Computer Vision Innovation Award for Lero’s Abeba Birhane

Lero and UCD PhD student Abeba Birhane has won an award in the United States for a research paper which, while still under peer review, has already resulted in the withdrawal of an 80 million image dataset used to train AI.  Abeba, along with Dr Vinay Prabhu, principal machine learning scientist at UnifyID, examined the problematic opacity, data...

Lero to expand with addition of WIT and TSSG researchers

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has announced that it is to expand its research capabilities with the addition of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) 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...

Lero researcher finds racist and misogynistic terms in image library used to train AI

A study by a researcher from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and University College Dublin’s Complex Software Lab, has resulted in the withdrawal of an 80-million image library, which has, up to now, been used to train Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems. The research by Lero and UCD PhD...

Data Manipulation Series by Lero

This three-part data manipulation series is your introduction to working with data effectively, even if you lack any programming experience. By the end of the series you will learn how to plot professional-looking graphs and handle large data-sets, to perform data analysis and manipulation techniques on your real-world data.

Cork Institute of Technology joins Lero

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, is to broaden its research resources with the addition of Cork Institute of Technology 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...

Retail sector faces transformative moment over Covid-19

Opinion: The immediate human and public-health cost of the Covid-19 outbreak will pass but will leave behind a fundamental long-term change in customer behaviour and expectations. First published in The Irish Times, on Friday, 26 June, 2020. Revenues have collapsed for many retailers forced to close temporarily to reduce the spread of the disease. Others...

Tributes paid to Computer Science teachers as first Leaving Cert students set to graduate

The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of the new Leaving Certificate subject Computer Science, according to researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and University of Limerick. Computer Science was available to Leaving Certificate students in 40 schools (13 DEIS Schools) selected via open competition. The subject will be rolled...

Irish adults willing to download COVID-19 contact tracing app

The vast majority of Irish adults – 82% – are willing to download a contact tracing app to their smartphone to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research carried out by a team from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, University of Limerick (UL) and National University of Ireland Galway (NUI...

Late DCU lecturer remembered in annual Lero prize

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, is inaugurating a special award in memory of the late Professor Rory O’Connor of Dublin City University. The Professor Rory O’Connor Prize for Outstanding Service to Lero will be a highlight of the annual Lero Director’s Prize programme to recognise the enormous commitment and contribution of...

Minister announces investment in Lero research to improve Covid-19 contact tracing

A project led by Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, at University of Limerick is one of 11 new COVID-19 research and innovation projects to receive investment, it was announced today. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD announced a total investment of €1.4 million in 11 projects under the SFI-coordinated research...