Editing Ian Clarke (computer scientist) (section)

==Early life==
Clarke grew up in [[Navan]], [[County Meath]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.locut.us/about/ |title=About Ian - Locutus of Blog |publisher=Blog.locut.us |date= |accessdate=2016-06-05 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212222525/http://blog.locut.us/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was educated at [[Dundalk Grammar School]] and while there, he came first twice in the Senior Chemical, Physical, and Mathematical section of the [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition|Young Scientist Exhibition]]. The first time, in 1993, was with a project entitled "The C Neural Network Construction Kit". The second time, the following year, was with a project entitled "Mapping Internal Variations in Translucency within a Translucent Object using Beams of Light".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ian Clarke, I.Clarke@dynamicblue.com |url=http://www.sanity.uklinux.net/tblob.html |title=Ian Clarke's Homepage: Projects: Cloud Maps |accessdate=2016-06-05 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420222912/http://www.sanity.uklinux.net/tblob.html |archivedate=20 April 2010 }}</ref>