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...

Mandatory reporting of cybercrime in all jurisdictions is urgently required to combat the $1 trillion global cybercrime industry

The fight to combat the $1 trillion global cybercrime industry is shackled because of inadequate datasets that could, if rectified, enable enterprises and insurance companies to counter cybercriminals, according to researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. The Lero team, based in the Emerging Risk Group at the University of Limerick’s...

ACADEMICS AND PROFESSIONALS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN IRELAND’S FIRST CYBER RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Academics, students and professionals working in the tech sector are being invited to participate in Ireland’s first Cyber Research Conference. The conference will focus on both practical and theoretical aspects of cyber security, privacy, trust as well as the resilience of networks, systems and services. The human and legal dimension of cyber will also be...

Lero researchers’ work will aid in the battle to fight wildfires across the globe

Teams fighting wildfires across the globe could benefit from new communication technologies – providing real-time information to responders in the air and on the ground – being developed by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software for the Irish defence forces. Lero researchers Prof Tim McCarthy and Prof John McDonald, based at Maynooth University, are leading...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

In celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on the 11th of February 2022, Lero is celebrating the role of women and girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Lero is an industry leader in encouraging women and girls to consider a career in STEM through our many industry collaborations,...

Science Week in Lero 2021

Science Week 2021 was a huge success for Lero this year with many Lero researchers getting involved across a number of Lero sites. Well done to everyone involved! Lero researchers in UL ran 3 Web Development Workshops for post-primary students in Thomond Community College during Science Week. Workshop 1 introduced basic HTML concepts for students with...

The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D awards ceremony

The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D awards ceremony, in conjunction with UL and Lero, virtual event on Monday the 29th of November at 11am.  Awards for 16 female undergraduate UL students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Manufacturing and Design subjects (STEM2D). The aim of the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D undergraduate programme is to inspire...

Irish Examiner : Promoting the appliance of science by Lero’s Prof. Ita Richardson

Prof Ita Richarsdon is Professor of Software Quality in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Limerick, and co-Principal Investigator with Lero – the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software.  Her research focuses on digital health, with a specific interest in how software can support healthcare.  Click here to...

Lero’s groundbreaking research on Bias in AI features in online series ‘Unlocking Science’

Lero is one of three Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centres featured in a global online series, ‘Unlocking Science’, presented by the International Science Council and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. The series looks at the creative approaches to the world’s most immediate and complex concerns. The series includes films, articles and podcasts, hosted...