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Lambert, Jonathan
Student Support
Mathematics Development and Support Officer
01 449 8650
jonathan.lambert@ncirl.ie
Key Responsibilities at NCI
Jonathan's time at the National College of Ireland has seen him head the development of the college's Mathematics Support Service. The primary goal of Jonathan's work is toward the removal of mathematics as a barrier to progression, for our students, within third level education. The support provided through Jonathan's service is primarily around service mathematics and in particular, mathematics relevant within the fields of Business and Computing.
Jonathan's role also includes managing a facet of the college's Student Support Unit, providing support to up to 4000 students, which includes: Mathematics Development and Support; Student Retention; Medical Services and Support for Learning and Teaching. Key to this function, Jonathan manages the Student Support annual budget, overseeing the day-to-day financial requirement of Student Support.
Education
PhD (incomplete), Computer Science 2005-2009, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Thesis title: 'An abstract framework for Virtual Machine Analysis'. Keywords: Java Virtual Machine, Symbolic Program Execution, Synthetic Benchmark Generation, Application Runtime Prediction, Static Program Analysis, Dynamic Program Analysis.
BSc (Double Honours), Mathematics and Computer Science 2001-2005. Thesis title: 'Stack optimisation of the Java Virtual Machine'. Subjects: Probability Theory; Statistics; Differential/Integral Calculus; Linear Algebra; Group Theory; Ring and Field Theory; Number Theory; Cryptography; Metric Space Topology; Differential Geometry; Galois Theory; Numerical Computation; Complexity Theory; Operating Systems; Computer Architecture; Compilers; Programming Languages [Java, C, C++].
Academic Experience
Associate Lecturer, School of Business, National College of Ireland. September 2010 - present (4 years, 2 months). Lecturing in: Quantitative Analysis; Management Information Systems.
Associate Lecturer, School of Computing, National College of Ireland. September 2008 - May 2010 (1 year, 9 months). Lecturing in: Data Structures and Algorithms; Object Oriented Programming; Databases; Operating Systems.
Lecturer, NUI Maynooth. September 2005 - May 2009 (3 years, 9 months). Lecturing in: Object Oriented Programming; Data Structures and Algorithms. Teaching Assistant within the Computing fields of: Compilers; Complexity Theory; Discrete Mathematics; and Undergraduate Programming.
Research Interests
Jonathan's current research area is around Student Access, Progression and Retention within Higher Education. With the research focusing on identifying the overarching factors that influence student engagement and academic performance. Leveraging these factors from data on student prior academic performance; student institutional commitment; student access route to Higher Education; grant and maintenance exposure; student programme of study, and associated modules; programme academic performance; student attendance; student socio-economic background; catchment areas; student uptake of student supports, academic and non-academic; student participation through students union; and finally, student participation outside the educational confines.
Esteem
Recipient of the National College of Ireland President's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2014.
Research Publications
Published International Journal Articles
Lannon-Boran, Colm, Hannigan, Caoimhe, McHugh Power, Joanna E., Lambert, Jonathan and Kelly, Michelle E. (2023)
"The effect of mindfulness-based intervention on cognitively unimpaired older adults’ cognitive function and sleep quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis"
.
Aging & Mental Health. ISSN 1364-6915
Lambert, Jonathan, Casey, Kevin and Monahan, Rosemary (2023)
"Repositioning Tiered HotSpot Execution Performance Relative to the Interpreter"
.
arXiv [cs.PL]. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.06460
Lambert, Jonathan, Monahan, Rosemary and Casey, Kevin (2022)
"Accidental Choices—How JVM Choice and Associated Build Tools Affect Interpreter Performance"
.
Computers 2022, 11 (6), 96. ISSN 2073-431X. DOI: 10.3390/computers11060096
Lambert, Jonathan, Monahan, Rosemary and Casey, Kevin (2021)
"Power Consumption Profiling of a Lightweight Development Board: Sensing with the INA219 and Teensy 4.0 Microcontroller"
. Electronics, 10 (7), 775. ISSN 2079-9292. DOI: 10.3390/electronics10070775
McGovern, Philip, Lambert, Jonathan and Verrecchia, Michael (2019)
"Mobile Banking Adoption: An Exploration of The Behavioural Intention of Consumers in Ireland"
. Journal of Accounting and Finance, 19 (8). pp. 11-30. ISSN 2158-3625. DOI: 10.33423/jaf.v19i8.2614
Maycock, Keith, Lambert, Jonathan and Bane, Deirdre (2018)
"Flipping learning not just content: A 4-year action research study investigating the appropriate level of flipped learning"
. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. ISSN 1365-2729. DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12274
Lambert, Jonathan and Power, James, E. (2008)
"Platform Independent Timing of Java Virtual Machine Bytecode Instructions".
In: Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science(ENTCS), 220(3). PP.97-113. ISSN 1571-0661.
Conference Papers
Alcala, Alexandra, White, Fay, Curry, Miranda, Darmody, Kate, Kent, Gráinne, Lambert, Jonathan, Mulligan, Brona and Byrne, Marion (2023)
"Assessing the Effectiveness of a Prevention-Focused Programme: A Comparative Study against National Norms"
.
In: Growing Up In Ireland Conference. Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth/Central Statistics Office, Dublin, Ireland.
Byrne, Marion, Darmody, Kate, Kent, Gráinne, Lambert, Jonathan, and Mulligan, Brona (2023)
"Developmental Outcomes of Infants from an Area of Socio-Economic Disadvantage: A Comparison with National Norms"
.
In: 18th World Congress for the World Association for Infant Mental Health. The World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), Dublin, Ireland.
Oke, Meera and Lambert, Jonathan (2021)
"What do we know about Birth Families: An exploration of birth parents records in relation to surrender of babies in the Indian and Irish context"
.
In: International Conference on Adoption Research, 6-9 July 2021, Milan, Italy (online).
Verrecchia, Michael, Lambert, Jonathan and McGovern, Philip (2019)
"Mobile Banking Adoption: An Exploration of The Behavioural Intention of Consumers in Ireland"
.In: 22nd Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, 28th-30th August, National College of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Oke, Meera, Hayes, Noirin, Lambert, Jonathan and Filipovic, Katarina (2019)
"Burnout and work-life experience of Irish Early Childhood Educators - Implications for Policy and Practice"
. In: 29th Annual Conference of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association, 20th-23rd August 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Oke, Meera, Filipovic, Katarina, Lambert, Jonathan and Hayes, Noirin (2019)
"Predictors of Burnout Amongst Early Childhood Educators"
. In: National Early Childhood Ireland Research Conference, 12th April 2019, Dublin, Ireland.
Hayes, Noirin, Irwin, Judy and Lambert, Jonathan (2018)
"How do we compare? Locating findings from the Tallaght West Child Development Initiative within a wider international context"
. In: Growing up in the digital environment, 2018 annual conference of the Children's Research Network, 6th December 2018, Dublin, Ireland.
Oke, Meera, Lambert, Jonathan, Filipovic, Katarina and Hayes, Noirin (2018)
"Burnout and Areas of Work life among Irish Early Childhood Educators - Emerging findings from an Exploratory Study"
. In: The Profession of Play and Inquiry - A Conference for Early Years Professionals, 14th November 2018, National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Bane, Deirdre and Lambert, Jonathan (2018)
"Facebook Quarterly Earnings - Exploring Soft Information through Tone Analysis"
. In: 21st Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, 3rd-5th September 2018, University College Cork, Cork.
Whelan, Garvan
,
Gleeson, Eva
and
Lambert, Jonathan
(2016)
"
An assessment of asset and liquidity quality as indicators of performance in the European banking sector"
. In: Irish Accounting and Finance Conference and Doctoral Colloquium, 19th-20th May 2016, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT).
Briggs, Shane, McGovern, Philip, Darcy, Colette and Lambert, Jonathan (2014)
"Exploratory Assessment of Transformational Leadership and its Impact on Small Retail Outlets in the Republic of Ireland"
. In: British Academy of Management Conference 2014: The Role of the Business School in Supporting Economic and Social Development, 9th-11th September 2014 Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Maycock, Keith and Lambert, Jonathan (2014)
"Will Flip-Classrooms Help? Investigating the Social and Academic Implications of Migrating Away from Traditional Higher Level Education"
. In: Twenty-First International Conference on Learning, 14th-17th July 2014 Lander College for Women, Touro College, New York City, USA.
Costelloe, Laura, Goldrick, Michael and Lambert, Jonathan (2014)
"Documenting the experiences of student leaders in a Peer-Assisted Learning scheme"
. In: Confederation of Student Services in Ireland (CSSI) Annual Conference, 19th June 2014 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.
Maycock, Keith and Lambert, Jonathan (2012)
"Is Technology a Friend to Pedagogy in a Digital World?"
In: 22nd International Conference on Learning and the Learner Knowledge Community, New York, USA.
Lambert, Jonathan et al.(2011)
"Mainstreaming Equity, Opportunity and Success in National College of Ireland".
In: Dublin Regional Higher Education Alliance Widening Participation Strand Symposium. Quinn Business School, University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Crowe, Brigina and Goldrick, Michael (2011)
"A Study into the effects of a Social Collaborative Learning Strategy to Enhance Student Engagement With Mathematics".
In: Supporting Students in Transition, CSSI 13th Biannual Conference, 15th-16th June 2011, National College of Ireland.
Lambert, Jonathan and Sheridan Frances (2010)
"Literature Review on the Utilisation of Virtual Learning Environments in Facilitating Mathematics Teaching and Learning"
. In: National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning(NAIRTL) and the Lifelong Learning Network(LIN) Conference, 6th-7th October 2010, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin Ireland.
Lambert, Jonathan
and
Power, James F.
(2008)
"Platform Independent Timing of Java Virtual Machine Bytecode Instructions"
.
In: Sixth Workshop on Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages (QAPL), 29th-30th March 2008, Budapest, Hungary.
Pamphlets and Books
Lambert, Jonathan, Bradford, Michael and McKeever, John (2018)
"Discrete Mathematics Formulae and Tables for Undergraduate Students 2018"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina, Hanly, Paul and Bane, Deirdre (2018)
"Financial Mathematics and Economics Formulae and Tables for Undergraduate Students 2018"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan and Darcy, Colette (2018)
"Quantitative Guide to Dissertation Construction"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina, Bane, Deirdre and Delaney, Tony (2018)
"Statistical Formulae and Tables for Postgraduate Students 2018"
.
National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina, Bane, Deirdre and Delaney, Tony (2018)
"Statistical Formulae and Tables for Undergraduate Students 2018"
.
National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina, O'Loughlin, Eugene, McKeever, John and Delaney, Tony (2015)
"Statistical Formulae and Tables for Postgraduate Students 2015"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina, O'Loughlin, Eugene, McKeever, John and Delaney, Tony (2015)
"Statistical Formulae and Tables for Undergraduate Students 2015"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Bradford, Michael and McKeever, John (2014)
"Discrete Mathematics Formulae and Tables for Undergraduate Students 2014"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina and O’Loughlin, Eugene (2014)
"Statistical Formulae and Tables for Postgraduate Students 2014"
. National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan, Sheerin, Corina and O'Loughlin, Eugene (2014)
"Statistical Formulae and Tables for Undergraduate Students 2014"
.
National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Monograph
Lambert, Jonathan and Power, James, F. (2005)
"An analysis of Basic Blocks Within SPECjvm98 Applications"
. Technical Report NUI Maynooth.
Seminars
Lambert, Jonathan (2023)
"Just-in-time Interpretation of an Interpreter"
.
In: Computer Science Postgraduate Workshop 2023, 2nd June 2023, Hamilton Institute, Department of Computer Science, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Available at:
https://www.cs.nuim.ie/research/csworkshop/
.
Lambert, Jonathan (2022)
"Accidental Choices—How JVM Choice and Associated Build Tools Affect Interpreter Performance"
.
In: Computer Science Postgraduate Workshop 2022, 22 June 2022, Hamilton Institute, Department of Computer Science, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Available at:
https://www.cs.nuim.ie/research/csworkshop/
.
Lambert, Jonathan (2020)
"Teaching Quantitative Subjects Online"
. In: National College of Ireland Learning and Teaching Webinar Series, 18th August 2020, National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan
(2012)
"Teaching Programming to Novice Programmers"
.
In: National College of Ireland Lunch Time Seminar Series, 27th April 2012, National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan and Sheridan, Frances (2011)
"Towards an Adaptive Tutoring System for a Computing and Business Mathematics Module as a way to Facilitate Self-directed Learning through the use of the Online Virtual Learning Environment Moodle"
. In: National College of Ireland Lunchtime Seminar Series, National College of Ireland, Dublin.
Lambert, Jonathan
(2007)
"An Analytical Model of the Java Virtual Machine"
.
In: Postgraduate Seminar Series, 28th November 2007, Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Lambert, Jonathan
(2006)
"Ehrhart Polynomials in Symbolic Execution"
.
In: Postgraduate Seminar Series, 22nd November 2006, Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Lambert, Jonathan
(2006)
"Queueing Theory, A Primer"
.
In: Postgraduate Seminar Series, 12th April 2006, Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Lambert, Jonathan
(2005)
"Toward an Analytical Model of Virtual Machines: Profiling the JVM"
.
In: Postgraduate Seminar Series, 13th April 2005, Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Lambert, Jonathan
and
Power, James F.
(2005)
"An Analysis of Basic Blocks within Specjvm98 Applications"
.
In: Postgraduate Seminar Series, 1st March 2005, Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
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