Oisin Cawley

I am currently a doctoral researcher with Lero – The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at the University of Limerick.
My supervisors are: Dr. Ita Richardson and Dr. Xiaofeng Wang.

I joined Lero in spetember 2009 having worked for the previous 17 years in industry.
During that time I worked in several companies, with my most recent role being manager of a globally distributed IT development and support team operating under SOX regulations. Most of my background is in the area of supply chain management and systems in US multinationals with a strong focus on technology companies.
My professional profile can be found on Linked In.

Research

My research interests are in the area of Lean and Agile Software Development Methodologies, particularly within globally distributed and regulated environments. My thesis research is on Lean Software Development and its applicability within the Medical Device domain.

Other research interests include:

• Software development within safety-critical domains
• Medical device technology innovation
• Mobile health technology
• Effective software engineering teaching methods

Publications

• Cawley, O, Richardson, I, 2010. Lessons In Global Software Development – Local To Global Transition Within A Regulated Environment (European Conference on Software Process Improvement 2010, Grenoble, France.)
• Cawley, O, Richardson, I, Wang, X, 2011. Lean/Agile Software Development Methodologies In Regulated Environments – State of the art (International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems 2010, Helsinki, Finland.)
• Cawley, O, Wang, X, Richardson, I, 2011. Medical Device Software Development – A Perspective From a Lean Manufacturing Plant (International Conference on Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination in Software, Systems Engineering and Service Management SPICE 2011, Dublin, Ireland.)
• Wang, X, Conboy, K, Cawley, O. 2011 “Leagile” Software Development: An Experience Report Analysis of the Application of Lean Approaches in Agile Software Development. The Journal of Systems and Software. Special issue on: “Towards a unified view of agile software development”(ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION)

Presentations/Posters

• The Exploration of Lean Software Development Within The Medical Device Industry (Doctoral Consortium and Poster session in the International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems. October 2010, Helsinki, Finland) presentation
• Lean Software Development within the Medical-Device Industry. (Lero Doctoral symposium in Athlone, Oct 2011)
• A Lean Software Development Methodology For The Medical Device Industry (Thesis in Three competition, Mansion House Dublin, Nov 2011)

Teaching

• 2009 Autumn – University of Limerick
  • Teaching Assistant for CS4211 – Computer Organisation
• 2010 Autumn – University of Limerick
  • Teaching Assistant for EE4511 – Digital systems
• 2011 Spring – University of Limerick
  • Teaching Assistant for CS4012 – Representation and Modelling

Guest Lecturer

• 2010 Summer – University of Limerick
  • Diploma in Supply Chain Management (Information Technology)

• 2012 Spring – University of Limerick
  • Information and Decision Support Systems in the Supply Chain

Other Interests

• Lero Outreach Activities (www.lero.ie/educationoutreach)
  • Lero Representative at the BT Young Scientist Competition 2010
    (Science Foundation Ireland exhibition stand)
  • Lero Representative at the BT Young Scientist Competition 2011
    (Science Foundation Ireland exhibition stand)
• Promoting Computing in Schools (Scratch Promoter www.scratch.ie)
• Regional Scratch Judge (Scratch competition for Irish Schools 2010
• National Scratch Judge (Scratch competition for Irish Schools 2010) in Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin
• Regional Scratch Judge (Scratch competition for Irish Schools 2011)
• National Scratch Judge (Scratch competition for Irish Schools 2011) in Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin

Contact

Oisín Cawley
Lero – The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
Department of Computer Science & Information Systems
University of Limerick, Ireland
Email: oisin.cawley at lero.ie
Tel: +353-61-202712