Adam Callaghan

Adam Callaghan is a first-year PhD student in the Information Technology department in the National University of Ireland Galway, where he is supervised by Dr. Patrick Mannion and Dr. Karl Mason. His research is in the field of Theoretical Evolutionary Deep Reinforcement Learning which is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence that is concerned with developing genetical algorithms in the domain of Deep Reinforcement models. He holds an honours BSc in Mathematics and Applied mathematics. His final year project was on Differential Geometry and focused on Vector Bundles, sections and Connections.  He also holds a higher diploma in Data Analytics from the National University of Ireland Galway, where he undertook a research paper in Classical Machine learning and Artificial Neural Networks for use in Credit Card Fraud Detection. Prior to joining the CRT-AI funded PhD programme, He was involved in a research internship on the multidisciplinary “Safeplan” project in collaboration with the National University of Ireland Galway. The project aimed to offer a new mobile application providing help for individuals with suicidal intentions through the use of break-point analysis and machine learning techniques. In his/her spare time He enjoys hanging out with friends playing soccer and video games. 

Supervisor : Dr. Patrick Mannion and Dr. Karl Mason.