Seán Martin

Co. Dublin · Ireland martins7@tcd.ie

I am a keen mathematician and computer scientist, currently a research assistant in Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and a PhD candidate.


Experience

Research Assistant

Trinity College Dublin

I am working with the neuroscience department, bringing my maths and computing skills to the team. This involves myriad responsibilities, including developing data analysis tools, creating a python application with a GUI for the analysis, and programming microcontrollers for experiments.

I have also developed an experiment in Unreal Engine 4 for the Science Gallery Dublin to investigate the relationship between humans and digital humans in a virtual reality setting. In addition, I have presented a paper on deep learning at the GRAPP 2019 conference, and I chaired a session on rendering at the conference.

September 2018 - Present

Teaching Assistant

Trinity College Dublin

During my mathematics degree, I corrected assignments in a Fields, Rings, and Modules course and a Linear Algebra course. I also demonstrated for Real Time Animation after my master’s degree. The experience has helped me to develop confidence in my work and improved my ability to explain topics in a clear and concise manner.

January 2016 - Present

Analyst

Deutsche Bank Service Centre

Summer internship at the DataLab in Dublin. I was handling large volumes of company data, and learnt multiple techniques for data loading, cleaning, and analysis. My duties included performing extract, transform, and load operations on data, creating visualisations with Python, and documenting Datalab processes.

June 2016 - September 2016

Shop Assistant

Temple Bar Trading Company

Improved my communication skills by interacting with management and customers during this summer position.

June 2015 - August 2015

Education

Trinity College Dublin

Master of Science - Computer Science
First Class Honours in the Graphics and Vision Technologies strand.
September 2017 - September 2018

Trinity College Dublin

Bachelor of Arts (Mod.) - Mathematics
First Class Honours.
September 2013 - June 2017

Skerries Community College

Leaving Certificate

Obtained 600 points with A1's in Maths, Applied Maths, Physics, and Technology, an A2 in History, and a B1 in English.

September 2008 - June 2013

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Continuous integration
  • Testing & Debugging
  • Solution
  • Agile Development & Scrum

Interests

I enjoy playing video games, doing development in my free time, and running dungeons and dragons games. I am also trying to get back into a regular schedule at the gym.


Awards & Certifications

  • Gold Medal - Trinity College Dublin 2017
  • 1st Llyod Exhibition - Trinity College Dublin 2016
  • Hamilton prize - Royal Irish Academy 2016
  • Minchin prize - Trinity College Dublin 2016
  • 2nd Townsend Memorial Prize - Trinity College Dublin 2014
  • Entrance Exhibition - Trinity College Dublin 2013