Dr Phil Nobles
Lecturer
Location: Shrivenham campus
E: p.nobles@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1793 785218
Department of Engineering and Applied Science
Current activities
Course Director for Introduction to Information Systems (Employment Training) MOD short course.
Course Director for Network Enabled Capability short course.
Course Director for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection short course.
Lecturer on MSc courses, including Military Electronic Systems Engineering (MESE) and Information Management and Technology (IMT).
Lecturer on short courses, including Computer Security, Security Technologies, Resilient Wireless Networks and Human Factors for NEC.
Principal Researcher on EADS contract, “Multi-level security for Common Operational Picture”.
Researcher on EPSRC contract, “Smart-system Intrusion Detection”.
Researcher on EUROCONTROL contract, “Guidelines for ICT Security”.
Areas of interest
Computer and network security, wireless networks, Network Enabled Capability, digital signal processing, radiowave propagation.
Summary of research contracts and grants
LINK/DTI Personal Communications Programme collaboration with Newbridge Networks, “An investigation into next generation cordless data communication within buildings”, (18 months), 1991-1993.
EPSRC Communications Signal Processing and Coding Research Initiative, “Radio-based high bit rate data transmission within buildings”, (2 years), 1994-1996.
British Broadcasting Corporation Research and Development, “Channel sounding measurements within TV studios – BBC Kingswood and the Top of The Pops studio at BBC Elstree”, (short contract), 1996.
Radiocomunications Agency, “Study into indoor radio propagation factors at 17GHz and 60GHz”, (1 year), 1996-1997.
British Broadcasting Corporation Research and Development, “A comparison of modulation methods for digital radio‑cameras in TV studios”, (1 year), 1997-1998.
QinetiQ Farnborough, “Fast geolocation of radar emitters in a tactical airborne environment - Stage I”, (1 year), 1999-2000.
Philips Research Laboratories, “Investigation into electromagnetic properties of wall materials”, (short contract), 1999-2000.
QinetiQ Malvern, “Fast geolocation of radar emitters in a tactical airborne environment - Stage II”, (3 years), 2000-2003.
General Dynamics, “Support for BOWMAN Common Battlefield Application Toolset (ComBAT)”, (short contract), 2003.
EADS, “Multi-level security for Common Operational Picture”, (4 years), 2006.Selected publications
P. Nobles and S. Ali, “Indoor geolocation for wireless intrusion detection and device tracking”, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2007), Edinburgh, 11-16th November 2007P. Nobles, “Implementation of effects based operations in a networked environment”, Network Centric Operations Asia, Singapore, 18-20th April 2007
S. Ali and P. Nobles, “A novel indoor location sensing mechanism for IEEE 802.11 b/g WLAN”, 4th IEEE Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication (WPNC'07), Hannover, Germany, 22nd March 2007
P. Nobles and S. Ali, “Evil twins, wi-phishing and other wireless threats”, 4th IET Secure Mobile Communications Forum, London, 5th December 2006
P. Nobles, “e-crime”, HQ LAND Bi-annual Security Conference, HQ LAND, Wilton, 25th April 2006
