Dr Carolyn Swinney
Executive Fellow at the University of Essex
Biography
Dr Carolyn Swinney is a Royal Air Force Communications & Electronics Engineering Officer and Executive Fellow at the University of Essex. She earned a BEng (Hons, First Class) in 2007 and an MSc (Distinction) in Electronics Engineering from the University of Essex in 2013, qualifying as an RAF Communications and Electronics Engineering Officer in 2014. In 2023 she completed a PhD in Electronics Engineering, specialising in deep-learning models for radio-frequency signal classification, with applications to counter drone systems. Carolyn serves in the RAF’s cyberspace profession and is currently attending the Advanced Command and Staff Course at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Her research interests include signal processing, autonomous systems, machine learning, and cyber security.