Internet of Things Garage

Meet the Team

Researchers, collaborators, and alumni building secure, human-centered Internet of Things experiences.

Team 12 PhD 1 Staff 7 6 | Alumni 12 PhD 2 MPhil 4 Staff 9 9

Current Team

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Charith Perera portrait

Charith Perera Sri Lanka

Reader (Associate Professor)

Internet of Things

Hakan Kayan portrait

Hakan Kayan Turkey

Research Staff (2025-2027)

Neuromorphic Sensing for Security Applications

Asma Irfan portrait

Asma Irfan Pakistan

PhD Student (2020-2026)

Influence through Data Driven Pervasive Interactions

Reem Aldhafiri portrait

Reem Aldhafiri Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2020-2026)

Cyber Physical Privacy for Ageing & Learning Disabilities

Mark Butterworth portrait

Mark Butterworth United Kingdom

PhD Student (2020-2027)

Low Power IoT Infrastructure for Harsh Environments

Abdulaziz Aljohani portrait

Abdulaziz Aljohani Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2021-2026)

Self-Configuring Anomaly Detection IoT Architecture

Azhar Alsufyani portrait

Azhar Alsufyani Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2021-2026)

Knowledge-driven Cyber-Physical Security at the Edge

Suhas Devmane portrait

Suhas Devmane India

PhD Student (2021-2026)

Talking Buildings: Understand Pattern of life

Mohamed Alosaimi portrait

Mohamed Alosaimi Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2021-2026)

Evaluation Framework for Anomaly Detection

Fatmah Alqarni portrait

Fatmah Alqarni Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2022-2026)

Learning Privacy and Laws Through AI-Mediated Exploration and Design

Siyuan Li portrait

Siyuan Li China

PhD Student (2022-2026)

Adaptive Mobile Sensing within Buildings

Rayan Binlajdam portrait

Rayan Binlajdam Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2022-2026)

Forest Health Index

Kira Nurse portrait

Kira Nurse United Kingdom

PhD Student (2023-2027)

Assisting Young People with Neurodiversity

Maya Lhoste portrait

Maya Lhoste United Kingdom

PhD Student (2024-2028)

PhD Research

Alumni (Hall of Fame)

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Naeima Hamed Sudan

Research Staff (2025)

Adversarial AI Security for Industrial Edge

Yasar Majib Pakistan

PhD Student (2020-2025)

Context-Aware Security for Smart Homes

Omar Mousa Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2021-2025)

End-User Development for Linked-Data Observatories

Norah Albazzai Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2021-2025)

Augmenting Anomaly Detection with Tiny Cameras

Wael Alsafery Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2021-2025)

Sensing Technology for Monitoring Spaces Utilization

Atheer Jeraisy Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2019-2025)

Reusable Privacy Components for IoT

Bayan Almuhander Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2019-2025)

Privacy-Aware Smart Home Data Management

Naeima Hamed Sudan

PhD Student (2020-2024)

Semantic Data Integration For Forest Observatory

Hakan Kayan Turkey

PhD Student (2020-2023)

Context Aware Security for Industrial Control Systems

Lamya Alkhariji Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2018-2022)

Knowledge-Driven IoT Design

Nada Alhirabi Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2018-2022)

Designing IoT Applications

Yaser Abu Awwad Italy

MPhil Student (2021-2022)

Video Anomaly Detection on the Edge for Smart Cities

Sanil Jalan India

Summer Student (2023)

Synthesizing Privacy by Design

Jana Jhaveri India

Summer Student (2023)

Smart Lego City

Craig Thompson United Kingdom

BSc Student (2023)

Indoor Navigation using Smart watch and BLEs

Nafis Ahmed United Kingdom

BSc Student (2023)

Robot Assistant to Prevent and Manage Falls

Areej Alabbas Saudi Arabia

PhD Student (2019-2024)

Security/Privacy in Edge Computing

Moaz Hussain Pakistan

BSc Student (2022)

Classify Species using Sounds at the Edge

Ruslan Levond Lithuania

BSc Student (2022)

Classify Species using Sounds at the Edge

David Anley United Kingdom

BSc Student (CUROP-2022)

PrivacyCube

Jacob Harkins United Kingdom

BSc Student (2022)

Predict Animal Movements using Collar Data

Sam Winkworth United Kingdom

BSc Student (2022)

Interactive Data Science for Forest Observatory

Dominic Fonseca United Kingdom

MPhil Student (2020-2022)

Predictive Edge Analytics for Vulnerable Communities

Osian Morgan United Kingdom

Research Staff (2021-2022)

Resilient Sensing

Mary Zacharias India

Research Staff (2021-2022)

Resilient Sensing

Akin Kaki India

Research Staff (2021-2022)

Data Observatory

Mengdi Li China

MSc Student (2020)

Synthesizing Privacy by Design Schemes

Muhammad Usman Pakistan

MSc Student (2020)

Quarriable Smart City Data Markets

Matthew Potter United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

PrivacyCube

Sean Savitz United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

Living Edge Laboratory

Dervla O'Brien United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

Object-based Interactive Nutrition Education

Oliver Copleston United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

Mesh Networking for Audio-Visual Art

Benjamin Thornton United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

IoT Data Trading

Jamie Galvin United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

IoT Lab Book

Tanveer Ahmed United Kingdom

BSc Student (2020)

Remote Animal Trap Monitoring

Dogukan Sert Turkey

MSc Student (2019)

Semantic Querying for Data Science on the Edge

Yasar Majib Pakistan

MSc Student (2019)

Family Dynamics-based Access Control

Asma Alotaibi Saudi Arabia

MSc Student (2019)

Smart Home Simulation Tool

Ruslan Levond Lithuania

Summer Student (2019)

IoT Edge Analytics

Michal Malecki Poland

Summer Student (2019)

IoT Lab Book

Ahmed Hussein United Kingdom

BSc Student (2019)

Crowdsourced IoT Products Dissecting

Rhys Beckett United Kingdom

BSc Student (2019)

IoT Driven Cosplay

Karan Juj United Kingdom

BSc Student (2019)

Tracking Poachers using BLE

Luke Jones United Kingdom

BSc Student (2019)

Internet Connected PizzaBox

Jack Burkett United Kingdom

BSc Student (2019)

Tracking Poachers using GPS/SMS

Tommy Nilsson Sweden

MSc Student (2014-2015)

Location Aware Smart Spaces

Luiz Nunes Brazil

PhD Student (2014-2018)

Efficient Resource Discovery

Funders (Past and Present)

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) British Research Council that provides government funding for grants in engineering and physical sciences
International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Cooperative network of 10 leading, international research-intensive universities
Microsoft Azure Awards cloud computing resources for data-intensive projects, specifically Azure Analytics services
Cardiff University Only Welsh member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Supports cutting-edge research and innovation that addresses global issues affecting developing countries
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) Intelligence and security organization providing signals intelligence and information assurance
Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS2) Pan-Wales operation supported by European Social Funds linking companies with academic expertise
DCMS 5G Programme Rural Connected Communities Funds 5G research and development projects for rural connectivity
British Council International cultural and educational opportunities organization operating in over 100 countries
Google Research Tackles challenges that define the technology of today and tomorrow
NVIDIA World leader in accelerated computing and AI, providing GPU technology for research and development
The Alan Turing Institute UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, headquartered at the British Library
Academy of Medical Sciences Independent body representing medical science across all disciplines, promoting advances in medical research
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International organisation working to build better policies for better lives, shaping policies that foster prosperity, equality, opportunity and well-being

Partners

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