What time is it? A brief history of time management

Analysis: Stress and anxiety over how we manage our time has been a problem since, well, the beginning of time   Published on RTÉ Brainstorm, Friday, 5 Jul 2019 Time is our most prized asset, illustrated by its status as the most commonly used noun in the English language. Once gone, it cannot be retrieved....

Lero members highlight research to Ministers at innovation fund launch

Lero members highlighted their research to Ministers Heather Humphreys, TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Paschal Donohoe, TD, Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform and Patrick O’Donovan, TD, Minister of State for Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform, at a flagship event on the impact of technological change on Irish businesses, held...

Lero Distinguished Lecture Series – Dealing with Uncertainty in Software Systems

    David S. Rosenblum Provost’s Chair Professor of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Date: Tuesday 23rd JulyLocation: T3-013, Lero, Tierney Building, UL Time: 14:30 pm Abstract A key challenge in modern-day software development is dealing with the high degree of uncertainty in both the environment in which software operates and...

Crowdfunding success involves more than just the art of asking

Lero research suggests that Project creators need to be realistic and do their homework before jumping on the bandwagon First published in the Irish Times, Friday, June 21, 2019 Online crowdfunding platforms offer a popular alternative to traditional structures by connecting those looking to raise money for a business directly with crowds of potential backers....

Lero veteran honoured at Tech Excellence Awards

– Limerick man Brendan O’Malley wins Career Recognition Award 2019 Brendan O’Malley, general manager of Limerick headquartered Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre between 2010 and 2018, has won the “The Career Recognition Award” sponsored by Intellicom in the Tech Excellence Awards 2019 presented in Dublin last week (May 23rd). Commenting on the award, Professor...

Kildare rises to the top in National Scratch Coding Final

Abdul-Marteen Ojo from Confey College, Leixlip, Co. Kildare won the top prize for his entry ‘Magic Wizard’ at the National Scratch Coding Competition which was held at the University of Limerick as part of Tech Week 2019. The winners were selected from over 500 entries nationwide and judged to be the best in their respective...

Video: Anthony Ventresque on chatbots for education

The winners of the 2019 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards will be announced on May 17. A project led by Dr Anthony Ventresque, a Lero researcher at University College Dublin (UCD), using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help improve the lives of millions of refugees, has been shortlisted for the prestigious awards. The project is a...

Tech Excellence Awards

A Lero team has been shortlisted for the 2019, Tech Excellence Awards. Manoj Kesavulu, Markus Helfert and the Usage Analytics Group at Lero, DCU have made the final in the very competitive Private Sector Project of the Year category. The Project of the Year Awards recognise technology projects that have delivered outstanding operational and competitive...

Running to go backwards: The problem with productivity apps

Lero research shows time management technologies often damage productivity and increase the stresses and anxieties they were designed to allay.  First published in the Irish Times, Friday, April 5, 2019 Faster, faster, faster There is a rarely questioned assumption that our world is aggressively faster, more evanescent, than ever before. Healthcare staff face well-documented time...

Lero chief is first Irish president of Association for Information Systems

Professor Brian Fitzgerald, director of Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, has been elected president of the international Association for Information Systems (AIS). He is the first Irish person to be elected to the role and will serve a three-year term. Headquartered in Atlanta, USA, the AIS is a global professional association for individuals and...