Personal profile
Personal profile
Dr Jamie Roche is a Lecturer in Robotics and Automation in the Department of Mechatronic Engineering at ATU Sligo’s School of Engineering and Design and a visiting researcher at Loughborough University London. Before coming to ATU, Jamie was a research fellow at Loughborough University London, working on the Multimodal Imitation Learning in Multi-Agent Environments (MIMIc) project funded by the EPSRC, supported by Chelsea Football Club and Toyota. Jamie holds a PhD, for which he was awarded the Wolfson studentship by Loughborough University, and a M.Sc. in digital technologies from Loughborough University London. Before moving to London, Jamie worked as a Consulting Forensic Engineer and an expert witness for the Irish Courts for seven years with Denis Wood & Associates. During his time with Denis Wood & Associates, Jamie undertook a professional diploma in Accident Investigation. In 2008, Jamie graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an M.Sc. in Bioengineering. Before undertaking his Bioengineering degree, Jamie worked as a project engineer with Irish Rail, a Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Engineer with Help International (NGO) and a graduate Engineer at Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals. In 2002 Jamie graduated from Dublin City University with a B.Eng. in Mechatronics, and in 2000 Jamie was awarded a Dip.Eng. in Process Instrumentation and Control Systems from Institute Technology Carlow. His research interests are sensor data fusion, free space detection, human activity recognition, social scene understanding, modelling of multi-agent systems with application to intelligent mobility, path planning and sports analytics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Engineering and technology, PhD, Multimodal Machine Learning For Intelligent Mobility, Loughborough University
16 Sep 2016 → 16 Dec 2019
Award Date: 21 Jun 2022
Engineering and technology, Master, Digital Technologies , Loughborough University
1 Sep 2015 → 1 Sep 2016
Award Date: 15 Dec 2016
Engineering and technology, Diploma, Accident Investigation , Northwestern University
1 Sep 2009 → 1 Nov 2010
Award Date: 2 Dec 2009
Engineering and technology, Master, Bioengineering , Trinity College Dublin
1 Sep 2007 → 1 Sep 2008
Award Date: 13 Feb 2009
Engineering and technology, Bachelor, Mechatronics , Dublin City University
1 Sep 0200 → 1 Sep 2002
Award Date: 2 Nov 2002
Engineering and technology, Diploma, Instrumentation and Control, South East Technology University
1 Sep 1997 → 1 Jun 2000
Award Date: 29 Jun 2000
External positions
Visiting Researcher , Loughborough University
1 Jun 2021 → …
IEEE, IEEE
1 Sep 2018 → …
Engineers Ireland, Engineers Ireland
1 Sep 2002 → …
Keywords
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
- TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
- Intelligent Mobility
- Robotics
- Control
- TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
- Machine Vision
- Computer Vision
- Instrumentation
Name of Affiliated ATU Research Unit
- MISHE - Mathematical Modelling and Intelligent Systems for Health & Environment
- PEM - Precision Engineering Materials and Manufacturing Centre