SWAN Research Team Spotlight: Steve Wales (Lead Researcher, Roke Manor Research)
EPSRC Prosperity Partnership projects aim to tackle problems of national importance through co-creation and innovation between academia and industry. As a partnership project, SWAN’s research programme is enriched by the knowledge and expertise of our industrial partners. In the next of our ‘spotlight’ research blogs, we spoke to Steve Wales, Lead Researcher at Roke Manor … Read more
Applications now open: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in RF Cyber Security
***Deadline extended to 9th January 2022*** Applications are sought for the post of Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in RF Cyber Security within the Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) research group (part of the Smart Internet Lab). The successful applicant will join the EPSRC Prosperity Partnership on Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN) with experimentally driven research in one or … Read more
PhD Opportunity: EPSRC funded 4-year PhD studentship in Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN)
***Applications now closed*** PhD applications are sought for immediate start in the Communication Systems & Networks research group, part of the Smart Internet Lab, funded through our EPSRC Prosperity Partnership in the field of Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN). This studentship will focus on applied machine learning in wireless networks and secure antenna design, and … Read more
SWAN Research Team Spotlight: Dr Manish Nair (Senior Research Associate)
In our spotlight blog series, we have been speaking to our Post-Doctoral Researchers, our aligned PhD students, and research team members from across the SWAN Prosperity Partnership to highlight their recent work within the project. Next in our spotlight series, we asked one of our newer team members, SWAN Senior Research Associate Dr Manish Nair … Read more
IoT Security Foundation Virtual Conference 2021
Title: IoT Security Foundation Virtual Conference 2021 Date: Wednesday 3rd – Thursday 4th November 2021 Venue: Virtual Event Website: https://iotsfconference.com Description The 7th Annual Internet of Things Security Foundation Conference is a two-day virtual event on 3rd – 4th November that will illuminate and educate delegates with the latest developments in IoT cyber security across … Read more
SMART:2021 Future Networks Research Conference
22nd-24th September 2021 The Smart Internet Lab is delighted to invite you for a virtual, FREE Inaugural SMART:2021 Future Networks Research Conference. Together with our PhD students, staff and industrial experts from Samsung, BT, Vodafone, KETS, OneWeb, DigitalCatapult, IoT Security Foundation, InterDigital and GSMA we have a rich programme including: 5G and beyond End to end … Read more
Profiling reported SNR from LoRa sensors deployed in Bristol
In the Winter 2021 issue of the SWAN newsletter, we shared an article about a precursor project to SWAN’s work on LoRa, which was funded by the National Security Technology & Innovation Exchange (NSTIx). Building on the LoRa gateway deployments and sensors provided through this pipe-cleaning project, an initial measurement campaign has been conducted to … Read more
Developing methods of RF fingerprinting to improve the resilience of LoRaWAN networks
The ever-increasing use of low-power wireless sensor technology for sensing and monitoring applications, including use cases within critical infrastructure, identifies a need to make this technology robust against cyber-attacks. Within SWAN, we have adopted LoRaWAN, a proprietary low-power wide area technology developed for the Internet of Things (IoT), as a candidate technology for detailed evaluation … Read more
SWAN Research Team Spotlight: Jiteng Ma (PhD Student)
In the last blog in our ‘spotlight’ series, we spoke to Dr Gavin Watkins, Programme Leader at Toshiba Europe Limited, about his work co-supervising one of SWAN’s PhD students, Jiteng Ma. In speaking to Gavin, we explored how this kind of collaboration between academia and industry contributes to the process of knowledge exchange within the … Read more
Applications closed: Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in RF Cyber Security
***Applications now closed*** Applications are sought for the post of Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in RF Cyber Security within the Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) research group (part of the Smart Internet Lab). The successful applicant will join the UKRI Prosperity Partnership on Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN), with specific skills in one or more of … Read more
SWAN Research Team Spotlight: Dr Gavin Watkins (Programme Leader, Toshiba Europe Limited)
As a partnership project, SWAN’s research programme is enriched by the knowledge and expertise of our industrial partners. In the next blog in our spotlight series, we spoke to Dr Gavin Watkins, Programme Leader at Toshiba Europe Limited, about his contributions to the SWAN project, taking a close look at some of the benefits that … Read more
Minister for Digital Infrastructure launches series of events focused on 6G research in the UK
Led by the University of Bristol’s Smart Internet Lab, the first of these 6G research workshops on 26th May focused on physical layer hardware technologies and architectures as well as new materials to enhance both spectrum and energy efficiency of next generation networks. Matt Warman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department … Read more
Applications closed: Senior Research Associate in RF Cyber
***Applications now closed*** Applications are sought for the role of Senior Research Associate in RF Cyber Security within the Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) research group (part of the Smart Internet Lab). The successful applicant will join the UKRI Prosperity Partnership on Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN), with specific skills in one or more of the following … Read more
SWAN Research Team Spotlight: Dr Eyad Arabi (Senior Research Associate)
This spotlight blog series takes a deeper dive into the recent work of our Post-Doctoral Researchers, our aligned PhD students, and research team members from across the SWAN Prosperity Partnership. In the next blog in this series, we asked SWAN Senior Research Associate Dr Eyad Arabi a few questions about his work on frequency-agile amplifiers … Read more
PhD Opportunity: Two EPSRC funded 4-year PhD studentships in Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN) now available
***Applications now closed*** PhD applications are sought for immediate start in the Communications Systems & Networks research group at the University of Bristol. The two available studentships will be funded through our EPSRC Prosperity Partnership in the field of Secure Wireless Agile Networks (SWAN). The deadline for applications is Friday 21st May 2021. Find out … Read more