@inproceedings{fdd211564c164820a463dfddb504ac37,
title = "Software as a high-tech weapon in Ireland's strategy",
abstract = "Lero's mission is to establish Ireland as a location synonymous with high quality software development through advanced research and smart collaboration, and through our education and outreach programme. An estimated 44,500 job openings are forecast in the ICT sector over the period to 2018. To ensure an adequate ICT skills supply pipeline, informing and effectively engaging relevant stake holders and the general public in the ICT domain is vital. This paper describes a number of educational initiatives run by Lero to address this challenge.",
keywords = "Computer science, Education, High-tech, Outreach programme, Schools, Software",
author = "Clare McInerney and Tiziana Margaria",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 39th IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSACW 2015 ; Conference date: 01-07-2015 Through 05-07-2015",
year = "2015",
month = sep,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1109/COMPSAC.2015.137",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "658--663",
editor = "Ahamed, {Sheikh Iqbal} and Chang, {Carl K.} and Ivica Crnkovic and Pao-Ann Hsiung and Jingwei Yang and Gang Huang and William Chu",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 39th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSACW 2015",
}