He is also a Research Associate with the National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG) in Maynooth University. He was previously a Science Foundation Ireland funded Research Fellow at IBM Research. His research focus includes location-based services, user profiling, geovisual analysis, smart transport, smart city technology and urban dynamics. Gavin has an extensive publication record including edited books, book chapters, articles and research papers. He has been a keynote speaker at several international conferences and institutes and has received several grants from National and European Funding agencies to support collaboration with researchers in academia and industry.