Minister Humphreys launches €4.2m national research collaboration on driverless vehicles

Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, today launched a Science Foundation Ireland backed €4.2m research collaboration on driverless vehicles led by Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre. As part of the programme, researchers from Irish academia, global automotive and Irish firms will collaborate on key international challenges facing the development of driverless...

Practical and Scalable Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems

Date: Tuesday 8th, October 2019Location:T3-013, Lero, Tierney Building, ULTime: 14:30 – 15:30 Shaukat Ali, Chief Research Scientist/Research Professor at  Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Abstract Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) presents unprecedented challenges owing to their complexity and interdisciplinary nature. In addition, the inherent uncertainty in CPS due to their interactions with unpredictable physical environment and...

Autonomous driving: difficult journey or road to ruin?

The automation of vehicles is intended to create more safety, but it can also make motor insurance more expensive. In this article, automotive expert Florian David-Spickermann presents five reasons why intelligent driver assistance systems could increase future motor premiums. Published on Scor.com on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Autonomous vehicles must be able to perform complex...

€4.2m blended autonomous vehicles research launch

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, will launch a €4.2 million research programme led by Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, at the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick, on October 2. The Science Foundation Ireland supported collaboration on blended autonomous vehicles will see researchers from Irish academia, global automotive and Irish firms...

How to Practice Effective Online Teaching

Dr Matteo Sacchet of University of Turin, Italy will deliver a talk on How to Practice Effective Online Teaching as the Lero/CSIS Invited Speaker this month. The talk takes place in T2-001, Lero, Tierney Building, UL at 11am this Wednesday, September 25. Online teaching is essential for many purposes and for many institutions, mainly Universities....

Here’s one way a blockchain could deliver a smarter city

Opinion: a blockchain to manage self-driving cars could lead to the development of a cleaner and less congested city Published on RTÉ Brainstorm, Monday, 2 Sept 2019 The traditional way of banking as most of us know it sees a bank maintain a private ledger that contains the account balance of each of its customers and a record...

Lero researcher joins European digital ethics expert group

A Lero researcher at University of Limerick (UL) has been appointed to a new European expert group tasked with developing a set of principles of digital responsibility in the insurance sector. Lero’s Dr Martin Mullins, Head of Department of Accounting and Finance at UL’s Kemmy Business School, was selected by the European Insurance and Occupational...

Lero opens Ireland’s first esports research lab

– SFI Research Centre project to grow global visibility of Ireland in rapidly expanding billion-dollar industry Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, has opened Ireland’s first esports research lab. The new lab is located in University of Limerick, at the headquarters of Lero, a world-leading SFI research centre. Lero researchers at UL will conduct studies...

New Rules for Modern Businesses?

Analysis: The importance of habits in maintaining the psyche of an organisation First published in the Irish Times, Friday, July 26, 2019 For the past 50 years, businesses have been focusing heavily on providing strict rules and guidelines to their workers on how to carry out work. This has brought many benefits, much standardisation and...

Tribute to Professor Rory O’Connor

Last week Lero lost one of its long-time and most-respected colleagues. Professor Rory O’Connor, head of the Dublin City University School of Computing and a member of Lero since its foundation in 2005, died suddenly while abroad. A funeral mass for Professor O’Connor was celebrated on Saturday, July 27, attended by many of his Lero...