Irish research programme to investigate if new social media platform can address challenges and opportunities for those aged 50+

– Lero programme seeks volunteers aged 50+ to participate – “More than a LinkedIn, Facebook or online water cooler for all aged 50+” Lero, IBM Ireland and ISAX (Ireland Smart Ageing Exchange) have announced a two year research programme which could result in a new social media platform which would allow older people to offer...

Lero research highlights need to build in forensics to identify cause of cyber attacks and catch the perpetrators

– Study launched on back of recent global cyber attack Dr George Grispos of Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre New research from Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, finds that many organisations are failing to consider the threat of cyber attacks when they design and develop software systems. The news follows on from the...

DCU Presidents Award for Industrial Engagements

Dr Marksu Helfert (Project Leader), Marija Bezbradica and Manoj Kesavulu have received the prestigious DCU Presidents Award for Industrial Engagement for their project with IBM on “Usage Analytics – User level SaaS-based Usage Analytics”. The project goal is to investigate user-level usage analysis in cloud systems analysing customer usage data. The team investigates approaches for...

Annual Lero – NI – OU workshop

The annual NII-Lero-OU workshop was held this year at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, between 7-8th April 2017. This year’s workshop theme was “Software Engineering for Cyber-Physical-Social Systems”. Bashar Nuseibeh from Lero co-chaired the workshop, together with Professor Ernesto Damiani, Director of the Information Security Centre at Khalifa University. Professor Nobukazu Yoshioka, an Associate Professor...

Scratch 2017 Finals

2017 Scratch Competition Lero is hosting  the 2017 Scratch Competition National Finals in the Kemmy Business School on Wednesday April 26th from 11:00-3:00pm. This year there are 30 finalists who have been selected from 545 entries. The 30 projects are created by students aged 5-18. All od the projects will be on display in the...

Bashar Nuseibeh at Buckingham Palace

Bashar Nuseibeh attended a reception at Buckingham Palace on 27th February 2017, hosted by Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, and The President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Professor Bai. The reception focused on promoting the International Talent Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (PIFI), which aims to enhance the internationalization of...

Lero, Fraunhofer Centre Sign Research Agreement

Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, and the Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering at the University of Maryland, are set to embark on an extensive research collaboration focussing on evolving critical systems and digital transformation. At the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Fraunhofer USA Center for Experimental Software Engineering (CESE) and...

How X-Box technology can help unlock the secrets of megalithic Ireland

Ireland is a rich source of megalithic symbols, such as those found at Newgrange, and archaeologists often take 3D images of these symbols in the field. However, the sophisticated techniques and expertise required to take these images is often prohibitively expensive. Dr Anthony Ventresque, Lero @ UCD and UCD School of Computer Science, along with...

Ireland can learn from other countries on introduction of computer science as Leaving Cert subject – NCCA report

Ireland can learn from other developed countries in the development of a computer science course at Leaving Certificate level, according to a new report led by a team of researchers at the University of Limerick.  The report¹, commissioned by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) aims to advise on the best methods for...

NCCA report – introduction of computer science as Leaving Cert subject

Ireland can learn from other developed countries in the development of a computer science course at Leaving Certificate level, according to a new report led by a team of researchers at the University of Limerick.  The report, commissioned by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) aims to advise on the best methods for...