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 IoT Wireless Cellular Fixed hardware, software, infrastructure, architecture, management, applications, services, business models …

THE RESEARCH TEAM 35 PIs 200 researchers initially

THE INDUSTRY TEAM 35+

35% of all jobs in the ICT sector in Ireland are based in the CONNECT industry partners

NETWORKED CONNECT is about the creation of networks that will support the varied, conflicting, and abundant services that our world will require CONNECT VISION The 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 sensors microelectronic circuits RF design energy harvesting strategies antennas thermal strategies optical technologies PHY layer signal processing software/cognitive radio platforms optical architectures optical/wireless interface cognitive networking virtualization techniques wireless/mobile architectures network optimization network performance monitoring mobile services cloud services spectrum management privacy/security services service platforms Audio-visual media processing M2M/D2D applications cyberphysical systems PHY layer monitoring sensor networks Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation Media Rich Applications 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 CONNECT Vision

University College Cork: IoT Networking Post-Deployment Network Design Visual programming tools Maintenance & 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 disclosures/licences/patents last four years

14 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 Infrastructure Based on Low Powered WAN approaches Narrow to medium bandwidths Connectivity to awkward spots Targeting 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 YOU Contact: Cormac Sreenan