Rajiv Ranjan#
Membership Number: | 5690 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | INFORMATICS |
Elected: | 2021 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Homepage(s): | http://rajivranjan.net |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-6610-1328 |
Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajiv-ranjan-33023414/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Academic Director (School's Chair), School of Computing, Newcastle University, UK
- 2018 - present Chair Professor of Internet of Things, School of Computing, Newcastle University, UK
- 2015 - 2018 Reader in Computer Science, School of Computing, Newcastle University, UK
- 2015 - 2020 Guest Chair Professor, School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
- 2016 - 2019 Honorary Associate Professor, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University, Australia
- 2015 - 2018 Visiting Scientist, Data61, CSIRO, Australia
- 2014 - 2018 Advisory Board Chair, Blue Skies Department, IEEE Cloud Computing
- 2013 - 2015 CSIRO Julius Fellow, Office of Chief Executive (OCE), CSIRO, Australia
- 2013 - 2015 Senior Research Scientist, Data61, CSIRO, Australia
- 2011 - 2016 Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
Fields of Scholarship
- Data centers
- Complex systems
- Edge computing
- Sustainable computing
- Peer-to-peer networks
- Internet of Things
- Big data analytics
- Parallel and distributed computing
Honours and Awards
- 2019 IEEE TCSVC Rising Star Award (http://tab.computer.org/tcsvc/activities
). This award annually recognises up to two researchers from either academia or industry who have demonstrated outstanding contributions (publications, citations, grant record, community service) to the field of Services Computing
- 2018 IEEE TCCPS Early Career Award (http://www.ieee-cps.org/award.html
). This award annually recognizes up to two researchers from either academia or industry who have demonstrated outstanding contributions (publications, citations, grant record, community service) to the field of Cyber-Physical System (CPS)
- 2016 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Middle Career Researcher). Recognizing only 3 individuals for outstanding, influential, on-going, potentially long-lasting contributions to scalable computing within 5-10 years of receiving their PhD. Criteria: excellence in publications, citations, community service, research supervision and grant record
- 2014 ICT Young Professional of the Year Award. Recognizing the top 3 professionals in Australian Govt. Departments who have made major innovations in the ICT sector that year
- 2013 Julius Career Award Fellowship. Conferred by Office of Chief Executive, CSIRO, Australia. Honours outstanding scientists who demonstrate research excellence