Do you know what your fridge is doing?
Opinion: the growth in connected devices in our homes is causing increasing safety and security concerns Published on RTE, Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020 We live in an increasingly interconnected world. It is reported that the number of connected devices will increase by 12% per year, from 27 billion in 2017 to 125 billion in 2030. In...
Two Lero projects shortlisted for Best Research Project at Education Awards
Two project from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have been named as finalists for the Best Research Project at the Education Awards taking place next month. A global lean agile project from Lero researchers at UL in collaboration with Ocuco as well as a chatbot connecting refugees with education courses developed...
Lero secures €6 million in research funding from Huawei
Four-year research programme starts in early 2020 Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has secured a €6 million investment from Huawei to fund a research programme aimed at improving the reliability of software applications. The investment funding is in joint cooperation with Huawei’s Research Centre in Ireland and Sweden. The announcement was...
Mental practice may improve golfers’ putting performance
Researchers from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, hosted at University of Limerick (UL), are lending support to Arnold Palmer’s famous assertion that golf is predominantly played in “the six inches between the ears”. According to research by Lero and UL, kinaesthetic ability, which is an individual’s ability to feel an action...
US academic addresses robot rights and ethics of AI
A leading philosopher on the rights of robots examines the ethical and social implications of society’s increasing reliance on machines and artificial intelligence at an event organised by Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre at University of Limerick on Friday, November 1 at 1pm. Professor David J Gunkel of Northern Illinois University will be interviewed...
How to survive a robot invasion
We are delighted to welcome Professor David J. Gunkel to Lero to share his views on how to survive a robot invasion and explore the topic of robot rights. Professor Gunkel is the author of over 50 scholarly journal articles and book chapters, has written and published 7 influential books, lectured and delivered award-winning papers...
What would a science of software engineering look like?
Lero Distinguished Lecture Series What would a science of software engineering look like? Dr. James Herbsleb, Professor in the Institute for Software Research in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University Abstract In software engineering research, human characteristics have traditionally been treated as peripheral. We have also seen, over the 50 years or...
Lero to lead driverless vehicles research programme
€4.2m autonomous vehicles research programme launched Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, will lead a new Science Foundation Ireland backed €4.2m research collaboration on driverless vehicles. The programme was launched by Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation. As part of the programme, researchers from Irish academia, global automotive and Irish firms will...
How the internet can help us to stay healthy
Analysis: new user-friendly applications aim to provide people with jargon-free health information Published on RTÉ, Friday, 4 Oct 2019 Many of us probably have had some sort of symptom that we have checked out online and discovered (incorrectly) that we have weeks to live. While the internet is an amazing resource, its reliability as a...
Brexit, Orwell’s 1984 and living in liquid modernity
Opinion: in times of change it is common for people to look to the past for a sense of security and a sense of solidity – but be careful what you wish for Published on RTE, Saturday, 28 Sep 2019 Sunderland was once considered the largest shipbuilding town in the world. When the harbour was...