Professional Life in a Nutshell
[’17-’18] Research Associate (equivalent to Senior Lecturer), Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
Biography
Omprakash Kaiwartya is currently working at the Department of Computer Science, Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK as a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for MSc Engineering (Electronics). 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 working on a 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’s 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 IEEE Journal articles, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters, and books. Dr. Omprakash’s research interest focuses on Cyber Security in Connected Systems for diverse domain areas including Transport, Healthcare, and Industrial Production. His recent scientific contributions are on 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).
Research Interest
- Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Cyber Security and Protocol Providing
- Drone Enabled Networking: Security and Automation
- E-Mobility: EV Charging Network Security and Infrastructure Optimization
- IoT centric Next Generation Wireless Systems
Research Grants (current & recently submitted)
- £100K, 50/50 Match Funded Industrial Partnership Project (JMVL Ltd, and NTU), “Cyber Security in Smart EV Charging Network”, 2022-25, PI
- £25K, ECR Fund (NTU), “DroNET-Cyber Security in Drone Enabled Networking”, 2022-22 (6-months), PI
- £15K, British Council Seed Fund Project, (UK, and South Africa Collaboration), “F4CJ-Farming for Climate Justice, Solidarity Networks in South Africa, Significance and Role of IoT”, 2021-22, PI (from UK side)
- £120K, Innovate UK supported Postdoctoral research fellow Fund “E-Health Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Cities”, in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2019-21, Co-PI
- £180K, KTP project with Innovate UK, “Software-Defined Drone Traffic Management Systems”, NTU collaboration with industry partner JMVL ltd London (https://www.jmvl.co.uk/), 2020-2022, PI
- £75K, “CanalPlus: Canal Enabled E-Mobility for Small Freight”, Innovate UK Geospatial call, NTU collaboration with industry partner CleanCar (https://cleancar.io/), submitted, 4th Nov 2021, PI
- £480K, “Hybrid Arts: Digitalization of traditional arts for mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable people in CVOID-19 disruptions”, in Collaboration with University of Derby and MHA (https://www.mha.org.uk/), UKRI COVID-19 call, submitted 25th Nov 2021, Co-PI
- £50K SBRI Project call on Connected Vehicles, “TRACE: Secured Next Generation Self-Managed Inter-Connected Mobility”, NTU collaboration with University College London (UCL) and industry partner DONEEEN (https://donneeen.com/), submitted, PI
- £15K Strategic Research Fund, “DroNTU-Drone Research at NTU”, in collaboration with industry partner DONEEEN (https://donneeen.com/), submitted March 2022, PI