People and Partners

People and Partners

Drawing on a multi-disciplinary research base, Digital city Exchange unites researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and the Business School, and partners with a wide range of industry leaders. 

Investigators

Prof John Polak Principal Investigator and WP3 Lead Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Prof Eric Yeatman WP1 Lead Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Prof David Gann CBE Co-Investigator and WP5 Lead Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Prof Yike Guo Co-Investigator and WP1 Lead Department of Computing

Dr Ritsuko OzakiCo-Investigator and WP2 Lead Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Dr Aija Leiponen WP2 Co-Investigator Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Prof Nilay Shah Co-Investigator and WP3 Lead Department of Chemical Engineering

Prof Goran Strbac WP3 Co-Investigator Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Prof Erkko Autio Co-Investigator and WP4 Lead Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Prof Chris Hankin WP4 Co-Investigator Department of Computing

Prof Jonathan Haskel WP4 Co-Investigator Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Prof Tom Hoehn WP4 Co-Investigator Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Dr Nick Leon WP5 Co-Investigator Royal College of Art

Advisory Board

Mr Kulveer Ranger DCE Advisory Board Chairman- Vice President of Communications and Strategic Affairs Atos

Prof Jeff Magee Principal Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London

Dr John Baird Lead RCUK Digital Economy Theme

Prof David Payne CBE Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre University of Southampton

Prof Paul Wright Director, Centre for Information Technology in the Interests of Society UC Berkeley

Ms Elizabeth Varley Co-Founder and CEO TechHub

Researchers and Staff

Tim Gordon Coordinator Digital City Exchange

Dr David Boyle WP1 Research Fellow Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

David Birch WP1 Research Associate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Orestis Tsinalis WP1 Research Assistant Department of Computing

Dr Jenny O’Connor WP2 Research Associate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Dr Pantelis Koutroumpis WP2 Research Fellow Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Dr Koen van Dam WP3 Research Associate Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr Aruna Sivakumar WP3 Research Fellow Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mr Dimitrios Papadaskalopoulos WP3 Research Assistant Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr Jeffrey Pittaway WP4 Research Associate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Dr Zeynep Gurguc WP4 Research Associate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

Partners

Digital City Exchange is working to identify potential business opportunities by conducting real-world trials with industrial partners and engaging with the SME community.