smartbay ireland’s smart economy in motion…. paul gaughan smartbay project coordinator

SmartBay

Ireland’s Smart Economy in Motion….

Paul Gaughan

SmartBay Project Coordinator

Outline

Marine Institute, Sea Change and Advanced Marine Technology Programme

SmartBay Pilot Project

SmartBay Industry and research collaborations

SmartBay: Vision and strategic opportunity

Marine Institute

Industrial development role.

Environmental protection role.

Confronted with challenging issues.

Sustainable development of our marine and coastal resources.

The Marine Resource is one living, changing, interactive environment which needs to be looked at as an integrated whole.

Fluxes

Temperature

FishPlankton WavesWinds

Sediment

Groundrock

Benthos

Ocean ColourHydrocarbons

Contaminants

Currents

Nutrients

Data Logging

SeaChange

A European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research

A Coherent European Research Area framework in support of sustainable use of the oceans

and seas.

3rd September 2008

EU

Sea Change: A Marine Knowledge, Research and Innovation Strategy for Ireland: 2007-2013

Advanced Marine Technologies

1. Create a critical mass, multi-disciplinary and industry-oriented research grouping in the field of sensors, intelligent systems and sensor platforms.

2. Create a focused capability in the application of advanced sensing and information and communication technologies to the marine and environmental sector.

3. Harness the synergies between the above to deliver innovative technology solutions to national and international markets.

Intelligent decision-based tools

Converg

ence

Next generation autonomous

sensing

Remote power and data comms

Sensor to web enablement &

system control

Data storage, management and

visualisation

Technology Actions to Support The Smart Economy,

2009

Outline

Marine Institute, Sea Change and Advanced Marine Technology Programme

SmartBay Pilot Project

SmartBay Industry and research collaborations

SmartBay: Vision and strategic opportunity

In 2007 we decided to initiate a pilot project in Galway Bay.

Why Galway Bay?

Fishing Shipping

Aquaculture Energy

Leisure Research

Diverse Maritime Activities

Complex Environment

Support Infrastructure

Why Galway Bay?

AquacultureResearch Sensor

Site

Open Sea Trawler Fishing

Flood Monitoring

Bathing

Marine Institute

Wave Energy Site

Deployment and Installation of SmartBay Pilot Infrastructure

Climate change Buoy, Mace Head

SmartBay/Offshore Aquaculture Buoy, Mid Bay

Onshore Test Buoy

Waverider Buoy, Spiddle OE Test Site

Tide Gauges, Inishmore and Galway Harbour

Corrib River Flow Gauge, Claddagh Bridge

SmartBay Sentinel Buoy - MidBay

Outline

Marine Institute, Sea Change and Advanced Marine Technology Programme

SmartBay Pilot Project

SmartBay Industry and research collaborations

SmartBay: Vision and strategic opportunity

Pilot projects

Integrated water management system

Acoustic monitoring

Chemical monitoring

WiMax over water trials

Biospheric

SmartBaySensor DataWarehouse

Mapping

Object Trackin

g

Weather

Application Programming Interfaces

Real Time

Sentinel Buoys

Weather Buoys

Tide Gauges

Wave Monitors

HABS

Sensor Feeds

Advanced Phosphate Sensor Real-time Feed (MQtt)

Advanced Phosphate Sensor (SMS)

Phosphate Reference Sensor (Manual)

Advanced Sensor Research and Development

Beach Conditions

News

SMS

Real Time Information

Sea Conditions

Test Site Spiddal, (¼ Scale)

OE Device

WaveBob

Industry - Ocean Energy

Access to real time Wave Data

Device developers can analyse real time wave data and apply complex algorithms via the portal interface.

Wave energy power output can be accurately related to wave conditions over a time period.

Supporting the development of a new industry

Public – Flood Monitoring

Rapid analysis of six key indicators improves capability to predict flooding

Stakeholders can set their own flood alert conditions.

Users can be alerted via visual alarms, email or SMS when the trigger conditions are detected.

The value of this alarm system is that it can be personalized and cross referenced with other events

Research – Third Level

Information gathering to support research activities.

Enabler for a world class multi-disciplinary research effort in marine sensors and ICT

Providing the latest outputs from sensors to researchers over the web.

Ocean acidification studies at Mace Head site

Cetacean Tracking Biospheric specialise in acoustic

monitoring

Detecting the common cetacean species

Compliment the current ‘marine mammal observation’ approach using hydrophone technology

Challenges: Hydrophone deployment Large volume of data generated High Bandwidth requirements

Biospheric

Cetacean Tracking

IBM System-S software

Stream processing of data sets

Software algorithms to be developed for identifying species and tracking sounds.

Analysis and visualisation of data

WiMAX

Intel R&D efforts on advanced computing, communications, and wireless technologies as well as energy efficiency.

Multi-thematic data sets require large bandwidth

Pilot deployment of Mobile WiMAX across Galway Bay

MI part of the HEANET Network - 1GB circuit in place

Application areas: pollution and weather monitoring, fishing industry and tourism benefits. renewable Energy

Balloughaun

3.6 km

WiMax Trial over Water

WiMax Trial Surface Plots

Chemical monitoring

EpiSensor wireless sensor network developer

Chemical sensing platform for phosphate monitoring

Ruggedisation and long term deployment

EpiSensor and IBM working on the development real-time, environmental monitoring solutions for energy, water and carbon management

Outline

Marine Institute, Sea Change and Advanced Marine Technology Programme

SmartBay Pilot Project

SmartBay Industry and research collaborations

SmartBay: Vision and strategic opportunity

Test and Demonstration Platform for Marine Technologies

Cabled nodes for power and

communications

Satellite communications Data processing, modelling and forecast.

Wireless data communications

Physical, chemical and biological

sensing

Engineering

HEA PRTLI Cycle 5 - A National Platform for the HEA PRTLI Cycle 5 - A National Platform for the Development and Application of Emerging Marine Development and Application of Emerging Marine Communications and Environmental Technologies Communications and Environmental Technologies

(Strand 1b)(Strand 1b)

SmartBay Research Overview

Marine and Environmental Science

Advanced Sensor Technologies

Information & Communications

Technologies

Climate change

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Marine Spatial Planning

Next generation platforms for

autonomous sensing

Novel materials and strategies to prevent

bio fouling

Characterisation of marine atmosphere

for free space optical communications

Communications and agent-based middleware

Sensor web enablement and

service orientated architectures

Geospatial data management and

visualisation

Ocean energy test site

SmartBay Infrastructure

SmartBay Roadmap

Joint Research Ventures – A Model for Sustainable Research Investment

Joint Research Ventures

inputs

outputs

IP Knowhow & patents

Innovative products

Spin-offcompanies

Industrial development

IndustryPartners

UniversityResearch Centres

ServiceProviders

Communities

FundingAgencies

Re-investmentcycle

Engineering meets science in the Sea……

Opportunity for Ireland

Technology

Ocean

Knowledge

Thank you

For more information visit www.marine.ie/smartbay

paul.gaughan@marine.ie