SFI Investment of €4.4 Million in STEM Education and Public Engagement Projects

41 projects receive funding to improve public understanding of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and to support education initiatives for under-represented groups. A national investment of €4.4 million through Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme was today announced by Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD. The funding has been awarded to a...

PUBLIC LECTURE: CREATING BUSINESS VALUE FROM BUSINESS ANALYTICS

Venue: NUI Galway (North Campus, Upper Newcastle Road) – Aras Moyola Building, Lecture Theatre, Room MY243 Date: Tuesday 13th March Time: 6.00pm reception with 6.30pm (sharp) start. End 8.00pm Parking: Free parking on campus from 6.00pm No booking is required for this free event. Enquiries to denis.dennehy@nuigalway.ie Big Data MBA:  How To Drive Data Monetization Bill Schmarzo, CTO, Dell...

Minister Heather Humphreys launches €14.5 million SFI research programme, ENABLE

ENABLE will engage the public in developing Internet of Things solutions for urban environments Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., together with Minister of State for Training, Skills, Research, and Development, John Halligan, T.D., have launched ENABLE – a new €14.5 million Science Foundation Ireland research programme which will examine how the...

Dairymaster, IT Tralee and Lero agree major R&D programme to develop intelligent autonomous systems and IOT technology down on the farm

Farmers could soon be able to avail of Artificial Intelligence to assist in managing their farm as a result of a new €2m Research & Development partnership announced today by Irish dairy equipment manufacturer Dairymaster, IT Tralee and Lero, the Irish Software SFI Research Centre. The programme is backed by Science Foundation Ireland. A team...

The Martian Screening – Belltable

The Martian – Science & Fiction Belltable (unallocated) Categories: Belltable, Cinema, Featured | Venue: Belltable (unallocated) Updated: January 11th, 2018 Belltable, Lero, SSPC  and University of Limerick present The Martian Science & Fiction screening and post-show panel discussionmore information onhttps://www.limetreetheatre.ie/show/martian-science-fiction/

2017 IET Innovation Award for Cybersecurity

Bashar Nuseibeh together with colleagues from The Open University have won the 2017 IET Innovation Award for Cybersecurity, for their novel wearable privacy management device, “Privacy Band”. The device allows users to have discreet, real-time awareness of potential privacy threats and to control access to their data using intuitive and adaptive on-body interaction techniques. Further...

Institute of Physics award for best thesis in Computational Physics

LERO-ICHEC member, Dr. Cathal Ó Broin, has won an Institute of  Physics (IoP) award for best thesis in Computational Physics. The yearly prize is awarded from the Computational Physics group (CPG) committee of the IoP.  They award the prize for the thesis which they believe contributes most strongly to the advancement of computational physics. Cathal’s thesis work...

Lero Science Week Workshops

Gaelscoil Chaladh An Treoigh pupils enjoyed hanging out with NAO robot at our Science Week workshops. This image was featured on the Irish Times Images of the Day https://t.co/bnsloxHegH

Ireland selected to manage new €3.6 million EU software research programme

Ireland has been selected to manage a new €3.6 million EU fellowship programme for international software researchers. ALECS (Advanced Learning in Evolving Critical Systems) will be co-ordinated by UL and Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre. The initiative is being funded by the EC under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme and by Science Foundation Ireland through...

ALECS and PERFORM Launch

ALECS AND PERFORM LAUNCH