August 15, 2018

Creating a tool to help answer yes/no questions in Irish, a language without words for "yes" or "no"

I had the pleasure of spending a couple of months this summer interning at the ADAPT Centre in Dublin City University, working with the GaelTech team of Dr. Teresa Lynn and PhD candidates Abigail Walsh and Meghan Dowling, on resources and tools for Irish language

April 11, 2018

Kattis problem Pivot: Incrementally improving the performance of a python script, until nothing makes sense anymore

I have been doing a lot of competitive programming problems on Kattis lately. It is my favourite online judge, and I have been enjoying my climb up the Irish scoreboard in an attempt to regain my former glory of first place. In particular, today I

March 28, 2018

My performance at the Student Battle Dev Season 11

I had a lot of fun yesterday evening competing in the 11th edition of the #battledev competition. I hadn't taken part before, but decided it might be worth checking out what competitions happen beyond Ireland's shores, and a French friend recommended this one. The competition

March 11, 2018

In 2018, we finally won the IrlCPC

The Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC) is an annual programming competition hosted in University College Cork. I have attended the IrlCPC before, finishing second in 2016 and third in 2017, delighted both times. This year, there were seven problems on the list, roughly arranged in

February 03, 2018

HackTrinity CTF Solutions

This week I took part in the HackTrinity CTF. It was my first CTF, but by the end of the week I managed to get all the flags. I think I may have been the second person to do it :) Following is my solutions to