Internet of Things Working Group
The IoT Working Group provides a forum for discussing IoT challenges and opportunities, coordinating community input to RIPE NCC’s IoT activities, engaging with external IoT communities, and developing RIPE community positions on IoT-related issues.
Current Chairs
Ramona Marfievici
Ramona Marfievici is a Principal IoT Engineer at Digital Catapult London, where she leads the IoT team. With over 20 years' of experience at the intersection of embedded systems, wireless communication, and cyber-physical systems, she specialises in the end-to-end design, build, and deployment of IoT solutions across industries including energy, manufacturing and defence.
In her current role, Ramona bridges research and real-world applications, translating ideas into prototypes, building demonstrators and pilots, finding early technology adopters, and co-creating testbeds and accelerator programs to help innovators leverage IoT technology.
She also led the Connected Ecosystem meet up, a cornerstone of London's IoT community, bringing together expertise, domain knowledge, and emerging solutions.
Beyond her day-to-day work, Ramona is an active contributor to industry forums, scientific committees, and technology-focused accelerators.
Anna Maria Mandalari
Anna Maria Mandalari works as Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College London, where she is the Director of the SAfeNetIoT laboratory and she also serves as the Director of the MSc Programme in Internet Engineering and Telecommunications. She is Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Security Science and Technology at Imperial College London and visiting Professor at the Yokohama National University. She is Executive Steering Board Member of the IoT Security Foundation. She has been nominated as a Member of the Italian Technical Secretariat of the Committee for strategies on the use of AI. Her research interests are Internet of Things (IoT), privacy, security, networking and Internet measurement techniques. She studies privacy implications and information exposure from IoT devices. She works on the problem of modelling, designing, and evaluating adaptation strategies based on Internet measurements techniques.
In addition to her research, Anna gives invited talks all around the world to promote research and create awareness on security and privacy standards. Most of her research experiences have also significantly contributed to several EU-funded research projects and have had a significant influence on media and policymaking.