Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2020) Excellence Award
John Breslin
じょん・ぶれすりん
Jon Buresurin
Aliases:
Seán Ó Breisleáin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973-04-02 （The Coombe, Dublin, Ireland）
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Languages
- English, Irish
- Residence History
- Dublin, Ireland → Galway, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- Academic, entrepreneur, author
- Active Years
- 1998-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Galway, DERI
- Memberships
- Gaillimh le Gaeilge (Cathaoirleach), American Council on Exercise (Secretary, 2017-2019)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic University School | — | — | — | — | Ireland |
| Mary Immaculate Lisdoonvarna | — | — | — | — | Ireland |
| University of Galway | Engineering | — | BE, PhD | — | Ireland |
Catholic University School
Country:
Ireland
Secondary school
Mary Immaculate Lisdoonvarna
Country:
Ireland
University of Galway
Engineering
Degree:
BE, PhD
Country:
Ireland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Net Visionary Award | boards.ie | — | Irish Internet Association | winner |
| 2006 | Net Visionary Award | boards.ie/adverts.ie | — | Irish Internet Association | winner |
| 2020 | Irish Book Awards | Old Ireland in Colour | Best Irish-Published Book of the Year | — | winner |
Net Visionary Award
2005
Work:
boards.ie
Organization:
Irish Internet Association
Result:
winner
Net Visionary Award
2006
Work:
boards.ie/adverts.ie
Organization:
Irish Internet Association
Result:
winner
Irish Book Awards
2020
Work:
Old Ireland in Colour
Category:
Best Irish-Published Book of the Year
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Old Ireland in Colour
2020 Photo book/HistoryA book colorizing and restoring historical photographs of Ireland from the 19th and 20th centuries using AI techniques and human artistry, co-authored with Sarah-Anne Buckley. It was a bestseller in Ireland.
Irish historyphoto colorizationhistorical restoration
Old Ireland in Colour 2
2021 Photo book/HistorySequel to Old Ireland in Colour, co-authored with Sarah-Anne Buckley.
Irish historyphoto colorizationhistorical restoration
Old Ireland in Colour 3
2023 Photo book/HistoryThird volume in the Old Ireland in Colour series, co-authored with Sarah-Anne Buckley.
Irish historyphoto colorizationhistorical restoration
The Social Semantic Web
2009 Technical bookBook on the Social Semantic Web, co-authored with Alexandre Passant and Stefan Decker.
Semantic WebSocial Web
Bibliography
- John Breslin, Sarah-Anne Buckley, "Old Ireland in Colour 3", Merrion Press, ISBN 9781785374715, 2023.
- John Breslin, Sarah-Anne Buckley, "Old Ireland in Colour 2", Merrion Press, ISBN 9781785374111, 2021.
- John Breslin, Sarah-Anne Buckley, "Old Ireland in Colour", Merrion Press, ISBN 9781785373701, 2020.
- Tope Omitola, Sebastián A. Ríos, John Breslin, "Social Semantic Web Mining", Morgan Claypool, ISBN 978-1627053983, 2015.
- John Breslin, Alexandre Passant, Stefan Decker, "The Social Semantic Web", Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-01171-9, 2009.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Descriptivetechnical analysisvisual-focused
- Recurring Motifs
- Irish historytechnological innovationsocial media
Legacy
Irish internet entrepreneur who co-founded boards.ie, academic leader of the SIOC project, and author of the Old Ireland in Colour series, which won literary awards and achieved widespread popularity.
In Popular Culture
- Appeared on The Late Late Show (2020)
Trivia
- Co-founder of boards.ie, one of Ireland's largest forum sites
- Founder of the SIOC project
- Co-founder of the PorterShed startup community in Galway