I had been planning on touring Eastern Europe earlier in the year – had it all mapped out, from Croatia to Estonia, but was forced to come to terms with the fact that I just couldn’t afford it. So I’m pleased to get the chance to attend the the 5th International Symposium on Parallel [...]
Dvorak writes about another podcasting lecturer, this one from Bradford University in England:
Students will ask questions about lectures via text message, which will be answered in Dr Ashraf’s blog.
The lecturer has also been putting his appointment times online so students can check if he is available or book a meeting without coming into the university.
I’m [...]
Five years since I walked in through that big old stone building with the ogham stones and the statue of the ringwraiths. Hopefully I won’t have to be back for any repeats in the autumn, but who cares… I’m going to go to sleep now and when I wake up I WILL BE [...]
Its that time of year again when the UCC library heaves with the desperate sighs of students in the strangling grip of pre-exam panic. In May I avoid the library like the plague… an apt metaphor perhaps, considering the pathogens that may be festering in the stagnant, fetid air within – the collective breath [...]
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 I posted a few days ago about some of the projects that I found interesting at the UCC Open Day for Computer Science fourth year projects. The one which I expected to see more of in the future was Mark O’Brien’s project on the algorithmic composition of music. He has sent on some [...]
Despite having just two hours sleep last night, today was very enjoyable thanks to the fourth year projects on display at the UCC Computer Science Open Day.
My own project was an Ad-hoc Network Management System, designing and implementing a protocol for wireless ad-hoc networks, independent of IP, with a service-oriented naming scheme. As wireless-enabled [...]
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