Rise of software poses challenges for all, research chief says

Interview: Ubiquity of software poses new ethical dilemmas, Lero director Brian Fitzgerald says Published by The Irish Times, on Thursday, 27 Feb, 2020 Every business is now a software business in one way or another. That’s the view of Lero director Brian Fitzgerald, who points out that everything from medical devices to lawnmowers now has...

Workers will need to plan if they want to adapt to artificial intelligence

Lero research fellow Dr Veeresh Thummadi discusses why workers will need to be open and willing to break habits in the face of AI and automation. Published on SiliconRepublic.com, Monday, 17 Feb 2020 The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation means that workers will need to prepare for the worst by developing long-term career...

Electoral fickleness in liquid modernity.

Opinion: Change melts political loyalties so parties such as Sinn Féin can only, strategically, aim to generate temporary commonalities. Published by Village Magazine, on Sunday, 16 Feb, 2020 “The old guard can have yesterday”, tweeted Sinn Féin the day before the general election. “Tomorrow is ours. Vote for change. Vote for Unity”. On that particular...

Lero workshops for breast cancer patients and survivors

Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, are looking for breast cancer patients and survivors to take part in a workshop at University of Limerick (UL) this weekend. The workshop is funded through an Irish Cancer Society Research Engagement Award, and is focused around engaging breast cancer patients and survivors with...

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...