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Astérix and the Historical Interpretation
Introduction The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well not entirely! One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium… And especially…
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Professorships: Academic Trajectory and Tips for Applicants
In June 2019, I received informal word that I was to be promoted to a Personal Professorship in Electronic Engineering at the National University of Ireland Galway, with the formal letter coming in early July. The promotion process as a whole has become a lot more transparent in recent years,…
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TechInnovate’s 2018 in Review
It was another great year for TechInnovate at NUI Galway… Here is a review of our 2018 activities in the areas of entrepreneurship education and technology innovation! We kicked off our €1M STARTED Project in January to teach researchers how to create startups, funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances programme.…
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My Curriculum Vitæ/Résumé Template for Researchers/Academics using LaTeX
A few years ago, I decided to make the jump from Word to LaTeX for creating my academic research curriculum vitæ (résumé). There were various reasons for this: a more professional-looking style, better control, and being able to more easily include a reusable BiBTeX bibliography, given that many of the…
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Call for TechInnovate Vertical Farming and Connected Health Teams in 2017/2018
We are inviting professionals to apply for our 2017/2018 TechInnovate Entrepreneurship Fellowships at NUI Galway. TechInnovate is a ten-month stipend-supported programme that teaches professionals the entrepreneurial skills required to develop innovation-driven enterprises. This year’s domains are Vertical Farming and Connected Health (the latter is being run in conjunction with our sister programme BioInnovate Ireland). Two interdisciplinary teams will find unmet needs…
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“Encouragement needs to be shown for STEM in both men and women”
On Monday, I was interviewed by Keith Finnegan on Galway Bay FM about the Science Apprentice book series. I contributed to the fourth book in the series, ‘Computers and Data’, which is out this Saturday, November 19, as part of Science Week. KF: “You’re really bringing it down to the younger people.” JB: “I think…
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Galway Scientist Contributes to New Children’s Book Series
A Galway researcher is hoping a new series of children’s books will encourage more young people to consider a career in science and technology. NUI Galway lecturer Dr John Breslin is one of a number of high-profile scientists from Ireland who have come together to produce a series of five…
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Government Linked Data Goes With George Thomas
Creative Commons image of the mural in Peru’s Temple of the Sun is from https://www.flickr.com/photos/anntatti/3012766802/. When writing about a person’s significant achievements, it would be so much better if the person themselves could hear the good things you were saying about them. Unfortunately, the person I am writing about, George Thomas, passed…
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