Biography

Omprakash Kaiwartya is currently working at the School of Science & Technology,  Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK as a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for MSc Engineering (Electronics, Cybernetics & Communications). Previously, he was a Research Associate (equivalent to Senior Lecturer) in the Department of Computer and Information Science at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK, where, he was involved in the gLINK, European Union project.  Prior to this, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow (equivalent to Lecturer) in the Faculty of Computing, University of Technology (UTM), Malaysia. Before moving to Malaysia, he completed his BSc in Computer Science from Guru Ghansidas Central University, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India and Master combined Ph.D. Degree from School of Computer and Systems Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Overall, he has authored/co-authored over 100 international publications including Journal articles, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters, and books. Dr. Omprakash’s research interest focuses on IoT centric smart environment for diverse domain areas including Transport, Healthcare, and Industrial Production. His recent scientific contributions are in Internet of Connected Vehicles (IoV), E-Mobility, Electronic Vehicles Charging Management (EV), Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT), Smart use case implementation of Sensor Networks, and Next Generation Wireless Communication Technologies (6G and Beyond).

Furthermore, Omprakash is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), IEEE Senior member and BCS Professional member. He has served as a TPC Member or Reviewer in 100+ International Conferences and Workshops including IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE CCNC, IEEE ICNC, IEEE VTC, IEEE INFOCOM, ACM CoNEXT, ACM MobiHoc, ACM SAC, and many more. Furthermore, he has been reviewing papers for 30+ International Journals including IEEE Magazines on Wireless Communications, Networks, Communications, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Sensors Letters, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vehicular Technologies, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Big Data, and Mobile Computing. Moreover, Omprakash has been an editorial member of various Special Issues with top-ranked journals in Communication Society and serving as an Associate Editor of IET Intelligent Transport Systems, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Springer, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communication and Networking, MDPI Electronics, Ad-Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, and KSII Transactions on Internet & Information Systems.

• £2.5K Professional research development fund, publications and conference visits, 2019-20, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, PI
• £3K, Newton research fund supported international travel grant “Electrification of Road Transport”, December 2018 (Tianjin University, China and Loughborough University, UK cooperation), PI
• £2K, International collaboration development fund with UTS Australia and IIIT Delhi, June 2019, Funder: B11 unit, Nottingham Trent University, PI