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...

Future of Fintech Workshop

Experts and leaders in Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, and Compliance will come together for an engaging day of Future of Fintech, Impact of Digitalisation and Brexit on Fintech discussions on Friday March 29th 2019 at Dublin City University Innovation Campus Auditorium (Old Finglas Road 11, Glasnevin, Co. Dublin). The workshop will provide insights into current research, approaches in industry, address impactful innovations...

Minister Bruton announces Lero research programme with Microsoft to boost online educational opportunities for refugees

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton T.D., today announced the renewal of an international research contract between Microsoft and Lero, the SFI Irish Software Research Centre and University College Dublin (UCD), designed to help refugees in the Middle East access relevant education courses online. Under the programme, which uses the latest in...

AI for Good Project Shortlisted for US-Ireland Research Innovation Award

A project led by a Lero researcher at University College Dublin (UCD) using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help improve the lives of millions of young people, who have been displaced in areas of conflict around the world, has been shortlisted for a 2019 US-Ireland Research Innovation Award. Conflict-affected youth in Lebanon interacting with and...