Human space invaders’ contempt for animal privacy may threaten animals’ ability to survive

Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, and The Open University, Animal-Computer Interaction Lab, believe that humans have an ethical duty to take animals’ privacy requirements into account when developing interventions that impact animals’ ability to fulfil essential biological functions, such as protecting vital resources, mating, or raising their young. The...

Norwegian Ambassador visit to Lero

The Norwegian ambassador to Ireland met a delegation from Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, at University of Limerick recently. Her Excellency Mari Skåre, Ambassador of Norway to Ireland attended a meeting with Lero where Joe Gibbs delivered a brief presentation on the research centre before Rossie Webb Senior Architect, Head of Urban Innovation,...

WiSTEM2D Scholarship Event

University of Limerick students this week came together to celebrate the recognition they received in the form of bespoke framed glass artworks to mark their receipt of a scholarship from global healthcare company, Johnson & Johnson, as part of its WiSTEM2D Programme with Lero the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and University of...

Responsible Software Engineering – Kind Computing

As we think about Responsible Software Engineering, (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/software-without-boundaries-bashar-nuseibeh/), responsible in the way we conduct our research, responsible in the way we engineer our software, and responsible in the way we consider the impact of our software deployments, let us consider the role of kindness. Kindness can boost happiness and wellbeing. It can benefit individuals (e.g.,...

Lero Researchers awarded SFI Industry Fellowship with Huawei Technologies and Analog Devices

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today announced 27 new academic and industry research collaborations on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland, valued at €2.1million. The SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme will support the temporary placement of academic researchers in 19 companies to undertake research projects across a...

Lero embarks on cutting-edge research into elite human-computer performance in esports athletes with Nvidia

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software – a world leader in esport research today announced that it is working with Nvidia to help gamers improve their chances of winning a portion of the $540 million (€472m) in expected esports prize money next year. Dr Mark Campbell and Dr Adam Toth of Lero’s...

Incorporating Gender into your Research Design – the Lero Experience

As part of the University of Limerick Research Week 2022, Lero – the SFI Software Research Centre welcomes Prof Ita Richardson, Professor of Software Quality, former Director of Lero and Professor of Software Engineering Mike Hinchey, Eileen Trauth, Professor Emeritus of Information Sciences & Technology, and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University and...

Mandatory reporting of cybercrime in all jurisdictions is urgently required to combat the $1 trillion global cybercrime industry

The fight to combat the $1 trillion global cybercrime industry is shackled because of inadequate datasets that could, if rectified, enable enterprises and insurance companies to counter cybercriminals, according to researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. The Lero team, based in the Emerging Risk Group at the University of Limerick’s...

ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONALS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN IRELAND’S FIRST CYBER RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Academics, students and professionals working in the tech sector are being invited to participate in Ireland’s first Cyber Research Conference. The conference will focus on both practical and theoretical aspects of cyber security, privacy, trust as well as the resilience of networks, systems and services. The human and legal dimension of cyber will also be...

Lero researchers’ work will aid in the battle to fight wildfires across the globe

Teams fighting wildfires across the globe could benefit from new communication technologies – providing real-time information to responders in the air and on the ground – being developed by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software for the Irish defence forces. Lero researchers Prof Tim McCarthy and Prof John McDonald, based at Maynooth University, are leading...