Collaborative European Research Conference

CERC 2013

Conference Programme

Celebrating Excellence in Research

Hosted by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)

16th—18th October, Cork Ireland

http://cerc.cit.ie

Co-Chairs:

Aisling O’ Driscoll (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Paul Walsh (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Udo Bleimann (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE) Bernhard Humm (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE)

Ingo Stengel (Plymouth Univ., UK) Patrick Bours (Gjøvik, Univ. College NO)

Host Advisory Committee:

Hugh McGlynn (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Roy Sleator (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Guillaume Huyet (Cork Institute of Technology and Tyndall, IE) Dirk Pesch (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Host Organisation Committee:

Aisling O’ Driscoll (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Hugh McGlynn (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Catherine Dawson (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Paul Walsh (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

With the Invited participation of the following eminent Researchers & Industry Professionals:

Kieran Drain (Tyndall National Institute, IE)

Dirk Pesch (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Paul O’ Sullivan (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Garrett Dee (Enterprise Ireland, IE)

Sally Cudmore (Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (UCC), IE)

Bernhard Humm (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE)

Paul Dickinson (Univ. Of Edinburgh, UK)

International Review Panel:

Miriam Begnum (Gjøvik Univ. College, NO) Hanno Langweg (Gjøvik Univ. College, NO)

Udo Bleimann (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE) Robert Loew (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE)

Patrick Bours (Gjøvik Univ. College, NO) Hugh McGlynn (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Shun-Ping Chen (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE) Michele McManus (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Michelle Collins (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Matthias Neu (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE)

Stuart Cunningham (Glyndwr Univ., UK) Aisling O’ Driscoll (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Joaquin Diaz (Univ. of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen, DE) Gearoid O’ Suilleabhain (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Klaus-Peter Fischer Hellmann (Plymouth Univ., UK) Siobhan O’ Sullivan (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Orla Flynn (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Mary Oldham (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Torsten FrÖhlich (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE) Rich Picking (Glyndwr Univ., UK)

Steven Furnell (Plymouth Univ., UK) Niamh Power (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Johannes Gerdes (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE) Stefanie Regier (Univ. of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, DE)

Bogdan Ghita (Plymouth Univ., UK) Steffen Schilke (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE)

Paul Green (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Roy Sleator (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Vic Grout (Glyndwr Univ. UK) Ingo Stengel (Plymouth Univ., UK)

Bernhard Humm (Univ. of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, DE) Ulrich Trick (Univ. of Applied Sciences Frankfurt, DE)

Eivind Johansen (Gjøvik Univ. College, NO) Paul Walsh (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Ray Jones (Plymouth Univ., UK) Christoph Wentzel (Univ. of Applied Sciences Frankfurt, DE)

Ger Kelly (Cork Institute of Technology, IE) Angela Wright (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Breda Kenny (Cork Institute of Technology, IE)

Welcome Message

Dr Brendan Murphy

President

Cork Institute of Technology

Aisling O’ Driscoll

CERC Co-chair & host organiser

Cork Institute of Technology

Dr Hugh McGlynn

CERC Scientific Panel Member &

Organiser

Cork Institute of Technology

Welcome—Willkommen—Velkommen

We warmly welcome you to the Collaborative European Research

Conference (CERC) hosted this year by our many campuses here at

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and of course the Rebel County.

Continuing in the tradition of CERC, we aim this year to continue to

provide a platform for the dissemination of research as well as the de-

velopment of social and research collaborations for future advances.

CERC 2013 features a series of talks by internationally recognised Re-

searchers and Industrial leaders. In particular we are delighted to

welcome the new CEO Dr Kieran Drain of our nearby partner and Na-

tional Centre for Physics Research, Tyndall National Institute.

Over the duration of this year’s 2-day conference 21 graduate and post

graduate researchers will present full research papers, and a further 8

early-stage researchers and authors of proposal papers will present.

On day two of the conference a poster exhibition will further show-

case the research of graduates at all stages of their research journey.

Researchers chosen to present have been peer-reviewed by a panel of

international researchers.

As part of CERC 2013 there are a number of organised social events

which we hope will foster friendships and future collaborations. Each

element of the social programme will be hosted by a CIT campus. For

those who wish to stay longer or further sample Cork’s culture, histo-

ry, attractions, sports fixtures, and great food ‘Rebel Week’ (14—20th

October) holds a wealth of possibilities.

We would like to express our gratitude to the invited speakers, stu-

dents and researchers for their participation and contributions. We

would also like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the generosity

of our sponsors and CIT colleagues who have given of their time and

expertise to ensure CERC 2013 is a success.

Finally, we look forward to meeting you in Cork this year and hope

you thoroughly enjoy both the social and technical sides of the confer-

ence programme.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Kieran Drain

CEO

Tyndall National Institute

Mr Garrett Dee

Senior Development Advisor

Enterprise Ireland

Dr Kieran Drain

Kieran joined the Tyndall National Institute in January 2013 from his role as VP

and GM of the Lighting and Display Technology Division of Rambus Inc, Ohio.

He has over thirty years industrial experience in technology and business man-

agement in diverse industrial segments including solid state lighting, photovol-

taics, nanomaterials, rechargeable batteries, amongst others. Prior to Rambus,

Kieran served as President & CEO of venture funded NanoGram Corporation

and before this he was VP and GM for the Global Performance Polymers Divi-

sion of Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE.AVY).

Mr Garrett Dee

Garrett is a Senior Development Advisor at Enterprise Ireland since 2000,

where he advises food businesses and is dedicated to supporting sustainable

export-oriented enterprise. Mr Dee also served as R & D Manager at Reagecon

Diagnostics Ltd., for 11 years and prior to this he was Chief Chemist at Champi-

on Photochemistry. Garrett holds a BSc in Chemistry from UCC and an MSc in

Technology Management from UCD.

Invited Session Speakers

Dr Dirk Pesch

Head of Nimbus Centre / Senior PI

Cork Institute of Technology

Mr Paul O’ Sullivan

Applied Research Group/Lecturer

Cork Institute of Technology

Dr Sally Cudmore

General Manager

Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre

Dr Dirk Pesch

Dirk is Head of the new Nimbus Centre for Embedded Systems Research at

CIT. He received a Dipl.-lng. degree from RWTH Aachen University, Germany,

and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, both in Elec-

trical & Electronic Engineering. His research interests focus on design and per-

formance characterisation of algorithms, protocols, and services for heteroge-

neous wireless networks and wireless network design with applications to mo-

bile ad-hoc, mesh, sensor networks and vehicular networks. He has 15 years R

& D experience in national and EU funded projects both in academic and in-

dustry. He has over 100 journal, book chapter, and conference publications in

his area of expertise. He is involved in a number of national and international

research projects and is the lead Principal Investigator of the Irish government

funded NEMBES research cluster (www.nembes.org) and a member of the

steering committee of the Irish Wireless Sensor Networks (WISEN) Industry

Lead Research Cluster. He is also heavily involved in international conference

organisation in the area of wireless and mobile.

Mr Paul O’ Sullivan

Paul is currently a lecturer at CIT and a member of the Applied Energy Re-

search Group. He is a chartered Engineer, holds a BEng in Mechanical Engi-

neering from QUB and an MSc in Building Services from Brunel University

where is also undertaking a PhD in zonal flow modelling. Paul has previously

spent 10 years working in industry in both design and project based roles for a

number of blue chip clients across Ireland and Europe. He is currently in-

volved in the Zero2020 research test bed initiative at CIT and is the Irish Rep-

resentative for the upcoming IEA-EBC Annex 62 international research pro-

gramme on ventilative cooling.

Dr Sally Cudmore

Sally has a biochemistry degree from UCC and a Ph.D. from the Cell Biology

Programme at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in

Heidelberg, Germany. This was followed by postdoctoral research at the

University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). She then moved to Elan

Pharmaceuticals in Dublin as Group Leader of Cell Biology and Project Leader

on a gene delivery joint venture with a Seattle biotechnology company,

Targeted Genetics. During this time Sally completed an M.Sc. in Technology

Management at the National Institute for Technology Management in UCD.

Sally is currently the General Manager of the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre

(APC), an SFI-funded Research Centre of 150+ clinicians and research staff

studying the bacterial community in the gastrointestinal tract, and how they

affect health and disease. She is also the CEO of an APC spin-out company,

Atlantia Food Clinical Trials, which carries out clinical trials for innovative

food companies in order to develop a dossier of clinical evidence supporting

potential health claims.

Invited Session Speakers

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Humm

Director

Instititute of Applied Informatics

Hochschule Darmstadt

Dr Paul Dickinson

Senior Research Fellow

University of Edinburgh

Prof. Dr Bernhard Humm

Bernhard is a professor for software engineering and project management at

the Computer Science Department of Hochschule Darmstadt – University of

Applied Sciences, Germany. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Wol-

longong, Australia and the degree Dipl.-Inform (equiv. B.Sc. and M.Sc.) from

Kaiserslautern University, Germany. His research focus is on Semantic Web,

software architecture, and programming languages. He is member of the board

of directors of the institute of applied informatics, Darmstadt (aIDa) and Ph.D.

coordinator. He is running several research projects in co-operation with in-

dustry and research institutes and is publishing his results regularly. For 11

years, he worked in the IT industry as a software architect, chief consultant, IT

manager and head of the research department of a large software company.

Dr Paul Dickinson

Paul has a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Leeds (1983) and a

PhD from the University of Manchester (1987). After his PhD he was a postdoc-

toral researcher at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of

Oxford before moving to the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh. Be-

tween 1990 and 1998, Paul was involved in research developing the first mouse

model of a human recessive genetic disease (Cystic Fibrosis) using gene target-

ing. In 1998 Paul joined Ian Wilmut’s spin out company Roslin BioMed at the

Roslin Institute, Edinburgh to work on gene targeting in livestock using the

technology used to create ‘Dolly’, the world’s first cloned animal. Paul joined

the University of Edinburgh in 2001 where he has been instrumental in a num-

ber of clinical programs focused around examination of host responses in a

number of clinically important settings including Neonatal Sepsis, Childhood

Pneumonia, Vaccination Response amongst others. Paul’s research combines

molecular biology and microbiology with computational research to address

basic biological questions in infection and immunity.

8.00—8.50 Registration at NMCI and Tea/Coffee

8.50—9.10 Welcome address with Dr Brendan Murphy (President, CIT) & Dr Hugh McGlynn (Head of School of

Science & Informatics, CIT), and Ms Aisling O’ Driscoll (Co-chair and Host Organiser).

9.10—9.40 Keynote Speech with Dr Kieran Drain (CEO, Tyndall National Institute)

9.40—10.20 Computing and Communications Session (1) Chair— Prof. Patrick Bours (HiG)

1. A framework for categorising similar technical support requests using distributed ‘big data’ analytics.

A. Barrachina (VMWare & CIT Ireland)

2. Link adaptation feedback interval for narrowband mobile ad-hoc networks in disaster search and rescue sce-

narios.

S. Helmle (DAR, Germany & CIT, Ireland)

Thursday, 17th October

Conference Day 1

10.20—10.40 Tea/Coffee

10.40—11.10 Invited Speaker Dr Dirk Pesch (Head of Nimbus/ Senior Researcher, CIT Ireland)

Wireless Networked Systems for Smart City Management

11.10—11.40 Invited Speaker Mr Paul O’ Sullivan (Researcher, CIT Ireland)

Zero 2020: A low energy retrofit test-bed and platform for supporting building energy research at CIT and internationally.

11.40—12.40 Environmental and Sustainable Technology Session Chair— Dr Joe Harrington (CIT)

1. The reduction of unregulated plug loads: the next obstacle in achieving true net zero energy buildings.

C. O’ Driscoll (CIT, Ireland)

2. A procedure for a standard testing method to determine the methane potential of organic waste streams.

A. Ware (CIT, Ireland)

3. Cataloguing and energy modelling large scale retrofit opportunities for local authority housing in Cork City.

J. Pittam (CIT, Ireland)

12.40—2.00 Lunch/ NMCI Tours (Please book in at Registration)

2.00—3.20 Computing and Communications Session (2) Chair— Prof. Ulrich Trich (FH Frankfurt)

1. Congestion control algorithm and performance analysis of voice and video call (via Skype).

L. Liu (Plymouth, United Kingdom)

2. Unidirectional Narrowband Physical Layer Demonstration System.

M. Dehm (Darmstadt, Germany & CIT, Ireland)

3. Rotating-angle estimation with help of a shaping filter based on the Kalman Filter.

T. Chobtrong (Darmstadt, Germany)

4. Findings from the expansion of shared services using Cloud Computing in Irish Public Service Organisations.

J. Callanan (CIT, Ireland)

3.20—3.40 Tea/Coffee

3.40—4.10 Invited Speaker Dr Sally Cudmore (General Manager, APC (UCC))

Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre – an industry-academe collaboration

4.10— 4.50 Life Sciences Session Chair— Dr Hugh McGlynn (CIT)

Thursday, 17th October

Conference Day 1

4.50—5.35 Proposal Papers—Computer Science Chair— Dr Paul Walsh (CIT)

8.00—11.00 Blackrock Castle Observatory—Banquet Dinner and Entertainment

1. Isolation and molecular characterisation of bovine coronavirus in Irish cattle.

L. Gunn (CIT & DCU Ireland)

2. Complete genomic sequence of a group A giraffe rotavirus: comparison with mammalian rotaviruses and evi-

dence of interspecies transmission.

Dr P.J. Collins (CIT & UCD Ireland & Univ. of Leuven, Belgium)

1. Review of reality mining techniques applied to telecommunications data .

S. Maharjan (ITT, Ireland)

2. Multimodal biometric authentication framework for banking systems.

P. Pandey (Gjøvik, Norway)

3. Continuous Authentication using behavioural biometrics.

S. Mondal (Gjøvik, Norway)

8.00—9.00 Poster Set up and Tea/Coffee

9.00—9.30 Keynote Speech with Mr Garrett Dee (Senior Development Adviser, Enterprise Ireland)

The Research Funding Landscape

9.30— 10.10 Business Studies and Humanities Session Chair— Mr Gerard O’ Donovan (CIT)

Friday, 18th October

Conference Day 2

11.20—11.40 Tea/Coffee

11.40—12.20 Media Session (2) Chair— Mr Paul Green (CIT)

12.20—1.00 Computer Science Session Chair— Prof. Bernhard Humm (h-Da)

1. Facilitating the ‘distributed museum’ through digital augmented artefacts.

M. McCarthy (Plymouth, UK & CIT, Ireland)

2. Preventing digital subcultures from becoming victims of the technological change.

C. Hastik (Darmstadt, Germany)

10.10—10.40 Invited Speaker Dr Bernhard Humm (Director, Institute for Applied Informatics, Darmstadt)

‘Multimedia Meets Art’

10.40—11.20 Media Session (1) Chair— Mr Paul Green (CIT)

1. Computational aesthetic measures for evolutionary computations based web design.

P. Gade (CIT, Ireland)

2. Relationship classifications of object-to-object communication in the Internet of things.

D. Dowling (ITT, Ireland)

1. The impact of government policy on economic growth.

J. Bryan (Bridgewater State, USA)

2. The increasing importance of strategic planning and objectives in Irish Higher Education.

R. O’ Donnell (CIT, Ireland)

1.00—2.30 Lunch/ Poster Exhibition

1. An approach to quantifying latency adaptability in non-collaborative musical performances.

J. Victoria ( Darmstadt, Germany & CIT, Ireland

2. Designing for Play.

D. Heffernan (Plymouth ,UK & CIT, Ireland)

Friday, 18th October

Conference Day 2

3.40—4.55 Proposal Papers—Business and Humanities Chair—Prof. Udo Bleimann (h-Da)

8.00—11.00 Reception, Prize-giving, and Closing Ceremony at the Bishopstown Campus

1. The influence of network positions and self-monitoring on individual job performance in teams.

P. S. Hefrich (Darmstadt, Germany)

2. The role of technological innovation in strategic human resource management.

V. Visser (Darmstadt, Germany/ CIT, Ireland)

3. An investigation into the marketing, advertising, and labelling of processed foods in Ireland and its influ-

ences on consumer choice and subsequent health issues.

J. Healy (CIT, Ireland)

4. The perception of German fur buyers—an empirical analysis of buying behaviour.

K. Raab (Darmstadt, Germany)

5. India, an Asian giant: A compass for the future

N. Pushpangadan (CIT, Ireland)

1. An analysis of next generation sequence clipping tools.

P. Walsh (CIT, Ireland)

2. Exploring links between national culture, inclusion, and organisational citizenship behaviour:

Evidence from nurses in the Irish Healthcare Sector.

D. O’ Donovan (CIT, Ireland)

2.30—3.00 Invited Speaker Dr Paul Dickinson (Univ. of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Detecting bacterial infection from a single drop of blood using host RNA transcription

3.00—3.40 Bioinformatics and Healthcare Session Chair— Dr Helen O’ Shea (CIT)

CERC Partner Organisations

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Cork IR

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Darmstadt DE

Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik NO

Plymouth University, Plymouth UK

CERC 2013 Hosts & Sponsors