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Personal profile
Dr. Pushpendu Kar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham (China campus). Before this, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the National University of Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University. He also worked in different engineering colleges as a lecturer and in the IT industry as a software professional. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience as well as one and a half years of industrial experience at IBM. He has completed all his PhD, Master of Engineering, and Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. He also completed Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) in 2023. He was awarded the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Commission, ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship from the European Union, and SERB OPD Fellowship from the Dept. of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has received the 2020 IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award. He has received four research grants for conducting research-based projects, three of them as a Principal Investigator (PI). He also received many travel grants to attend conferences and doctoral colloquiums. He is the author of more than 60 scholarly research papers, which have been published in reputed journals, conferences, book chapters, and IT magazines. He has also published one authored and three edited books. He is an inventor of five patents. He has chaired several conference committees, worked as a team member to organize short-term courses, and delivered a few invited talks and Keynote Lectures at international conferences and institutions. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK, and a Fellow of the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), India. Ningbo Municipal Government, China has recognized him as a High-Level Talent.
Research Interests
- Ad Hoc Networks
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Internet of Things
- Content-Centric Networking
- Blockchain
Teaching
- Programming and Algorithms (COMP1038)
- Programming paradigms (COMP1039)
- Mobile Device Programming (COMP3059)
Collaboration Opportunities
Open for academic and industrial collaborations in the areas of WSN, IoT, and Content-Centric Networking.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Computer Science and Engineering
Master, Computer Science and Engineering
Master, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)
Bachelor, Computer Science and Engineering
Disciplines
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Information and Communication Engineering
- Electronics Science and Technology
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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DOMINANT: Development of an Efficient Plug-n-Play and Real-Time Remote Health Monitoring System;
Kar, P. (PI)
1/11/19 → 31/10/22
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-Ningbo Municipal Government Funded Projects
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Advancing NDN security: Efficient identification of cache pollution attacks through rank comparison
Kar, P., Chen, L., Sheng, W., Kwong, C. F. & Chieng, D., Jul 2024, In: Internet of Things (Netherlands). 26, 101142.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Autonomous handover parameter optimisation for 5G cellular networks using deep deterministic policy gradient
Kwong, C. F., Shi, C., LIU, Q., Yang, S., Chieng, D. & Kar, P., 3 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Expert Systems with Applications. 30 p., 122871.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Autonomous handover parameter optimisation for 5G cellular networks using deep deterministic policy gradient
Kwong, C. F., Shi, C., Liu, Q., Yang, S., Chieng, D. & Kar, P., 15 Jul 2024, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 246, 122871.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Design of a Blockchain-Based Secure Health Monitoring System Using Decentralized Machine Learning Technique
Hu, L. & Kar, P., 1 Jan 2024, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 62, 1, p. 46-52 7 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Application of Swarm Intelligence in Recommender Systems
Singh, S., Roy, M., Datta, S. & Kar, P., 1 Jan 2023, Recommender Systems: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. CRC Press, p. 191-202 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review