Charlemont Award

Dr Klaas-Jan Stol was awarded a Charlemont Award of 2,000 euro by the Royal Irish Academy (www.ria.ie). The grant was awarded for work on adapting agile software development methods to regulated and critical domains such as medical, aerospace and automotive.

Professor Paolo Prinetto visits Lero

Prof. Paolo Prinetto from Politecnico di Torino/CINI (italy) visited Lero in the week Dec. 2-5th. At UL, his talk on “Connected Assisted Living 2.0” outlined the development of the AsTech National Laboratory of CINI and highlighted several projects where software, hardware, sensors, robots, and virtual characters cooperate to support deaf and deaf-blind users. In his...

Innovation Showcase

Lero was represented at the Innovation Showcase, held in the Convention Centre in Dublin on December 2nd. The Innovation Showcase is a showcase of research in Ireland and gives companies an opportunity to learn more about collaborative research, development and innovation. The sold out event was attended by 2,000 participants. The event was organised by...

Academic Honour for Prof. Mike Hinchey

Professor Mike Hinchey , Director of Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre at UL has recently been elected a member of Academy of Europe, a cross-Europe academy of high achieving academics.  Professor Hinchey is the first UL faculty member to be accorded this honour and is one of the academy’s 10 youngest members. Professor...

Limerick Celebrates Science

The Limerick Celebrate Science Festival was a great success on Saturday 15th November. Children of all ages enjoyed a series of physics experiments during the science busking session in the Milk Market. The Celebrate Science festival continued at the Hunt Museum where the general public enjoyed an afternoon of science demonstrations, experiments and workshops including...

Bringing Medical Device Software Development Standards into a single model – MDevSPICE®

Dr. Fergal McCaffrey (Lero@DKIT) The global medical device market is currently valued at $315 billion and is forecast to reach $362 billion by 2015. A steady growth between 4 and 6% is expected in most countries worldwide with a particular increase in China and regions where an increasing aging population is prevalent. With remote monitoring...

Towards Enlightenment

Cloud 2014 The EVolving Open Software Systems (EVOSS) research group hosted an industry-focused event entitled ‘Cloud Computing: Towards Enlightenment’ on Friday Oct 31, 2014. Attended by 60 delegates, the event was supported by the Irish Software Research Centre (Lero), Whitaker Institute, and the Business Information Systems discipline. The highly successful event presented case studies of...

Ireland can become global Software Valley-Lero Annual Report

Increasing international pressure on corporation tax rate emphasises need to boost indigenous sector and support infrastructure for multinationals Prof. Mike Hinchey (Lero@UL) Ireland is well on the way to becoming a global software centre with major jobs potential, according to the annual report of Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre which is supported by...

€245 Million To Be Invested In Five New World-Class SFI Research Centres In Ireland

20th October 2014, Dublin: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD today announced Government and industry funding of €245 million for the establishment of five new world-class SFI Research Centres in Ireland. The funding of €155 million from the Department of Jobs will...

Lero among five world-class SFI research centres to benefit from €245 million investment

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD have announced Government and industry funding of €245 million for the establishment of five new world-class SFI Research Centres in Ireland. Lero – The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre which is head-quartered at the University of...