Brenda Mullally completed a PhD by research, Waterford Institute of Technology, 2010
BSc (Hons) Commercial Software Development, Waterford Institute of Technology, 2000
BSc (Ord) Hotel Management, Cathal Brugha St, Dublin Institute of Technology, 1995
WIT Career Experience
Since 2003 she has lectured in the Department of Computing in Waterford Institute of Technology. She is involved in the supervision of undergraduate projects & postgraduate dissertations. Brenda is joint programme leader on the Bachelor of Science Software Development and Artificial Intelligence degrees. She lectures on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School of Science in the following subject areas:
Relational Databases, Data Analytics, and Data Science.
Brenda currently teaches at undergraduate and higher diploma levels. These different student groups require flexibility and variation in teaching style and the delivery of content. Brenda utilizes elearning modes of teaching to support the lecture material. All lecture and lab content are available online, with quizzes and interactive learning tools used to support the students.
She has been involved in the development of many programmes in the department of computing. Most recently the BSc in Software Development and Artificial Intelligence. Brenda specializes in the data science area, developing modules in relational databases, data analytics essentials, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Brenda’s PhD investigated the socialization tactics used in virtual information systems development teams.
Publications:
Mullally, B. & Stapleton, L. (2006) 'The Socialisation of Virtual, Teams: Implications for Information Systems Development (ISD)', Proceedings of the International Conference in Information Systems Development, Sweden, Springer.
Mullally, B. & Stapleton, L. (2008) 'Methodology Usage by Virtual Information Systems Development Teams', In Barry, C., Lang, M., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, G., Wrycza, S., & Zupancic, J. (eds) (2008) The Inter-Networked World: ISD Theory, Practice, and Education. Springer-Verlag: New York, ISBN 978-0387304038 r.
After graduating with an Honours degree in commercial software development Brenda worked as a database programmer for Honeywell Application Services. There she gained experience in analysis, design and implementation of database and data warehouse solutions. She also completed professional training in requirements engineering, six sigma green belt, project management and Oracle certification in PL/SQL, PL/SQL advanced and database administration.
