Name: Dr. Pio Fenton
Qualifications: BSc, PhD

Main Subject Areas

• Project Management
• Operations Management
• Statistics
• Quantitative Techniques
• Content Analysis
• Information Systems for Managers

Professional Experience

Lecturer in Computing (Cork Institute of Technology) 2001-2007

Post-Doctoral Informatics Engineer (Cork Institute of Technology) 2006-2007

Research Interests

• Teaching and Learning in a Business Context
• Project Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Management of Voluntary Organisations

School and Organisational Roles

• Co-ordinator Business Education and Teaching Research Group
• Departmental representative on School Research Review Panel
• Managing Business Projects (Executive Programme) Course Head

External Roles

• Director - Samaritans Cork (2010-2013)
• National Steering Committe Member Samaritans Ireland

Publications

P. Fenton, P. Walsh (2005)“A Comparison of Messy GA and Permutation Based GA for Job Shop Scheduling”, GECCO 2005 pp 1593-1594.

P. Fenton, P. Walsh (2004)“ “A High Throughput Computing Framework for JSP”, CEC 2004, Portland Oregon, IEEE 2004 pp 1554-1561.

P. Fenton, P. Walsh (2005)“ “An Examination of Seeding Levels and Mutation Rates for a Repeating Permutation based GA Applied to JSP” from Proceeding (481) Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (Benidorm)- 2005

P. Fenton, P. Walsh (2005)“ “Improving the Performance of the Repeating Permutation Representation Using Morphogenic Computation and Generalised Modified Order Crossover” - CEC2005 Edinborough, 2005, pp 1368-1375

P. Fenton, (2008) “Investigating the Role of the Project Manager in IS Projects” – Proc. Irish Academy of Management Conference, September 2008

P. Fenton, A. Adikahri, (2009)“Transforming The Software Business – The Characteristics of SaaS in Evolving Business Landscapes”

P. Fenton, C. Kirwan (2009), “Simulation in Education – Insights from Auditing and Project Management Delivery” – (Co-author Collette Kirwan)