Biography
Dr Shiva Raj Pokhrel is a Marie Curie Fellow and Senior Lecturer of Mobile Computing. He received the PhD ICT Engineering degree from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He was a research fellow at the University of Melbourne and a Telecom network engineer (2007-2014). His research interests include semantic communication, federated learning, industry 4.0, blockchain modeling, optimization, recommender systems, 6G, cloud computing, dynamics control, Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, as well as their applications in intelligent manufacturing, autonomous vehicles and cities. He has been in the editorial board of top-notch journals in the field. He serves/served as the Workshop Chair/Publicity Co-Chair for several IEEE/ACM conferences including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, ACM MobiCom, and more. He was a recipient of the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship in 2017.
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Research groups
Centre for Internet of Things Ecosystem Research and Experimentation (CITECORE)
Publications
A Knowledge Graph-Based Survey on Distributed Ledger Technology for IoT Verticals
Rongxin Xu, Qiujun Lan, Shiva Pokhrel, Gang Li
(2024), Vol. 56, pp. 1-36, ACM Computing Surveys, New York, N.Y., C1
Automation and Orchestration of Zero Trust Architecture: Potential Solutions and Challenges
Y Cao, S Pokhrel, Y Zhu, R Doss, G Li
(2024), pp. 1-24, Machine Intelligence Research, Berlin, Germany, C1
DDPG-MPCC: An Experience Driven Multipath Performance Oriented Congestion Control
S Pokhrel, J Kua, D Satish, S Ozer, J Howe, A Walid
(2024), Vol. 16, pp. 1-15, Future Internet, Basel, Switzerland, C1
A Novel Frequency Reuse Model for Co-Existing LEO and GEO Satellites
B Li, J Park, A Al-Hourani, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2024), pp. 1-1, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Data-Driven Satellite Communication and Control for Future IoT: Principles and Opportunities
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2024), pp. 1-13, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Piscataway, NJ., C1
Learning to harness bandwidth with multipath congestion control and scheduling
S Pokhrel, A Walid
(2023), Vol. 22, pp. 1-14, IEEE transactions on mobile computing, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Understand-Before-Talk (UBT): A Semantic Communication Approach to 6G Networks
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2023), Vol. 72, pp. 3544-3556, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, C1
Fair and Efficient Distributed Edge Learning With Hybrid Multipath TCP
S Pokhrel, J Choi, A Walid
(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 1582-1594, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, C1
S Pokhrel, M Mandjes
(2023), Vol. 7, Drones, C1
Efficient and Private Scheduling of Wireless Electric Vehicles Charging Using Reinforcement Learning
M Hossain, S Pokhrel, H Vu
(2023), Vol. 24, pp. 4089-4102, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, New York, NY., C1
M Hossain, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2023), Vol. 10, pp. 22440-22450, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, C1
S Khanal, S Pokhrel, R Dewey
(2023), pp. 1-16, Compare, London, Eng., C1
Privacy Cost Optimization of Smart Meters Using URLLC and Demand Side Energy Trading
M Hossain, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2023), pp. 1-15, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Orchestrating Smart Grid Demand Response Operations With URLLC and MuZero Learning
M Hossain, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2023), pp. 1-13, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Shiva Pokhrel, Jonathan Kua, Deol Satish, Phil Williams, Arkady Zaslavsky, Seng Loke, Jinho Choi
(2023), Vol. 23, pp. 1-12, IEEE Sensors Journal, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Interrelated feature selection from health surveys using domain knowledge graph
M Jaworsky, X Tao, L Pan, S Pokhrel, J Yong, J Zhang
(2023), Vol. 11, Health Information Science and Systems, Berlin, Germany, C1
Modeling Practically Private Wireless Vehicle to Grid System With Federated Reinforcement Learning
S Pokhrel, M Hossain, A Walid
(2023), pp. 1-12, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Understanding before Transmission (UBT): Hashing-based Semantic Communication Model
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2023), Vol. 2023-March, WCNC 2023 : Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2023, Glasgow, United Kingdom, E1
Knowledge-Based Nonlinear to Linear Dataset Transformation for Chronic Illness Classification
M Jaworsky, X Tao, J Yong, L Pan, J Zhang, S Pokhrel
(2023), Vol. 14305, pp. 115-126, HIS 2023 : Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Health Information Science, Melbourne, Vic., E1
Enabling Grant-Free URLLC: An Overview of Principle and Enhancements by Massive MIMO
J Ding, M Nemati, S Pokhrel, O Park, J Choi, F Adachi
(2022), Vol. 9, pp. 384-400, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Piscataway, NJ, C1
Internet of Things for Healthcare: An Intelligent and Energy Efficient Position Detection Algorithm
S Sahtyagi, P Goswami, S Pokhrel, A Mukherjee
(2022), Vol. 18, pp. 1-8, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Piscataway, NJ, C1
Adaptive Coexistence of Delay Sensitive and Delay Tolerant MTC Devices: A Control Theoretic Approach
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2022), Vol. 9, pp. 1-11, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Piscataway, New Jersey, C1
S Pokhrel
(2022), pp. 1-10, Neural Computing and Applications, Berlin, Germany, C1
Towards enhanced PDF maldocs detection with feature engineering: design challenges
A Falah, S Pokhrel, L Pan, A de Souza-Daw
(2022), Vol. 81, pp. 41103-41130, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Berlin, Germany, C1
Data Privacy of Wireless Charging Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Networks with Federated Learning
S Pokhrel, M Hossain
(2022), Vol. 71, pp. 9032-9037, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, C1
A Game-Theoretic Rent-Seeking Framework for Improving Multipath TCP Performance †
S Pokhrel, C Williamson
(2022), Vol. 14, Future Internet, C1
Digital Twin For Cybersecurity: Towards Enhancing Cyber Resilience
Rajiv Faleiro, Lei Pan, Shiva Pokhrel, Robin Ram Mohan Doss
(2022), Vol. 413, pp. 57-76, Broadnets 2021: Broadband, Communications, Networks, and Systems, Virtual Event, E1
Insights on Smart Farming with Low Orbit Satellite
A Srikande, M Hossain, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2022), VTC 2022-Spring : Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2022, Helsinki, Finland, E1
Automated Knowledge Graph Construction for Healthcare Domain
M Jaworsky, X Tao, J Yong, L Pan, J Zhang, S Pokhrel
(2022), Vol. 13705, pp. 258-265, HIS 2022 : Proceedings of the Health Information Science 11th International Conference 2022, Virtual Event, E1
FAIR-BFL: Flexible and Incentive Redesign for Blockchain-based Federated Learning
R Xu, S Pokhrel, Q Lan, G Li
(2022), pp. 1-11, ICPP '22 : Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Parallel Processing 2022, Bordeaux, France, E1
A blockchained federated learning framework for cognitive computing in industry 4.0 networks
Youyang Qu, Shiva Pokhrel, Sahil Garg, Longxiang Gao, Yong Xiang
(2021), Vol. 17, pp. 2964-2973, IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Privacy-Aware Autonomous Valet Parking: Towards Experience Driven Approach
S Pokhrel, Y Qu, S Nepal, S Singh
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 5352-5363, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, C1
Improving malicious PDF classifier with feature engineering: A data-driven approach
A Falah, L Pan, S Huda, S Pokhrel, A Anwar
(2021), Vol. 115, pp. 314-326, Future Generation Computer Systems, C1
Compound TCP performance for Industry 4.0 WiFi: a cognitive federated learning approach
S Pokhrel, S Singh
(2021), Vol. 17, pp. 2143-2151, IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Multipath communication with deep Q-network for Industry 4.0 automation and orchestration
S Pokhrel, S Garg
(2021), Vol. 17, pp. 2852-2859, IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Optimal Centralized Dynamic-Time-Division-Duplex
M Razlighi, N Zlatanov, S Pokhrel, P Popovski
(2021), Vol. 20, pp. 28-39, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Multipath TCP Meets Transfer Learning: A Novel Edge-Based Learning for Industrial IoT
S Pokhrel, L Pan, N Kumar, R Doss, H Vu
(2021), Vol. 8, pp. 10299-10307, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, C1
An Efficient Clustering Framework for Massive Sensor Networking in Industrial Internet of Things
S Pokhrel, S Verma, S Garg, A Sharma, J Choi
(2021), Vol. 17, pp. 4917-4924, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, C1
An Intelligent and Optimal Resource Allocation Approach in Sensor Networks for Smart Agri-IoT
S Sah Tyagi, A Mukherjee, S Pokhrel, K Hiran
(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 17439-17446, IEEE Sensors Journal, C1
S Pokhrel
(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 25331-25339, IEEE Sensors Journal, C1
J Choi, J Park, S Pokhrel
(2021), Vol. 23, pp. 23-33, Journal of Communications and Networks, C1
Software defined Internet of Vehicles for automation and orchestration
S Pokhrel
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 3890-3899, IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Redesigning compound TCP with cognitive edge intelligence for WiFi-based IoT
S Sah Tyagi, S Pokhrel, M Nemati, D Jain, G Li, J Choi
(2021), Vol. 125, pp. 859-868, Future Generation Computer Systems, C1
Modelling Data Aided Sensing with UAVs for Efficient Data Collection
M Nemati, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2021), Vol. 10, pp. 1959-1963, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Towards Ultra Reliable Low Latency Multipath TCP for Connected Autonomous Vehicles
S Pokhrel, N Kumar, A Walid
(2021), Vol. 70, pp. 8175-8185, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, C1
Modeling RIS Empowered Outdoor-to-Indoor Communication in mmWave Cellular Networks
M Nemati, B Maham, S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2021), Vol. 69, pp. 7837-7850, IEEE Transactions on Communications, C1
Identifying OSPF LSA falsification attacks through non-linear analysis
B Al-Musawi, P Branch, M Hassan, S Pokhrel
(2020), Vol. 167, Computer Networks, C1
Federated learning with multichannel ALOHA
J Choi, S Pokhrel
(2020), Vol. 9, pp. 499-502, IEEE wireless communications letters, Piscataway, N.J., C1
QoS-aware personalized privacy with multipath TCP for industrial IoT: Analysis and design
S Pokhrel, Y Qu, L Gao
(2020), Vol. 7, pp. 4849-4861, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, C1
Improving TCP performance over WiFi for internet of vehicles: a federated learning approach
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2020), Vol. 69, pp. 6798-6802, IEEE transactions on vehicular technology, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Alleviating Heterogeneity in SDN-IoT Networks to Maintain QoS and Enhance Security
K Sood, K Karmakar, S Yu, V Varadharajan, S Pokhrel, Y Xiang
(2020), Vol. 7, pp. 5964-5975, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Towards Enabling Critical mMTC: A Review of URLLC within mMTC
S Pokhrel, J DIng, J Park, O Park, J Choi
(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 131796-131813, IEEE Access, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Adaptive Admission Control for IoT Applications in Home WiFi Networks
S Pokhrel, H Vu, A Cricenti
(2020), Vol. 19, pp. 2731-2742, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, C1
Federated Learning With Blockchain for Autonomous Vehicles: Analysis and Design Challenges
Shiva Pokhrel, Jinho Choi
(2020), Vol. 68, pp. 4734-4746, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Piscataway, N.J., C1
A rent-seeking framework for Multipath TCP
S Pokhrel, C Williamson
(2020), Vol. 48, pp. 63-70, Performance evaluation review, New York, N.Y., C1
A Decentralized Federated Learning Approach for Connected Autonomous Vehicles
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2020), pp. 1-6, WCNCW 2020 : Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops, Seoul, South Korea, E1
Energy-Balanced and Distributed Clustering Protocol for IoT Wireless Sensors
M Hassan, S Pokhrel, B Al-Musawi
(2020), pp. 1-6, WCNCW 2020 : Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops, Seoul, South Korea, E1
Federated learning meets blockchain at 6G Edge: A drone-assisted networking for disaster response
S Pokhrel
(2020), pp. 49-54, DroneCom 2020 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM MobiCom Workshop on Drone Assisted Wireless Communications for 5G and Beyond, London, England, E1
Towards IoT security automation and orchestration
Yifeng Zheng, Arindam Pal, Sharif Abuadbba, Shiva Pokhrel, Surya Nepal, Helge Janicke
(2020), pp. 55-63, TPS-ISA 2020 : Proceedings of IEEE's 2nd International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems and Applications, Atlanta, Georgia (Virtual), E1
Improving multipath TCP performance over WiFi and cellular networks: an analytical approach
S Pokhrel, M Mandjes
(2019), Vol. 18, pp. 2562-2576, IEEE transactions on mobile computing, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1
Fair Coexistence of Regular and Multipath TCP over Wireless Last-Miles
S Pokhrel, M Panda, H Vu
(2019), Vol. 18, pp. 574-587, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, C1-1
Mobility-Aware Multipath Communication for Unmanned Aerial Surveillance Systems
S Pokhrel, J Jin, H Vu
(2019), Vol. 68, pp. 6088-6098, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, C1
Low-delay scheduling for Internet of Vehicles: load-balanced multipath communication with FEC
S Pokhrel, J Choi
(2019), Vol. 67, pp. 8489-8501, IEEE transactions on communications, Piscataway, N.J., C1
Policy-based bigdata security and QoS framework for SDN/IoT: an analytic approach
S Pokhrel, K Sood, S Yu, M Nosouhi
(2019), pp. 73-78, IEEE INFOCOM 2019 : IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, Paris, France, E1
SDN-capable IoT Last-Miles: design challenges
K Sood, S Pokhrel, K Karmakar, V Vardharajan, S Yu
(2019), pp. 1-6, Globecom : Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Waikoloa, Hi, E1
Modeling compound TCP over WiFi for IoT
S Pokhrel, C Williamson
(2018), Vol. 26, pp. 864-878, IEEE/ACM transactions on networking, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1
Analytical modeling of multipath TCP over last-mile wireless
S Pokhrel, M Panda, H Vu
(2017), Vol. 25, pp. 1876-1891, IEEE/ACM transactions on networking, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1
TCP performance over Wi-Fi: joint impact of buffer and channel losses
S Pokhrel, M Panda, H Vu, M Mandjes
(2016), Vol. 15, pp. 1279-1291, IEEE transactions on mobile computing, Piscataway, N.J., C1-1
Performance analysis of TCP NewReno over a cellular last-mile: buffer and channel losses
M Panda, H Vu, M Mandjes, S Pokhrel
(2015), Vol. 14, pp. 1629-1643, IEEE transactions on mobile computing, Picataway, N.J., C1-1
Performance modelling and evaluation of V2I video surveillance system
Shiva Pokhrel, Ram Pandey, Shashidhar Joshi
(2015), WOCN 2015 : Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bangalore, India, E1-1
Enhanced optimization of field based routing for macro mobility in IEEE 802.11s mesh
S Pokhrel, S Shakya
(2013), pp. 1-5, WOCN 2013 : Proceedings of the 2013 Tenth International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bhopal, India, E1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Satellite communications research platform for enhancing future Australian Korean communities
Dr Shiva Pokhrel, Prof Jinho Choi, Dr Jihong Park
1-5 DFAT Australia-Korea Foundation
- 2021: $20,000
Industry and Other Funding
Research on Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications of Massive Connectivity.
Prof Jinho Choi, Dr Shiva Pokhrel, Dr Jihong Park, Mr Jie Ding
Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
- 2020: $63,624
Cell-Free Massie MIMO for Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications of Massive Connectivity.
Prof Jinho Choi, Mr Jie Ding, Dr Shiva Pokhrel
Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
- 2021: $85,750
High-Potential Individuals Global Training Program.
Prof Jinho Choi, Dr Shiva Pokhrel
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- 2021: $32,319
Experimental Implementation of new Multipath TCP and AQM in FreeBSD.
Dr Shiva Pokhrel, Dr Jonathan Kua
Comcast Corporation
- 2022: $86,555
Implementing an Experience-driven Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service Architecture using Free BSD.
Dr Jonathan Kua, Dr Shiva Pokhrel
APNIC Foundation Ltd (via ISIF Asia Fund)
- 2023: $64,257
Other Funding Sources
Cognitive Satellite Radios (CogSat)
Prof Jinho Choi, Dr Shiva Pokhrel, Dr Jihong Park
Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Projects Program, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.
- 2024: $45,922
- 2023: $71,790
Supervisions
Shu Li
Thesis entitled: Detection and Prevention of Harmful Information Propagation in Cyberspace
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Lei Cui
Thesis entitled: Data Security and Privacy in Complex Networks
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Ahmed Falah
Thesis entitled: Improving PDF Maldoc Detection via Data-Driven Feature Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology