Professor Linda Doyle is the VP of Research /Dean of Research and Professor of Engineering and The
Arts in Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. She was the founder Director of CONNECT a
national research centre, co-funded by SFI and industry, focused on future networks and
communications. Prior to CONNECT Prof. Doyle was also the Director of CTVR. Her expertise is in the
fields of wireless communications, cognitive radio, reconfigurable networks, spectrum management
and creative arts practices. She has raised over €70 million in research funding in the past decade
and has published widely in her field. Prof. Doyle has a reputation as an advocate for change in
spectrum management practices and has played a role in spectrum policy at the national and
international level. Currently she is a member of the National Broadband Steering Committee in
Ireland, and is Chair of the Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board in the UK. She is a Fellow of Trinity
College Dublin. She is on the Board of the Festival of Curiosity, a STEM outreach activity for children
based on a city-centre yearly science festival. She is a judge in the BT Young Scientist, Ireland's
premier science competition for school children. She is the Chair of the Board of the Douglas Hyde
Gallery and sits on the Board of Pallas Project Studios. Prof. Doyle is a Director of Xcelerit and SRS,
two CTVR/CONNECT spin-outs.