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Research Group

Cyber Physical Systems

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We explore and develop cyber physical systems - mechanisms controlled or monitored by computer-based processes.

About

Our research group's work reflects society’s increasing dependence on software for control in systems such as transport, telecoms and avionics. 
 
We work on topics including:

  • theoretical foundations
  • modelling and programming languages
  • engineering methods
  • design tools
  • system engineering applications

Our computer scientists work on projects with important implications for people and businesses. For example, we've explored how computers can harvest their own energy to avoid the costs that come with mains or battery-powered operations. We have also designed security systems to help increase resistance to cyber attacks on UK businesses.  
 
Our research themes include:

  • autonomous and intelligent systems - projects include machine learning and its applications
  • control theory and system design - includes work in the aerospace industry
  • embedded systems - includes research into energy-efficiency
  • formal design methods - including theoretical foundation to program semantics and modelling languages

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Alice Iles

Enterprise Fellow Future Worlds

Email: alice.iles@soton.ac.uk

Address: B1, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Andrea Lecchini Visintini

Lecturer

Research interests

  • systems modelling and control with aerospace and biomedical application
  • Monte Carlo methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: a.lecchini-visintini@soton.ac.uk

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Asieh Salehi Fathabadi BSc, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Formal methods
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Public Engagement

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: a.salehi-fathabadi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Ben Clark

Professorial Fellow-Enterprise

Email: ben.clark@soton.ac.uk

Address: B1, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Mr Carl Richardson

Research interests

  • Stability analysis of systems involving neural networks
  • The cross-over between control theory and machine learning

Dr Colin Snook PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Email: cfs@soton.ac.uk

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Mr David Oakley

Principal Teaching Fellow

Email: do@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B59, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor David Thomas

Professor in Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Event-driven Computing
  • FPGAs
  • Digital Architectures

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: d.b.thomas@southampton.ac.uk

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Geoff Merrett PhD, BEng, PGCert, FHEA, SMIEEE, MIET

Professor

Research interests

  • Energy management of mobile/embedded systems
  • Self-powered computing
  • Internet of Things

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: gvm@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Graeme Bragg

Senior Teaching Fellow

Email: gmb@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B59, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

I'm interested in the formal verification and validation of safe and secure cyber physical systems, along with making formal modelling more accessible to industry.
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