Aaron Flannagan

Aaron Flannagan is a first-year PhD student in the school of computer science at the National University of Galway (NUIG), where he is supervised by Dr. Frank Glavin. His research is in the field of Data Synthesis and Deep Learning which is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence machine learning that is concerned with the tools and techniques of data augmentation, automatic learning, and predictive modelling. Aaron holds an MSc. in Artificial Intelligence from NUIG where his thesis was focused on the semantic segmentation of the skin layer boundaries in nano and standard Optical Coherence Tomography finger tissue scans prior to joining the CRT-AI funded PhD programme, Aaron worked as a software developer and devops engineer in SAP, while obtaining his MSc part-time over two years. The core projects he focused on were concerned with the tracking and tracing of pharmaceuticals, systems integration for a drug ordering management portal, and full-scale network and API development for financial institutions. 

Supervisor: Dr. Frank Glavin