Commercial video games could help treat mental illness

Popular video games have the potential to provide low-cost, easy access, effective and stigma-free support for some mental health issues, researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have found. The team at Lero, a world leader in connected-health research, said video games could be used where conventional therapies are not available...

Lero researchers create tool to assess cyber risk

A new cyber risk tool, created by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, enables large organisations to identify, assess and mitigate cyber risks, and enable insurance companies to design appropriate insurance products. The new method of assessment has been developed by Lero researchers working in the Emerging Risk Group...

GMIT joins Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, is to expand its research capacity with the addition of GMIT as an academic partner. Hosted by University of Limerick (UL), Lero currently brings together expert software teams, from universities and institutes of technology across Ireland, in a co-ordinated centre of research excellence with a strong...

Lero Chief Scientist elected to Royal Irish Academy

Lero’s Chief Scientist Professor Bashar Nuseibeh has been elected to the Royal Irish Academy for his exceptional contribution to the sciences. Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick, Professor Nuseibeh is among 27 new members recognised for their contributions to research and to public service. The new RIA members include Gerard Hogan, Advocate General...

Covid-19 hit stock markets as it spread from country to country

As Covid-19 spread around the world, stock markets in individual countries took a major hit – yet stock markets in China where the disease first struck avoided significant falls –  researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software found. A research paper Immune or at-risk? Stock markets and the significance of the...

Lero / OSPO Seminar 16.00pm May 4th (WET)

Lero / OSPO are delighted to present Dr. Kevin Moerman who will talk about ‘Open for Science’ Bio: Kevin is a lecturer in biomedical engineering at NUIG, and his research is focussed on computational biomechanics. He is the lead developer of the GIBBON https://www.gibboncode.org/ open source software project offering a large array of software tools...

Just one-in-five Irish computer science graduates are women

Ten thousand girls attending secondary schools throughout Ireland are being targeted to redress the gender imbalance in the take-up of Computer Science in Ireland’s third-level colleges. CodePlus, a Computer Science (CS) outreach engagement project pioneered by Trinity College Dublin, is to be rolled out across the country by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre...

Computer games and transcranial stimulation

Listen back: Dr Mark Campbell, Director of Lero’s sSports Science Research Lab (ESRL) and Senior Lecturer in Sports Psychology at the University of Limerick joined Jonathan McCrea to discuss computer games and transcranial stimulation. Originally broadcast on Newstalk FutureProof on Sunday, 11 April, 2021.  Gaming is almost unrecognisable since the days of the Sinclair ZX80...

The challenge in striking the right balance with contact tracing apps

Analysis: When society begins to open up and the virus is less pervasive, a more nuanced approach towards contact tracing apps may be appropriate, but even that approach brings challenges. First published on RTÉ Brainstorm, on Thursday, 08 April, 2021. Contact tracing – where close contacts of known, positive, Covid-19 cases are identified, contacted and...

CSIS and Lero at UL receive Athena SWAN Bronze Award

The Department of Computer Science and Information Systems and Lero at University of Limerick have achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze award, it has been announced. This is the first Athena SWAN award for a University department that includes an SFI Centre. University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin also gained the first departmental Athena SWAN...