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Research Statement
Research
The focus of my research is the application of tools and technologies to lead new disruptive practices and systems for many application areas. The main application areas I work with are Health & Training and Industry & Automation. I am particularly interested in how virtual and augmented reality technologies can be used in these areas and how they can change the future practices within such areas. I have over fifteen years’ experience working within the fields of software engineering, sensor fusion and real time software development and I have over ten years’ experience working within the areas of virtual and augmented reality and multi sensorial systems.
Teaching
My main teaching interests within the School are in the subject areas of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Virtual & Augmented Reality.
Achievements
During my research career I have been PI and CI on several national and European funded grants. I am actively engaged with external professional bodies and I am currently a professional registration interviewer for the IET. I have been and continues to act as an expert evaluator, recorder and Vice Chair for various calls in H2020, FP7 and FP6.
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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R3464NBE: (ARISE) - Assembly and Robotics In Steel Building Erection
McPolin, D. (PI), Hester, D. (CoI) & Rafferty, K. (CoI)
02/11/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R5212ECS: PWC Research and Development Centre
Rafferty, K. (PI), Devereux, B. (CoI), Sharma, V. (CoI) & Wang, H. (CoI)
10/03/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R1337MEE: Re-Imagining Engineering Design - Growing Radical Cyber-Physical-Socio Phenotypes -PROTEUS
Price, M. (PI), Jin, Y. (CoI), Kilpatrick, P. (CoI), Kirkland, F. (CoI), Nolan, D. (CoI), Rafferty, K. (CoI) & Robinson, T. T. (CoI)
26/01/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R1129ECI: Kelvin-2 - The High Performance Computing Centre in Northern Ireland (HPC-NI)
Woods, R. (PI), Chevallier, O. (CoI), Gillan, C. (CoI), Hu, P. (CoI), Rafferty, K. (CoI), Salto-Tellez, M. (CoI), Tikhonova, I. (CoI) & Vandierendonck, H. (CoI)
04/12/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1059AEL: Creative Industries CLuster Programme AHRC 61760R
Alcorn, M. (PI), Delaney, F. (CoI), FitzGibbon, A. (CoI), Hanna, P. (CoI), Mac Sithigh, D. (CoI), Patterson, G. (CoI), Rafferty, K. (CoI) & Schroeder, F. (CoI)
18/04/2019 → …
Project: Research
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A collective action approach to improving attitudes and self-efficacy towards gender equality among male STEM academics
Petzel, Z., Farrell, L., McCormack, T., Turner, R., Rafferty, K. & Latu, I. M., Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39, 3, p. 3161-3184 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A comparative study: augmented and virtual reality applications for improving comprehension of abstract programming concepts
Cinar, O., Rafferty, K., Cutting, D. & Wang, H., 29 Feb 2024, Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2024. Bashford-Rogers, T., Meneveaux, D., Ziat, M., Ammi, M., Jänicke, S., Purchase, H., Bouatouch, K. & Sousa, A. A. (eds.). SciTePress, p. 538-548 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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A comparative study: augmented and virtual reality applications for improving comprehension of abstract programming concepts
Cinar, O. E., Rafferty, K., Cutting, D. & Wang, H., 27 Feb 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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A cross-discipline technopreneurship course: student perceived benefits and considerations
Browning, J., Rafferty, K., Anderson, N. & Galway, L., 15 Oct 2024, (Accepted) 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE): proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9 p. (IEEE FIE Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AI-powered VR for enhanced learning compared to traditional methods
Cinar, O. E., Rafferty, K., Cutting, D. & Wang, H., 04 Dec 2024, In: Electronics. 13, 23, 38 p., 4787.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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SynFinTabs
Bradley, E. (Creator), Roman, M. (Creator), Rafferty, K. (Creator) & Devereux, B. (Creator), Hugging Face, 05 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.57967/hf/3741, https://huggingface.co/datasets/ethanbradley/synfintabs
Dataset
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pH testing dataset
Zhao, Y. (Creator) & Rafferty, K. (Supervisor), Queen's University Belfast, Jul 2022
DOI: 10.17034/4104daec-7cfb-4832-9736-ebd0b3f162e8
Dataset
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Colour alignment dataset between images taken by different digital cameras
Zhao, Y. (Creator) & Rafferty, K. (Supervisor), Queen's University Belfast, Jul 2022
DOI: 10.17034/d6e61e57-ccd0-4ab6-bc5e-ff3b81294e45
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Prizes
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Best Paper Award: 33rd International Manufacturing Conference
Gibson, Z. (Recipient), McConnell, R. (Recipient), McGeown, M. (Recipient), Butterfield, J. (Recipient), Marzano, A. (Recipient), Murphy, B. (Recipient) & Rafferty, K. (Recipient), 01 Sept 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Awarded by Springer
Brice, D. (Recipient) & Rafferty, K. (Recipient), 28 Jun 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best paper award for Niblock J*, Peng J, McMenemy K, Irwin GW
Niblock, J. (Recipient), Peng, J. (Recipient) & Rafferty, K. (Recipient), 01 Mar 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Presented at Digital Enterprise Technology 2016
McConnell, R. (Recipient), Butterfield, J. (Recipient), Rafferty, K. (Recipient) & Price, M. (Recipient), 01 Mar 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Poster Award
Cinar, O. E. (Recipient), Rafferty, K. (Recipient), Cutting, D. (Recipient) & Wang, H. (Recipient), 29 Feb 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Enhancing Question Generation through Diversity-Seeking Reinforcement Learning with Bilevel Policy Decomposition
Ren, T. (Presenter), Wang, H. (Advisor) & Rafferty, K. (Advisor)
02 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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EC-Horizon 2020 (External organisation)
Rafferty, K. (Advisor)
01 Sept 2021 → 31 Jan 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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EC-Horizon 2020 (External organisation)
Rafferty, K. (Advisor)
01 Sept 2019 → 31 Jan 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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IET Faraday Challenge
Rafferty, K. (Organiser)
07 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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EC-Horizon 2020 (External organisation)
Rafferty, K. (Advisor)
28 May 2017 → 02 Jun 2017Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
Press/Media
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Phd student uses a robot to make vr feel more real.
Rafferty, K. & Devine, S.
01/05/2016 → 01/06/2016
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research