Professor David Stupples
Professor of Electronic and Radio Systems, Director EW Research,
City, University of London, AOC At-Large Director, UK

Professor David Stupples specialises in research and development of networked electronic and radio systems. For a number of years he undertook research in military surveillance systems at the Royal Signal and Radar Establishment at Malvern in the UK, followed by satellite surveillance and systems research for the UK Government. He then spent three years developing secure communications and signals processing for surveillance satellites and air defence systems for Hughes Aircraft Corporation in the US. In his early career, Dr David Stupples was employed in radar and communications systems development by the Royal Air Force. Later, he was a senior partner with PA Consulting Group where he was responsible for the company's consultancy work on the design, build and operation large-scale surveillance networks for world-wide clients.
His current research is in networked systems with a focus on multi-sensor surveillance using both active and passive sensors. This research work has intelligence, military and commercial uses with the latter applying to future air traffic management. The research employs a variety of systems modelling techniques particularly to assess the behaviour of networked systems under stressed conditions in order to identify and assess emergent properties for their impact on both safety and integrity.
Professor David Stupples has been applying this research to internet security, particularly focused on cyber terrorism and organised cyber crime for both the UK government and commercial companies. This work has required the development of new systems analysis and modelling techniques to understand the behaviour of complex internet systems. However, he still maintains an active interest in radar systems research; particularly synthetic aperture systems.