Colin O'Flynn
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Who Am I?

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My name is Colin O’Flynn. I’m trained as an electrical engineer, based in Nova Scotia, Canada. I’ve previously worked around the world for a variety of companies performing such diverse tasks as software programming, PCB design, prototype construction, installing devices on helicopters, RF layout, FPGA design, and a few others.

What am I working on now?

I’m currently a PhD student at Dalhousie University, working on issues around Security. I hope to finish sometime in late 2015.

Am I Available for Contract Work?

I currently am not available for work. If you have an especially interested project please ContactMe anyway though. I am always interested in collaborative research projects, and even if don’t have time myself perhaps can help find the right people.

Social Media

I don’t (yet) maintain an extensive online presence outside this website. I used to extensively frequent AVRFreaks under the name ‘c_oflynn’, and occasionally am on a few other sites. There are a few Colin O’Flynns in the world, so here are a few of my profiles/projects: http://www.linkedin.com/in/coflynn http://www.dtweed.com/circuitcellar/xoflynnc.htm http://sourceforge.net/users/c_oflynn

Awards, Resume, Etc

I don’t maintain an accurate resume online. A few of my previous awards:

  1. NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship CGS-D (2013), of which only 261 such awards made across all universities in Canada for engineering/sciences
  2. Dalhousie Excellence Graduate Scholarship(2011)
  3. Canada Graduate Scholarship CGS-M(2011), National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
  4. Best Paper Award in Security Track (2011),NTMS 2011 Conference
  5. Best Poster Award at ACM Sensys (2008) Part of the Contiki uIPv6 stack, one of eleven co-authors
  6. Gold Medal, Skills Canada (2004,2005) Won both provincially and nationally two years in a row
  7. Gold Medal Canada Wide Science Fair (2004) Best Senior Engineering project for real-time video tracker implemented in an FPGA
  8. Third Place Award, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (2003) Design of an artificial intelligence development platform based on a mobile robot
  9. Minor Planet (17051) Oflynn Named as a result of my success in the Intel ISEF Science Fair