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...

Lero and University of Galway project to recruit 19 top researchers

Lero has launched a €3.5 million postdoctoral fellowship programme which will recruit 19 world-class researchers to universities across Ireland. The ROSETTA (Responsible Time and Tech in an Accelerated Digitised World) programme is funded by Lero, University of Galway’s J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics and the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND...

Two Lero researchers awarded SFI Public Service Fellowships

Two Lero researchers have been named as Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Public Service Fellows. Professor Brian Donnellan (Maynooth University) and Dr Flaithrí Neff (Technological University of the Shannon) were among 14 successful award recipients announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD. Prof. Donnellan received funding for his...

Professor Ita Richardson appointed Deputy Director of Lero – Science Foundation Ireland’s Research Centre for Software

Leagan Gaeilge A leading champion of Women in STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – Professor Ita Richardson has been appointed Deputy Director of Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. Professor of Software Quality in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at University of Limerick Prof. Richardson will be...

Playing video games may improve attention and memory, new Lero research finds

Leagan Gaeilge A new study, published in the British Psychological Society’s British Journal of Psychology, found that regular gamers performed better on tasks measuring cognitive functions such as attention and memory. The study, which took place at the Lero Esports Science Research Lab at University of Limerick, involved 88 young adults, half of whom regularly...

Lero researchers win European award for commitment to Open Science

Two Lero researchers at University of Limerick have been recognised for their commitment to Open Science with a European Open Science Award. Professor Aedín Culhane, Professor of Cancer Genomics and Dr Maria Doyle, Bioconductor Community Manager, who are both based at UL’s School of Medicine, have won a Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN) Open...

Event : Graph-based Semantic Knowledge Representation and Management for Cultural Heritage

ABSTRACTThe traditional record-based approach used in Cultural Heritage (CH) has successfully served the need of users, scholars, researchers and practitioners for many decades, but it has gone as far as it could. The enormous growth in production, types and availability of cultural items, the opening of their use to a wider public (with different background,...

Business technology leader appointed Governance Chair of Lero

Seasoned and respected business leader Aongus Hegarty has been appointed chair of the governance committee of Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research (SFI) Centre for Software. Former Dell Technologies executive Mr Hegarty said he looks forward to leading the Governance Committee, which provides a well-informed, external perspective on Lero’s strategic activities. “I cannot understate how important...

Lero names Professors Federica Sarro and John Grundy as 2023 Parnas Fellows

 Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, hosted by University of Limerick, today announced Professors Federica Sarro and John Grundy as the newest recipients of the prestigious David Lorge Parnas Fellowship. This fellowship, established to honour Professor David Parnas, recognises the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of talented software researchers and developers worldwide.  “We are delighted...

Lero and UL researcher receives prestigious ERC Consolidator grant

A Lero researcher at University of Limerick has been awarded almost €2m in European Research Council funding to investigate social polarisation, it has been announced. Professor Mike Quayle of UL’s Department of Psychology and a Funded Investigator with Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software based at UL, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant...