Cathal Hoare is a postdoctoral researcher in the Data Management and Analytics area of I-Form and is based in UL. Mr Hoare is a graduate of Computer Science at University College Cork. He has worked for several companies, including multinationals and start-ups, working on data management solutions in domains ranging from telecoms to commercial analytics. On returning to academia, Mr Hoare has worked on both SFI and Horizon 2020 funded projects, working to build both data integration and high volume high velocity data management solutions.

Additive manufacturing is dependent on a wide variety of data sources, including those that describe the design of a part to be printed, configuration of a print process, management of the build and quality assessment information. This data is produced quickly and in large volumes. The data is used for a variety of purposes, including real time anomaly detection and post print quality analysis. Mr Hoare’s research interests include developing software systems to collect, manage and provide these data in a timely and secure manner.