What is R@ISE?
The R@ISE project serves as a catalyst for the development of a strong Low Code/ No Code (LCNC) research and adoption capability for Ireland. Supported by eminent scholars, international domain experts and corporate and public sector partners, this multi-dimensional and visionary project will lead research and dissemination programmes in both core (Low Code / No Code development platforms) and applied Software Engineering (Digital Thread).
The project was launched on April 4th 2023 at University of Limerick.
The Challenge...
Software development has never been more important: it now pervades virtually every aspect of society. However, organizations are struggling to find enough skilled developers resulting in an unmet need for code that works. Low-code and no-code (LC/NC) development tools enable the rapid deployment of powerful computerized functionalities without the need for a developer to have deep knowledge of the underlying platform or of computer science, thereby overcoming many of the challenges faced by organisations in terms of acquiring legions of expert developers, which do not exist on the job market.
The goal of R@ISE is to act as a catalyst for the development of a strong LC/NC capability for Ireland, in both research and application. R@ISE is uniquely placed to accelerate this development into the future of LC/NC with industry partners like ADI, Stripe, Tines, and Johnson & Johnson, who are already constructing that future. We will also partner with Limerick City and County Council to embed a LC/NC approach within a societal and public government context.
R@ISE Partners
R@ISE is build on close collaboration between University of Limerick and five external partner organisations, four of which respresent industry with the remaining partner representing local government.
We expect this R@ISE collaboration to bring to life the ideas discussed at length in the past
three years in the context of the co-design of the new model of industry-academia
collaboration. Many of the traits of the R@ISE research program in terms of choice of topics and their
priorities have been co-developed. We look very much forward to finally be able to hire the
young researchers, explore these and further new ideas, test them in practice in the R@ISE
software platform in collaboration with the partners
John Collison
Co-Founder & President, Stripe
I am very excited to be partnering with the University of Limerick on the R@ISE project over the next 5 years. As a veteran of enterprise scale software solutions, I have had a front row seat to the challenges of building software solutions. With the advent of low code or no code platforms, the software engineering world has been opening its doors to the less technically minded. However, we are still a long way off being able to put true no code software development in to the hands of the user. In Limerick City & County Council, there are unique and complex challenges that I hope to bring to the table to help the significantly important research that R@ISE will conduct over the coming years. This is the future, the tip of the spear. I’m very happy to have my hand on it.
Alan Dooley
Head of Digital Strategy & EU Programmes, Limerick City & County Council