The University of Southampton

The Centre brings together people with an interest in IoT research from across the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), the wider University, and beyond.

C-IoT Management Group

The strategic direction, objectives and activities of the Centre are defined by its management group, which has representation from across ECS research groups.

Prof Geoff Merrett

Geoff is Head of the Centre for IoT and Pervasive Systems. His interests are in energy-efficient and self-powered IoT devices and networks.

Dr Sebastian Stein

Seb is an associate professor in the Agents, Interaction and Complexity group, and leads on external engagement in the Centre. He has interests in smart energy, smart transportation, and edge/cloud computing.

Dr Thomas Andritsch

Thomas is a lecturer in the Electrical Power Engineering group, with interests in novel sensor networks and smart grids for further integration of sustainable energy into power networks.

Dr Leonardo Aniello

Leonardo is a lecturer in the Cyber Security group, with interests in malware analysis, blockchain-based systems and privacy-preserving information sharing.

Dr Bing Chu

Bing is an associate professor in the Vision, Learning and Control group, with interests in control systems.

Dr Mohammed El-Hajjar

Mohammed is an associate professor in the Next Generation Wireless group, with interests in communications and networking.

Dr Basel Halak

Basel is a member of academic staff in the Cyber Security group, with interests in hardware security and root of trust.

Prof Nick Harris

Nick is a professor in the Smart Electronic Materials and Systems group, with interests in environmental sensors, networks, and power/energy harvesting.

Dr Thai Son Hoang

Son is a lecturer in the Cyber Physical Systems group, with interests in formal modelling for IoT security and privacy.

Dr Ruomeng Huang

Ruomeng is a lecturer in the Sustainable Electronic Technologies group, with interests in IoT power supply with energy harvesting technologies.

Prof Koushik Maharatna

Koushik is a professor in the Biomedical Electronics research group, and has interests in signal processing algorithm deign, machine learning and VLSI circuit design.

Prof Kirk Martinez

Kirk is a professor in the Web and Internet Science group, with interests in IoT sensing, WoT, deployments, CoAP and low power.

Dr Stefano Modafferi

Stefano is principle research/enterprise fellow at the IT Innovation Centre. He has interests in Process Management, Enterprise and Software Architecture, and Information Modelling.

Dr Reena Pau

Reena is the Outreach Officer in ECS, and is passionate about inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists.

Dr Thanassis Tiropanis

Thanassis is an associate professor in the Web and Internet Science group, with interests in IoT analytics and data infrastructures.

Dr Alex Weddell

Alex is a lecturer in the Smart Electronic Materials and Systems group, with research interests in IoT power, energy harvesting, and lifetime.

Dr Gary Wills

Gary is an associate professor in the Cyber Physical Systems group, with interests in the security of IoT devices and systems.

Prof Mark Zwolinski

Mark is a professor in the Sustainable Electronic Technologies group, with interests in hardware security and verification.

IoT Researchers in ECS

There are a large number of researchers across ECS that are actively researching IoT and underpinning technologies. For more information, visit our research pages or attend one of our upcoming events.

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