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 Frank Lynam Curriculum Vitae Address Apt 249, The Island Chapelizod, Dublin 20 Ireland flynam@tcd.ie Email Twitter Web LinkedIn @flynam franklynam.com linkedarc.net linkedin.com/pub/frank-­‐lynam/61/b69/928 General Date of birth Nationality Driving license Languages 31 Jan 1979 Irish Full, clean English (native speaker) Italian (spoken, written) Education Oct 2011 – Sep 2015 Research interests Dissertation Funding Sep 2010 -­‐ Aug 2011 Research interests Results 2006-­‐2010 Research interests Results 1 PhD in Digital Arts and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin Digital Humanities, digital archaeology, data information systems, data visualisation, digital epistemologies and ontologies My thesis looks at the use of Semantic Web technologies by the archaeological community. It proposes a model for the consumption of Archaeological Semantic Web resources and considers its sociological and epistemological implications. See linkedarc.net for more information. 4-­‐year PRTLI fully funded PhD studentship MPhil in Mesopotamian Archaeology, University of Cambridge Archaeological theory, Mesopotamian archaeology, ancient India, archaeological digital visualisation Pass with distinction BA in Ancient History and Archaeology and Italian, Trinity College Dublin Greek and Roman history and archaeology, Greek and Roman art and architecture, Roman Britain, Ancient Cyprus, Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, archaeological digital visualisation I Frank Lynam Curriculum Vitae Employment history Petras, Crete, Greece Responsibilities and achievements Field archaeologist 2013-­‐2014 (summers) Excavation of a Minoan period cemetery on the Kephala hill •
Priniatikos Pyrgos, Crete, Greece ICT manager + field archaeologist 2007-­‐present Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens Responsibilities and • Management of the ICT infrastructure (database, data visualisation, achievements website) for the project • Field work involving Early-­‐Late Minoan, Greek and Byzantine stratigraphic contexts Kea Archaeological Research Survey, Greece Team leader June-­‐August 2012 Department of Classical Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Responsibilities and • Intensive archaeological field survey on Greek island of Kea achievements • Management of survey teams of 6 students • On site digital mapping and recording Tell Brak, Syria Field archaeologist March-­‐April 2011 Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge Responsibilities and • Working with non-­‐English speaking excavation teams achievements • Field experience of large-­‐scale tell excavation Koutroulou Magoula, Thessaly, Greece Field archaeologist University of Southampton and the Greek Archaeological Service Responsibilities and • Excavation of a Middle Neolithic Tell site achievements Klas Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Responsibilities and achievements Engineering manager 2 Project management Customer support Marketing Product development Sales •
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September 2010 1998-­‐2006 Frank Lynam Curriculum Vitae Positions of responsibility The Klas Group klastelecom.com Responsibilities and achievements Virtual Heritage Network vhnireland.org Responsibilities and achievements Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens iihsa.ie Responsibilities and achievements Chairman of the board of directors 2012-­‐2014 Formulation of company policy Performance review of company executives Budget and accounts approval Shareholder representation Secretary of standing committee •
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2014-­‐present • Formulation of network policy • Promotion of virtual heritage themed events in Ireland Co-­‐opted member of the managing 2012-­‐present committee •
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Formulation of organisation policy Digital advisor to the committee Teaching experience Trinity College Dublin Responsibilities and achievements Visualising the Past (MPhil) Maynooth University Responsibilities and achievements Responsibilities and achievements Digital Humanities: Analysis and Creation (UG) •
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2014 semester1 Module syllabus planning Lecturing 2014 semester1 Lecture/workshop on 3D visualisation for cultural heritage Doing Digital History: Linked Data (MPhil) 2014 semester1 • Lecture/workshop on Linked Data use for historians Additional skills I have over a decade of experience working at management level in the ICT industry and subsequently I have acted as the chairman of the board of a leading ICT solutions provider. I have an extensive knowledge of computer applications, including desktop publishing (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook), graphic design and video editing (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects), 3D modelling and photogrammetry (Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Agisoft PhotoScan, MeshLab, Unity), database design (MS Access, Excel, FileMaker Pro, MySQL, RDF), computer application design 3 Frank Lynam Curriculum Vitae (MS Visual Studio, Xcode, Eclipse), web design (Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, MS Expression), Geographical Information Systems (ArcGIS, QGIS), and am proficient in all major operating systems (MS Windows, Apple OS X and Linux). I have designed numerous commercially successful products and services using the C, C#, VB, Java, assembler, PHP, Python, JavaScript and ASP programming languages and technologies, and have substantial experience in the administration of commercial server installations (Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 Server, Linux servers, Amazon Web Services). Interests and activities I take an active role in the university society and extramural lecture scene (co-­‐organiser of the VCHIreland 2014 2-­‐day workshop, TCD Classics Postgraduate Seminar Series, coordinator of various DH workshops). I am a keen musician and enjoy playing the bass guitar and guitar. I keep fit by running, cycling, practicing yoga, playing tennis and swimming regularly. I enjoy reading, film and travel. Publications and conference papers Bridgeford, S., Desmond, S., Issakidou, V., Kotsamani, G., Lynam, F., Moutafi, I., O’Donoghue, R., 2015. Diet in Byzantine Priniatikos Pyrgos (Crete). Presented at the CAU Kiel: Socio-­‐Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes IV, Kiel. Lynam, F., 2015. Deciphering the code: implementing the CIDOC CRM at Priniatikos Pyrgos, Crete. Archäol. Informationen 38. Lynam, F., 2014a. Representing complexity at Priniatikos Pyrgos, in: Molloy, B., Duckworth, C. (Eds.), A Cretan Landscape through Time : Priniatikos Pyrgos and Environs. British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, England, pp. 70–77. Lynam, F., 2014b. kindAReal: augmenting the Irish cultural heritage experience. Presented at the Virtual Cultural Heritage in Ireland 2014. Lynam, F., 2014c. linkedARC.net: accessing the benefits of Open Data practice within archaeology. Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Istanbul. Lynam, F., 2014d. linkedARC.net: addressing the standards question in archaeological digital data management using Linked Open Data. Presented at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 2014. Lynam, F., 2012a. Review of “Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age.” Archaeol. Rev. Camb. 27, 192–196. Lynam, F., 2012b. Book review of The Architecture of Minoan Crete by John C. McEnroe. Archaeol. Rev. Camb. 27, 192–196. Lynam, F., 2011a. ArcRange and ArcSeer: presenting a new approach to archaeological data management and representation. Presented at the 3D-­‐ARCH International Workshop, Trento. Lynam, F., 2011b. ArcSeer: a new approach to archaeological representation. Presented at the Central TAG 2011, Birmingham, UK. 4 Frank Lynam Curriculum Vitae Referees Dr Christine Morris Andrew A. David Senior Lecturer in Greek Archaeology and History Department of Classics School of Histories and Humanities Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Email: cmorris@tcd.ie Dr Barry Molloy IIHSA Director Priniatikos Pyrgos Excavation Project Department of Archaeology University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland Email: barrymolloy@gmail.com 5 Dr Cameron Petrie Department of Archaeology University of Cambridge Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3DZ, United Kingdom Email: cap59@cam.ac.uk Brendan McCann Financial Controller of the Klas Group 1 Kilmainham Square 4th Floor Inchicore Road Kilmainham Dublin 8, Ireland Email: brendan@klasonline.com