The document summarizes the Ambient Wireless Assisted Living (AWAL) Group at the University of Limerick, which conducts research on wireless sensor technologies for ambient assisted living and connected health. The AWAL Group has 2 academics, 3 postdocs, and 5 postgraduate students researching fall and mobility sensing. It has extensive experience with user trials and collaboration with University of Limerick departments. Major projects include ones on fall and mobility sensing totaling over €5 million in funding. The group is interested in technical partnerships to further ambient assisted living research.

1. Pepijn van de Ven Ambient Wireless Assisted Living Group Collaborative Networks in Ambient Assisted Living & Connected Health symposium Dundalk, Sept 2010

3. Major AAL Projects (Enhanced) Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment FP6 / FP7 € 1.9 million € 2.5 millon “ Increasing older people’s autonomy and self-confidence by providing help in case of emergency” Fall and Mobility Sensing Trial coordinator (Ancona, Italy; Berlin, Germany) FP7 €2.7 million Mobile depression treatment system Mobility monitoring, Social interaction monitoring, Sensor integration MOSAIC Proof of Concept €106,000 Fall and Mobility Sensing, Novel methods, commercialisation