Tomás Maher

Core Modules:
Statistics - Learned how to use R programming language for statistical analysis (Tidyverse, ggplot2, dplyr, texreg)
Quantitative Text Analysis - Learned how to use R to analyse large text-based datasets (quanteda, stringr, rvest, Rselenium, stm, topicmodels, wordVectors)
Politics of Misinformation - Studied the impacts of misinformation, the motivations of those who share it and the effectiveness of fact checking.
Data & Society - Learned how to audit algorithms and… Show more

Core Modules:
Statistics - Learned how to use R programming language for statistical analysis (Tidyverse, ggplot2, dplyr, texreg)
Quantitative Text Analysis - Learned how to use R to analyse large text-based datasets (quanteda, stringr, rvest, Rselenium, stm, topicmodels, wordVectors)
Politics of Misinformation - Studied the impacts of misinformation, the motivations of those who share it and the effectiveness of fact checking.
Data & Society - Learned how to audit algorithms and examined the potential adverse impacts of technology on society including concerns around bias, discrimination and privacy
Governing the Global Economy - Studied international political development and the global economic governing bodies (e.g., IMF & World Bank)
Connected Politics - Completed a group project to analyse the captions of over 200 YouTube videos using R to assess the agenda setting power of experts in deliberative assemblies
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Final Year Project titled ''Thermal and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Viscoelastic Fluids Undergoing Turbulence at Low Reynolds Numbers.''

Core Modules: Energy Management, Engineering Maths, Computing (MATLAB), Renewable Energy Technologies, Thermodynamics, Instrumentation (PLC’s) and Industrial Control.