Information
Membership Number: FCA3321
Membership Type: Fellowship
Division: Mathematics and Information Sciences
Corresponding Email: *****smeaton@dcu.ie
Homepage(s): https://www.computing.dcu.ie/~asmeaton/
Present and Previous Positions
Present / Recent Appointments
Appointed Member, Government of Ireland Advisory Council on AI (2024–2026).
Full Professor, School of Computing, Dublin City University (1997–Present).
Visiting Professor, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia (2023–2025).
Selected Leadership Roles (Dublin City University)
Head of School of Computing (1999–2002; 2019–2020).
Dean of Faculty (2000–2002).
Founding Director, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University (2013–2018).
Deputy Director, CLARITY SFI Centre for Sensor Web Technologies (2007–2012).
Previous Academic Appointments
Senior Lecturer, Dublin City University (1992–1997).
Lecturer, Dublin City University (then NIHE, Dublin) (1987–1992).
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Professor Alan Smeaton is Emeritus Full Professor of Computing at Dublin City University and Founding Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. A PhD graduate of University College Dublin, he is a scholar in Artificial Intelligence and multimedia information retrieval. His major research achievements include co-founding TRECVid, the standard for video search benchmarking, and pioneering work in lifelogging and wearable sensors for health and wellness applications. An IEEE Fellow and Royal Irish Academy member and Gold Medal winner, he has authored over 700 publications, significantly advancing the field of digital video processing.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
Awards and Recognition (Selected)
Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) (Aug 2023).
ACM SIGMM Award for Outstanding Technical Contributions to Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (2022).
Principal Fellow, AdvanceHE (Higher Education Academy) (2021).
Fellow, IEEE (2017).
Mark Everingham Prize (joint award) (2018).
Niwa-Takayanagi Prize, Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (ITE), Japan (joint award) (May 2017).
Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal for Engineering Sciences (Feb 2016).
Shortlisted, Irish Software Association — Outstanding Academic Achievement (2015).
Member, Royal Irish Academy (elected May 2013).
Tony Kent Strix Award (2011) — UK eInformation Group.
University President’s Research Award (Sciences & Engineering) (2002); DCU Educational Trust Leadership Circle Award (2009).
Major Leadership & Governance
Chair, ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia (ACM SIGMM) (2017–2021).
Co-Founding Director, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University (DCU) (2013–2017).
Founding Coordinator, TRECVid — International Benchmarking Evaluation Campaign on Information Retrieval from Digital Video (run by NIST, USA) (2001–2019).
Board Member, Irish Research Council (Ministerial appointments) (2012–2015; 2015–2018).
Member, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Inaugural Scientific Committee (2015–2018).
Chair, Royal Irish Academy Engineering and Computer Sciences Committee (2014–2018).
Principal Investigator & Deputy Director, CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies (2008–2013).
Board Member, HEA Committee on Graduate Research and Education (2012–2017).
Founding Director, Centre for Digital Video Processing (1999–2008).
Member, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (2011–2012).
Editorial Service (Selected)
Founding Editorial Board Member, ACM Journal on Computers and Cultural Heritage (2006–2015).
Editorial Board Member, Information Retrieval Journal (1998–2007).
Editorial Board Member, International Journal on Digital Libraries (2002–2011).
Founding Editorial Board Member, Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval (2006–2014).
Selected Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o7xnW2MAAAAJ
Other Information
Smeaton-CV.pdf