Research Centres
2024 – Present
CONNECT is the world leading Taighde Éireann Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications. It is part of a nationwide network of centres funded under the Taighde Éireann Research Centres programme.
CONNECT brings together world-class expertise from twelve Irish academic institutes to create a one-stop-shop for telecommunications research, development and innovation. We engage with over 40 companies including large multinationals, SMEs and start-ups.
2024 – Present
The ENTIRE European Digital Innovation Hub is a non-profit initiative focusing on organizations active in the digitalisation of Life Sciences / Healthtech, Agriculture, Energy and Transport sectors, advancing the exploration, exploitation, and investment by Irish SMEs and public authorities in the utilisation of intelligent secure IoT sensors, networks, and software. ENTIRE brings together the strongest innovation experts in digital technologies from across the Southern Region of Ireland.
The ENTIRE Digital Innovation Hub’s strategic mission is to offer the innovation expertise of Tyndall in IoT Smart Sensors, Walton Institute in IoT Networks and HPC, MTU in Cybersecurity, UCC in Artificial Intelligence, and Skillnet in SME Digital Skills Onboarding as well as to broker all necessary technical, business, financial, investment and training support services across the value chain
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The CONFIRM Centre for Smart Manufacturing is an Irish Research Centre focused on the delivery of research that brings digital innovation, intelligence, and enhanced information technology and IoT into the manufacturing domain resulting in optimised production systems, Smart products, Smart machines, Smart production systems, and Smart supply chains.
The Centre, headquartered in Limerick, was established in 2017 as part of a national strategic initiative to foster growth and competitiveness in the manufacturing industry. CONFIRM is supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Irish national foundation for investment in scientific and engineering research.
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ADAPT, the world-leading SFI Research Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, brings leading academics, researchers and industry partners together to deliver excellent science, engage the public, develop novel solutions for business across all sectors and enhance Ireland’s international reputation. Coordinated by Trinity College Dublin and co-hosted by Dublin City University, ADAPT’s partner institutions include University College Dublin, Technological University Dublin, Maynooth University, Munster Technological University, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, and the University of Galway.