A National Research Centre funded by Science Foundation Ireland

CONNECT is the one stop shop for all things to do with future networks and communications in Ireland

IoTWirelessCellularFixed

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

THE RESEARCH TEAM35 PIs

200 researchers initially

THE INDUSTRY TEAM35+

35% of all jobs in the

ICT sector in Ireland are based in the CONNECT industry partners

NETWORKEDCONNECT is about the creation of networks that will support the varied, conflicting, and abundant services that our world will require

CONNECT VISIONThe network is performed into existence in response to a service need.

The network is an open malleable, programmable, responsive substrate. New modes of ownership / multiple actors / new forms of business are possible.

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 Centre

Responsive Things

Service-Aware NETWORKS

Network-Aware SERVICES

Partner 1 Roadmap

Partner 3 Roadmap

IoT 1

IoT 2

LTE …. 5G

Cloud Service

Partner 2 Roadmap

Partner 4 Roadmap

CONNECT Roadmap

CONNECTVision

University College Cork: IoT NetworkingPost-Deployment Network Design

Visual programming

toolsMaintenance & reprogramming

Autonomous repair

QoS for sensing & actuation

Planning for Robustness

Smart Evacuation

Industrial control

Smart Parking

University College Cork: IoT Security

• Autonomic Defenses– Smart agents that manage security controls– Reason and make tradeoffs about configurations that

detect/mitigate security threats in real-time. – Compliant with security standards best practices

• Secure Dynamic Coalitions– Managing trust relationships between things– Distributed and lightweight crypto controls. – Coalitions that collaborate on autonomic defense

Nimbus Centre for Embedded Systems Research

• One of Ireland’s largest IoT focused research centres, part of Cork Institute of Technology

• 100 staff – researchers, engineers, students, admin

• Research covering Internet of Things technologies and Applications

• Application focused on Smart Cities, Energy management, Water systems, Transportation, Assisted Living, Environmental monitoring

• Real-world Testbeds for Trialing and Demonstration - Litmus

• Dedicated industry support unit – TEC Gateway

• Funding of over €36M since 2006

• 40 disclosures/licences/patents last four years

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Energy Efficient Communications

Power Management

Adaptive ADCs

System Integration

Making Smart Things for the Internet of Things

Target Markets:• Industrial, Medical, Automotive,

Agriculture, Environment

Target Sensors (Actuators):• Physical – presence, location,

activity, gesture, touch• Bio/Chemical – liquid, gas,

biomarker, physiology• Electromagnetic – ultra-sound,

magnetic fields, current, radiation, light, wireless/RF signals (smart antennae)

Smart Cities: Energy Efficient Sensing Platforms

Building efficient low power, low cost sensors for using in cities to capture dynamic data on

• noise • wifi and mobile phone coverage• weather (esp rain for flooding)• air monitoring

Our technology focus is:• edge-processing for data reduction

and network level energy saving.• efficient sensing platforms

Working in partnership with Dublinked, the Dublin City Smart City & Data-Sharing Initiative.

Radio spectrum

Noise levels

University College Dublin

Communication DSP Group 35 year history, seeded almost the whole communications DSP

industry in Ireland. RF & Microwave Group

Over 35 years track record. A well-known research group in the field.

Circuits & Systems Group International portfolio in applying fundamental methods of circuit theory,

control theory and nonlinear dynamics to nonlinear circuits and systems. A world-class Mixed-Signal Circuit expert joined in

September 2014 Control/Smart City Professor started in April 2015

PERVASIVE NATION

Copyright Connect 2015

BIG PICTURE

1.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

WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE?

Dedicated IoT InfrastructureBased on Low Powered WAN approachesNarrow to medium bandwidthsConnectivity to awkward spotsTargeting application areas across ALL the verticals that fit the characteristics of the network [Smaller message size, bursty, low powered, all ranges, free running, low to medium power devices ….]Enormous range of applications fit this bill – health, agriculture, environment, climate change, food, education, economics, etc.

THANK YOUContact: Cormac Sreenan <cjs@cs.ucc.ie>