Ahmed Al-Alousi Received the PhD degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Brunel University of London in 2024. With over 25 years of industry experience in software engineering, systems and enterprise architecture, he is currently Consulting Architect with the Crown Prosecution Service in the UK, and CEO of Cuneiform LTD, a consultancy specialising in the applications of high performance computing and VLSI in smart cities, IoT, cryptography and cryptocurrencies. He is also pursuing research opportunities at Brunel University of London’s CEDPS and BIPS.