b'The Centre invests heavily in developing topclass researchers: In 2017 CONNECT led theestablishment of EDGE, in partnership withfellow SFI research centres ADAPT and AMBER,which will see as many as 70 Marie Skodowska- The CONNECT Centre includes a diversity ofCurie Fellows coming to Ireland to perform voices and disciplines in its research and hostscutting-edge research. the Orthogonal Methods Group (OMG) in Trinity.OMG has a team of creative arts practitionersIn recent years CONNECT has expanded further, who work in critical and creativelaunching a 14.5 million smart cities research relation/tension with technology. programme, ENABLE, led by Professor SiobhnClarke, in partnership with the Lero and Insight The group shares ideas, raises questions andSFI research centres. The programme aims to encourages dialogue within CONNECT and withconnect communities to smart urban wider publics, employing variousenvironments via the Internet of Things.methodologies according to the demands andcontext of inquiry, including practice-based,In partnership with Dublin City Council, experimental, philosophical, processual andCONNECT has established the Smart Dublin and collaborative approaches. The Centre includesSmart Docklands initiatives, which aim to unite an Artist in Residence (Dennis McNulty), a Writeracademia, industry, local authorities and in Residence (Jessica Foley), and Curator incitizens in addressing the challenges and Residence (Kate Strain).opportunities of the development of smartcities. Dr Andrew OConnellCommunications Manager CONNECT42'