Dr. Brendan O’Flynn (Tyndall National Institute; Sensor; male; FWCI – 1.41) is Head of Group for Wireless Sensor Networks at Tyndall National Institute. He leads a collaborative intra-group research cluster in Tyndall on Human-Centric and Sustainable Systems. Brendan’s research interests include the development of sustainable smart sensing systems and deploying these in multiple application domains including wearable sensing, collaborative robotics, environmental monitoring incorporating edge AI/ML analytics, sustainable electronics, and wireless communications. He has competitively won >€10M in research funding and has >4,000 citations. He is also a funded investigator in the Research Ireland Connect Research Centre and the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. Examples of impact include:

• 60 invention disclosures with approximately 20 licences/assignments to industry partners.
• Enabled three start-up companies:
  • Impact Microelectronics (1999) – Miniaturised (MCM) wireless systems (Founder).
  • ENDECO (2010) – Building energy management for the retail sector.
  • GRASP (2014) – Gait monitoring systems for athletes.
• Member of EPOSS (European Platform on Smart Systems) and contributor to several Working Groups including “Healthy Living”, “Factory Automation”, “Edge AI”, and “Agri-Food”, thereby gaining exposure to international policy-decision-making processes.