Working Life
Ian has a M.Sc. and B.A. in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin.
They have been working in NPU/GPU Architecture teams since 2015 in senior roles at Intel (Movidius) and AMD (Xilinx).
For more up-to-date information, visit their LinkedIn or view their Resume
Publications & Presentations
- 2025 PAPERUnlocking Industry-Leading Inference on XDNA2 NPUs (AMD GTAC Conference) 🏆 Best Paper SW-AI Track
- 2024 PAPERKyōgi Karuta Overseas: Analysing how Phonetic Variation in the Kimari-Ji of The Hyakunin Isshu affects Gameplay in International Adaptations (Published in the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies)
- 2024 POSTER/DEMOPre-silicon performance benchmarking and actionable architecture feedback (AMD EMEA Tech Summit)
- 2023 PAPERGNOLL: Efficient Software for Real-World Dice Notation and Extensions (Published in the Journal of Open Source Software) (Citations: 1)
- 2022 PAPERTowards Optimal VPU Compiler Cost Modeling by using Neural Networks to Infer Hardware Performances (Modified public version. Published in the Intel Design & Test Technology Conference) (Citations: 1, 2, 3)
- 2020 THESISEffective Index-Mapping of Quantized Values for Low-Precision Neural Networks on Power-Efficient Embedded Devices (Master’s Thesis)
- 2016 POSTER/DEMOMovidius Fathom: Deep Learning in a USB stick (NIPS)
- 2016 POSTER/DEMOFathom: Myriad2 Neural Compute Stick (EVS - Embedded Vision Summit)
- 2014 THESISOptimizing Web Content Download in Low-Performance Networks (BA(Mod) Final Year Project) 🏆 Winner Best Poster / Q&A 🏆 Honourable Mention - Best Presentation
Peer Reviewer
- 2025 - Journal of Open Research Software
- 2023 - Journal of Open Source Software
- 2020 - Intel Software Professionals Conference
- 2019 - Intel Design and Test Technology Conference
Patents (Filed/Accepted)
- 2023 - Graph neural network model for neural network scheduling decisions
- 2022 - NEURAL NETWORK BASED POWER AND PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR VERSATILE PROCESSING UNITS (Citations: 1, 2)
Notable Projects
- 2023 - Tone Indicator Chrome Extension
- 2014 - WordQuest - An RPG inside your Wordpress Blog
- 2013 - Androkon Convention Organizer App
Personal
Ian is living in Ireland along the border of the counties of Cavan & Meath. He has been working remotely since pre-COVID and has two dogs who sit under his desk.
Interests
Board Games, Genealogy, Digital Rights, Hackathons, Anime/Manga, War History, Guitar, Copyright Reform, Film, Geocaching, Volleyball, Photography, Tabletop RPGs, Casual Programming, Crafting, Tea/Coffee, Travel, Fantasy Novels, Ethnography, Chillies, Geocaching, Japanese Language Learning, HYROX, Fitness Video Games, Parody Publications, Dogs, Running / Athletics, Puzzles.
Notable items
- Top 3 ranked member of the Anime StackExchange network
- Crosswords featured on Crosshare 1
Publications (Humourous)
- “It’s Complicated” - Love Pyramids, Love in the Seventh Dimension and other Geometric Romances (Journal of Immaterial Science)
- Programming Socks: Is it high time for thigh-highs? An investigation into the perceived unreasonable effectiveness of Programming Socks on productivity levels in the field of Software Engineering (SIGBOVIK 2024) (Also picked up by a popular YouTuber)
- Solving C’s biggest flaw — Hemispheric divergence (SIGBOVIK 2024)
- Scrum-volutional Neural Networks: Revolutionizing Agile Development with JIRA-Net (SIGBOVIK 2025)
- brat summer of code (SIGBOVIK 2025)
- “Introducing: Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)” (SIGBOVIK 2026)
- Instantaneous Zero-Error U.F.O. Detection with Nullary Neural Network (SIGBOVIK 2026)
Non-Technical Projects
- Why Won’t You Love Me?! - A yandere-themed micro tabletop role-playing game. Submission to Yan-Jam 2025.
- EuroTrip - A bookmark for license-plate I-Spying rare license plates while travelling in the European Union. Submission to the Road Trip Game Jam.
- The Hunger - A nano RPG about scrounging food from your larder. Submission to the 36 Word Game Jam.
- Spin & Slay - A business-card Solo TTRPG . Submission to the 36 Word Game Jam.