More academic info available in my CV below and on LinkedIn
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 Education/Professional
- April 2008 - present
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Assistive Technology for People with Limited English in the Patient-Doctor Scenario, Dublin City University, Ireland
- October 2004 - April 2008
PhD researcher in Dublin City University, Ireland
- October 2000 - June 2004
First Class Honours B.Sc. in Applied Computational Linguistics from Dublin City University, 2nd in class
- September 1995 - June 2000
St Finian's Community College, Swords, Co. Dublin
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Achievements
- March 2009
Thesis chosen to represent CNGL in the inter-CSET Thesis Award Competition.
- September 2008
Runner-up in the 2008 Localisation Research Centre (LRC) Best Thesis Award for my PhD thesis
- October 2007
Special Mention for my poster 'Combining Data-Driven Systems for Improved Sign Language Translation' at the 4th IBM CAS Software and Systems Engineering Symposium.
- July 2007
Google Europe Anita Borg Women in Computing Scholarship Finalist
- June 2007, 2006, 2005
Women's Mini Marathon, Dublin
- October 2006 - present
Gaisce, the President's Award Gold Medal
- March 2006
Irish Independent Interview Interviewed for Graduate Report article in Graduate Education Supplement of The Irish Independent Newspaper
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Interests
- Yoga
I am passionate about yoga as both a practice and a way of life. See my yoga website. I hold multiple yoga training certificates and teach various classes in both Dublin and Kildare:
January - February 2011
Yoga for Pregnancy with Yoga Therapy Ireland
- September 2008 - October 2010
Introductory Level Teacher Training in Iyengar Yoga with the Iyengar Yoga Association
- September 2006 - June 2007
Postgraduate Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Therapy Ireland
- October 2005 - January 2010
Yoga Therapy Certificates in Yoga for Arthritis, Back Conditions, Stress-related Conditions, Heart Conditions, and Respiratory Conditions with YTTC in Lisburn. And Yoga for Women's Health, and Yoga for the Immune System with the YTTC Dublin.
- September 2004 - December 2005
Diploma in Yoga Teaching with Yoga Therapy and Training Centre (YTTC)
I teach classes in DCU for the DCU Yoga Club where I was chairperson between 2004 and 2007 and I also teach yoga to the GAA Academy players in DCU. I have begun training for the Iyengar Assocation Introductory Level Teaching Certificate and intend to continue progressing through the Iyengar training courses. I frequently attend yoga workshops and classes to further advance my yogic understanding and life. At some stage I intend to open my own yoga studio, in the meantime I'm just dreaming about it ;)
- Other stuff
Vegetarianism, knitting, baking, homebirth, having Beagles, Argentine Tango...
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Curriculum Vitae
Academic CV (this is ooooooold now, so needs updating!)
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