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Omprakash Kaiwartya

Dr Omprakash Kaiwartya

Associate Professor

Computer Science

Staff Group(s)
Computer Science

Role

Dr. Omprakash Kaiwartya (Google Scholar) is an Associate Professor (Networks & Cybersecurity) and PhD (PGR) Research Coordinator at the Department of Computer Science. He is also the Research  Talk/Seminar Co-ordinator of the department.  He was also the Course Leader for MSc Engineering Electronics and Cybernetics & Communication (2018-2024).  He teaches Embedded Systems and Group Design Projects modules in MSc and Internet/Systems Technology, and Networks and Security modules in BSc.

Dr. Omprakash is leading the industry-centered Connected and Autonomous vehicle research at Nottingham Trent University https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/projects/drive-with-confidence, and Co-Director of the  Cyber Security Research Group (CSRG) at the Department of Computer Science https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/groups/cyber-security-research-group-csrg.

His scientific thoughts are covered by  BBC News and Sun Newspapers:

  1. BBC News article on Fiber Internet in UK 
  2. Sun Newspaper article, UK on Computer Speed

Career overview

Prior to NTU, Dr. Omprakash was a Research Associate at the Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK, in 2017, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia in 2016.

Research areas

Dr. Omprakash is leading the industry-centered Connected and Autonomous vehicle research at Nottingham Trent University https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/projects/drive-with-confidence, and co-Director of the  Cyber Security Research Group (CSRG) at the Department of Computer Science https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/groups/cyber-security-research-group-csrg.

His current research interest focuses on Networks & Cyber Security with the following use case areas:

  • Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Vehicles Charging Networks
  • Internet of Things
  • Drone enabled Networking

External Research Funding (£5.3m)

  • £4.7m, Ofgem Funded, “Cyber Security – Hybrid Virtualisation (HV)”, 2024-28, Co-PI
  • £275K, Innovate UK funded KTP, “Intelligent Warehouse Management System”, 2025-27, PI
  • £120K, UKIERI funded, “Open RAN for 6G Communications Using AI-based Quantum Computing”, 2024-26, Co-PI
  • £110K, Cobac Security (Industry) funded, “IoT enabled Secure Air Quality Monitoring”, 2023-2026, PI
  • £105K, JMVL Ltd (Industry) funded, “Cyber Security for EV Charging Networks”, 2022-2025, PI
  • £32K, Innovate UK funded, “Drive with Confidence”, 2023-24, PI

Research Team (PhD Students):

  1. Safa Hamdare (Google Scholar) is a fully funded Ph.D. student in an industry-funded (JMVL Ltd) project on “E-Mobility: Cyber Security for Connected EV Charging Networks”, 2022-2025, Main Supervisor
  2. Maria Drolerance (Google Scholar) is a fully funded Ph.D. student in a Vice Chancer-funded  CAV project on “Cyber Security in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles”, 2022-2025, Main Supervisor
  3. Saim Shahid (Google Scholar) is a fully funded Ph.D. student working on an industry-funded (Cobac Security Ltd) project on IoT Security “ISAM: IoT-based Secure Air Quality Monitoring”, 2022-2025, Main Supervisor
  4. Rahma Hammedi is a full-time Ph.D. student working on a project “Privacy Preservation in Connected Vehicle Environment”, 2023-2026, Main Supervisor
  5. James Dietsch (Linkedin) is doing his Ph.D. on “AI/ML-enabled 3D printing for Industries with IoT”, 2023-2026, Main Supervisor
  6. Daniel Shala is  doing his PhD on the "Cybersecurity for In-Vehicle Communication in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles" project, 2024-2027, Main Supervisor
  7. Manisha Miah is  doing her PhD on the "Generative AI Model Enabled Cyber Forensic Systems for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles" project, 2024-2027, Main Supervisor
  8. Brad Patrick is doing his PhD on the "On-Device Processing at the Edge for Location-based Mobile and IoT Games" project as an Academic Associate at the department, 2022-2025, Co-Supervisor
  9. Feliciano Pedro is a fully funded Ph.D. student in a Vice Chancellor-funded project on the "Elevating Internet of Things Devices for Underwater Communication Applications Employing Highly-Efficient Artificial Cognitive Devices" 2023-2026, Co-Supervisor
  10. Mukarram Abduljalil is a fully funded Ph.D. student in a Vice Chancellor-funded project on the "Scalable LoRaWAN for Internet of Things: A Multi-Band Multi-Data Rate Approach" 2022-2025, Co-Supervisor
  11. Shadrach Olarewaju is doing his PhD on the "Biometric Data Privacy and Security: Developing Robust Anti-Fraud Measures for SME" project as an Academic Associate at the department, 2023-2026, Co-Supervisor
  12. Raqeeb Rasheed is doing his PhD on the "Resultant-Based Methods for Skew Polynomials Application in Cybersecurity" project a 2023-2026, Co-Supervisor
  13. Baljinder Kaur is doing her PhD on the "Robot-Assisted Surgery with Integrated Reinforcement Learning and Transfer Learning" project a 2023-2026, Co-Supervisor
  14. Obinna Johnphill  is doing his PhD on the "Machine learning-based threat tolerance and self-healing method for autonomous cyber-physical systems" project, 2023-2026, Co-Supervisor

External activity

Associate Editor

  • IET Intelligent Transport System (Q2) (link)
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Q1) (link)
  • Springer, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communication and Networking (Q3) (link)
  • MDPI Sensors (Q1) (link) and Electronics (Q2) (link)
  • Ad-Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks (link)
  • Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (link)

Guest Editor

Reviewer of IEEE and SCI indexed journals

  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2017
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2016
  • IEEE Electronics Magazine 2017
  • IEEE Sensor Journal, 2016
  • IEEE Access, 2016
  • IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2015
  • IET Wireless Sensor Systems, 2015
  • Elsevier, Ad-hoc Networks, 2015
  • Elsevier, Computer Communication, 2017
  • Elsevier, Sustainable Cities and Society, 2017
  • Elsevier, Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2017
  • Elsevier, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2017
  • Elsevier, Neurocomputing, 2015
  • Wiley, International Journal of Communication Systems, 2017
  • Springer, Wireless Personal Communication, 2014
  • Springer, Wireless Networks, 2015
  • Transaction on Internet and Information Systems, 2015

Publications

For the complete list and recent publications, please click/see my Google Scholar.

Omprakash Kaiwartya, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Yue Cao, Jaime Lloret, et. Al “Geometry-based Localization for GPS Outage in Vehicular Cyber Physical System”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 67(5), 3800-3812, 2018.

Omprakash Kaiwartya, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Yue Cao, Jaime Lloret, et. al ”Virtualization in Wireless Sensor Networks: Fault Tolerant Embedding for Internet of Things”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5(2), 571-580, 2017.

Omprakash Kaiwartya, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Yue Cao, Ayman Altameem, et. al ”Internet of Vehicles: Motivation, Layered Architecture, Network Model, Challenges and Future Aspects”, IEEE Access, 4(1), 5356-5373, 2016.

Omprakash Kaiwartya, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Yue Cao, Ram Shringar Raw, et. al ”T-MQM: Testbed based Multi-metric Quality Measurement of Sensor Deployment for Precision Agriculture - A Case Study”, IEEE Sensors Journal, 26(23), 8649-8664, 2016.

Y. Cao, Omprakash Kaiwartya, R. Wang, et al. "Towards Efficient, Scalable and Coordinated EV Charging Management”, IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, 24(2), 66-73, 2017.

Y. Cao, Houbing Song, Omprakash Kaiwartya, “Mobile Edge Computing for Big Data-Enabled Electric Vehicle Charging”, IEEE Communication Magazine, 56(3), 150-156, 2018.

Yue Cao, Xing Zhang, Tong Wang, Omprakash Kaiwartya, Mahmoud Hashem Eiza and Ghanim Putrus. “Towards Anycasting-driven Reservation System for Battery Switch-Based Electric Vehicle Charging”, IEEE Systems Journal, 2018. (Online Published)

Reena Kasana, Sushil Kumar, Omprakash Kaiwartya, Nauman Aslam, Jaime Lloret “Fuzzy-based Channel Selection for Location Oriented Services in Multi-channel Vehicular Cyber Physical Environments”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018. (Online Published)

Yue Cao, Chong Han, Xu Zhang, Omprakash Kaiwartya, Nauman Aslam and Mehrdad Dianati. “A Trajectory-driven Opportunistic Routing Protocol for Vehicular Cyber-Physical System”. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronics, 2018. (Online Published)

Y. Cao, W. Tong, Omprakash Kaiwartya, et al. “An EV Charging Management System Concerning Drivers' Trip Duration And Mobility Uncertainty”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 48(4), 596-607, 2016.

RS Rathore, S. Sangwan, S. Mazumdar, Omprakash Kaiwartya, et al."W-GUN: Whale Optimization for Energy and Delay-Centric Green Underwater Networks" MDPI Sensors, Sensors 2020, 20(5), 1377; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051377

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Press expertise

  1. BBC News article on Fiber Internet in UK 
  2. Sun Newspaper article, UK on Computer Speed

Course(s) I teach on