How video games can beat social isolation during the lockdown

Opinion: video games offer a quick, convenient and easy way to be social, competitive and to challenge our brains Published on RTE, Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020 By Niall Ramsbottom, Adam Toth and Mark Campbell, University of Limerick During this period of quarantine and physical distancing, it is important for us all to keep in touch with those closest to us...

Dr Martina Prendergast appointed as international funding manager

Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has appointed an International Funding Manager. The strategic appointment is key to achieving the centre’s goals of securing international investment in its leading-edge research. Hosted by the University of Limerick (UL) Lero brings together expert software teams from universities and institutes of technology across Ireland in...

SFI, IRC and HRB statement on COVID-19

The Health Research Board (HRB), Irish Research Council (IRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) are fully aware that the current situation regarding the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on the research and innovation community, both in Ireland and internationally. We anticipate that the precise nature of these impacts may evolve over the...

Norwegian Ambassador visit to Lero

The Norwegian ambassador to Ireland met a Smart Cities delegation from Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software, at University of Limerick recently. A welcome reception for the Norwegian delegation was held at Plassey House and hosted by UL Deputy President, Mr Gerry O’Brien. Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Ambassador of Norway to Ireland then...

Rise of software poses challenges for all, research chief says

Interview: Ubiquity of software poses new ethical dilemmas, Lero director Brian Fitzgerald says Published by The Irish Times, on Thursday, 27 Feb, 2020 Every business is now a software business in one way or another. That’s the view of Lero director Brian Fitzgerald, who points out that everything from medical devices to lawnmowers now has...

Workers will need to plan if they want to adapt to artificial intelligence

Lero research fellow Dr Veeresh Thummadi discusses why workers will need to be open and willing to break habits in the face of AI and automation. Published on SiliconRepublic.com, Monday, 17 Feb 2020 The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation means that workers will need to prepare for the worst by developing long-term career...

Electoral fickleness in liquid modernity.

Opinion: Change melts political loyalties so parties such as Sinn Féin can only, strategically, aim to generate temporary commonalities. Published by Village Magazine, on Sunday, 16 Feb, 2020 “The old guard can have yesterday”, tweeted Sinn Féin the day before the general election. “Tomorrow is ours. Vote for change. Vote for Unity”. On that particular...

Lero workshops for breast cancer patients and survivors

Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, are looking for breast cancer patients and survivors to take part in a workshop at University of Limerick (UL) this weekend. The workshop is funded through an Irish Cancer Society Research Engagement Award, and is focused around engaging breast cancer patients and survivors with...

Lero marks 15 years of software research excellence

In 2020, Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software celebrates 15 years of excellence in software research. As one of the longest-established SFI research centres, Lero will mark the occasion over the course of the year by highlighting some of its alumni and people who have had associations with the centre over that...

Research shows the sexes have equal spatial cognition

Men are not better than women at spatial cognition ­– such as map reading ­– is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, hosted at University of Limerick (UL). Employing cutting-edge eye-tracking technology researchers Dr Mark Campbell and Dr Adam Toth of the Lero...