Prof. Andrew Mccarren

Andrew McCarren is currently a Professor and Head of School in the School of Computing in the faculty of Engineering and Computing. Andrew is also a Principal Investigator in the Rinn AI Centre. His primary research interests are in the application of Data Analytics and Data Mining techniques in Fintech, Agriculture, Food, ED Tech, Health and Human Performance, and is currently the PI on a number of SFI and EI awarded projects. Andrew has extensive industry experience during his 20 years in the Agri, Electronic Engineering and Pharmaceutical industries, and continues to consult with many industry partners.

Andrew teaches on a number of post graduate and undergraduate programs in the School of Computing and has been a visiting professor in data science at the Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests

Andrew McCarren is a Professor in the DCU's School of Computing and is a Principal investigator in the Rinn AI Centre. Andrew's research interests are in the application of Data Analytics in the areas of Human Performance, Software Engineering, Fintech and Agtech.

Teaching Interests

I am a committed educationalist and see both my research, teaching, industry experience and collaborations as important vehicles to extend knowledge, development and understanding. As an educationalist, I nurture and lead students through their studies and I believe the learning cycle usually works best when students can apply their course work to real life examples. Where possible, I simulate real world environments through team work and continuous feedback. In the modern world of computer science and the augmented human, this helps students understand how they impact the world around them and as part of this process I continually re-enforce my four core pillars in the material I disseminate to my classes:

Introducing new concepts and how they link to other fields.
Team/Group work and team spirit.
Understanding the economic and social impact of learning and applying new technologies.
Understanding their role in the big picture.