Editing Patrick Collison (section)

===Young Scientist===
Collison entered the 40th [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition]] with his project on [[artificial intelligence]] (nicknamed 'Isaac' after [[Isaac Newton]], whom Patrick admired), finishing as individual runner-up.<ref name="Maths project wins Young Scientist">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0109/scientist.html|title=Maths project wins Young Scientist|date=9 January 2004|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|access-date=24 January 2010|archive-date=22 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222155257/http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0109/scientist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He re-entered the following year, and won first place at the age of sixteen on 14 January 2005.<ref name="Saturday Night with Miriam"/><ref name="Young Scientist of the Year is chosen in Dublin"/> His project involved the creation of Croma, a [[Lisp programming language|LISP]]-type programming language.<ref name="Young Scientist of the Year is chosen in Dublin">{{cite news|author=Emma O'Kelly |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0114/9news.html |title=Young Scientist of the Year is chosen in Dublin |date=14 January 2005 |publisher=[[RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock]] |access-date=24 January 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/young-scientists-where-creativity-and-charm-collide-1.3357542|title=Young Scientists: where creativity and charm collide|last=O'Brien|first=Ciara|date=2018-01-18|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326203230/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/young-scientists-where-creativity-and-charm-collide-1.3357542|url-status=live}}</ref>

His prize of a €7,500 cheque and a trophy of [[Waterford Crystal]] was presented to him by [[President of Ireland|President]] [[Mary McAleese]].<ref name="Million dollar boy who changed the face of the web"/> His younger brother Tommy participated with his project on [[blogging]] in the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2010.<ref name="Colin shows he's fit for success">{{cite news|author=Tommy Collison|url=http://trusttommy.com/2010/01/18/young-scientist-report/|title=Young Scientist Report on Blogging|access-date=8 February 2010|archive-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125215500/http://trusttommy.com/2010/01/18/young-scientist-report/|url-status=live}}</ref>