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  • Making and Listening to Digital Music – From the past to the future

    Making and Listening to Digital Music – From the past to the future

    MIT Mullingar are delighted to announce that Dr. Joe Timoney of Maynooth University will be giving a presentation entitled “Making and Listening to Digital Music – From the past to the future” on Tuesday 14th March in the Annebrook House Hotel at 7:30pm.

    Topic Overview

    Mullingar has produced its share of famous musicians over the years such as Foster and Alan,Joe Dolan,The Aftermath,The Blizzards, and Niall Horan. Digital technology has brought many changes to music making and the listening experience. This talk will look at the history as it evolved from the 1980s and will introduce some of the technologies that have been predicted to become popular in the near future. The technical difficulties behind some of these will be discussed.

    This free talk is open to the public and is suitable for, Musicians, DJ’s,Songwriters,Bands, Recording artists, Event Managers, Sound Engineers, Music Students,Music Teachers and all Music lovers in general.

    Dr Joe Timoney

    Dr. Joe Timoney, a native of Mullingar, studied Electronic Engineering, completing his PhD in 1998. He joined the Dept. of Computer Science at NUI Maynooth in the following year. He teaches on undergraduate programs in Computer Science and in Music Technology. His research interests are based in the area of audio signal processing, with a focus on musical sound synthesis and the digital modelling of analogue subtractive synthesis. He has supervised a number of PhD students in the fields of Audio analysis and Digital Audio watermarking. Additionally, he has worked on EI innovation vouchers and a Commercialisation project on Watermarking. In 2003 he spent a 3 month research visit at ATR laboratory in Kyoto, Japan, and in 2010 made a research visit to the College of Computing at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He has developed a strong research collaboration with the Dept of Signal processing and Acoustics at Aalto university in Finland. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society. Alongside his academic work, he also is a keen DIY electronics enthusiast and has built a number of synthesizers and drum machines. He participated in last year’s Mini-Maker Faire as part of the NUI Maynooth team.

    Register to Attend (it’s FREE)

    This is a FREE event however to accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required. Tea/Coffee served afterwards sponsored by Mullingar Music Academy (Rochforts). Donations to help host future MIT events welcome.

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  • Hey guys, when’s the next event ?

    Hey guys, when’s the next event ?

    One of our MIT members recently asked this question and we thought we’d answer here on our blog.

    Q: Hey guys, when’s the next event ?

    Our Answer

    Hi Paul,

    Good question. We are toggling four upcoming events.

    1. Artificial Intelligence with IBM Watson – IBM speaker.
    2. Social Media – Trumping the opposition 🙂 – (various speakers/panel)
    3. Music in a digital age – University Lecturer
    4. Alternative Energy Developments in Mullingar – Local Visionary/Entrepreneur

    We are hoping to nail one of these for the next meetup either end Feb or more likely early March.

    If you have any suggestions I’d love to hear them….!

    Maybe I’d better post these upcoming topics to keep people updated

    Hope all is well.
    Regards,
    Tony

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  • Is Open Source Farming the next Agricultural Revolution?

    Is Open Source Farming the next Agricultural Revolution?

    MIT Mullingar are delighted to announce that Peter Mooney of Maynooth University will be giving a presentation entitled “Is Open Source Farming the next Agricultural Revolution?” on Tuesday 24th January in the Annebrook House Hotel at 7:30pm.

    Topic Overview

    Today the smartphones in our pockets and tablets on our desks have computational and communication abilities that could not have been even imagined 15 or 20 years ago. The Internet is everywhere. Communications and connectivity among people and systems are found everywhere from our cars to our TVs. But what do these technological advances mean for farming and agriculture?

    The idea of open source software and hardware and open data are heralding new technical revolutions across society. Open source software and hardware allows people to share, improve, improvise and design new types of software and hardware for a myriad of tasks and problems. In this interactive talk we will explore how these open source ideas could be introduced into farming in the future. Indeed we speculate that by moving towards Open Source Farming we bring about the next Agricultural Revolution.

    • How can drones and robots be used on the farm?
    • How can open source machinery and systems be built and deployed on the farm?
    • How can you create your own maps and databases of your farm in order to report, track, analyse and predict performance?
    • Can farmers become involved in open online collaboration projects such as Citizen Science to help monitor, promote and protect the environment?

    This talk is open to the public and suitable for everyone that has an interest in Agri IT. No IT knowledge or skills are required.

    Peter Mooney

    Dr. Peter Mooney
    Dr. Peter Mooney

    Peter has over 15 years experience in the areas of: Geographic Information Science, Internet Technologies, Databases (including Spatial Databases) and Software Development. He works from the Computer Science Department in Maynooth University and has extensive experience of collaboration with national and international scientific networks, institutions and bodies. He is author of 35 international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal publications with over 1200 citations to his work. Peter has presented at over 70 international workshops/conferences and participated in over 90 such events including working as programme and scientific committee member and session chair.

    Register to Attend (it’s FREE)

    This is a FREE event however to accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required (click on the link below).

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    Tea/Coffee served afterwards sponsored by Cookie Web.

    Donations to help host future MIT events welcome.

    More information

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  • Creativity is not a Talent. Its a way of operating.

     

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    Apart from being a Director of Creative Agency Studio 93 and a lecturer at AIT, Darren Doyle also reassuringly refers to himself as a brain owner [handy]. Over 40 people turned up to the Old House room of the Annebrook Hotel to hear Darren explain how it is in fact possible for us to improve our own creativity. He debunked what he described as the myth about right-brain thinking being the more creative. Darren is of the view that coming up with one brilliant creative idea is a numbers game  – if you keep coming up with ideas, creative or not eventually one of them will provide that eureka moment for you.

    There are certain times and places where you are more likely to come up with creative ideas, such as in the shower. Children have a greater tendency to think creatively, however this drops from 95% to 12% in teenage years.

    Back to what we must do to improve our creativity? And the answer is of course, take exercise! Meditation and exercise. In order to test his own creativity and at the suggestion of founder member of the MIT Tony Palmer, Darren then fielded a quick-fire round of questions from the entire room. Questions of all types, from whether Irish people are more creative, to when is the best time of the day for creativity to… whether there were any chocolate biscuits to accompany the post-event tea. And on that note, the meeting was soon over. Well done Darren.

    What Darren achieved better than perhaps any of our previous speakers was a sense of brain-storming and idea-sharing within the group. And afterwards as people enjoyed both the hot and cold beverages of the Annebrook, there was plenty of interaction and happily, many of them newcomers to the MIT and certainly not all from IT backgrounds.

    Keep an eye on the MITMullingar.com website for updates of future upcoming events which will be open to people of all IT interests and skill levels.

     

  • “Creativity is not a Talent. Its a way of operating. Your Brain, Creativity and Business” by Darren Doyle

    “Creativity is not a Talent. Its a way of operating. Your Brain, Creativity and Business” by Darren Doyle

    MIT are delighted to announce Darren Doyle will be giving a presentation to the MIT group entitled “Creativity is not a Talent. It’s a way of operating. Your Brain, Creativity and Business”.

    About Darren Doyle

    Brain owner….Creative type….Business person

    “Like some I have the creative flare or so I’ve been told my entire life. But is that just the way I was born or can anyone learn to be creative , or at least more creative?”

    Darren is creative director at studio93, a design and marketing agency based in Westmeath and lectures part time at the Athlone Institute of technology. He has presented to audience across the country at various events and has featured in the Irish Times newspaper.

    Darren will explore the links between the brain and creative with a tangent into how we as business people can become more creative in the way we run and operate our businesses.

    Register to Attend (it’s FREE)

    This is a free talk and open to the public and suitable for everyone that wants to develop their career. To accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required (click on the link below).

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    Tea/Coffee served afterwards sponsored by Cookie Web.

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  • MIT Meetup – March

    MIT Meetup – March

    Discussion on a possible *future* MIT Careers Event
    (In the bar over a cup of coffee/pint)

    If anyone is interested in participating in a future IT careers event please let us know. MIT are looking for mentors, hiring managers etc to help newbies and those looking to advance their careers with some interview tips and CV reviews.

    Come along and let us know how you think this might work!

  • May MIT Meetup

    May MIT Meetup

    Our next meetup will be more social and we are looking forward to a good discussion on future events.

    Suggestions are:

    1. Mullingar IT/Web Conference
    2. MIT Public Ideas Pitching Event
    3. Have you an idea for an event? Drop us a line and let us know your ideas →

    Looking forward to catching up !

  • Mark O’Neill “The API Economy – why APIs, not apps, are the future

    Mark O’Neill “The API Economy – why APIs, not apps, are the future

    MIT Mullingar is proud to present an informal talk by Mark O’Neill entitled “The API Economy – why APIs, not apps, are the future”.

    API’s have been around for a long time, however, in recent years Web based API’s have grown hugely in popularity allowing disparate applications talk to each other seamlessly. Every major web player have their API’s e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter. When we talk of the Connected House, Connected Car, Internet of Things, Manufacturing 4.0 etc, API’s are the underlying technology that make it all these work.

    Mark advises on strategy for API management, as part of an overall digital platform. He advises on how API management relates to SOA, and SOA governance, including the importance of API security. He brings deep industry knowledge on API governance and architecture.

    This talk is suitable for Developers, Architects, Entrepreneurs and IT Business Decision makers.
    Event Information.

    This is a free event however to accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required.
    We are using Eventbrite this time to handle attendees for a change!

    Register your place →

  • “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis” by Rob Acton

    “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis” by Rob Acton

    MIT are delighted to announce Rob Acton as a guest speaker who will be giving a presentation entitled “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis“. Rob is quite active on the Social and Monetised Gaming scene and will be announcing ten new jobs for the midlands in his companies at the event. Rob will be available afterwards to talk to those that are interested in his open positions.

    On the night Rob will be sponsoring pizza and wedges for attendees for what promises to be a highly interesting event. Non MIT members welcome, but please let us know if you are interested in attending by registering here.

  • “How to be Happier At Work – Six ways to make magic happen every day” by Gerry Duffy

    “How to be Happier At Work – Six ways to make magic happen every day” by Gerry Duffy

    MIT are delighted to announce Gerry Duffy will be giving a presentation to the MIT group entitled “How to be Happier At Work – Six ways to make magic happen every day”.

    Gerry is a world renowned motivational speaker and author and is probably best known locally for his achievement of running 32 marathons over 32 consecutive days and winning the first ever Deca Ironman event.
    Currently Gerry runs the Gerry Duff Academy gerryduffyacademy.com offering expert guidance to those seeking assistance setting their goals, improving leadership, and building high value teams.

    About Gerry

    Gerry’s Bio – www.gerryduffyacademy.com

    Register to Attend (it’s FREE)

    This is a free talk and open to the public and suitable for everyone that wants to develop their career. To accommodate all attendees comfortably registration is required (click on the link below).

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    Tea/Coffee served afterwards sponsored by Cookie Web.

    More information

    Email: [email protected]

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