To date, DCC Beta has linked with TOG, Code For Ireland, and various third level institutions. 

Comments from third level institutions

“[DCC Beta] shows the important work that should be part of planning smart city initiatives in terms of understanding the exact motivations, benefis and dangers of a city-wide roll out of technology, which might come without suffiient considerations regarding the different and complex issues that might emerge. [Sung-Yueh, PhD Researcher, ERC The Programmable City Project, Maynooth University]

“In relation to the Dublin Institute of Technology and DCC Beta - I think there could be really interesting ways of developing this further.” [DIT staff member]

“My proposed teaching idea is inspired by the Dublin City Councils Beta Projects. From time to time, a local business will contact the University and request an […] assessment of […]. Instead of addressing this problem straight away, I use the issue as a student project. It’s a serviced learning based course. […] A model […] is created and measurements are used to validate the model. […] The students are required to write a professional report for delivery to the client thus providing the students with a solid introduction to the world of […] consulting. I’d like this class to partner the Dublin City Council Beta Projects.” [TCD staff member]