About the initiative
Meet the Smart Campus team
The Smart Campus initiative is led by a multidisciplinary team at the University of Limerick, in collaboration with European universities, industry partners, and student researchers.
What is Smart Campus?
The UL Smart Campus initiative is a long-term research and innovation programme that transforms the University of Limerick campus into a connected, data-driven cyber-physical environment.
It integrates IoT sensor networks, autonomous robotics, AI vision systems, and a real-time digital twin to improve safety, sustainability, and overall campus experience.
It is also a living educational resource where undergraduate, master's, and PhD students use real infrastructure as part of their work.
Research team roles
- Principal Investigator - Project Lead
- IoT Research Lead - Sensing and infrastructure
- AI and Vision Lead - Computer vision and ML
- Robotics Lead - Autonomous systems
- Digital Twin Lead - Simulation and visualization
- European Liaison - Partner relations
University of Limerick
UL is the host campus and primary testbed, and oversees deployment governance, research design, ethics, and evaluation across programme phases.