Biography

Thomas Diakos started his PhD at the University of Surrey in November 2009 under the supervision of Dr Hans Georg Schaathun (later Dr Johann Briffa) and co-supervision of Dr Tim Brown from CCSR . He is a member of the Multimedia Security and Forensics (MSF) group, led by Prof Anthony T.S.Ho.

Thomas studied A - Level Mathematics, Physics and Computing at the Grammar School Nicosia in his native Cyprus, from where he graduated in 2003. He received his BEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 2008, and his MSc degree in Communications and Signal Processing in 2009 from the University of Bristol.

In 2009 he started his PhD in Mobile Phone Security, concerned primarily with Near Field Communications (NFC) devices and the level to which they provide financial transaction security and user anonymity. His project is funded by Consult Hyperion and EPSRC.

Research Interests

Thomas, as a young researcher, is still exploring his research options but primarily he is interested in financial security (e-banking, e-commerce and electronic transactions), multimedia security, networks and protocols and digital signal processing. 

You can watch a short video presentation of his work along with Dr Tim Brown, here.

Publications

Selected Publications

• Brown, T.W.C, and Diakos, T: On the design of NFC antennas for contactless payment applications, Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on, 44–47, April 2011

Conference Presentations

• EuCAP 2011 in Rome, Italy on 11 - 15 April 2011

Teaching

Demonstrator duties

• COM1031 - Computer Logic
• COM3012 - Parallel Architectures
• COMM038 - Advanced Multimedia Security

Departmental Duties

• MSF Web content manager

Professional Memberships

• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member, IEE Computer Society

Social Networks

• My personal blog
• Follow me on twitter
• My profile on LinkedIn

Hobbies and Interests:

• Discworld novels and lore
• TV series, cinema and comics
• Python and Bash scripting for Linux
• Boxing
• Food, wine and cheese tasting