Dr. Arun Prakash


Dr. Arun Prakash

Associate Professor
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: arun[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-2271468(O) 9794008282(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Invited talk on "Internet of Vehicles: Issues and Challenges" in GCAIA 2020.
Invited talk on "Challenges in Vehicular Communication and Networking Standard IEEE 802.11p" at SCES-2020
Invited talk on "Spectrum Handoff in Cognitive Radio Networks" at One week STC on Latest Developments in Communication and Microwave Technologies, NIT Jalandhar.
Invited talk on "Mobility Management for Internet of Vehicles" at STC on Internet of Things (IoT) and Its Applications, NIT Jalandhar.
Invited talk on "Challenges & issues in vehicular communications and Networking" at workshop organised by CSED, MNNIT Allahabad.
Invited talk on "Mobility management for VANET" at International Conference on Emerging trends in communication & information technology, SHUATS, Naini.

Chair in Conferences:

Worked as Publicity Chair in International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2020), October 09-11, 2020, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Printing and Publication Chair, and Track Chair (Communication) in International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2019), October 21-23, 2019, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Track Chair in 2nd IEEE sponsored International Conference on Control Computing Communication and Materials (ICCCM-2016), 21–22 October 2016, UGI Allahabad.
Worked as Track Chair in IEEE UP Section Conference on Electrical, Computer and Electronics IEEE UPCON-2015 organized by IIIT Allahabad (4-6 Dec, 2015).
Worked as Registration Chair in International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2022), October 14-16, 2022, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Printing and Publication Chair in International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2023), October 12-14, 2023, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Program Co-Chair in International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2024), October 25-27, 2024, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Conference Chair in International Conference on Internet of Everything, Microwave, Embedded, Communication & Networks, October 24-26, 2024, MNNIT Allahabad.

Award and Honors:

Received ‘Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship’ that comes under Government of Canada Awards (GCA), and visited University of Waterloo (UoW) to undertake research and graduate student training for six months (Sep 1 2008 to Feb 28 2009).

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Worked as Organizing Secretary in International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2018), 29 November – 1 December, 2018, MNNIT Allahabad.
Worked as Coordinator (Review Process) in Seventh IEEE sponsored Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks (WCSN-2011) organized by IIIT Allahabad (5-9 Dec, 2011).
One week short term course on 3G Wireless Networks, MIMO Systems and Antenna Design at MNNIT Allahabad (08-13 July, 2013).
One week short term course on Mobile, Ad hoc and Vehicular Communication at MNNIT Allahabad (22-27 July, 2013).
One week National Workshop on Advances in Wireless and Optical Networks at MNNIT Allahabad (02-07 June, 2014).
One week Workshop on Antenna Design and Signal Processing Techniques for 5G Networks and IoT” at MNNIT Allahabad (27 Feb - 04 March, 2017).
One week Workshop on Communication and Antenna Design for IoT at MNNIT Allahabad (22 Sep - 27 Sep, 2017).
2nd One week National Workshop on Advances in Wireless and Optical Networks at MNNIT Allahabad (27 May - 01 June, 2019).

On-going Projects:

"Secure Message Dissemination in Cognitive Vehicular Cloud Network for Improved Road Safety" funded by Council of Science & Technology (CST), Rs. 11.5 lakhs (As P.I.).

Projects Completed:

“Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Routing for Industrial Application: Algorithm Design and Hardware” funded by Council of Science & Technology (CST), U.P., Rs. 6.80 lakhs, March 2017 – March 2019 (As P.I.)
“Experimental Investigation of Multihop Sensory Data Collection for Networking Applications” funded by MNNIT Allahabad, Rs. 2.20 lakhs, 2017-2018 (As P.I.)

Expert Lectures:

Expert lecture on "MAC Layer issues for VANET" at SHUATS, Naini.
Expert lecture on "Physical & MAC layer: Issues & challenges" at United Group of institutions, UCER campus Allahabad.
Expert lecture on "Adaptive techniques for PHY & MAC layer" at United Group of institutions, UCER campus Allahabad.
Expert lecture on "Cognitive Radio Networks: Issues and Challenges", JIIT Noida.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

1. Physical Communication, Elsevier 2. Journal of Signal and Information Processing 3. International Journal of Electronics, Taylor & Francis 4. International Journal of Communication Systems, Willey Interscience 5. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Hindawi 6. IETE Journal of Research, Taylor & Francis 7. International Journal of Sensor Networks, Inderscience 8. International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier 9. Ad hoc Networks, Elsevier 10. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communication and Networking 11. Vehicular Communications, Elsevier 12. Computer Networks, Elsevier 13. IEEE Access 14. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Wiley 15. Computer Networks, Elsevier 16. Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, Elsevier 17. China Communications 18. IEEE Transactions on Network Science & Engineering 19. IETE Technical Review, Taylor & Francis 20. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics 21. Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, Wiley 22. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Wiley

Books Reviewed:

Applications of Computational Intelligence Techniques in Communications, CRC Press
Intersection of Human-Machine Interaction and IoT Applications for Smarter World, CRC Press
Augmented Intelligence Towards Smart Vehicular Applications, CRC Press
AI and ML Techniques in IoT-based Communication: A Path to Sustainable Development Goals, Wiley-IEEE Press

Other Significant Achievements:

Associate Editor - IEEE Access since 27.09.2018
Copyright: Automated EXCEL based Machine Learning Model Evaluation Framework for Comprehensive Performance
Guest Editor: Special Issue on “Cognitive Computing Approaches for Cyber Physical Systems and Smart Wireless Systems”, Mobile Networks and Applications, Springer, Published on 18-05-2024.