Panos Melas

Panos Melas is a Researcher and Engineer at the IT Innovation Centre within the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (High Performance Computing) from the same institution (2000). His work focuses on data analytics, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure resilience, and urban safety. He contributes to projects like SPYDERISK, addressing privacy risks in distributed systems and decision-support frameworks for infrastructure management.

Research interests include risk management in adaptive ICT systems, crime data analysis for urban safety, and grid infrastructure interoperability. His expertise spans technical leadership in interdisciplinary teams, with publications in conferences and reports on topics such as system trustworthiness and human perception of safety.