Rob Fitzsimons

Hacker Robert Fitzsimons is pictured Sunday 4th March in DCU as the Science Hack Day Dublin is in full swing. It is an all-day and all-night event (36 hours) where over 120 scientists, engineers, programmers and designers join forces to find solutions (hacks) for scientist’s problems during a brief but intense period of collaboration. Science Hack Day, one of the key events in the Dublin City of Science programme of events for 2012. (a programme of over 160 science related events throughout 2012)Science Hack Day Dublin is an all-day and all-night event (36 hours) where over 120 scientists, engineers, programmers and designers join forces to find solutions (hacks) for scientist’s problems during a brief but intense period of collaboration. The event, taking place in Dublin City University (DCU), begins with two rounds of lightening talks where scientists (or those with an interesting idea) can pitch project ideas to teams of programmers, hackers, engineers and designers who then form teams to work on the projects over the next 36 hours period. PIc Mac Innes Photography