Lero develops model to boost privacy on Social Media sites

Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre and The Open University have developed a model which could be used to strengthen user privacy amongst online social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The findings have been selected from approximately 500 entries to be presented this week (Monday 9th March) by postdoctoral researcher Dr Mu Yang to...

Lero wins Google global award to encourage girls to take up computing

Clare McInerney, Education and Outreach Manager Many girls put off computing “by nerdy, geeky image” Lero has been named by Google as one of the global winners of the 2015 RISE Awards. Google’s RISE programme, which began in 2010, is designed to support organisations that encourage girls and underrepresented students in extracurricular computer science programmes. ...

Lero wins €400,000 research contract with European Space Agency

Prestigious contract for Irish organisation designed to boost software reliability in space Lero has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the implementation of a research programme worth €400,000. The 18 month programme, which will be led by Lero Director Prof. Mike Hinchey, will commence this month. Lero will collaborate with chip manufacturer...

Watch this space: Lero’s software research can later apply to down-to-earth situations

Irish Times – Business Innovation- Dick Ahlstrom Monday, 12 January 2015 Watch this space: Lero’s software research can later apply to down-to-earth situations Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre based at the University of Limerick has just won a software development contract with the European Space Agency. Worth €400,000, Lero will control the €300,000 with...

Leading European software academic joins UL and Lero

Professor Tiziana Margaria has been appointed Professor of Software Systems at the University of Limerick and a Principal Investigator of Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre.  She was previously Professor of Service and Software Engineering at the University of Potsdam in Germany and is a former head of the Institute of Informatics. Professor Margaria is...

Charlemont Award

Dr Klaas-Jan Stol was awarded a Charlemont Award of 2,000 euro by the Royal Irish Academy (www.ria.ie). The grant was awarded for work on adapting agile software development methods to regulated and critical domains such as medical, aerospace and automotive.

Professor Paolo Prinetto visits Lero

Prof. Paolo Prinetto from Politecnico di Torino/CINI (italy) visited Lero in the week Dec. 2-5th. At UL, his talk on “Connected Assisted Living 2.0” outlined the development of the AsTech National Laboratory of CINI and highlighted several projects where software, hardware, sensors, robots, and virtual characters cooperate to support deaf and deaf-blind users. In his...

Innovation Showcase

Lero was represented at the Innovation Showcase, held in the Convention Centre in Dublin on December 2nd. The Innovation Showcase is a showcase of research in Ireland and gives companies an opportunity to learn more about collaborative research, development and innovation. The sold out event was attended by 2,000 participants. The event was organised by...

Academic Honour for Prof. Mike Hinchey

Professor Mike Hinchey , Director of Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at UL has recently been elected a member of Academy of Europe, a cross-Europe academy of high achieving academics.  Professor Hinchey is the first UL faculty member to be accorded this honour and is one of the academy’s 10 youngest members. Professor...

Limerick Celebrates Science

The Limerick Celebrate Science Festival was a great success on Saturday 15th November. Children of all ages enjoyed a series of physics experiments during the science busking session in the Milk Market. The Celebrate Science festival continued at the Hunt Museum where the general public enjoyed an afternoon of science demonstrations, experiments and workshops including...