Our Multidisciplinary Team
The IDEAL project is powered by a diverse team of leading academics and researchers from three world-class institutions. Our collective expertise spans the critical domains necessary to revolutionize the lifespan of IoT devices.


Project Leadership

Prof. Klaus McDonald-Maier
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
University of Essex
Project lead and Principal Investigator

Prof. Wim Vanderbauwhede
School of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Project Co-Lead (Glasgow PI)

Prof. Nobuko Yoshida
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford
Project Co-Lead (Oxford PI)
Co-Investigators

Dr. José Cano
School of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Project Co-Lead

Dr. Caitlin McElroy
Social Sciences Division
University of Oxford
Project Co-Lead

Dr. Katy Wheeler
Department of Sociology
University of Essex
Project Co-Lead

Dr. Xiaojun Zhai
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
University of Essex
Project Co-Lead