Prof Ita Richardson is Professor of Software Quality in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Limerick, Deputy Director of Lero and a Principal Investigator in the Ageing Research Centre. She leads projects on Connected Health, Global Software Engineering and Gender issues in STEM. She has over 200 publications, has supervised 24 PhD students to completion and is currently supervising 1 PhD students. She has received funding for her research from a variety of agencies including Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Research Council, European Union and Enterprise Ireland. Her collaborators have included companies including Ei Electronics, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Ocuco, and public bodies such as University Hospital Limerick Group and the Health Service Executive. Prof Richardson was an SFI Industry Research Fellow (2015-2017). She is General Chair of the International Conference on Software and Systems Processes, ICSSP 2024, and was Diversity Co-Chair for the International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2023. She has served on many conference programme committees including the International Conference on Software Engineering 2018 & 2020, Workshop on Software for Healthcare, Requirements Engineering for Well-Being, Aging and Health, and the International Conference on Global Software Engineering over many years. She is currently guest editor with the Journal of Software and Systems on the topic of Software Engineering Education in the Era of Hybrid Work. Her guest editorship includes Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (Connected Health, 2017, Software Processes, 2015, Global Software Engineering, 2012), Expert Systems Journal (Knowledge Engineering in Global Software Development , 2014), IEEE Software (Software Process for Small Enterprises, 2007). Prof Richardson is an advocate for education and outreach, organising talks with groups such as the University Hospital Limerick Group, students from School of Allied Health, and undertaking visits to promote STEM to young women in secondary and primary school. Prof Richardson led the University of Limerick Equality and Human Rights portfolio from 2017-2020, chaired the CSIS-Lero Athena SWAN committee 2016-2022 and is currently a member, and is a member of Researcher sub-group of the UL Athena SWAN committee who received a Silver institutional award in 2023.
Publications
2024
Costin, Y, Hynes, B, Richardson, I, Travers, M, Wang, X.
2024.
Pictures Speak a 1,000 Words{textendash}Unearthing Self-identified Entrepreneurial Perceptions, Challenges and Opportunities of Female Researchers in STEM.
Research in Science Education.
doi: 10.1007/s11165-024-10202-4.
Connolly, R, McParland, C, Richardson, I.
2024.
Effective Supports for Women Computer Science Academics: Practice Based Insights in an Irish Context.
In: 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107236.
Alamri, Bandar, Crowley, Katie, Richardson, Ita.
2024.
Cybersecuriy Risk Management and Evaluation Framework of Blockchain Identity Management Systems in HIoT: Experts Evaluation.
IEEE Access, 12, 144652-144683.
doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3468379.
2023
Bromell, Jenna, Crowley, Katie, Patten, James Vincent, Richardson, Ita, Travers, Marie.
2023.
Shooting for the Stars: How a STEM Initiative has Evolved to Address Gender Challenges in Work and Education.
In: 2023 IEEE/ACM 4th Workshop on Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering (GEICSE).
doi: 10.1109/GEICSE59319.2023.00008.
MacMahon, Silvana Togneri, Richardson, Ita.
2023.
Pathways, technology and the patient{textemdash}connected health through the lifecycle.
Frontiers in Digital Health, 5.
doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1057518.
Ahmad, Bilal, Beecham, Sarah, Crowley, Katie, Leamy, Craig, Richardson, Ita.
2023.
Launcher50+: An Android Launcher for Use by Older Adults.
doi: 10.5220/0011622900003414.
Ahmad, Bilal, Alsahmmari, Muneef, Beecham, Sarah, Cajander, {r A}sa, Doody, Owen, Ouhbi, Sofia, Premanandan, Shweta, Richardson, Ita.
2023.
Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability.
In: 2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW).
doi: 10.1109/REW57809.2023.00081.
Ahessy, Bill, Clements-Cortes, Amy, Kelly, Lisa, Moss, Hilary, Richardson, Ita.
2023.
{textquotedblleft}Follow the Musical Road{textquotedblright}: Selecting Appropriate Music Experiences for People with Dementia Living in the Community.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 5818.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105818.
Ahessy, Bill, Kelly, Lisa, Moss, Hilary, Richardson, Ita.
2023.
Aligning Kitwood’s Model of Person-Centered Dementia Care with Music Therapy Practice.
Music Therapy Perspectives, miad015.
doi: 10.1093/mtp/miad015.
2022
Abbas, M, Beecham, S, Fitzgerald, B, Gylnn, L, Jim Buckley, Johnsom, K, Laffey, J, McNicholas, B, O'Callaghan, M.E, O'Connell, J, O'Keeffe, D, Razzaq, A, Rekanar. K, Richardson, I, Simpkin, A, Storni, C, Tsvyatkova, D, Walsh, J, Welsh, T.
2022.
A National Survey of attitudes to COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing in the Republic of Ireland.
Digit Health.
doi: 10.1177/20552076221085065.
Chichilidze, Nutsa, Crowley, Katie, Kearney, Dylan, Lynch, Sean, Macentee, Brona, Motti, Lilian, Richardson, Ita, Rutkauskaite, Kristina.
2022.
mHealth use in healthcare facilities: a review under the People-Policy-Technology (PPT) framework.
doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25302.11840.
Beecham, Sarah, Chochlov, Muslim, Jim Buckley, O'Keeffe, Ian R, Razzaq, Abdul, Rekanar, Kaavya, Richardson, Ita, Storni, Cristiano, Tsvyatkova, Damyanka, Welsh, Thomas.
2022.
Digital Contact Tracing Apps for COVID-19: Development of a Citizen-Centered Evaluation Framework.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 10, e30691.
doi: 10.2196/30691.
Alamri, Bandar, Crowley, Katie, Richardson, Ita.
2022.
Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework for Blockchain Identity Management Systems in Health IoT.
Sensors, 23, 218.
doi: 10.3390/s23010218.
Higgins, Linda, Richardson, Ita, Travers, Marie.
2022.
Challenges and Opportunities when Deploying a Gender STEM Intervention During a Pandemic.
In: 2022 IEEE/ACM 3rd International Workshop on Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Software Engineering (GEICSE).
doi: 10.1145/3524501.3527596.
Alamri, Bandar, Crowley, Katie, Richardson, Ita.
2022.
Blockchain-Based Identity Management Systems in Health IoT: A Systematic Review.
IEEE Access, 10, 59612-59629.
doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3180367.
2020
Ahmad, B, Richardson, I, S Beecham.
2020.
A Multi-method Approach for Requirements Elicitation for the Design and Development of Smartphone Applications for Older Adults.
In: 2020 IEEE First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Well-Being, Aging, and Health (REWBAH).
doi: 10.1109/REWBAH51211.2020.00010.
Alshammari, Muneef, Doody, Owen, Richardson, Ita.
2020.
Health Information Systems for Clients with Mild Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Framework.
doi: 10.5220/0008966801250132.
Abbas, Raja, Ahmad, Bilal, Moloney, Jane, Richardson, Ita, S Beecham.
2020.
Challenges and Opportunities for Caregiving through Information and Communication Technology.
In: 13th International Conference on Health Informatics.
doi: 10.5220/0008893603290336.
2019
Richardson, Ita, S Beecham, Sievi-Korte, Outi.
2019.
Software architecture design in global software development: An empirical study.
Journal of Systems and Software, 158, 110400.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.110400.
Marinho, Marcelo Luiz, Noll, John, Richardson, Ita, S Beecham.
2019.
Plan-Driven Approaches Are Alive and Kicking in Agile Global Software Development.
doi: 10.1109/ESEM.2019.8870168.
Noel Carroll, Richardson, Ita.
2019.
Mapping a careflow network to assess the connectedness of connected health.
Health Informatics.
doi: 10.1177/1460458217702943.
Broderick, E, Noonan, F, O'Brien, J, Richardson, I, Walsh, J.
2019.
Hospital Bed Management Practices: A Review.
In: 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies.
doi: 10.5220/0007387403260331.
Noel Carroll, Richardson, Ita.
2019.
Enablers and Barriers for Hospital Pharmacy Information Systems.
Health Informatics, 1-14.
doi: 10.1177/1460458219832056.
Richardson, Ita, S Beecham, Sievi-Korte, Outi.
2019.
Challenges and recommended practices for software architecting in global software development.
Information and Software Technology, 106, 234 - 253.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2018.10.008.
Abbas, Manzar, Noel Carroll, Richardson, Ita.
2019.
Assessing the Need of Decision-Making Frameworks to Guide the Adoption of Health Information Systems in Healthcare.
In: BIOSTEC 2019.
doi: 10.5220/0007363202390247.
2018
Baker, Sean, Noll, John, O'Leary, Padraig, Richardson, Ita, S Beecham, Sommerville, Ian.
2018.
Triangulating Research Dissemination Methods: A Three-Pronged Approach to Closing the Research-Practice Divide: 10 Years of Innovation.
58-90.
doi: 10.1002/9781119174240.ch4.
Kuziemsky, Craig, Noel Carroll, Richardson, Ita.
2018.
Special issue on software engineering for Connected Health: Challenges and research roadmap.
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, e1941.
doi: 10.1002/smr.1941.
M Abbas, Noel Carroll, Richardson, I.
2018.
In Technology We Trust: Extending TAM from a Healthcare Technology Perspective.
In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI).
doi: 10.1109/ICHI.2018.00051.
Ahmad, Bilal, M Abbas, M. Alshammari, Richardson, Ita, S Beecham.
2018.
Improving Quality of Life for Older Adults: Can we reduce Social Isolation through Social Network Systems.
In: TUFH 2018.
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