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 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).
Research Interest
- Drone Enabled Networking
- E-Mobility Centric Electric Vehicles
- IoT Enabled Smart Services
- Connected Vehicles
- Next Generation Wireless Systems
Travel & Development Grants
- £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
Research Grants (current & recently submitted)
- £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 2020, 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 2020, 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