Ita Richardson

Prof Ita Richardson is Professor of Software Quality in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Limerick, a Co-Principal Investigator in Lero – the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software, and a Principal Investigator in the Ageing Research Centre in UL. She leads projects on Global Software Engineering, Software Process, Digital Health and Gender issues in STEM. She has over 200 publications, has supervised 20 PhD students to completion and is currently supervising 3 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 IBM, Ocuco and Johnson & Johnson, and public bodies such as University Hospital Limerick Group and the Irish Health Service Executive. Prof Richardson led the University of Limerick Equality and Human Rights portfolio from 2017-2020.