LERO, the Irish Software Engineering Centre based at the University of Limerick, has announced the appointment of Professor Mike Hinchey as co-director and Professor of Software Engineering at UL. He takes up his appointment on June 1.

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LERO, the Irish software engineering centre, has become one of only three academic partners to Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI).