Soteris Demetriou

Soteris Demetriou is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Systems Security at Imperial College London's Department of Computing, within the Faculty of Engineering. He leads the Applications, Platforms, and Systems Security (APSS) Research Lab and directs the Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR). His research focuses on securing mobile, IoT, and cyber-physical systems through techniques like explainable AI, reverse engineering, and trusted computing. Notable contributions include tools for privacy preservation in machine learning models, detection of LiDAR spoofing attacks, and securing Android's middleware.

Education: PhD and MSc in Computer Science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Patras).

Research Interests: Mobile/IoT security, AI security, trusted computing, and vulnerability analysis. Key areas include privacy in generative models, adversarial attacks on autonomous systems, and large-scale distributed systems.

Publications: Over 50 peer-reviewed papers in top venues like NDSS, CCS, and SOSP. Recent work addresses privacy in speech generation, LiDAR security for autonomous vehicles, and hyperscale serverless architectures at Meta.

Awards: Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS 2018, Best Paper at SafeThings 2024, and multiple travel grants. Served on technical committees for PETS, CCS, and AutoSec.

Grants & Collaborations: SPRITE+ grant for Bio-IoT security, collaboration with Meta on distributed systems, and leadership in ACE-CSR.

Labs: APSS Lab focuses on systems and AI security, with interdisciplinary projects in healthcare and autonomous systems.