Mark Keane (cognitive scientist)

Mark Thomas Gerard Keane (Irish: Marcus Ó Cathain, born 3 July 1961, Dublin, Ireland) is a cognitive scientist and author of several books on human cognition and artificial intelligence, including Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook (8 editions, with Michael Eysenck),^[1] Advances in the Psychology of Thinking (1992, with Ken Gilhooly),^[2] Novice Programming Environments (1992/2018, with Marc Eisenstadt and Tim Rajan),^[3] Advances in Case-Based Reasoning (1995, with J-P Haton and Michel Manago).,^[4] Case-Based Reasoning: Research & Development (2022, with N Wiratunga).^[5]

Prof Mark Keane
Keane, 2014
Born	(1961-07-03) 3 July 1961 (age 63) Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater	University College Dublin Trinity College Dublin
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Science Artificial Intelligence
Institutions	University College Dublin Trinity College Dublin Cardiff University Open University Queen Mary, University of London
Thesis	Analogical problem solving (1987)

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 then moved to postdoctoral positions in Queen Mary University of London and the Open University.

Academic career

He was a Lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff University.^[6] He became a lecturer in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin in 1990, and became a fellow in 1994.^[8] Keane moved to become Chair of Computer Science at University College Dublin in 1998.^[6] In 2006, he was seconded to Science Foundation Ireland as Director of ICT, overseeing on a $700m research investment. He advised the Irish Government on its 3.7B euro Strategy for Science, Technology & Innovation (SSTI). From 2006 to 2007, he was 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 been in analogy, metaphor, conceptual combination and similarity. His computer science research has been in natural language processing, machine learning, case-based reasoning, text analytics and explainable artificial intelligence. He has been 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 that is exploring precision agriculture in the dairy sector.

References

1. Eysenck, M. W., & Keane, M. T. (2020). Cognitive psychology: A student's handbook. Routledge: London.
2. Keane, M. T., & Gilhooly, K. J. (Eds.). (1992). Advances in the Psychology of Thinking. Harvester Wheatsheaf.
3. Eisenstadt, M., Keane, M. T., & Rajan, T. (Eds.). (2018). Novice Programming Environments: Explorations in Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. Routledge.
4. Haton, J. P., Keane, M., & Manago, M. (Eds.). (1995). Advances in Case-Based Reasoning: Second European Workshop, EWCBR-94, Chantilly, France, 7–10 November 1994. Selected Papers. Springer. ISBN 9783540603641
5. Keane, M.T & Wiratunga, N. (Eds.). (2022). Case-Based Reasoning: Research & Development, ICCBR-22, Nancy, France, 12–15 September 2022. Springer.
6. "Mark Keane". www.ucd.ie. University College Dublin. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
7. Sherlock, D.J.M. (2006). Trinity College Record Volume 2006. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Press. ISBN 1-871408-07-5.
8. Dublin University Calendar for the year 1997-8. 1997.

External links

• SiliconRepublic.com article "The Keane Edge"
• Google Scholar
• VistaMilk Keane PI
• Eysenck & Keane (2020)
• UCD Appoints Keane as VP
• VistaMilk SFI Research Centre