Game Developers Conference Europe

Brenda Romero , Lero@ UL and Computer Science and Information Systems, UL ,  has been selected to join the Advisory Board of the prestigious Game Developers Conference Europe   http://www.gdceurope.com/   . She will serve on the game design board, reviewing submissions, mentoring talks and ensuring the conference maintains the high standards that attendees expect. GDC Europe...

Award Nomination for Brenda Romero

( Brenda Romero & John Romero)  The Higher Education Video Game Alliance is excited to announce open voting for their second annual Alliance Awards. Brenda Romero, Lero @ UL has been nominated  for leading scholar for their exemplar contributions to the field of games development.

Coding on the curriculum: We’re making progress

The push to get coding onto the Junior Cert curriculum in Ireland is making steady progress behind the scenes, with schools up and down the country starting to implement classes. Click here for full news item on Silicon Republic.

Coup for Lero as it attracts world leading game developer

Professor Mike Hinchey, director, Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, welcomes Brenda Romero to the organisation. Photo Sean Curtin Brenda Romero to develop Master’s in Games Design at Limerick and support Ireland’s games industry Internationally renowned game designer Brenda Romero has been appointed Lecturer in Games Design at the University of Limerick, where she joins...

Second day Of Teacher CPD for Junior Cycle short Course takes place in Intel Leixlip

Pictured at a Coding exploration day at the Intel Ireland Campus in Leixlip for the first group of 50 teachers who will teach the subject at Junior Cycle level See more information here.

Starting id Software – John Romero

(L to R John Romero, Prof mike Hinchey) John spoke to a packed house in Lero on 5th February about how id Software began from a small team of three people until the shipping of the massive hit Quake in 1996, and the programming principles that helped them ship fast with solid code. John is...

University research not just for multinationals but SMEs and startups as well

Small firms and startups should not be put off accessing research through universities due to financial barriers. This was stated today (Monday) by Joe Gibbs, business commercialisation manager at Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, when he spoke at “Startup Europe” Week at DCU ALPHA in Dublin today. “There’s a perception out there that university...

Intel and Lero support Junior Cycle students in ‘Exploring Coding’

The introduction of computer coding courses for secondary schools has received a boost following the announcement of a collaborative initiative between Intel Ireland, Lero – The Irish Software Research Centre – and Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) which was launched last week in the University of Limerick. The project is designed to support schools and...

Evolving Critical Systems

Prof Mike Hinchey gave a Distinguished Lecture at INESC-ID, University of Lisbon in December. The INESC-ID Distinguished Lecture Series is designed to bring to the institute outstanding scientists, academics or practitioners to share their vision, and present their groundbreaking work. The series aims to promote a regular sequence of high quality seminars in the core...

Award by the Association of Information Systems for Prof Brian Fitzgerald

Brian Fitzgerald has been awarded the inaugural Sandra Slaughter Award by the Association of Information Systems (AIS). This award recognizes long standing members who have provided leadership within the Association, particularly through such activities as participating in the SIGs/chapters/colleges, strengthening the conferences, and participating in AIS-sponsored journals. A committee of senior AIS scholars reviewed the...