Gain an insight into the multidisciplinary testbeds within Walton Institute

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Walton offers a diverse range of industry focused testbeds funded by Enterprise Ireland. Designed to support researchers and companies in developing their innovative goals, the broad range of equipment offers a comprehensive suite of services across sectors such as healthcare, training, pharma, agri and tourism. 

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Central to Walton Institute is research, and the state-of-the-art testbeds located in the south east of Ireland. Testing is critical when developing new technologies. Researchers utilise multiple testbeds to conduct experiments in areas such as quantum communications, future networks and energy. 

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Developing future societies? Walton Institute provides access to state-of-the art R&amp;D labs and testbeds for the testing and design of innovative technology. The labs serve as an interdisciplinary space where researchers and companies can collaborate with software developers and testers to realise their own ground-breaking innovations.

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Researching, developing, deploying, and securing innovative research infrastructures, testbeds, and platforms at production grade readiness levels.

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John Ronan

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Michael Kugel

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Tibor Molnar

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A core principle of the Walton Institute is multi-disciplinary research. The research infrastructure and testbeds division aims to link all the research activity within the Institute, and with our partners, via shared infrastructure, labs, and testbeds. A modular design ethos is taken to enable the componentisation of these research infrastructures so they can be (re)combined [&hellip;]

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Infrastructure &#038; Testbeds

Exploiting nano satellite (CubeSat) technology to secure and optimise the next generation of communication networks using Quantum and THz channels. 

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ENL Head of Division

Dr. Deirdre Kilbane

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nano-satellites (CubeSats) will be an integral part of 6G communications networks. Constellations are currently being deployed to provide high-speed low latency Internet connections within the standard Satellite bands. Our research explores the use of higher frequency and larger bandwidth channels to increase the data capacity within these constellations. We look at [&hellip;]

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Satellite Communications

Using Quantum Computing Algorithms and Service, such as Random Number Generators, to provide optimisation and security to classical networks and data centres. 

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Quantum Algorithms run on quantum computers are leading to a step change in information processing capability – Quantum Supremacy. Whilst quantum supremacy has not yet been achieved it is expected to happen within this decade. We focus on these algorithms and apply them to security, trust, and management domains to provide quantum enhanced solutions to [&hellip;]

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Quantum Computing

Quantum Communications offer a means to enhance the security of networks, with the promise of increased information density in a Quantum Internet. 

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Quantum technologies are creating a significant shift in ICT, moving beyond the binary bit (1,0) to the qubit (|0ñ, |1ñ) and the qudit (multi-state (d) quantum system), providing exponential increase in the amount of information that can be stored and transferred. Additional quantum properties, such as entanglement and teleportation are the enablers for naturally secure [&hellip;]

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Quantum Communications

Powerful AI and Machine Learning techniques to support autonomous systems

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Research Unit Manager PAS

Dr Steven Davy

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Dixon Vimalajeewa

Precision Agriculture (PA) and Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) come to assist in optimising agricultural and livestock production and minimising the wastes and costs.

CYBELE

AQUASMART’s objective is to strengthen the competitiveness and growth potential of the aquaculture production companies

AQUASMART

Deep Learning algorithms have dramatically transformed the field of Artificial Intelligence in recent years and is driving a new breed of conversational style interfaces to existing applications and services. In this thematic area, we focus on building cognitive intelligence algorithms to produce services capable of reasoning about their current environment. Artificial Intelligence is broadly the [&hellip;]

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Artificial Intelligence &#038; Machine Learning

Intelligent algorithms powering the next wave of autonomous systems.

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Technical Lead

Sean Lyons

Experienced Software Developer

Kristina Matuleviciute

Applied Researcher

Micheal Crotty

Software Engineer

Jason Whelan

Senior Software Engineer

John McLaughlin

Junior Software Developer

Niall Grant

Senior Software Research Engineer

David Ryan

Darren Leniston

Commercialisation Specialist

Christine O'Meara

piSCES

RegEnergy

SOGNO: Service Oriented Grid for the Network of the Future

Smarter Aquaculture

RE-SERVE: Renewables in a Stable Electric Grid

The demand for more and more automation in industries are bring driven by the need to reducing costs and improving productivity. Adaptive Autonomous Systems are those that can reduce the workload and costs associated to human intensive tasks and applications. In Walton, we apply the concepts developed over the last 15 years in the field [&hellip;]

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Adaptive and Autonomous Algorithms

As the world becomes hyper-connected, the network edge needs redesign to be flexible enough to support new vertical applications.

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Dr. Mohammed Taj-Eldin

Dr. Nouman Ashraf

Researcher

Paul Malone

PhD Student

Kanika Sharma

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Bernard Butler

MELD – Machine Learning for Early Lameness Detection

RAMBLE

Internet of Things (IoT) has become ubiquitous, particularly in domains like agriculture, transport and Industry 4.0. Distributed sensing and computing at the network edge face challenges: limited energy availability, unreliable network links, need for autonomous operation, and demands that can vary dramatically.&nbsp; Resources like energy (typically, battery power), bandwidth and computing capacity might be in [&hellip;]

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Internet of Everything

As networks become more complex, their management requires knowledge of their resources, services and usage.

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Experienced Software Research Engineer

Ehsan Elahi

PhD Researcher

Nikita Jalodia

Scalable Service Function Chain Management

AutoScale

Network management is the original research focus area of Walton Institute. Core telecoms and data centre networks have critical requirements that need to be met. Given ongoing cost and capacity constraints, and growing complexity, network management is still an active research topic. Recent developments in softwarisation – especially SDN and NFV &#8211; enable techniques like [&hellip;]

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Knowledge Defined Networking

Cyberphysical systems need to be resilient against failure. The data that flows in networks is a liquid asset that needs protection.

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Strategic EU Liaison Manager

James Clarke

AgriDISCRETE

As cyberphysical systems become mainstream, they become attractive targets for criminals and unfriendly nation states a) to attack the system itself, or b) to use the system to attack other assets. Access controls need to be specified and enforced throughout, trust needs to be established between system actors and untrustworthy actors removed as participants, data [&hellip;]

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Security and Reliability

Efficient analysis of data in resource constrained devices. 

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Emerging scenarios are dependent on low energy consumption or low latency technologies, where it is necessary to utilise processing closer to the source of the data. This thematic area devises algorithmic processes that takes advantage of available computing resources to deliver the best results in constrained environments. Fog Data Analytics aims to improve how Internet [&hellip;]

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Fog Data Analytics

Even though 5G adoption is just beginning, the roadmap calls for higher data rates, lower latencies and more efficient edge networks.

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Dr Noureddine Boujnah

TERAPOD

Even as 5G deployments begin, researchers have turned their attention to developing new network capabilities. One of the main developments is investigating underutilised radio spectrum, particularly in the Terahertz band (300GHz to 3THz). This spectrum offers the potential for extremely high data rates, but range is limited by high path losses due to absorption (by [&hellip;]

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Beyond 5G Wireless Communications

The divisions research in this area is focused on achieving a passive monitoring model that facilitates a precision health approach.

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Martin Tolan

Philip O’Brien

Yahya Almardeny

Dr. Ruisong Han

Research Project Manager

Gary McManus

Carelink aims to reduce stress for caregivers, dramatically increase the survival rates of wandering patients and promote low-cost community based caring.&nbsp;

CarelinkAAL

FAITH is an EU-funded research project that aims to provide an Artificial Intelligence application that remotely identifies depression markers, using Federated Learning, in people that have undergone cancer treatment.

FAITH

TransSec

The "fifth generation" of telecommunication systems, or 5G, will be one of the most critical building blocks of the European digital economy and society in the next decade. Significant steps towards this strategic technology are being made at EU level, within the framework of the 5G Public Private Partnership, in view of validating the technology across domains.

5G-Solutions

Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing (MEPS) Lab’s research in this area is focused on achieving a passive monitoring model that facilitates a precision health approach.

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Pervasive Sensing and Embedded Systems Control

A new paradigm shift has occurred in the field of communication systems and networks where artificial communication systems are created from biological components 

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Computer Science PhD Student/Electrical Engineer

Caio Queiroz da Fonseca

Bruna Karen de Sousa Costa Queiroz da Fonseca

Dr. Daniel Perez Martins

Samitha Sulakshana Somathilaka

Dr. Muhammad Usman Riaz

Gladiator

A new paradigm shift has occurred in the field of communication systems and networks, where artificial communication systems are created from biological components.

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Biomedical Nano and Molecular Telecommunications

The Research Infrastructure &amp; Testbeds Division (RIT) plays a cross-cutting organisation role in not only pursuing research in its own thematic areas, but by actively engaging in the research and development of facilities, lab spaces, testbeds, other bespoke ICT systems, and providing access to, or generating, datasets. A principal element in the division is the [&hellip;]

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AREA Research Infrastructure &#038; Testbeds (RIT)

The field of Digital Health and associated Precision Healthcare initiatives is undergoing explosive growth both in academic research and commercial settings. The MEPS Division at Walton spearhead research in areas such as Biomedical Nano and Molecular Communications, Pervasive Sensing, Embedded Systems Control and Mixed Reality Interactive Technologies (Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality).

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AREA Mobile Ecosystem &#038; Pervasive Sensing (MEPS)

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The Programmable Autonomous Systems Division (PAS) seeks to research, develop and commercialise techniques, tools and algorithms that will ensure citizens can benefit from the digital evolution. We advocate that future digital platforms, in particular transport and energy, must exhibit a set of fundamental characteristics if they are to cope with rapidly changing requirements in such [&hellip;]

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AREA Programmable Autonomous Systems (PAS)

The Emerging Networks Laboratory (ENL) Research Division focuses its research efforts on communication networks: how they are designed, configured and used. Recent advances in wireless networking have enabled unprecedented data rates and reliable connectivity. These advances are currently being rolled out in 5G deployments. Emerging applications like autonomous driving or mixed reality will pose significant [&hellip;]

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AREA Emerging Networks Lab (ENL)

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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technologies are achieving mass adoption in numerous sectors including big pharma, education, manufacturing, healthcare and gaming.

AR/VR Technical Lead

Ian Mills

Senior Project Manager, Mixed Reality Lab Lead

Stephen Barnes

Ryan McCloskey

Junior Software Research Engineer

Anuja Sanjay Pathak

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technologies are achieving mass adoption in numerous sectors including Big Pharma, education, manufacturing, Healthcare and gaming.