Ioan Petri is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University. He holds a PhD in Cybernetics and Statistics and specialises on (a) Artificial intelligence, (b) Energy Optimisation (c) Cloud and edge computing, and (d) Data analytics with an application for the built and natural environment. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals and conferences in the field of applied distributed systems. He has served on the program committees of more than 25 international conferences and workshops. He is an inventor and the ICT leader of the CUSP platform.