Projects

I. Internet-of-Things (IoT)

  1. Frequency management
  2. IoT Protocols
  3. IoT Middleware
  4. IoT Microclouds
  5. IoT Security

II. Advanced Telecommunication Systems

  1. Traffic Engineering
  2. Network Engineering
  3. Network Security
  4. Cognitive Networking
  5. Heterogenous Networking

III. Intelligent Platforms

  1. Electronic Trading Platforms: web, mobile and cloud based platforms
  2. Public Safety Platforms: web, mobile and cloud based platforms
  3. Machine Learning Trading Algorithms
  4. Crime Data Mining Algorithms
  5. Public Safety Expert Systems

IV. The IoT applications are in

  1. Smart cities
    1. Pollution monitoring
      1. Air
      2. Water
      3. Noise
    2. Smart parking
      1. Network design
      2. Data dissemination
      3. Data visualization
    3. Public safety
      1. Visual crime mining
      2. Data crime mining
      3. Crowd monitoring
    4. Smart homes
      1. Home security
      2. Smart energy
      3. Home automation
    5. Smart energy
      1. Systems dimensioning
      2. Systems monitoring
  2. Internet-of-Things
    1. Ground-based sensor networks
      1. Network engineering
        1. Flat topology design
        2. Hierarchical design: Backbone, Clustering
      2. Traffic engineering
        1. Single sink routing
        2. Multi sink routing
        3. Hierarchical routing
    2. Aerial sensor networks
      1. Task allocation
      2. Collision avoidance
      3. Path finding
  3. Cyber healthcare
    1. Data protection
      1. Anonymization
      2. Encryption
      3. Decryption
    2. Systems interoperability
      1. Standardization
      2. Semantic interoperability
    3. Natural language: Interface to database systems
    4. Situation recognition: Patient prioritization
    5. Decision support: Medical expertise
  4. Big data
    1. Cloud computing
      1. Systems monitoring
      2. Resource allocation
    2. High performance computing
    3. Big data analytics
    4. Big data technologies
    5. Big data transport
    6. Big data security
  5. Business intelligence
    1. Micro lending platform
      1. Mobile programming
      2. Backend intelligence
    2. Business trading platform
      1. Mobile crowdsourcing
      2. Backend intelligence
    3. Forex exchange platform
    4. Financial payment platform

V. Other applications include

  1. Pan African Research and Education Network (PAREN): Topology discovery and bandwith exchanges
  2. City-Safe: Public safety in South Africa using mobile crowdsourcing and machine learning techniques