Keith is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Enterprise Computing and Digital Transformation in TU
Dublin. Keith's' primary area of research is in Computer Science Education (with an emphasis on inclu-
sion) which spans third, second and primary levels. The main focus of Keith's' research at third level
(including my PhD) was the early identification of students who were at risk of failing or dropping out
of Computer Science (using machine learning techniques), as well as interventions to try and reduce
attrition rates. Keith's' research also focuses on gender and inclusion, with an aim to reduce stereotypes
and promote the Computer Science discipline across all levels of education. Keith's primary area of
teaching is in Software Development, (CS1 and CS2) and Applied Machine Learning with Artificial
Intelligence. Keith is the program coordinator of TU862 Computing with AI and ML undergraduate.
Keith has also developed, delivered and coordinated a wide range of other modules. To complement
Keith's' Computer Science Education research at third level, Keith has also been significantly involved in
primary and second level Computer Science Education, from the Governmental level to formal and
informal teacher professional development, to leading a large-scale national, primary and second
level Computer Science outreach and research programme (http://CSinc.ie)
Keith completed his PhD in Maynooth University in 2018, in the department of computer science,
under the supervison of Dr. Susan Bergin.
The research is titled:
Predicting and Improving Success in Introductory Programming Courses
and spanned multiple topics:
Predicting student success early in intorductory programming courses using machine learning and artificial
intelligence techniques, interventions to reduce attrition in introductory programming courses and insights on gender differences.
All of Keith's publications on this research can be found
here.
In 2010 Keith completed a postgraduate diploma in education, in University College Cork.
Keith holds a honours bachelors degree in computer science and software engineering from
Maynooth University, completed in 2008.
Keith was also a secondary school (and further education) teacher for 7 years.
This was in St Conleth's Community College, in Newbridge, Co Kildare.
Keith is also a part time software developer in webuildweb.