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
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Biography
Research interests
I am broadly interested in applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) in infrastructure sectors and the collection of urban data. Most of my current work is in the field of urban sensing including energy-efficient deployments of wireless sensor networks, sensor integration with building management systems in intelligent buildings and design of secure IoT applications or open data architectures for urban challenges. More recently I have worked on digital twinning of infrastructure assets. 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, or event step change, of infrastructure systems.
I am also interested in applying Systems thinking and cybernetics for information and risk management in this context, including system dynamics and viable system modelling, network analysis and game theory. I consider Systems thinking a fundamental approach to understanding and dealing with complexity, especially in cities and civic technology development.
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. I have acted as an Expert Witness in court for a number of cases in the past.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
DAFNI ROSE bid
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2023
DAFNI ROSE bid
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2023
DAFNI ROSE bid
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design 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
Thesis supervisions
A Multi-Domain Approach for Security Compliance, Insider Threat Modelling and Risk Management
Supervisors
Harmonious Environmental Management of Cultural Heritage and Nature
Supervisors
Modelling and Simulation Applications on Cyber-Physical Systems’ Security and Resilience
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
Technology innovation for improving bridge management
Supervisors
An Urban Sensing Architecture as Essential Infrastructure for Future Smart Cities Research
Supervisors
A new sustainable public-private partnership (PPP) procurement system for infrastructure projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Supervisors
A systems approach to asset management for the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust
Supervisors
A Model-Based Framework for Early-Stage Analysis of Spacecraft
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
27/03/2024Sense (and) the City: From IoT sensors and Open Data Platforms to Urban Observatories
IET Smart Cities
Thermal Monitoring of a Concrete Bridge in London, UK
Proceedings of the ICE - Bridge Engineering
Smart cities and hydroinformatics
Handbook of HydroInformatics
Recent publications
13/02/2024E-scooter Sharing Platforms
2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
Machine Learning Security of Connected Autonomous Vehicles: A Systems Perspective
2024 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)
Mapping the MBSE Environment and Complementary Design Space Exploration Techniques
Sense (and) the City: From IoT sensors and Open Data Platforms to Urban Observatories
IET Smart Cities
Smart cities and hydroinformatics
Elsevier