Recent highlights

[March, 2024] I am serving as General Chair at the Asia-Europe Conference on Cybersecurity, Internet of Things and Soft Computing (CITSC 2025), 10-12 January 2024, Rimini, Italy.

[February, 2024] Happy to share that our paper titled Advancing NDN Security: Efficient Identification of Cache Pollution Attacks through Rank Comparison has been accepted in Internet of Things(Elsevier).

[January, 2024] I am serving as Technical Program Committee Chair at the International Conference on Internet of Things (ICIoT 2024), 24 - 25 October 2024, Ningbo, China.

[January, 2024] I am serving as Publication Chair at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Information Science (AICIS 2024), 15 - 17 March 2024, Guangzhou, China.

[December, 2023] Happy to share that our patent titled "An Adverse Environmental Effect Resistant Seamless Wireless Sensor Network System" has granted on 12th December 2023.

[December, 2023] Our paper titled Autonomous Handover Parameter Optimisation for 5G Cellular Networks using Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient has been accepted in Expert Systems With Applications(Elsevier).

[December, 2023] Our book titled Recommender Systems: Algorithms and their Applications was accepted for publication by Springer.

[October, 2023] Serving as UG Course Director of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

[September, 2023] Serving as PGCHE faculty advisor of FoSE at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

[October, 2023] Our paper titled "BUMS: A Novel Balanced Multi-model Machine Learning System for Real-Time Blood Glucose Prediction and Abnormal Glucose Events Detection" accepted in IEEE Healthcom 2023.

[September, 2023] Elected as Fellow of The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), India, 2023.

[August, 2023] Our paper titled "Design of a Blockchain-based Secure Health Monitoring System Using Decentralized Machine Learning Technique" accepted in IEEE Communications Magazine.

[August, 2023] Awarded an Excellent Performance rating for overall academic performance in the 2022-2023 academic year at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

[August, 2023] Delivered Keynote Speech at International Conference on Image, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (ICIAAI2023), Singapore, 11th August 2023.

[August, 2023] Happy to share that our patent titled "An Advanced Wireless Sensor Network System and Method for Accurate Information Gathering from a Radiation Affected Area" has granted on 3rd August 2023.

[July, 2023] I have elevated to the Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK

[July, 2023] Our paper “Intelligent Traffic Prediction by Combining Weather and Road Traffic Condition Information: a deep learning-based approach” accepted in International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research (Springer)

[June, 2023] I have completed Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)[a masters level teaching qualification] by following UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) of Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK

[June, 2023] I am serving as Publication Chair at the 2nd International Conference on Computer, Internet of Things and Control Engineering (CITCE 2023), 3 - 5 November 2023, Leicester, UK.

[May, 2023] I am serving as Program Committee Chair at the International Conference on Images, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence, Aug 11 – 13 Aug 2023, Singapore

[Dec, 2022] I am serving as General Chair at the 2nd International Conference on 3D Immersion, Interaction and Multi-sensory Experiences (ICDIIME 2023), 27-29 June 2023, Madrid, Spain

[Oct, 2022] Delivered Keynote Speech at International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ICMAT2022), Wuhan, China.

[Aug, 2022] I am serving as Publication Chair at 2nd International Conference on Computer, Internet of Things and Control Engineering (CITCE 2022), 11 - 13 November 2022, Sanya, China.

[Aug, 2022] Delivered Keynote Speech at 2nd International Conference on Computer, Remote Sensing, and Aerospace (CRSA2022), Virtual.

[Aug, 2022] Happy to share that our paper titled "An Efficient Producer Mobility Management Technique for Real-time Communication in NDN-based Remote Health Monitoring Systems" has been accepted in Smart Health (Elsevier) !

[Aug, 2022] Happy to share that our paper titled "DMACN: A Dynamic Multi-Attribute Caching Mechanism for NDN-Based Remote Health Monitoring System" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computers !

[Aug, 2022] Happy to share that our paper titled "An Intelligent Lighting Control System for Individual Visual Comfort and Energy Savings in Buildings" has been accepted in Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments (Springer) !

[July, 2022] Joined as a Review Editor in the editorial board of Frontiers in the Internet of Things - IoT Services and Applications.

[June, 2022] Joined as a Review Editor in the editorial board of Frontiers in Energy Efficiency - Energy Efficiency Applications.

[June, 2022] Delivered Keynote Speech at Faculty Development Programme, Sharda University, India.

[Mar, 2022] Happy to share that our two papers have been accepted in 22nd IEEE/ACIS ICIS 2022 !

[Mar, 2022] Happy to share that our paper titled "Are Fake Images Bothering You on Social Network? Let’s Detect Them Using Recurrent Neural Network" has been accepted in IEEE TCSS !

[Dec, 2021] Happy to share that I become Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK !

[August, 2021] Happy to share that I have been received Spot Award for teaching excellence and effective services to The University of Nottingham Ningbo China !

[July, 2021] Happy to share that I have been recognized as the High Level Talent by Ningbo Municipal Government, China !

Biography

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 13 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. Dr. Kar mainly teaches Computer Networks and programming-related modules and his research areas include Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Content-Centric Networking, Machine Learning, and Blockchain.

The full CV is available here.

Teaching Experiences (8 Yrs+)

  • Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, China (Mar 2019 - Present)
  • Visiting Lecturer, AMIE Course, Institute of Engineers (Kharagpur Local Center), India (Oct 2011 - Nov 2013)
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Information Technology, Birbhum Institute of Engineering & Technology, India (Apr 2006 - Jul 2008)
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Siliguri Institute of Technology, India (July 2005 - Apr 2006)
  • Visiting Lecturer, Bachelor of Computer Appl., IT Center, North Bengal University, India (Aug 2005 - Apr 2006)

Research Experiences (5 Yrs)

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of ICT and Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Feb 2018 - Jan 2019)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Nov 2016 - Jan 2018)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Nov 2015 - Nov 2016)
  • Researcher, Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India (Apr 2014 - Aug 2014)
  • Senior Project Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India (Oct 2011 - Mar 2013)

Industry Experience (1 Yr 4 M)

  • Associate System Engineer, IBM, India (Jun 2010 - Oct 2011)

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (Jan 2012 - Jan 2016)
  • Master of Engineering (M.E.), Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, India (Jul 2008 - Jun 2010)
  • Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Kalyani, India (Jun 2000 - May 2004)

Professional Qualifications

  • Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Advance HE, UK, July 2023, Registration No.: PR269780
  • Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) 5.0, Sun Microsystems, USA, March 2009

Pedagogical Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)[a masters level teaching qualification] by following UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) of Advance HE, UK, November 2023

Professional Courses Completed

  • Completed eight weeks (21st May 2006 – 14th July 2006) Finishing School program form NIT Durgapur, Durgapur, India conducted by MHRD in consolation with AICTE, Department of IT, NASSCOM & IIT Roorkee, 2006
  • Six months course on J2EE from “STG International (Regional Office)”, Minto Park, Kolkata, India, 2005
  • Three months course on JAVA (Core & Advance) from “CMC Ltd.”, Gariahat, Kolkata, India, 2005
  • Three weeks (4th – 23rd January 2010) UGC sponsor refresher course on Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2010
  • Six months course on Hardware & Networking from “Computer Foundation”, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India, 2004