10 outstanding researchers presented with inaugural Lero Research Awards

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brain tumour identification is just one of 10 research projects to benefit from a €1.3m investment byLero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, based at University of Limerick. Announcing the research awards, Lero director Prof. Lionel Briand said the array of research topics selected for support shows...

Minister of State Séan Fleming launches Data Governance Roadmap for Ireland

Maynooth University’s Innovation Value Institute, led by Lero’s Professor Markus Helfert, has announced a pioneering initiative, the ‘Data Governance Roadmap for Ireland’, launched by Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Seán Fleming TD, at this year’s IVI Summit in Maynooth University.   As one of the leading forums for data and digital discussion,...

County Dublin student wins National Scratch Coding Competition 2024

Seventeen-year-old Holly Wright from Balbriggan, County Dublin, has been named the overall winner of the Annual National Scratch Coding Competition, organised by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and the Irish Computer Society and sponsored by AWS.  Holly, a fifth-year student of Bremore Educate Together Secondary School, was presented with their award...

Two Lero members honoured by Engineers Ireland

Two Lero members were among a number of leading Irish broadcasters, entrepreneurs, and academics honoured with Fellowship of engineering representative body, Engineers Ireland, at a ceremony in Dublin’s InterContinental Hotel. Fellowships were awarded to 16 people who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession in Ireland, with titles being presented by the President of...

Two world-leading software engineers named Parnas Fellows at Lero

Two of the world’s top software engineers will share their expertise with researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, as part of the David Lorge Parnas Fellowship scheme. Professor Daniela Damian, Professor of Software Engineering and the ECS-CAPI Chair in Inclusive Science, Technology and Engineering at the University of Victoria, Canada,...

Leaving Certificate students say Computer Science is for all

Debunking misconceptions that Computer Science at Leaving Cert is only for “brainy” students and “nerds” is vital to attracting more pupils to the subject, a study byLero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, and University of Limerick (UL) has found. Lero and UL researchers, who conducted a four-phase in-depth qualitative study interviewing fifth...

Lero and University of Galway project to recruit 19 top researchers

Lero has launched a €3.5 million postdoctoral fellowship programme which will recruit 19 world-class researchers to universities across Ireland. The ROSETTA (Responsible Time and Tech in an Accelerated Digitised World) programme is funded by Lero, University of Galway’s J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics and the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND...

Two Lero researchers awarded SFI Public Service Fellowships

Two Lero researchers have been named as Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Public Service Fellows. Professor Brian Donnellan (Maynooth University) and Dr Flaithrí Neff (Technological University of the Shannon) were among 14 successful award recipients announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD. Prof. Donnellan received funding for his...

Professor Ita Richardson appointed Deputy Director of Lero – Science Foundation Ireland’s Research Centre for Software

Leagan Gaeilge A leading champion of Women in STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – Professor Ita Richardson has been appointed Deputy Director of Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. Professor of Software Quality in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at University of Limerick Prof. Richardson will be...

Playing video games may improve attention and memory, new Lero research finds

Leagan Gaeilge A new study, published in the British Psychological Society’s British Journal of Psychology, found that regular gamers performed better on tasks measuring cognitive functions such as attention and memory. The study, which took place at the Lero Esports Science Research Lab at University of Limerick, involved 88 young adults, half of whom regularly...