Rate My Professor Brendon Sly

Brendon Sly serves as Senior Technician in the IT Support Services department at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is assigned to Desktop Support South, located at Marples Building, 340 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016. His role involves providing operational desktop support to university staff and students in the South campus area. IT Support Services, where he works, encompasses administration, audio-visual support, desktop support across multiple campuses, eConferencing, media production, and lecture theatre support. Brendon Sly can be contacted directly at DDI +64 3 479 8095 or via email at his professional address.

Brendon Sly has made significant contributions to the university's research community through technical support and collaboration. He has been acknowledged for his assistance in multiple doctoral theses, including 'Carbon Risk, Pricing and Markets' by L. Liao (2024), where he provided IT support; 'Essays in Empirical Finance' by J. Zhang (2024), for administrative and technical support; 'Evolving Connectionist Systems' (2004), for timely technical help and advice; 'Data-warehouses and data-marts: Can these tools be implemented too early in the development process?' by S.A. Moyle (2000), for ensuring software compatibility with the university network; the thesis by Jithin Cheriyan (2022), for administrative and technical support; and 'Connectionist-Based Intelligent Information Systems', as part of the technical support group. Additionally, he was thanked in the Cyberworlds 2006 conference paper by H. Regenbrecht et al. for help in system implementation. Brendon Sly co-authored the publication 'Availability of antidotes, antivenoms, and antitoxins in New Zealand hospital pharmacies' in the New Zealand Medical Journal (2015; 128(1411):23-33), affiliated with the National Poisons Centre, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, and listed as Technical Consultant, Information Science, University of Otago. This work surveyed antidote availability in New Zealand hospitals and has been cited 23 times.