Research Interests

My research interests are in the area of internet of things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems (CPS).

Currently at Digital Catapult, I'm leading the IoT team, advancing and implementing IoT solutions that make a big difference to UK businesses and organisations. My role involves a range of activities from applying IoT technologies to real-world problems, translating research into prototypes, building demonstrators and pilots, finding early technology adopters, co-creating new testbeds and accelerator programs to help innovators leverage IoT technology.

I am also actively involved in the RIPE IoT Working Group.

During my PhD, I worked on solutions to support the principled design and deployment of WSNs by improving the understanding of how the natural outdoor environment affects the network stack, and providing tools (TRIDENT, HARPOON) and modeling techniques to assess this impact.

Projects

Nimbus Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
  • September 2018-January 2019: AMIPlatform
    Investigating new technologies and communication tools to power the next generation of services in smart ageing communities.
  • June 2016-till now: Cognitive Radio Communication for WSNs
    Investigating solutions for white space prediction for WSNs in the presence of WiFi traffic.
  • June 2015-January 2019: Service-centric network for Urban-scale Feedback system (SURF)
    Investigating solutions for network-wide control and real-time communication in multi-hop low-power wireless networks.
DISI, University of Trento, Italy
  • 2010-2012: Cooperating Objects Network of Excellence (CONET), member of deployment strategies cluster
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 2008-2010: Integrated system for continuous surveillance on the smart e-health network for patients suffering of cardio diseases
  • 2007-2008: Intelligent space of heterogeneous and context aware agents
  • 2005-2008: National management system for digital resources in science and technologies based on GRID infrastructure
  • 2004-2006: Implementing communications in industrial control systems using the QoS facilities of the IPv6 protocol
  • 2003: Designing and implementing a software communication infrastructure for environments with dynamic topologies