Research Interests:

• Security and Privacy for Autonomous Systems: Secure, safe, and privacy-preserving architectures for multimodal autonomous robotic and cyber-physical systems.
• IoT and Embedded Systems Security: Trustworthy security frameworks for resource-constrained systems, including the Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT), and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT).
• Trustworthy and Secure AI Systems: Security and reliability of AI-enabled systems, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for secure AI interactions.
• Blockchain and Distributed System Security: Blockchain-based security mechanisms for ensuring data integrity, transparency, and trust in distributed environments.
• Privacy-Preserving and Zero Trust Architectures: Design of privacy-preserving systems and Zero Trust security models for distributed and intelligent computing environments.

Featured Research Funded Projects:

• SWEET (Horizon Europe - £585,229) 2025-2029 as CoI  https://www.sweet.unina.it/
• CRANE's Special Interest Group on Safe & Secure Robotics (EPSRC - £5000) 2025-2030 as Co-lead/CoI: https://www.crane.ac.uk/crane/wg-sig/safe-and-secure-robotics-sig/  
• Scoping UK-RAS Project (EPSRC - £3,780) as PI: https://research-scoping-in-security-and-privacy-amrsys.yolasite.com/

Other Funded Projects: 

• PI of “Secure IoT health monitoring system (2021-2022)”, funded by Sheffield Innovation Programme Projects (European Regional Development Fund), £10,000~.
• PI of South Yorkshire Innovation Programm (2025-2026) for Web-Application Development for Titans Community Foundation, £10,000~.
• PI of Anxiety and Depression Detection using LLM and Controlling Privacy (2025-2026) from the School of Computing and Digital Technologies (£7000).
• PI of Gait for User Verification (2023-2024) from the School of Computing and Digital Technologies (£6500)
• He was the PI of “Secure automated IoT locking system (2018-2019)”. funded by Sheffield Innovation Programme Projects (European Regional Development Fund), £10,000~.
• CoI of “Automated IoT weighing scale (2017-2018)”. funded by Sheffield Innovation Programme Projects (European Regional Development Fund).
• PI and CoI of two Teaching Enhancement Project fund from SHU in 2018 (£3000).

Full Funding Received for PhD:

• 2 GTA funded projects as Director of Studies from SHU.
• 1 SHU-La Trobe Australia PhD funding as Director of Studies.
• 2 GTA fundings as First Supervisor. 
• 3, but co-supervising 2 from SWEET Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie. 

Collaborators and Sponsors:

His external industrial partner includes IoeTec, Fukuda, Willdoo, and IBM and external University partners include University of Oxford, University of Sheffield, University of Exeter, University of Warwick, University of Plymouth, University of Nottingham, University of Winchester, and University of Manchester.