Linda Doyle, CONNECT Director, Professor of Engineering and The Arts

Linda Doyle, Director CONNECT, Professor of Engineering & The ArtsBrussels January 2016

CONFESSION

me

not me

no matter what perspective, agriculture matters in Europe and to Europe

FOODWATERLIFESTYLEIDENTITYSUSTAINABILTYFUTURE …

SO WHYare you listening to me?

CONNECT is one of 12 large scale national research centres, cofunded by SFI and industry (50 million +).

It is a ‘one stop shop’ for all research in future networks and communications.

IoTWirelessCellularFixed

hardware, software, infrastructure, architecture, management, applications, services, business models …

THE CONNECT ACADEMIC TEAM35 Faculty

200 researchers in total 10

THE CONNECT INDUSTRY TEAM35+

smart sensorsmicroelectronic circuits

RF design

energy harvesting strategies

antennas

thermal strategiesoptical technologies

PHY layer signal processingsoftware/cognitive radio platforms

optical architecturesoptical/wireless interface

cognitive networkingvirtualization techniques

wireless/mobile architectures

network optimizationnetwork performance monitoring

mobile servicescloud services

spectrum management

privacy/security servicesservice platforms

Audio-visual media processingM2M/D2D applications

cyberphysical systems

PHY layer monitoring

sensor networks

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The Range of Expertise in the CONNECT

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Responsive Things

Service-Aware NETWORKS

Network-Aware SERVICES

TEST THE FUTURE IN IRELAND

BIG PLAY1.BLANKET IRELAND IN IOT INFRASTRUCTURE

2.OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING COMPANIES

3. SEED 200 NEW COMPANIES

4.CONNECT A MILLION THINGS

5.MAKE IRELAND THE DEFINITIVE IOT TEST ISLAND

KEY PRINCIPLES

No Urban-RuralDivide

Leverage Irish Assets

Recognize NewValue Chains

Build a co-creating.co-designing ecosystem

RTE NetworksThe GardaiAn Postenet MANsHEAnetLighthouses

+REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

LARGE scale COLL

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