Research Team

CISTER Intelligent NetworKed Systems (INKS) Lab

Principal Investigator

Dr. Kai (Lukas) Li

Research staffs

- - 2021 - , Dr. John Harrison Kurunathan, Postdoc, PhD of University of Porto, Portugal.

Supervised/joint-supervised students

- - 2021 - , Mr. Alam Noor (PhD candidate, University of Porto), Machine Learning Approaches in Smart Health.
  - 2019 - 2024, Mr. Jingjing Zheng (PhD candidate, University of Porto), the thesis entitled: Resource Allocation, Poisoning Attacks and Defense Strategies in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning.
  - 2018 - 2023, Dr. Yousef Emami (PhD graduated, University of Porto), the thesis entitled: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Joint Cruise Control and Intelligent Data Acquisition in UAVs-Assisted Sensor Networks. Postdoc with Sharif University of Technology, in Tehran, Iran.
  - Undergraduate students
    - 2021, Performance Evaluation and Analysis of UAV-assisted Vehicular Networks, Bruno Coelho (ISEP, Portugal).
    - 2021, Development of IoT Networks and Evaluation, Duarte Peixoto (ISEP, Portugal).

Visiting professors

Feb 2024, Prof. Xiaoming Fu, University of Göttingen, Germany, as well as Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Aug 2019, Prof. Yan Gao, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Nov 2018, Prof. Sanjay K. Jha, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.

My talks

- 1. Grand Challenges of Online Flight Control Learning and Privacy-preserving Data Capture in UAVs-enabled Internet-of-Things, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University London, UK, January 2024.
  2. AI-assisted Joint System Control and Data Communications in UAVs and PVCPS, Department of Informatics, King’s College London, UK, April 2022.
  3. Data Transmission, Cruise Control, and Security of Smart Drones and PVCPS in Smart Cities, Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Valparaiso University, United States, April 2022.
  4. IoT-based Human Sensing Systems with Autonomous Drones, Schools of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, March 2022.
  5. Employing Intelligent Autonomous Drones for Internet-of-Things Data Security, The School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK, March 2022.
  6. Reliability and Security in Aerial Cyber-Physical Systems, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, UK, February 2022.
  7. Applications of Autonomous Drones and Vehicular Platoons in Intelligent Transport Systems, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK, November 2021.
  8. Towards Intelligent Cruise Control and Data Aggregation in UAVs-aided Sensor Networks, Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, September 2021.
  9. Deep Reinforcement Learning for Continuous Maneuver Control of Autonomous Drones and Data Communications in Sensor Networks, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin, Germany, May 2021.
  10. Online Flight Control and Privacy-preserving Data Capture in UAVs-enabled Internet-of-Things, VORTEX CoLab, Portugal, March 2021.
  11. Cooperative Trajectory Planning for Real-Time Surveillance in UAV-assisted Intelligent Transportation Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, United States, January 2021.
  12. Secret Key Agreement for Data Dissemination in Platoon-based Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems, UC Merced, United States, September 2020.
  13. Onboard Deep Deterministic Policy Gradients for Online Flight Resource Allocation of UAVs, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, United States, March 2020.
  14. Wireless Power Transfer and Data Collection in Internet of Things, Chongqing University, China, May 2019.
  15. Timeliness and Privacy of Data Dissemination in Platoon-based Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, April 2019.
  16. Human Sensing in Smart Cities: An Experimental Perspective, CISTER Research Centre, Porto, Portugal, February 2017. Video: [YouTube]
  17. Packets Scheduling in UAV Networks, CISTER Research Centre, Porto, Portugal, June 2016. Video: [YouTube]
  18. Energy-Efficient Cooperative Relaying for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, March 2016.

SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC)

- - - Master students
      - 2015 - 2016, MAC Protocol Design and Programming for Massive Wireless Sensor Network, Tanmay Chaturvedi (The LNMIIT, India), jointly supervised with Prof. Chau Yuen.
      - 2015, Sensor Design and Programming for Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Network, Manjul Manivesh (IIT Roorkee, India), jointly supervised with Prof. Chau Yuen.
      - 2014 - 2015, Passive Wi-Fi Design for People Flow Tracking, Wei Zhang (Peking University, China), jointly supervised with Prof. Chau Yuen.
      - 2014 - 2015, Sensor Design and Embedded Programming for Smart City, Jana Sharma (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), jointly supervised with Prof. Chau Yuen.
    - Undergraduate students
      - 2013 - 2014, Evaluation of Medium Access Protocol for Aerial Sensor Networks, Ryan Tulus (UNSW, Australia), jointly supervised with Prof. Salil Kanhere.