Professor Mark Thomas Gerard Keane (Irish: Marcus Ó Cathain; born 3 July 1961 in Dublin, Ireland) is a cognitive scientist whose work spans cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.[5,1,2,3,4] He is the author of several books on human cognition and artificial intelligence, including Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook (8 editions, with Michael Eysenck), Advances in the Psychology of Thinking (1992, with Ken Gilhooly), Novice Programming Environments (1992/2018, with Marc Eisenstadt and Tim Rajan), Advances in Case-Based Reasoning (1995, with J-P Haton and Michel Manago), and Case-Based Reasoning: Research & Development (2022, with N Wiratunga).[5,1,2,3,4] Keane has been affiliated with University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Cardiff University, the Open University, and Queen Mary, University of London. His research includes analogical problem solving (documented in a 1987 Trinity College Dublin catalogue entry at https://library.catalogue.tcd.ie/record=b12671422~S7), with photo documentation from 2014 (ProfMKeane.png).
Education
Keane received a B.A. in Psychology from University College Dublin in 1982.[6] He then received a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin in 1987.[7] He subsequently moved to postdoctoral positions at Queen Mary University of London and the Open University.
Academic career
Keane was a Lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff University, later becoming a lecturer in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin in 1990 and a fellow in 1994.[6,8] In 1998, he moved to University College Dublin to become Chair of Computer Science. In 2006, he was seconded to Science Foundation Ireland as Director of ICT, overseeing a $700m research investment, and advised the Irish Government on its 3.7B euro Strategy for Science, Technology & Innovation (SSTI). From 2006 to 2007, he served as Director General of Science Foundation Ireland before returning to University College Dublin, where he was appointed VP of Innovation & Partnerships (2007-2009).
Keane's research has been split between cognitive science and computer science. His cognitive science research has explored analogy, metaphor, conceptual combination, and similarity. His work in computer science has encompassed natural language processing, machine learning, case-based reasoning, text analytics, and explainable artificial intelligence. He has served as a PI in the Science Foundation Ireland-funded Insight Centre for Data Analytics working on digital journalism and digital humanities. More recently, he was deputy director of the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, exploring precision agriculture in the dairy sector.
External links
External links include the SiliconRepublic.com article "The Keane Edge", Google Scholar, and Eysenck & Keane (2020). Additional links include UCD Appoints Keane as VP, VistaMilk Keane PI, and the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre.
