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      Dr Ramona Trestian

      PhD
      ROLE: Associate Professor in Computer Science
      SCHOOL: Science & Technology
      DEPARTMENT: Design Engineering & Maths
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 2901
      EMAIL: R.Trestian@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr. Ramona Trestian joined the School of Science and Technology at Middlesex University in August 2013 where she currently is an Associate Professor in Computing and Communications Engineering. She was previously an IBM-IRCSET Exascale Postdoctoral Researcher with the Performance Engineering Laboratory (PEL) at Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland since December 2011. The position was in collaboration with IBM Research and Development department located in Dublin. In March 2012 she was successfully awarded the PhD from Dublin City University, Ireland.

        Education

        • 2008—2012 - PhD (Electronic Engineering), Performance Engineering Laboratory, School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
        • 2007, 2nd sem. - Dipartimento di Electronica ed Informazione, Politecnico di Milano—Erasmus student, elaboration of Diploma Thesis, Milano, Italy.
        • 2002—2007 - B.Sc. Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
        • Autumn, 2005 - Autumn School in Computational Intelligence and Information Technologies, University of Nis, Serbia.

        Extra Modules/Courses

        • 2013 - 2015 - Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Middlesex University, UK (Best Practice Project Award)
        • Sept, 2012 - Co-Supervision of the PhD Process, organized by The Graduate Studies Office and the Training & Development section of Human Resources, part of DCU Research Career Framework, Ireland.
        • August, 2010 - Graduate Programme in Network Mathematics, Noncooperative Game Theory Course held by Professor Tamer Basar from University of Illinois at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
        • 2009-2010 - Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Course, held by Dr. Teresa Hogan and Emma O'Neill at Dublin City University, Ireland
        • 2009-2010 - Postgraduate Tutor/Demonstrator Course, held by Prof. Margaret Keane at Dublin City University, Ireland
        • July, 2009 - Graduate Programme in Network Mathematics, Applied Optimisation Course held by Professor Venkatamaran Balakrishnan & Dr. Stephen Cauley from Purdue University at Trinity College Dublin.

        Professional Appointments/Employment

        • 2022 - present - Associate Professor in Computing and Communications Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.
        • 2015 - 2022- Senior Lecturer in Computing and Communications Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.
        • 2013—2015- Lecturer in Computing and Communications Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom.
        • 2011—2013 - IBM/IRCSET Exascale Postdoctoral Researcher, Dublin City University, Ireland.

        Industry Experience

        • 2007—2008, Software Developer Fortech, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
        • July, 2006—September, 2006, Software Developer, Siemens PSE, Brasov, Romania, Summer Internship
        • July, 2005—September, 2005, Software Developer, Siemens PSE, Brasov, Romania, Summer Internship

        Teaching Experience

        • 2010—2013, Lecturer (part-time) Performance of Data Networks module (EE500), School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Ireland
        • 2008-2011, Teaching Assistant (Tutor & Demonstrator) (Data Communications and Networks II — EE321; Data Communications and Networks I — EE224, Network Programming — EE562, Wireless Networks — EE561, Engineering Mathematics and Computation — EM110 ), School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Ireland
        • 2007—2008, Teaching Assistant, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

        Languages Spoken

        Romanian, English

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Module Leader for:

        PDE4830 Mobile Communications

        PDE4825 Intelligent Environments and IoT

        PDE2100 Computer Systems Engineering 2

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Doctoral and Masters (Research) students are welcome in the areas of:

        • heterogeneous wireless networks
        • digital twin modelling
        • user-centric network selection strategies
        • multimedia networking
        • adaptive multimedia solutions
        • software-defined networks

        Talks

        • “PRIVATT - a closer look at people’s data privacy attitudes in times of COVID-19 ”, IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (IEEE MeditCom), 2021
        • “On the Impact of Visible Light Communication for Audio and Video Transmissions”, IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2018.
        • “LearnQoS: A Learning Approach for Optimizing QoS over Multimedia-based SDNs”, IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2018.
        • "Exploring Energy Consumption Issues for Multimedia Streaming in LTE HetNet Small Cells", IEEE Local Computer Networks, (LCN), 2015.
        • "On the Impact of Video Content Type on the Mobile Device Energy Consumption", IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, (BMSB), 2015.
        • "ECO-M: Energy-Efficient Cluster-Oriented Multimedia Delivery in a LTE D2D Environment", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2015.
        • "Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Wireless Downlink in Cloud Radio Access Networks", European Wireless, (EW), 2015.
        • "Energy Consumption Analysis of Video Streaming to Android Mobile Devices—An Experimental Approach", Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India, invited talk, February2013.
        • "Software-defined Networking and the Exascale Datacenter" , IBM Exascale Workshop, IBM Research Ireland, 2012.
        • "Energy Consumption Analysis of Video Streaming to Android Mobile Devices", IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, (NOMS),2012.
        • "User-Centric Power-Friendly Quality-based Network Selection Strategy", Faculty of Engineering and Computing Research Day, Dublin City University, Ireland, 2011.
        • "Energy–Quality–Cost Trade-off in a Multimedia-based Heterogeneous Wireless Network Environment", Thesis in Three event, Network Innovations Center, the Rince Institute, Dublin City University, 2011.
        • "User-Centric Network Selection Strategy for Heterogeneous Wireless Multimedia Networks", Thesis in Three event, Network Innovations Center, the Rince Institute, Dublin City University, 2010.
        • "Power-Friendly Access Network Selection Strategy for Heterogeneous Wireless Multimedia Networks", IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2010.

        Publication Feed

        Mobile and wireless communications with practical use-case scenarios

        Trestian, Ramona (2022) Mobile and wireless communications with practical use-case scenarios. CRC Press. ISBN 9781032119014

        Digital twins: a survey on enabling technologies, challenges, trends and future prospects

        Mihai, Stefan and Yaqoob, Mahnoor and Hung, Dang Viet and Davis, William and Towakel, Praveer and Raza, Mohsin and Karamanoglu, Mehmet and Barn, Balbir and Shetve, Dattaprasad and Prasad, Raja V. and Venkataraman, Hrishikesh and Trestian, Ramona and Nguyen, Huan X. (2022) Digital twins: a survey on enabling technologies, challenges, trends and future prospects. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials , 24 (4). pp. 2255-2291. ISSN 1553-877X

        Data-driven network performance prediction for B5G networks: a graph neural network approach

        Yaqoob, Mahnoor and Trestian, Ramona and Nguyen, Huan X. (2022) Data-driven network performance prediction for B5G networks: a graph neural network approach. In: IEEE 9th International Conference on Communications and Electronics, 27- 29 Jul 2022, Nha Trang City, Vietnam.

        RIS-aided smart manufacturing: information transmission and machine health monitoring

        Hoang, Tiep M. and Son, Dinh-Van and Barn, Balbir and Trestian, Ramona and Nguyen, Huan X. (2022) RIS-aided smart manufacturing: information transmission and machine health monitoring. IEEE Internet of Things Journal . ISSN 2327-4662 (Published online first)

        The Privacy Paradox - investigating people's attitude towards privacy in a time of COVID-19

        Trestian, Ramona and Celeste, Edoardo and Xie, Guodong and Lohar, Pintu and Bendechache, Malika and Brennan, Rob and Tal, Irina (2022) The Privacy Paradox - investigating people's attitude towards privacy in a time of COVID-19. In: The 14th International Conference on Communications (COMM), 16-18 June 2022, Bucharest (Virtual Conference).

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        • Towards Resilient Automation in Industry 4.0 for Future Engineers - Specialisation Programme, (2022), UK-India Going Global Partnerships Grant, British Council, Total Grant: £15,000. Role: Co-PI.
        • Developing Connected Curriculum on Digital Twin for Health System Resilience, UK-Indonesia TNE partnership, 2022-2024, Total Grant: £30,000. Role: Co-PI
        • Digital Twin Modelling for Automation, Maintenance and Monitoring in Industry 4.0 Smart Factory, (2019-2021), UKIERI-DST, Total Grant: £199,936.41 (£161,772 for MDX). Project in collaboration with IIIT Sricity, India. Role: Co-PI
        • PRIVATT - Assessing Irish Attitudes to Privacy in Times of COVID19 (20/COV/0229) (2020-2021), SFI/EI/IDA COVID-19 Rapid Response Call, Total Grant: €55,833. Role: Project Partner.
        • Beacon-based Low-power Access Point Design for Next Generation IEEE 802.11ac WLANs, (2019-2020), TÜBİTAK funding for Visiting Researcher from Turkey, Harran University, Role: Mentor at Middlesex University.

         

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Examiner for PhD

        • External Examiner for PhD Defense, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor, 2021 (Candidate: Pokkuluri SS Pavan Ganesh, Thesis Title: RF-Based Multi-Hop Wireless Communication for High Data Rate in Underwater Networks)
        • External Examiner for PhD Defense, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2020 (Candidate: MD. Sipon Miah, Thesis Title: An Efficient Spectrum Sensing Scheme for the Cognitive Radio Based Internet of Things)
        • External Examiner for PhD Defense, Bordeaux University & University College Dublin, Bordeaux, France, 2018 (Candidate: Christelle Al Hasrouty, Thesis Title: Adaptive Multicast Live Streaming for A/V Conferencing Systems over Software-Defined Networks)

        External Examiner and Adviser for Programmes

        • External Examiner at National University of Ireland Galway, on BSc. Computer Science and IT, 2021—present
        • External Examiner at University of Greenwich on the Computing Suite of Postgraduate Programmes, including: MSc Computer Forensics and Cyber Security, MSc Computer Systems and Network Engineering, MSc Computer Science, 2019—present.
        • External Adviser/Subject Matter Expert for MSc in Cloud Computing/Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Cloud Computing, Programme Review & Revalidation, National College of Ireland, November 2019.
        • External Adviser for BSc/BEng/MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Including Robotics) Programme Periodic Review - University of Plymouth, May 2018.

        Editorial Duties

        • Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, since 2020.
        • Editor in Chief for International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies (IJWNBT), since 2019.
        • Associate Editor for International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, since 2019.

        Others Duties

        • Programme Leader for BEng/MEng Computer Systems Engineering and BEng/MEng Electronic Engineering, Middlesex University, since 2018.
        • Research Degree Coordinator for Design Engineering and Mathematics Department, since 2020.
        • Research Rep in the IT Governance Group at Middlesex University, since 2020.
        • Technical Program Chair, IEEE International Smart Cities Conference 2021, virtual conference.
        • Symposium Organizer, International Symposium on High Performance Mobile Computing & Wireless Networks for HPC, (MCWN 2020) as part of
          The 17th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 2020.
        • Organizing Committee Member, Workshop on Digital Twin for Global Digital Transformation, Middlesex University, London, UK, 2020.
        • Symposium Organizer, International Symposium on High Performance Mobile Computing & Wireless Networks for HPC, (MCWN 2019) as part of
          The 17th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2019), Dublin, Ireland, 2019.
        • Publication Chair, IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2019.
        • Track Chair, IEEE Wireless Days Conference (WD) 2019, Mobile Networking and Computing Track., Manchester , UK
        • Organizing Committee Member, Workshop on 5G: Enabling Technologies and Applications, Middlesex University, London, UK, 2018.

        Collaborations

        · Dublin City University (Performance Engineering Laboratory), Ireland, 2008-present.

        · Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City, India, 2017-present.

        · Brunel University, UK, 2017-present.

        · Kent University, UK, 2018-present.

        · Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, 2019-present.

        · Harran University, Turkey, 2014-2020.

        · Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, 2012-2015.

        · IBM Exascale Research Group Dublin, Ireland, 2011-2017.

        · National College of Ireland (National E-Learning Laboratory), Ireland, 2008-2011.

        · University College Dublin (Performance Engineering Laboratory), Ireland, 2008-present

        · Dublin City University (Radio-Frequency Simulation Laboratory), Ireland, 2008-2010.

        · Politecnico di Milano (Dipartimento di Elettronica de Informazione), Italy, 2007.

         

         

         

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