Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, based at the University of Limerick has been awarded an international contract with United Technologies Research Centre Ireland (UTRC-Ireland), based in Cork. Lero will apply its expertise in adaptive security and privacy software systems to United Technologies Research Center’s (UTRC) global leadership in the design of intelligent buildings.
 
This is the second research and development contract Lero has won with UTRC-Ireland. Cork is one of two international R&D centres operated by UTRC, which is headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut (U.S.), with an office in Berkeley, California, and another. R&D centre in Shanghai, China.
 
UTRC delivers advanced technologies and research to the businesses of United Technologies (UTC) – which provides a broad range of high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building systems industries.
The research programme will explore new ways to implement building access with systems that can adapt to changing circumstances or personnel. The activities at Lero will be headed by Prof. Bashar Nuseibeh, who was recently awarded a European Research Council €2.5m grant for work on adaptive security and privacy with particular focus on mobile and cloud applications.

“This second agreement with Lero follows on from the success of our initial programme last year. Having that software research expertise on our doorstep enhances our research capabilities out of Cork,” commented John Milton-Benoit, General Manager of UTRC-Ireland. “Security is a key element of smart buildings and our goal is to develop systems that can adapt based on the personnel and assets involved.”
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About United Technologies Research Center
United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) delivers advanced technologies to the businesses of United Technologies (UTC) to improve the performance, energy efficiency and cost of UTC products and processes. UTRC partners with UTC business units and external research organizations across the globe to pursue research and deliver innovation with impact, providing technology options that meet and anticipate the needs of the marketplace. Founded in 1929, United Technologies Research Center is located in East Hartford, Connecticut (U.S.) with an office in Berkeley, California and research and development centers in Shanghai, China, and Cork, Ireland. Learn more at www.utrc.utc.com.
 
UTC is a diversified company that provides a broad range of high-technology products and services to the global aerospace and building systems industries. Its commercial businesses include Otis elevators and escalators as well as UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a leading provider of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, fire and security systems, building automation and controls. The company’s aerospace businesses are Sikorsky aircraft and UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems, which includes Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and UTC Aerospace Systems aerospace products.
 
About Lero
Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre (www.lero.ie) – based at the University of Limerick, is a global leader in software engineering research. It brings together researchers in the University of Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Dublin City University, NUI Galway, and Dundalk Institute of Technology and is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and other Irish and international funding agencies.