CONNECT | About

What is CONNECT?

CONNECT is the world leading Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications. CONNECT is funded under the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres programme, which has established a network of SFI Research Centres focusing on key research areas in Ireland.

CONNECT brings together world-class expertise from ten 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.

Read our ‘Catalysing Impact‘ booklet (pdf) describing CONNECT’s outputs.
Read the CONNECT snapshot (pdf) outlining CONNECT’s research offering.
Read “5G & Future Connectivity: An emerging framework for Irish cities and towns” co-authored by team CONNECT team.

The CONNECT project code is 13/RC/2077_P2.

The CONNECT Governance Committee is chaired by Dr Orlaigh Quinn.

Members are:

Prof. Sinéad Ryan, (Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin)
Prof. Rachel Msetfi (Vice President for Research and Innovation, Maynooth University)
Prof. Kate Robson Brown (VP of Research and Innovation, University College Dublin) )
Ms. Helena Acheson (C3 Solutions)
Mr. Donal Travers (IDA) with Mr. Ronan Lenihan (IDA) as his alternate.
Prof. Cian Ó Mathúna Tyndall National Institute, (Deputy Director, CONNECT)
Prof. Cormac Sreenan (Deputy Director, CONNECT)
Prof. Siobhán Clarke (Deputy Director, CONNECT) from September 2022
Prof. Dan Kilper (CONNECT Director, Trinity College Dublin)

The members of the CONNECT Scientific Advisory Board are:

Gerhard Fettweis (Professor, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, TU Dresden)
Manfred Hauswirth (Professor, TU Berlin, and managing director of Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), Germany)
Danny Raz (Professor, Technion, Israel, and first Director of Bell Labs Israel)
Jan Rabaey (Donald O. Pederson Distinguished Professor, University of California Berkeley, USA)
Jeff Reed (Willis G.Worcester Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA)
Dominique Schreurs (Professor, KU Leuven, and chair of Leuven Centre on Information and Communication Technology, Belgium)
Dimitra Simeonidou (Professor of High Performance Networks, and Director of Smart Internet Lab, University of Bristol, UK)