Vacancy : Professional Doctorate in Engineering

The Professional Doctorate in Engineering ‘Principal Engineer’ Qualifier Module is now open for applications. This doctoral programme, supported by Lero, allows industry professionals who are highly skilled in their chosen careers to gain a doctoral qualification while solving a real industry problem for their organisation. There are so many talented individuals across diverse disciplines in...

Top researchers awarded Lero Director’s Prizes

Six world-leading researchers from three Irish universities were awarded Lero Director’s Prizes at an online ceremony today. The Lero Director’s Prizes were presented at the annual gathering of Lero members, which was held online again this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual awards are presented by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre...

How can Older Adults Shop Online in the Future?

Retailers who adopt seven design principles for the development of virtual online stores targeting older adults, formulated by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, should have an advantage getting a larger share of consumers’ annual online spend of $4.9 trillion (€4.2 trillion). Virtual stores provide an alternative way to shop online, enabling walk-through...

Lero researcher creates searchable site for fictional family trees

The family trees and relationships of fictional characters in movies, TV series, and books, from the Dublin streets of Joyce’s Ulysses to the cobbles of Coronation Street, are being digitally collated by researcher Dr Amin Anjomshoaa, who is attached to Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software.  Lero’s Dr Anjomshoaa, a Marie Curie ALECS Fellow at...

Lero at NUI Galway leads Mission to Edge of Space

Lero researchers at NUI Galway are leading a Science Foundation Ireland Discover programme team with partners University of Limerick and Met Éireann to deliver school children’s projects high into the stratosphere to examine the effects of near space on the experiments. The ‘Spaceship Earth’ project delivered two space themed workshops to primary school children in...

Commercial video games could help treat mental illness

Popular video games have the potential to provide low-cost, easy access, effective and stigma-free support for some mental health issues, researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have found. The team at Lero, a world leader in connected-health research, said video games could be used where conventional therapies are not available...

Lero researchers create tool to assess cyber risk

A new cyber risk tool, created by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, enables large organisations to identify, assess and mitigate cyber risks, and enable insurance companies to design appropriate insurance products. The new method of assessment has been developed by Lero researchers working in the Emerging Risk Group...

GMIT joins Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, is to expand its research capacity with the addition of GMIT as an academic partner. Hosted by University of Limerick (UL), Lero currently brings together expert software teams, from universities and institutes of technology across Ireland, in a co-ordinated centre of research excellence with a strong...

Lero Chief Scientist elected to Royal Irish Academy

Lero’s Chief Scientist Professor Bashar Nuseibeh has been elected to the Royal Irish Academy for his exceptional contribution to the sciences. Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick, Professor Nuseibeh is among 27 new members recognised for their contributions to research and to public service. The new RIA members include Gerard Hogan, Advocate General...

Covid-19 hit stock markets as it spread from country to country

As Covid-19 spread around the world, stock markets in individual countries took a major hit – yet stock markets in China where the disease first struck avoided significant falls –  researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software found. A research paper Immune or at-risk? Stock markets and the significance of the...