Jeremy Watson discusses PETRAS at the Security Thematic Research Day

1. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
PETRAS: Hub Overview
Jeremy Watson: UCL – Director
Emil Lupu: Imperial College – Deputy Director

2. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
• Deliver real co-produced impactful and cross-sectoral technical and
socioeconomic benefit
• Place the UK as world-leader in expertise and deployment of trusted
IoT technology
• Create a cross-disciplinary environment across research domains,
industries, and government departments.
• Create a social platform for innovation and co-creation with users
and stakeholders
• Provide an enduring legacy from the PETRAS Hub, beyond the end of
the funded period
Aims – to:

3. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
• Use an integrated approach of collaborative social and
physical science expertise
• Remove barriers to the beneficial adoption of Internet of
Things
• Address generic knowledge gaps through case study
approaches covering major sectors
• Use innovative methodologies including ‘in the wild’ and
citizen science
Principles

4. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things
Organisation
Steering board
Warwick
UCL
Healthcare
Node
Cities
Node
Hub
Cardiff
spoke
Soton
spoke
~ 50 Public & private sector research partners
Acceler-
ator
Oxford
Lancas-
ter
Edin’bro
spoke
Surrey
spoke
Shared
admin
Imperial
Operations group
User &
Research boardIoTUK
Landscape

5. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things
Organisation
Steering board
Warwick
UCL
Healthcare
Node
Cities
Node
Hub
Cardiff
spoke
Soton
spoke
~ 50 Public & private sector research partners
Acceler-
ator
Oxford
Lancas-
ter
Edin’bro
spoke
Surrey
spoke
Shared
admin
Imperial
Operations group
User &
Research board
£10m
Demonstrator
‘CityVerve’
Manchester
2 of 7 NHS-E
projects:
Surrey &
Bristol
SBRI Call
tba
£9.8m Hub
DCMS/EPSRC

6. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Key Facts about PETRAS
• 9 world leading universities via
the core and spoke model (4
from the AlanTuring Institute)
• Combined hub value: £23m
• Blackett Review expertise
• 47 partners at submission
combining presence in the UK,
Central Europe and America
(giving International links and
perspective)
• Inter– and multi-disciplinary
focus

7. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Governance
Terms of reference are available
for each board
A rigorous set of processes providing
independent ‘steering’ including ethical aspects
of projects, knowledge needs and technology
advice, and executive management of projects

8. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Workplan

9. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
• Privacy & Trust
• Safety & Security
• Harnessing Economic Value
• Adoption & Acceptability
• Standards, Governance & Policy
Stream programme
Generic learning outcomes – each co-led by a social and physical scientist
Projects grouped by type into ‘Constellations’, sample one or more of the Stream threads

10. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
• Ambient environments
• Health & Care
• Infrastructure
• Supply & Control Systems
• Transport & Mobility
• Identification
• Design & Behaviour
Constellation groupings
Sectorally-themed collections of projects which provide evidence to the Stream programme
Projects grouped into ‘Constellations’ according to theme type

11. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
• Discipline balance
– The PETRAS domain of study requires a balance between social and physical science
and engineering challenges, so each of the Streams is co-led by academics representing
these two disciplines
• PDRA pool
– Post doctoral research fellows will be hired for the whole three year Hub programme
and will be attached to a particular stream; they will be deployed to Constellation
projects and bring knowledge back to their stream
• Interim Call
– It is anticipated that much of the first months will be spent in setting contexts and
establishing baselines. In month 10, an internal Call for proposals will be issued, shaped
by the needs of User Partners and by emerging technologies. A further Call in Year 2
will aim at converging knowledge to Stream conclusions
• Innovation Champions (x2)
– Will provide active professional links to the greater IoTUK community, Catapults, etc.
Innovation in the execution process

12. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
• Publicity and knowledge dissemination are a priority
• Possible business models beyond the end of the funded period will be
considered from the outset
• Relationships with User Partners will include considerations of
relationship and value sustainability
• Relationships with relevant Academies and Professional Engineering
Institutions will be built to create mutually-beneficial delivery platforms
Creating an enduring legacy
It is the collaborators’ intention to create an interest group with enduring value, serving the
UK government and business sectors

13. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Workshops
across the
country
Next generation of
researchers
Multi-level partner
engagement
Steering, streams, constellations
Two large symposia
Website hub
Truly transdisciplinary
publicationsImpact
Champions
Partnership Fund
Secondments, fellowships
Specialist
Journalist
Common language
Sociotechnical tools
UK world-leading in research & practice
Policy advice and innovation
Leading in standardisation
Using:
Impact call
via Strategic Fund
Routes to
Impact

14. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Transport & Mobility
Transport & Mobility
projects will include
smart street planning, pricing
& maintenance and also
developing solutions for
communications among
autonomous and semi-
autonomous cars and
infrastructures.
Lead: Professor Carsten
Maple (Warwick)

15. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Health & Care
SeNTH - focus on: 1.Threat
modelling and analysis for
body sensor networks; 2.
Security mechanisms that can
be provided on miniaturised
low power ASICs; 3.
Establishing a test-bed with
selected scenarios.
DAISH - user trust in
medical applications of IoT.
Project will use sandpits to
identify problems impairing
users’ trust and will define a
code of practises for IoT.
Lead: Emil Lupu (Imperial
College)

16. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Design & Behaviour
This Constellation will
consider the role that Design
plays in influencing the
adoption of IoT. In particular,
how Design and Engineering
can actively encourage or
discourage behaviours, so
that Privacy and Trust are
enhanced, and adoption is
promoted. Design charrettes
will be used to obtain user
responses to a range of
interventions.
Lead: Professor Rachel
Cooper (Lancaster)

17. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Infrastructure
Includes 1. NIRC, which
looks, from a policy angle, at
approaches in various
countries and across borders
to manage IoT threats and
increased attack surfaces. 2.
ALIoTT - tools to analyse
threats in many contexts,
creating, validating and
piloting methods and
software across the hub and
with User Partners, including
government agencies.
Lead: Professor Jeremy
Watson (UCL)

18. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Identification
AACIoT - rating the
trustworthiness of
identification systems based
on the wider environment
surrounding the IoT agent
PEISI evaluating ‘identifying’
technologies, protocols, and
procedures alongside privacy
strategies, to design robust
solutions that deliver a
balance between
identifiability and privacy of
IoT technology.
Lead: Professor Luciano
Floridi (Oxford)

19. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Supply & Control Systems
Connectivity and intelligence
are of economic importance to
the UK. IoT offers integrated
control systems and supply
chains. Projects include:
Developing Secure IoT-
augmented Control Systems
and Exploring EconomicValue
of IoT Data in Cyber-physical
Supply Chains. The projects
will draw expertise from a
number of Hub research
organisations working with
industrial partners.
Lead: Professor Carsten Maple
(Warwick)

20. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Constellation example: Ambient Environments
The QEOP offers an ideal
setting for scalable,‘In the
Wild’, IoT developments.
Concepts around security
versus adaptability with
cross-layered network wide
protocols for low powered
IoT Devices will be
investigated . A combination
of In the Wild experiments
and focus groups will inform
the boundaries of privacy,
trust and personalisation.
Lead: Professor Andy
Hudson-Smith (UCL)

21. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
PETRAS: Governance detail
Jeremy Watson: UCL – Director
Emil Lupu: Imperial College – Deputy Director

22. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Governance
Steering Board
Operations Group
User Research
Board
Ethics sub-group
Day-to-day operations‘Push and Pull’
Governance
Terms of reference available for each board

23. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Steering Board [SB] (including Ethics Sub-Group)
Membership
• Key strategic users – public and private sector, independent chair from private sector
• Funding bodies – DCMS, EPSRC, Innovate UK
• PETRAS PI, CoIs, Impact Champions
Role and Responsibilities
• Receives budgetary and resourcing reports from the Operations Group
• Oversees and advises on Hub portfolio management with advice from the User and Research
Board, ensuring it is aligned to the needs of Users
• Formally approves allocated projects and use of Strategic Funds and Partnership Research Funds
• Sets strategy for knowledge transfer and user engagement
• Sets ethics guidelines and advise project on ethics considerations (Ethics Sub-Group)
Terms of reference to be written for each board

24. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
User & Research Board [URB]
Membership
• Technical leaders from user partners, government subject-matter experts
• Academic experts from Hub and Spokes
• PETRAS Impact Champions
Role and Responsibilities
• Advises on User needs and new technology
• Provides feedback on project proposals, project progress and project outcomes (Strategic Fund,
and Partnership Research Fund)
• Advises on scope and priorities for Calls for Proposals Y2 and Y3
• Advises on training programme and people development
• Provides volunteers for Mentorship Programme
Terms of reference to be written for each board

25. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Operations Group [OG]
Membership
• Hub CoIs and Spoke project leaders
• PETRAS Programme Manager
• Admin representatives of lead HEIs
• PM and Impact Champions
Role and Responsibilities
• Manages the PDRA resource pool and its deployment into projects based on the
recommendations from the URB
• Manages the deployment of the Strategic Resource Fund and Partnership Fund
• Sets procedures for, and executes, project progress monitoring (technical and financial) and
reporting
• Sets programme of activities for dissemination, user engagement and communications
• Sets procedures for, and executes, monitoring of expenditure and matched funding tracking
• Sets procedures for, and oversees IP management
Terms of reference to be written for each board

26. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Meetings
Steering
board
User panel
Steering
board
User panel
Annual cycle
Operations
Group
Operations
Group
Operations
Group
Operations
Group
Quarterly
cycle

27. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Shared Hub Resources
• PETRAS Web page
• Hub Directory
• Mailing Lists and contact points
• Training and Training material (Baselining)
• PDRA Pool and Expertise
• Shared recruitment approach
• Ops management Google Sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19w6lrMhwrfKiXyokHrPSI3BH5ZlGuj4j0a-
B8nJhIHE/edit#gid=0
• Digital Catapult share:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XI7d7KYJmnC2h9stqqLFR0nyPDn_UxEBGcJQQ24Yb
w4/edit#gid=0
• References:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19w6lrMhwrfKiXyokHrPSI3BH5ZlGuj4j0a-
B8nJhIHE/edit#gid=1677177634

28. PETRAS Privacy, Ethics,Trust, Reliability, Acceptability, and Security
for the Internet of Things
Aspirational points
Further funding
• Lloyds Register – target £1m for aligned projects (Foundation plus Group)
• Private sector cash contributions for specific technology demonstrators
Wider engagement
• International
• Other Research Councils (and the emerging post-Nurse RCUK)
• Professional Engineering Institutions (publications, streamed video, events, etc.)
• Engagement with new User Partners
In-line planning
• Website, conference, engagement and KT events
• New Calls
• Business model for PETRAS legacy