Sensor Technologies
Research into new and novel sensor devices to enable new innovative applications
Research
The Centre’s researchers are unlocking the potential of the IoT through fundamental research and the development of new applications. Our portfolio spans the IoT system stack, from the underpinning hardware to sophisticated data management and analysis techniques, and everything in between.
Find out more about our cutting-edge work and its real-world impact by exploring the research areas and application domains below.
Research Areas
Our IoT research is categorised into the following thematic areas:
Data Management, Analysis and Interfacing
Accessing and making sense of the wealth of data obtained from the IoT.
Powering the IoT
Increasing the sustainability or autonomy of IoT devices through improved management and efficiency and/or self-powered approaches.
Security, Safety and Privacy
Enabling a secure and trusted IoT, from hardware through to software.
Communications and Networking
5G communication and efficient networking to support future systems.
Information Processing and Machine Intelligence
Decision making and autonomy
Nanotechnology and System-on-Chip
Enabling faster, cheaper and/or lower-power computation.
Application Domains
We apply our research into IoT systems to a range of different application domains:
Health and Well-being
Improving quality of life through effective technologies for health care and well-being.
Environmental Monitoring
Improving our understanding of the environment around us through remote monitoring.
Smarter Homes, Cities and Infrastructure
Increasing connectivity and intelligence in homes, buildings, cities and infrastructure to improve services, sustainability, and quality of life.
Industry 4.0
Improving industrial processes through improved awareness, intelligence and connectivity, from machine condition monitoring to smart farming.