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