He is also the chief maintainer of the Irish Supercomputer List. He earned a BA in Physics and a BA in Computer Science from Drew University (NJ, USA) before completing MSc and PhD Degrees at UCD prior to joining the academic staff. In 2015 he completed an MA in Higher Education at Dublin Institute of Technology. Brett has published numerous articles in areas of his research interests including Computer Science Education, High Performance Computing and Digital Forensics. He is currently workshop co-chair for the 2018 and 2019 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, in addition to serving on the programme committees of several ACM SIGCSE conferences.