Research
Projects
- SPOC-APP: SPatial big data & OCcupancy
analysis and APplication research on resources and environment
management auxiliary decision-making Platform,
expected to start Sept 2018 for 24 months, £720,000 (PI)
- Buildings account for ~40% of total energy use & carbon
emissions in Guangdong, & are the largest single contributor to
wasted energy – significantly in servicing unoccupied buildings.
Despite representing the primary challenge facing all building
operators & facility managers obtaining a precise and reliable
measurement of occupancy remains difficult based on current
solutions, the impact being that most buildings are
inefficiently managed with poor energy performance.
- Smart Grid: IRENE Improving
the Robustness of Urban Electricity Networks funded by ESRC/TSB,
Oct 2014 for 36 months,
€1,419,849 (PI)
- The research project involves 5 European partners. This
project focuses on utilising the decentralised nature of future
energy generation to make them more robust to attacks, and on
minimising impact of power outages on associated critical
infrastructures such as water and gas supply, communication
systems, public transport, and road traffic control. The aim to
understand what social and technical measure should be
considered when implementing these new technologies for the
benefit of all stakeholders.
Research Interests
- Internet of things communications and networks
- Access Control and Resource Management
- Smart Grids and Energy Networks
- Robustness of Urban Electricity
Networks
- Radio Resource Management
- Machine-to-Machine Communications
- Mobile and wireless communications
- Heterogeneous wireless networks
- Vehicular communications in Intelligent Transport Systems
Professional Research Activities
- Associate Editor, IET Communications
- Journal reviewer for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking; Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications; Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems; IET Wireless Sensor Systems
- Member of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for:
- IEEE International Workshop on the Emerging Future Internet and
Network Security (EFINS) 2014
- IEEE International Workshop on Green Optimized Wireless Networks
(GROWN) 2013, 2014
- IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- IET International Conference on Communication Technology and
Application (IET ICCTA) 2011
- IEEE International Workshop on the Performance Enhancements in
MIMO-OFDM Systems (PEMOS) 2011, 2012
- IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications
(ISIEA) 2012
Current PhD Students and Post-Docs
- Mr Chao Liu on Energy Demand Response
using Electric Vehicles
- Mr Mohammed Alenezi on LoRaWAN
PhD Graduates and past post-docs