Dr Sergio Davies is a senior lecturer in the department of Department of Computing & Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University. After graduating (equivalent to MSc) in telecommunication engineering at the university "Federico II" in Naples, Italy, he worked for two years as IT consultant at KPMG in Rome, Italy. After this, he received a scholarship at the University of Manchester, where he received his Ph.D. in 2012 in computer science, working on the SpiNNaker project. Sergio then received an offer to continue his research work on spiking neural networks as a post-doc within the Human Brain Project (HBP), until 2016. After this research contract he moved to industry to lead research projects and teams in the fields of computer hardware, software development and computer networking. Sergio returned to academia in 2019 at Sheffield Hallam University and now at Manchester Metropolitan University. Sergio's research focuses on spiking neural networks. He participated in the SpiNNaker project and the Human Brain Project (HBP). Sergio is now focusing on applications of spiking neural networks for computer network security. Sergio has also large experience in industry as he worked as strategic IT consultant, and as project leader in the fields of computer hardware, software development, embedded platforms and computer networking. Sergio is a member of the IET and of the IEEE, and he is a fellow of the HEA.