Simon Parkinson

Biography

Simon Parkinson is a Lecturer in Informatics within the school of Computing and Engineering at the University of Huddersfield. He received a first class degree (hons) in Secure and Forensic Computing from the University of Huddersfield. Following this he gained a PhD entitled the Construction of Machine Tool Calibration Plans Using Domain-Independent Automated Planning also from the University of Huddersfield. Simon's research interest is in developing intelligent systems for manufacturing and cyber security. This involves his continuing research of developing and utilising artificial intelligence for task automation. His research interests are cyber security focussed as cover aspects such as access control, vulnerability and anomaly detection, learning domain knowledge, mitigation planning, and software tools to aid situation awareness

Research Interest

Simon's research is driven by commercial requirements. His research in developing intelligent and automated solutions in cyber security strives to complement the human security analyst by assisting in identifying vulnerabilities and threats, as well as aiding with mitigation. Simon's previous work in developing intelligent systems in the manufacturing domain has a similar objective of trying to improve process efficiency by complementing expert knowledge.