Prof Edward Jones holds the BE degree in Electronic Engineering (First Class Honours), and the PhD degree in Electronic Engineering, both from National University of Ireland Galway. His PhD research topic was on the development of computational auditory models for speech processing. He is currently a Personal Professor in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at NUI Galway. From June 2010 to December 2016, he served as Vice-Dean of the College of Engineering & Informatics, with responsibility for Performance, Planning and Strategy.  He also has a number of years of industrial experience in senior positions, in both indigenous start-up and multinational companies. From 1996 to 1997, he was with Toucan Technology Ltd. where he was responsible for the development of DSP algorithms for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modems, while from 2000 to 2001, he held the position of  Leader, DSP Development, in the Access Products Division of PMC-Sierra Inc. with responsibility for algorithm development for the company’s symmetric DSL (SDSL and SHDSL) modem technology. He also represented Toucan Technology and PMC-Sierra on international telecommunications standardisation groups ANSI T1E1.4 and ETSI TM6. From 2001 to 2002, he was Senior DSP Architect with Innovada Ltd., developing embedded voice-band modem technology, and from 2002 to 2003, he worked as a consultant for Duolog Technologies Ltd, on Wireless LAN PHY development. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland.

Publications

2025

Brophy, Tim, Deegan, Brian, Geever, Diarmaid, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Molloy, Dara, Ward, Enda. 2025. A Study on the Impact of Rain on Object Detection for Automotive Applications. IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, PP, 1-17. doi: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3566251.
Brophy, Tim, Cormican, Robert, Deegan, Brian, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Ward, Enda. 2025. The Impact of Rain on Image Quality From Sensors on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, 6, 632-646. doi: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3525853.
Brophy, Tim, Collins, Fiachra, Deegan, Brian, Delaney, Ethan, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Ward, Enda. 2025. Evaluating Event-Based Vision Sensing in Rain and Fog. IEEE Sensors Journal, 25, 31545-31562. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2025.3584460.
Brophy, Tim, Deegan, Brian, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Parsi, Ashkan, Ward, Enda. 2025. Analysis of the Impact of Rain on Perception in Automated Vehicle Applications. IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, PP, 1-16. doi: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3553718.

2024

Clancy, Joseph, Deegan, Brian, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciar{~A}{textexclamdown}n, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Ward, Enda. 2024. Wireless Access for V2X Communications: Research, Challenges and Opportunities. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 1-1. doi: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3384132.
Deegan, Brian, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Lin, Hao, Mullins, Darragh, Parsi, Ashkan, Ward, Enda. 2024. A Study on Data Selection for Object Detection in Various Lighting Conditions for Autonomous Vehicles. Journal of Imaging, 10, 153. doi: 10.3390/jimaging10070153.
Collins, Fiachra, Deegan, Brian, Denny, Patrick, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Lin, Hao, Molloy, Dara, Mullins, Darragh, Ward, Enda. 2024. Optimizing Camera Exposure Time for Automotive Applications. Sensors, 24, 5135. doi: 10.3390/s24165135.
Brophy, Tim, Deegan, Brian, Geever, Diarmaid, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Molloy, Dara. 2024. ISP Tuning for Improved Image Quality in Machine Vision. In: Electronic Imaging. doi: 10.2352/EI.2024.36.9.IQSP-257.
Cahill, J, Deegan, B, Glavin, M, Jones, E, Molly, D, Mullins, D, Ward, E. 2024. The Influence of Bayer Demosaic Algorithms on Spatiotemporal Frequency Response Measurements. IEEE Access. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3491413.
Glavin, Martin, Henry, Fergal, Jones, Edward, Parsi, Ashkan. 2024. Impact of Mask Type as Training Target for Speech Intelligibility and Quality in Cochlear-Implant Noise Reduction. Sensors, 24, 6614. doi: 10.3390/s24206614.
Deegan, Brian, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Li, Jiarong, Shah, Imad Ali, Ward, Enda. 2024. Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Perception in Autonomous Driving Scenarios: Benchmarking Baseline Semantic Segmentation Models. In: 2024 14th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS). doi: 10.1109/WHISPERS65427.2024.10876494.
Byrne, Dallan, Crotty, Tom{'a}s, Glavin, Martin, Harkin, Sean J., Jones, Edward, Shanahan, Conor, Warren, John. 2024. Field-to-Field Coordinate-Based Segmentation Algorithm on Agricultural Harvest Implements. IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics, 2, 91-104. doi: 10.1109/TAFE.2024.3352480.
Clancy, Joseph, Deegan, Brian, Denny, Patrick, Glavin, Martin, Hassett, Sean, Jones, Edward, Leahy, James, Molloy, Dara, Ward, Enda. 2024. Evaluating the Feasibility of Intelligent Blind Road Junction V2I Deployments. Smart Cities, 7, 973{textendash}990. doi: 10.3390/smartcities7030041.

2023

Brian Deegan, Brophy, Tim, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Parsi, Ashkan, Ward, Enda. 2023. A Review of the Impact of Rain on Camera-Based Perception in Automated Driving Systems. IEEE Access, 11, 67040-67057. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3290143.
Brian Deegan, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Moreno, Esteban, Mullins, Darragh, Parsi, Ashkan, Ward, Enda. 2023. Pedestrian Crossing Intention Forecasting at Unsignalized Intersections Using Naturalistic Trajectories. Sensors, 23, 2773. doi: 10.3390/s23052773.
Brian Deegan, Clancy, Joseph, Denny, Patrick, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Ward, Enda. 2023. Investigating the Effect of Handover on Latency in Early 5G NR Deployments for C-V2X Network Planning. IEEE Access, 11. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3334162.
Brian Deegan, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Molloy, Dara, Mullins, Darragh, Ward, Enda. 2023. Impact of ISP Tuning on Object Detection. Journal of Imaging, 9, 260. doi: 10.3390/jimaging9120260.
Brian Deegan, Clancy, Joseph, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Ward, Enda. 2023. Feasibility Study of V2X Communications in Initial 5G NR Deployments. IEEE Access, 11, 75269-75284. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3296089.
Brian Deegan, Cahill, Jordan, Denny, Patrick, Eising, Ciaran, Glavin, Martin, Horgan, Jonathan, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Parsi, Ashkan, Ward, Enda. 2023. Exploring the Viability of Bypassing the Image Signal Processor for CNN-Based Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Access, 11, 42302-42313. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3270710.
Glavin, Martin, Henry, Fergal, Jones, Edward, Parsi, Ashkan. 2023. Experimental Investigation of Acoustic Features to Optimize Intelligibility in Cochlear Implants. Sensors, 23, 7553. doi: 10.3390/s23177553.

2022

Gilroy, Shane, Glavin, Martin, Jones, Edward, Mullins, Darragh, Parsi, Ashkan. 2022. E-Scooter Rider detection and classification in dense urban environments. Results in Engineering, 16, 100677. doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100677.