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Dr Steve Kerrison
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Dr Steve Kerrison

Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bristol, 2010 – 2015;
- Master of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering), University of Bristol, 2005-2009;
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)², 2020;
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I), Scrum.org, 2019
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Biography
Dr Steve has both research and industrial experience in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cybersecurity. He has a MEng and a PhD from the University of Bristol’s Department of Computer Science, where he also worked as a Senior Research and Teaching Associate. Since moving to Singapore, he has conducted research into IoT for Industry 4.0, as well as working in a Singapore start-up creating cryptographic security products for IoT devices.
Steve’s research highlights include authoring a chapter titled “Measuring Energy” in the book “ICT - Energy Concepts for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability”, designing a formally verifiable time-deterministic network-on-chip for safety critical embedded multi-core systems, and producing an energy model that enables embedded software developers to understand how much energy their code consumes.
He has collaborated in various research projects, including the EU-funded ENTRA, EMC2 and ICT-Energy projects, A*STAR’s Model Factory @ ARTC, and projects under Singapore National Research Foundation’s National Cybersecurity R&D Programme.
With a history of expertise in systems from the cloud right down to chip micro-architectures, Steve’s current research interests focus on how to make cybersecurity easy, efficient and effective, aiming to create a safer, smarter and more environmentally friendly world.
Research Interests
- Public Key Infrastructure
- Cybersecurity for Internet of Things
- Computer Architecture
- Embedded Systems
- Energy Efficient Computing Systems