Zero Days: cyber-terrorism documentary

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Mary Mullaghy 2 November 2016

On Tuesday 15th November at 6.15pm in the IFI in Temple Bar there is a screening of a new film called ‘Zero Days’, in conjunction with the Science Gallery Dublin. This will then be followed by a panel discussion with Orla Cox, Security Intelligence Delivery at Symantec, Pól Mac Aonghusa, Senior Research Manager at the IBM Research Lab and hosted by Jess Kelly, Tech Journalist at Newstalk.

Zero Days is an eye-opening piece of investigative journalism into the world of cyber-terrorism; Gibney specifically targets the so-called Stuxnet worm, a computer virus that manifested around the world in 2012 before arriving at its destination, Iranian nuclear facilities. The Stuxnet worm represented a new level of sophistication in virus complexity; its potentially devastating application has been spoken of as an act of war during peacetime.

More info on this event can be found here. Suitable for anyone interested in computer science particularly those interested in cyber terrorism and are keen to learn more about security in a technology based world.

Tickets are available now online at http://www.ifi.ie/zero-days or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01-6793477.

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Pioneer of science journalism Mary Mulvihill dies

The award-winning science journalist, broadcaster and author Mary Mulvihill has died aged 55, following a short illness. 

A genetics graduate and Scholar of Trinity College Dublin, who later studied journalism at Dublin City University, she was one of the pioneers of science journalism in Ireland. She was also a passionate advocate of women in science.

As a founding member and first chairperson of Women in Technology and Science (WITS), she played an important part in highlighting the role of women in the history of Irish science.

She had numerous popular science series on RTÉ radio, including The Quantum Leap, The Goldilocks World and Left Brain, Right Brain. She was a longstanding contributor to The Irish Times.

As co-editor of Technology Ireland magazine, she nurtured the careers of many young science journalists.

She edited two collections of biographies of Irish women scientists and pioneers – Stars, Shells and Bluebells (1997), and Lab Coats and Lace (March 2009).

In recent years, she set up a successful business offering Ingenious Ireland walking tours and audio guides to her native Dublin and national sites of ecological and archaeological interest.

She was due to speak at the InspireFest 2015 conference, celebrating women’s leadership in science, technology and innovation, later this month.

Away from work, she was a regular hillwalker. She is survived by her husband Brian Dolan and her sisters Anne and Nóirín Mulvihill.

Courtesy of The Irish Times

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