Lero researchers and Irish start-up on a mission to eliminate 1.35 million road crash deaths using AI and robotic technologies

Limerick, 8th June 2022: Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, are teaming up with automotive perception company Provizio to develop artificial intelligence tools to end traffic accidents on the world’s roads which result in 1.35 million deaths annually. Provizio founder and CEO Barry Lunn said the World Health Organisation (WHO)*...

Cardiovascular-themed garden implanting heart-healthy choices to be at the heart of Bloom

A cardiovascular-themed garden aiming to cultivate a greater understanding of heart health, designed by Lero researcher Prof. Derek O’Keeffe, ploughs a new furrow at Bloom – Ireland’s annual garden festival in Dublin’s Phoenix Park Professor of Medical Devices at NUI Galway, Prof. O’Keeffe, who is also clinical lead in endocrinology and University Hospital Galway, said...

Twelfth Annual Scratch National Finals

The National Scratch Coding Competition was held at the University of Limerick, bringing together the top scoring teams from all over the country. School students aged six and up across five age categories were invited to demonstrate their Scratch projects to the judges. This year saw over 160 entries nationwide to the competition. According to...

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...