexford,  Ireland. UKSim, pp 236-240, ACM   Kumar Pankaj McCarthy T,  McElhinney Conor P (2012) Automated road extraction from terrestrial based mobile laser scanning system using the GVF snake model, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Applications,15, ACM   *Lewis Paul, Mc Elhinney, Conor P, McCarthy Timothy (2012) LiDAR data management pipeline from spatial database population to web-application visualization, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Applications, 16, ACM   Cahalane Conor, McCarthy Tim, McElhinney Conor P (2012) MIMIC: Mobile mapping point density calculator, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Applications, 15, ACM   *Mc Elhinney CP, Kumar Pankaj, Cahalane Conor, McCarthy Timothy (2010) Initial results from European Road Safety Inspection (EURSI) mobile mapping project,  ISPRS Commission V Technical Symposium,  pp440-445   *Lewis P, McElhinney C, Schön B, McCarthy T (2010) Mobile Mapping System LiDAR Data Framework, International Archives of the Photogrammetry,  Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, pp135 - 138   *McCarthy Timothy, Farrell Ronan, Curtis Andrew, Fotheringham A Stewart (2008) Integrated remotely sensed datasets for disaster management, Proc. of SPIE Vol, 7110, , 71100M-1,   *McCarthy Timothy, Zheng  Jianghua, Fotheringham  A Stewart , 2008, Integration of dynamic LiDAR and image sensor data for route corridor mapping, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry,  Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science,  XXXVII,  Part B, 5, , 1125-1130    Zheng J, McCarthy T,  Fotheringham A. S.,  Lao P (2008) Linear feature extraction of buildings from terrestrial LIDAR data with morphological techniques, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry,  Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science,  XXXVII,  Part B.   *McCarthy T, Fotheringham AS,  O'Riain G (2007) Compact Airborne Image Mapping System (CAIMS), The International Archives of the Photogrammetry,  Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences/,  Padua,  Italy, 36, 198-202   *McCarthy T, Fotheringham S, Charlton M, Winstanley A, O’Malley V (2007) Integration of LIDAR and stereoscopic imagery for route corridor surveying, Mobile Mapping Technology 2007,  Padua,  Italy.   *Lewis P, Winstanley A,  McCarthy T (2007) Synchronised Encoding of GPS NMEA Messages onto High Definition Video Streams,  Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference,  2007. IMVIP 2007, pp 213-213, IEEE.   *McCarthy Timothy (1999) Real-time mapping using multispectral spaceborne videography- Prototype design for the ISS encompassing space and ground segment, European Symposium on Utilisation of the International Space Station,  2 nd,  Noordwijk,  Netherlands, pp 577-583, ESA.   *McCarthy Timothy Raper Jonathan Cooper Roger (1997) Real-time geographic positioning features in airborne videography, International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference - Development,  Integration,  Applications & Operations,  3rd,  Copenhagen,  Denmark.     Proceedings (Reviewed) McCarthy T (2013) Cloud based geospatial multimedia services for transportation network mapping & monitoring, ITS European Congress,  Dublin,  Ireland (In Press)   Cahalane C McCarthy T (2013) UAS Fight Planning – an initial investigation into the influence of VTOL UAS Mission parameters on Orthomosaic and DSM Accuracy, Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference,  Glasgow,  September 2013,  Accepted   Charlton M Lewis P Mcelhinney C and McCarthy T (2013) GLIMPSE : Addressing the bottleneck in LiDAR data handling, GISRUK '13,  Liverpool,  UK.   Smith D Gill L Dubber D and McCarthy T. (2012) The use of geospatial modelling in determining strategies for on-site wastewater treatment in areas of low permeability subsoil. , International Water Quality Conference. TCD,  5th- 6th Sept 2012.   *Charlton M, Lewis P, Mcelhinney C and McCarthy T, 2012, Mobile LiDAR: A data management Challenge, 1st International Conference on Space,  Time & CyberGIS,  Illinois,  USA.   Kumar P, McElhinney C, and McCarthy T. (2011) Utilizing the terrestrial laser scanning data attributes for road edge extraction by mplementing the GVF snake model . In 7th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology, June 2011, Krakaw, Poland, 2011   Cahalane Conor, McElhinney Conor, McCarthy Tim (2011) Calculating the Effect of Dual-Axis Scanner Rotations and Surface Orientation on Scan Profiles, 7th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology, June 2011, Krakaw, Poland, 2011   Lewis P McCarthy T Winstanley A Fotheringham AS (2010) Software algorithm for decoding GPS from spatially encoded video,  AGI 2010.   McCarthy T, McElhinney C (2010) European Road Safety Inspection (EuRSI) Research Project,  European Transport  Conference  Proceedings.  Glasgow,  UK 2010   Hung Peter Tahir Muhammad Farrell Ronan McLoone Sean McCarthy Tim (2009) Wireless sensor networks for activity monitoring using multi-sensor multi-modal node architecture, Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009),  IET Irish01-Jun, IET.   Cahalane C McCarthy T McElhinney CP (2010) Mobile mapping system performance-An initial investigation into the effect of vehicle speed on laser scan lines, Remote Sensing & Photogrammety Society Annual Conference-'From the sea-bed to the cloudtops'.   Doyle John Farrell Ronan McLoone Sean McCarthy Tim Hung Peter (2009) Extracting Localised Mobile Activity Patterns from Cumulative Mobile Spectrum RSSI,  In: CIICT 2009 : proceedings of the China-Ireland information and communications technologies conference. National University of Ireland, Dept. of Computer Science, Maynooth, Ireland, pp 75 - 82.   Tahir Muhammad Hung Peter Farrell Ronan McLoone Sean McCarthy Tim (2009) Lightweight signal processing algorithms for human activity monitoring using dual PIR-sensor nodes, In: CIICT 2009 : proceedings of the China-Ireland information and communications technologies conference. National University of Ireland, Dept. of Computer Science, Maynooth, Ireland.   Doyle John Farrell Ronan McLoone Sean McCarthy Tim Tahir Muhammad Hung Peter (2009) Utilising mobile phone RSSI metric for human activity detection, Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2009),  IET Irish, 01-Jun, IET   Raper JF McCarthy Timothy Unwin David (1998) Multi dimensional Virtual Reality Geographic Information System, (VRGIS): Research guidelines, Proceedings GISRUK, 98   Williams N Raper J McCarthy T Unwin D (1998) Multi dimensional virtual reality geographical information systems (VRGIS): research guidelines, GISRUK, 98, , 6,   Raper Jonathan McCarthy Timothy Williams Nathan (1997) , Integrating ArcView and Geographically Referenced VRML Models in Real Time, Proceedings of the ESRI User Conference 1997   Raper J McCarthy T Williams N (1997) Integration of real-time GIS data with Web-based virtual worlds, AGI-CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS-03-Mar, ASSOCIATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION   Fisher P Dykes J Moore K Wood J McCarthy T Raper J Unwin D Williams N Jenkins A (1997) The virtual field course: an educational application of GIS, Proceedings of GIS Research UK,  5th National Conference,  University of Leeds37-40,   Williams N Jenkins A Unwin D Raper J McCarthy T Fisher P Wood J Moore K Dykes J (1997) What should be the educational functions of a virtual field course, Proceedings of Cal '97,  Exeter,  UK,  University of Exeter,  School of Education,  Exeter (1997)   Raper J McCarthy T (1995) Spatial data decision support using multimedia, AGI-CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS-05-May, ASSOCIATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION   Raper JF McCarthy Timothy (1994) Using airborne videography to assess coastal evolution and hazards, Proc. European GIS Conference.   Raper JF McCarthy T (1994) Virtually GIS: the new media arrive, Proc. Association for Geographic Information conference, 94, , 01-Jun,   Raper J McCarthy T Livingstone D (1993) Interfacing GIS with virtual reality technology, Proceedings of the AGI Conference,  Birmingham: AGI   Others (Articles, Technical Reports) McCARTHY Timothy (2013) , A SYNCHRONISATION SYSTEM, WO Patent 2, 013, 068, 145   McCarthy T (2011) EuRSI : Final Report, ERA-NET Roads   McCarthy T (2010) EuRSI: Risk Assessment Review, ERA-NET Roads   O'Riain Gearoid McCarthy Tim (2009) Innovative Data Capture and Presentation Techniques in Support of the EU Environmental Noise Directive, Environmental Protection Agency   McCarthy Tim (1999) AutoCAD Express NT: Covering Release 14, Springer Verlag   McCarthy Timothy Mortimer Mark (1999) Integrating aerial video with GIS, , PhDBirkbeck (University of London)   McCarthy T Raper J (1998) GIS for the Mac is not a crowded market, GIS EUROPE, 7, , 34-35, Environmental Systems Research Institute   McCarthy T (1998) GIS Online by Brandon Plewe a down-to-earth primer, GIS EUROPE, 7, , 40-40, Environmental Systems Research Institute   McCarthy T (1998) Chair: Aerial Videogrpahy Workshop - Techniques & Applications, Dept of Geography,  Birbeck,  University of London, 24th April 1998   McCarthy T Raper J (1997) New Moves in the Aerial Ballet: The evolution of aerial videography and explain how applied videometrics helps us extract useful spatial data from aerial films,  in real-time, GIS EUROPE, 6, , 26-29, Environmental Systems Research Institute   Raper J McCarthy T (1996) On Video: In the search for fast and cost effective data capture,  aerial videography is the new kid on the block, GIS EUROPE, 5, , 28-31, ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   Cooper R McCarthy T Raper JF (1995) Airborne videography and GPS, Earth Observation, 4, 11, 53-55,