
Professor Theo Tryfonas
PhD(Athens), FRSA
Expertise
I am an academic with the Department of Civil Engineering investigating infrastructure and city futures, especially where the digital and physical meet.
Current positions
Professor of Infrastructure Systems and Urban Innovation
Department of Civil Engineering
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Biography
Research interests
I am broadly interested in the Internet of Things (IoT), systems engineering, and the security of cyber-physical systems. Most of my current work is in the field of smart cities e.g. urban sensing and energy-efficient deployments of wireless sensor networks, design of secure IoT applications and open data architectures, location and data privacy in mobility applications, sensor integration with building management systems in smart buildings etc. In general, my research addresses questions of how emerging technologies can be used to deliver a more sustainable urban future through resource efficiency, resilience, and operational improvement of infrastructure systems.
I am also interested in applying Systems and cybernetics techniques such as system dynamics and viable system modelling, network analytics and game theory, for information and risk management in this context. I view Systems thinking as a fundamental approach for understanding and dealing with complexity, especially of cities and civic tech.
Finally, I have experience with IT auditing and digital forensics, looking at compliance, governance and the extraction and analysis of digital evidence, particularly from emerging technologies such as mobile phones, wireless sensor networks and social media. On these issues, I have acted in the past as an Expert Witness in a number of court cases.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
DAFNI ROSE bid
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2023
8035 ESRC Empowering Citizen-Oriented Smart City Innovation in Mexico (ECOSCIM) ES/S006710/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/02/2019 to 31/07/2021
8035 EPSRC VIA NEWCASTLE EP/R01 CORONA
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/02/2018 to 30/04/2020
UKCRIC - CORONA: City Observatory Research platfOrm for iNnovation and Analytics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/02/2018 to 30/04/2020
8035 DAFNI hardware fund
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/04/2017 to 30/09/2021
Thesis supervisions
Modelling and Simulation Applications on Cyber-Physical Systems’ Security and Resilience
Supervisors
A Multi-Domain Approach for Security Compliance, Insider Threat Modelling and Risk Management
Supervisors
A systems approach to asset management for the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust
Supervisors
Side Channel Attacks on IoT Applications
Supervisors
Enhancing Current Software Safety Assurance Practice to Increase System Mission Effectiveness
Supervisors
Hydrological Applications of Multi-source Soil Moisture Products
Supervisors
Harmonious Environmental Management of Cultural Heritage and Nature
Supervisors
An action plan knowledge base to support asthmatic patients with a potential interface using IoT devices
Supervisors
Handling organisational complexity with a framework of accessible founding principles
Supervisors
A new sustainable public-private partnership (PPP) procurement system for infrastructure projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
16/02/2022Thermal Monitoring of a Concrete Bridge in London, UK
Proceedings of the ICE - Bridge Engineering
Innovation Portfolio Management for Small-medium Enterprises
Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering
Investigating the Flexibility of the MBSE Approach to the Biomass Mission
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems
Recent publications
12/01/2023Towards Improving the Design Space Exploration Process Using Generative Design With MBSE
2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Smart cities and hydroinformatics
Handbook of HydroInformatics
A survey of emerging technologies for the future of routine visual inspection of bridge structures
Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability
SHM deployments for two bridge structures: Assessing potential value
Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability