Medtec Europe Conference
Dr Fergal Mc Caffery and Kitija Trektere were at the Medtec Europe Conference in Stuttgart. This is one of the largest Medical Technology events in Europe and was attended by several thousand participants. Fergal and Kitija were invited to provide a joint guest presentation on the 14th April in relation to Medical Device Software and...
Spin Out Awards for Lero
On the 21st April two spinouts from the RSRC at DkIT received awards at the DCU President’s Innovation and Commercialisation Awards ceremony in DCU. Seven spinouts were created out of DCU and DkIT in 2015 and 3 of them have come from the RSRC. The RSRC spinouts that won awards were Nova Leah which was...
Game Developers Conference Europe
Brenda Romero , Lero@ UL and Computer Science and Information Systems, UL , has been selected to join the Advisory Board of the prestigious Game Developers Conference Europe http://www.gdceurope.com/ . She will serve on the game design board, reviewing submissions, mentoring talks and ensuring the conference maintains the high standards that attendees expect. GDC Europe...
Award Nomination for Brenda Romero
( Brenda Romero & John Romero) The Higher Education Video Game Alliance is excited to announce open voting for their second annual Alliance Awards. Brenda Romero, Lero @ UL has been nominated for leading scholar for their exemplar contributions to the field of games development.
Coding on the curriculum: We’re making progress
The push to get coding onto the Junior Cert curriculum in Ireland is making steady progress behind the scenes, with schools up and down the country starting to implement classes. Click here for full news item on Silicon Republic.
Coup for Lero as it attracts world leading game developer
Professor Mike Hinchey, director, Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, welcomes Brenda Romero to the organisation. Photo Sean Curtin Brenda Romero to develop Master’s in Games Design at Limerick and support Ireland’s games industry Internationally renowned game designer Brenda Romero has been appointed Lecturer in Games Design at the University of Limerick, where she joins...
Second day Of Teacher CPD for Junior Cycle short Course takes place in Intel Leixlip
Pictured at a Coding exploration day at the Intel Ireland Campus in Leixlip for the first group of 50 teachers who will teach the subject at Junior Cycle level See more information here.
Starting id Software – John Romero
(L to R John Romero, Prof mike Hinchey) John spoke to a packed house in Lero on 5th February about how id Software began from a small team of three people until the shipping of the massive hit Quake in 1996, and the programming principles that helped them ship fast with solid code. John is...
University research not just for multinationals but SMEs and startups as well
Small firms and startups should not be put off accessing research through universities due to financial barriers. This was stated today (Monday) by Joe Gibbs, business commercialisation manager at Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, when he spoke at “Startup Europe” Week at DCU ALPHA in Dublin today. “There’s a perception out there that university...
Intel and Lero support Junior Cycle students in ‘Exploring Coding’
The introduction of computer coding courses for secondary schools has received a boost following the announcement of a collaborative initiative between Intel Ireland, Lero – The Irish Software Research Centre – and Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) which was launched last week in the University of Limerick. The project is designed to support schools and...