How to Practice Effective Online Teaching

Dr Matteo Sacchet of University of Turin, Italy will deliver a talk on How to Practice Effective Online Teaching as the Lero/CSIS Invited Speaker this month. The talk takes place in T2-001, Lero, Tierney Building, UL at 11am this Wednesday, September 25. Online teaching is essential for many purposes and for many institutions, mainly Universities....

Here’s one way a blockchain could deliver a smarter city

Opinion: a blockchain to manage self-driving cars could lead to the development of a cleaner and less congested city Published on RTÉ Brainstorm, Monday, 2 Sept 2019 The traditional way of banking as most of us know it sees a bank maintain a private ledger that contains the account balance of each of its customers and a record...

Lero researcher joins European digital ethics expert group

A Lero researcher at University of Limerick (UL) has been appointed to a new European expert group tasked with developing a set of principles of digital responsibility in the insurance sector. Lero’s Dr Martin Mullins, Head of Department of Accounting and Finance at UL’s Kemmy Business School, was selected by the European Insurance and Occupational...

Lero opens Ireland’s first esports research lab

– SFI Research Centre project to grow global visibility of Ireland in rapidly expanding billion-dollar industry Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, has opened Ireland’s first esports research lab. The new lab is located in University of Limerick, at the headquarters of Lero, a world-leading SFI research centre. Lero researchers at UL will conduct studies...

New Rules for Modern Businesses?

Analysis: The importance of habits in maintaining the psyche of an organisation First published in the Irish Times, Friday, July 26, 2019 For the past 50 years, businesses have been focusing heavily on providing strict rules and guidelines to their workers on how to carry out work. This has brought many benefits, much standardisation and...

Tribute to Professor Rory O’Connor

Last week Lero lost one of its long-time and most-respected colleagues. Professor Rory O’Connor, head of the Dublin City University School of Computing and a member of Lero since its foundation in 2005, died suddenly while abroad. A funeral mass for Professor O’Connor was celebrated on Saturday, July 27, attended by many of his Lero...

What time is it? A brief history of time management

Analysis: Stress and anxiety over how we manage our time has been a problem since, well, the beginning of time   Published on RTÉ Brainstorm, Friday, 5 Jul 2019 Time is our most prized asset, illustrated by its status as the most commonly used noun in the English language. Once gone, it cannot be retrieved....

Lero members highlight research to Ministers at innovation fund launch

Lero members highlighted their research to Ministers Heather Humphreys, TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Paschal Donohoe, TD, Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform and Patrick O’Donovan, TD, Minister of State for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform, at a flagship event on the impact of technological change on Irish businesses, held...

Lero Distinguished Lecture Series – Dealing with Uncertainty in Software Systems

    David S. Rosenblum Provost’s Chair Professor of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Date: Tuesday 23rd JulyLocation: T3-013, Lero, Tierney Building, UL Time: 14:30 pm Abstract A key challenge in modern-day software development is dealing with the high degree of uncertainty in both the environment in which software operates and...

Crowdfunding success involves more than just the art of asking

Lero research suggests that Project creators need to be realistic and do their homework before jumping on the bandwagon First published in the Irish Times, Friday, June 21, 2019 Online crowdfunding platforms offer a popular alternative to traditional structures by connecting those looking to raise money for a business directly with crowds of potential backers....