€566,000 research project to improve automotive imaging and reduce road accidents

Leagan Gaeilge Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, has today announced an innovative new partnership with Arm, the global semiconductor and software leader. The research project, valued at €566,000, is designed to explore new technologies that will enable cars to see and react to their surroundings faster, more intelligently and more...

Lero researchers explore research opportunities with Qualcomm to develop AI technologies for enhanced efficiency

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software today announced a research initiative with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. This initiative aims to explore ideas relative to both University of Limerick and Qualcomm Technologies, focusing on enhancing performance by using highly advanced technology for artificial intelligence (AI). The initiative, led by Lero researcher Professor Patrick Denny...

Lero researchers receive support from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Two Lero researchers at University of Limerick have received substantial funding of more than €730,000 ($800,000) from the philanthropic organisation founded by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Dr Priscilla Chan. Dr Maria Doyle and Professor Aedín Culhane of UL’s School of Medicine and the Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre received the funding from the Chan Zuckerberg...

Lero alumna shortlisted for PhD Student of the Year

Lero alumna, Dr Lisa Kelly, has been shortlisted for the PhD Student of the Year award in the 2024 Postgrad Awards. Dr Kelly was a PhD student of Lero Deputy Director, Professor Ita Richardson, and Professor Hillary Moss, Course Director, MA Music Therapy at University of Limerick. The PhD Student of the Year award recognises...

10 outstanding researchers presented with inaugural Lero Research Awards

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brain tumour identification is just one of 10 research projects to benefit from a €1.3m investment byLero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, based at University of Limerick. Announcing the research awards, Lero director Prof. Lionel Briand said the array of research topics selected for support shows...

Minister of State Séan Fleming launches Data Governance Roadmap for Ireland

Maynooth University’s Innovation Value Institute, led by Lero’s Professor Markus Helfert, has announced a pioneering initiative, the ‘Data Governance Roadmap for Ireland’, launched by Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Seán Fleming TD, at this year’s IVI Summit in Maynooth University.   As one of the leading forums for data and digital discussion,...

County Dublin student wins National Scratch Coding Competition 2024

Seventeen-year-old Holly Wright from Balbriggan, County Dublin, has been named the overall winner of the Annual National Scratch Coding Competition, organised by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and the Irish Computer Society and sponsored by AWS.  Holly, a fifth-year student of Bremore Educate Together Secondary School, was presented with their award...

Two Lero members honoured by Engineers Ireland

Two Lero members were among a number of leading Irish broadcasters, entrepreneurs, and academics honoured with Fellowship of engineering representative body, Engineers Ireland, at a ceremony in Dublin’s InterContinental Hotel. Fellowships were awarded to 16 people who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession in Ireland, with titles being presented by the President of...

Two world-leading software engineers named Parnas Fellows at Lero

Two of the world’s top software engineers will share their expertise with researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, as part of the David Lorge Parnas Fellowship scheme. Professor Daniela Damian, Professor of Software Engineering and the ECS-CAPI Chair in Inclusive Science, Technology and Engineering at the University of Victoria, Canada,...

Leaving Certificate students say Computer Science is for all

Debunking misconceptions that Computer Science at Leaving Cert is only for “brainy” students and “nerds” is vital to attracting more pupils to the subject, a study byLero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, and University of Limerick (UL) has found. Lero and UL researchers, who conducted a four-phase in-depth qualitative study interviewing fifth...