About Me

My career has a strong focus on the challenges faced by business in understanding, managing and securing data. One of the main concerns in my work is to transform these rich data sources into information, so that it can be readily available for the decision making process. I have a strong commitment to knowledge dissemination fulfilled through the publication of my work and teaching.

Research Interest

My research interests lie on machine learning, big data, distributed systems, information retrieval and cyber security.

Positions

• Lead Engineer. Cyber Security Centre, Warwick Manufacturing Group. The University of Warwick. Current
• Research & Development Manager. ThinkingSafe Limited. 2010-2018
• Visiting Senior Lecture. Department of Computer Science. Royal Holloway, University of London. 2009-2013
• Research Assistant. Department of Computer Science. Royal Holloway, University of London. 2005-2006
• Research Assistant. School of Computer Science. The Queen’s Univesity of Belfast. 2000-2004
• Research Internship. German Institute for Economic Research. DIW, Berlin. 2000
• Analyst. Faculty of Economics and Management. University of Talca. 1999

Contact

• pedro.contreras[@]acm.org