Projects 2
Publications 19
Awards 0

Contact Details

Biography

Dr Steve has both research and industrial experience in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cybersecurity. He has a MEng and a PhD from the University of Bristol’s Department of Computer Science, where he also worked as a Senior Research and Teaching Associate. Since moving to Singapore, he has conducted research into IoT for Industry 4.0, as well as working in a Singapore start-up creating cryptographic security products for IoT devices.

Steve’s research highlights include authoring a chapter titled “Measuring Energy” in the book “ICT - Energy Concepts for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability”, designing a formally verifiable time-deterministic network-on-chip for safety critical embedded multi-core systems, and producing an energy model that enables embedded software developers to understand how much energy their code consumes.

He has collaborated in various research projects, including the EU-funded ENTRA, EMC2 and ICT-Energy projects, A*STAR’s Model Factory @ ARTC, and projects under Singapore National Research Foundation’s National Cybersecurity R&D Programme.

With a history of expertise in systems from the cloud right down to chip micro-architectures, Steve’s current research interests focus on how to make cybersecurity easy, efficient and effective, aiming to create a safer, smarter and more environmentally friendly world.

Research

Research Interests

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Internet of Things (IoT)

Industry 4.0

AI in cybersecurity

Projects

Research Data

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Open Source teaching tools

Cybersecurity in the community


Research Advisor Accreditation

Advisor Type

Secondary


Taught Modules

2023
[CP3414] Ethical HackingLecturer, Coordinator
2025

Completed Honours and External Research Students

Software Defined Networking and Deep Learning for safegurding data on devices including Internet of Medical Things
RESEARCH_MASTERS

Teaching Grants

VetheRBlocks
01 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023

Available Projects

Activities

Media

Outreach

Education

Consultancy

Other Activities

Committees

Associations

Employment

Output

Kerrison, Steve; Buschoff, Markus; Nunez-Yanez, Jose; Eder, Kerstin (2017) Measuring energy. London, UK: [Non-Research Book Chapter] [DOI]
Other Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Belson, Bruce; Holdsworth, Jason; Kerrison, Steve; Philippa, Bronson (2026) 'Reducing Energy Consumption for Machine Learning Inference on Edge Devices using C++20 Coroutines'. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Jusak, Jusak; Kerrison, Steve (2026) 'Integration of IoT and Distributed Ledger Technologies: A Survey, Challenges, and Future Directions'. ACM Computing Surveys, 58 (9). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Yapa, Kanishka; Jayakody, Anuradha; Wijayasekara, Sanika K; Kerrison, Steve; Primal, Dinith (2025) 'AI and SDN Based Framework to Mitigate Threats and Vulnerabilities in Internet of Medical Things'. International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation, 15 (2):112-121. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerrison, Steve; Jusak, Jusak; Huang, Tao (2023) 'Blockchain-Enabled IoT for Rural Healthcare: Hybrid-Channel Communication with Digital Twinning'. Electronics, 12 (9). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Morse, Jeremy; Kerrison, Steven; Eder, Kerstin (2018) 'On the limitations of analyzing worst-case dynamic energy of processing'. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 17 (3). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Georgiou, Kyriakos; Kerrison, Steve; Zbigniew, Chamski; Eder, Kerstin (2017) 'Energy transparency for deeply embedded programs'. ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization, 14 (1). [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Eder, Kerstin; Gallagher, John P.; Lopez-Garcia, Pedro; Muller, Henk; Bankovic, Zorana; Georgiou, Kyriakos; Haemmerle, Remy; Hermenegildo, Manuel V.; Kafle, Bishoksan; Kerrison, Steve; Kirkeby, Maja; Klemen, Maximiliano; Li, Xueliang; Liqat, Umer; Morse, Jeremy; Rhiger, Morten; Rosendahl, Mads (2016) 'ENTRA: Whole-Systems Energy Transparency'. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 47 :278-286. [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerrison, Steve; Eder, Kerstin (2015) 'Energy Modeling of Software for a Hardware Multithreaded Embedded Microprocessor'. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 14 (3). [DOI]
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerrison, Steve; Jusak, Jusak (2024) TENCON 2024: IEEE Region 10 International Conference Teaching the Internet with AR and Toy Bricks Singapore, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerrison, Steve (2024) TENCON 2024: IEEE Region 10 International Conference Building Touch-Less Trust in IoT Devices Singapore, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerrison, Steve (2022) IEEE iThings-2022: 15th IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things IoT Droplocks: Wireless Fingerprint Theft Using Hacked Smart Locks Espoo, Finland, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Isakovic, Harris; Grosu, Radu; Ratasich, Denise; Kadlec, Jiri; Pohl, Zdenek; Kerrison, Steve; Georgiou, Kyriakos; Eder, Kerstin; Druml, Norbert; Tadros, Lillian; Christensen, Flemming; Wheatley, Emilie; Farkas, Bastian; Meyer, Rolf; Berekovic, Mladen (2017) SAFECOMP 2017: International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security . In: Tonetta, Stefano;Schoitsch, Erwin;Bitsch, Friedmann eds. A Survey of Hardware Technologies for Mixed-Critical Integration Explored in the Project EMC² Trento, Italy, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Pallister, James; Kerrison, Steve; Morse, Jeremy; Eder, Kerstin (2017) SCOPES '17: 20th International Workshop on Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems Data Dependent Energy Modeling for Worst Case Energy Consumption Analysis Sankt Goar, Germany, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Liqat, U.; Georgiou, K.; Kerrison, S.; Lopez-Garcia, P.; Gallagher, John P.; Hermenegildo, M.V.; Eder, K. (2016) Foundational and Practical Aspects of Resource Analysis. Fourth International Workshop FOPARA 2015, Revised Selected Papers . In: van Eekelen, Marko;Dal Lago, Ugo eds. Inferring Parametric Energy Consumption Functions at Different Software Levels: ISA vs. LLVM IR London, UK, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Hollis, Simon J.; Kerrison, Steve (2016) DATE 2016: Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition Swallow: Building an Energy-Transparent Many-Core Embedded Real-Time System Dresden, Germany,
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Kerrison, Steve; May, David; Eder, Kerstin (2016) 2016 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSOC) A Benes based NoC switching architecture for mixed criticality embedded systems Lyon, France, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Grech, Neville; Georgiou, Kyriakos; Pallister, James; Kerrison, Steve; Morse, Jeremy; Eder, Kerstin (2015) SCOPES '15: 18th International Workshop on Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems Static analysis of energy consumption for LLVM IR programs Sankt Goar, Germany, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Liqat, Umer; Kerrison, Steve; Serrano, Alejandro; Georgiou, Kyriakos; Lopez-Garcia, Pedro; Grech, Nevill; Hermenegildo, Manuel V.; Eder, Kerstin (2014) LOPSTR 2013: 23rd International Symposium: Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation . In: Gupta, Gopal;Ricardo, Pena eds. Energy Consumption Analysis of Programs based on XMOS ISA-Level Models Madrid, Spain, [DOI]
Conference Publication ResearchOnline@JCU