Lero marks 15 years of software research excellence

In 2020, Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software celebrates 15 years of excellence in software research. As one of the longest-established SFI research centres, Lero will mark the occasion over the course of the year by highlighting some of its alumni and people who have had associations with the centre over that...

Research shows the sexes have equal spatial cognition

Men are not better than women at spatial cognition ­– such as map reading ­– is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, hosted at University of Limerick (UL). Employing cutting-edge eye-tracking technology researchers Dr Mark Campbell and Dr Adam Toth of the Lero...

Do you know what your fridge is doing?

Opinion: the growth in connected devices in our homes is causing increasing safety and security concerns Published on RTE, Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020 We live in an increasingly interconnected world. It is reported that the number of connected devices will increase by 12% per year, from 27 billion in 2017 to 125 billion in 2030. In...

Two Lero projects shortlisted for Best Research Project at Education Awards

Two project from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have been named as finalists for the Best Research Project at the Education Awards taking place next month.  A global lean agile project from Lero researchers at UL in collaboration with Ocuco as well as a chatbot connecting refugees with education courses developed...

Lero secures €6 million in research funding from Huawei

Four-year research programme starts in early 2020 Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has secured a €6 million investment from Huawei to fund a research programme aimed at improving the reliability of software applications. The investment funding is in joint cooperation with Huawei’s Research Centre in Ireland and Sweden. The announcement was...

Mental practice may improve golfers’ putting performance

Researchers from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, hosted at University of Limerick (UL), are lending support to Arnold Palmer’s famous assertion that golf is predominantly played in “the six inches between the ears”.  According to research by Lero and UL, kinaesthetic ability, which is an individual’s ability to feel an action...

US academic addresses robot rights and ethics of AI

A leading philosopher on the rights of robots examines the ethical and social implications of society’s increasing reliance on machines and artificial intelligence at an event organised by Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre at University of Limerick on Friday, November 1 at 1pm. Professor David J Gunkel of Northern Illinois University will be interviewed...

How to survive a robot invasion

We are delighted to welcome Professor David J. Gunkel to Lero to share his views on how to survive a robot invasion and explore the topic of robot rights. Professor Gunkel is the author of over 50 scholarly journal articles and book chapters, has written and published 7 influential books, lectured and delivered award-winning papers...

What would a science of software engineering look like?

Lero Distinguished Lecture Series   What would a science of software engineering look like?   Dr. James Herbsleb, Professor in the Institute for Software Research in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University Abstract In software engineering research, human characteristics have traditionally been treated as peripheral. We have also seen, over the 50 years or...

Lero to lead driverless vehicles research programme

€4.2m autonomous vehicles research programme launched Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, will lead a new Science Foundation Ireland backed €4.2m research collaboration on driverless vehicles. The programme was launched by Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation. As part of the programme, researchers from Irish academia, global automotive and Irish firms will...