Two-day Transnational Workshop on Smart Technologies for Societal Health on 4th & 5th March 2024, organized by Anna University and Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
Next Generation Networks Lab

The Next Generation Networks Laboratory (NGNLab) in the Department of Computer Technology, Anna University, MIT Campus, was established in 2012 with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) sponsor. The lab's principal investigator is Dr. Gunasekaran Raja, a Professor in the Department of Computer Technology at Anna University. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of California, Davis, USA.

The NGNLab has over 100 publications in high-impact factor journals such as IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vehicular Technology, Internet of Things, Industrial Informatics, etc., and conference articles in venues such as IEEE: INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, ICC, VTC, ACM: MobiCom, etc. The working groups in the lab have conducted several collaborative projects in the domains of Next Generation Networks, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Autonomous Vehicles with a specialized focus on networking via 5G & 6G, artificial intelligence, vision-based approaches, blockchain, and cybersecurity funded by national and international agencies, including DST, Erasmus, DAAD, and more.

Owing to the diverse and novel research, NGNLab has been sanctioned grants for noteworthy projects such as autonomous camera drones for an interactive experience, intelligent handoff optimization in next-generation networks, the development of an automatic steering control system in manually operated tractors, intelligent blockchain framework for a secure and automated SCM for SMEs, as well as a traffic management mechanism for public safety. All such undertakings of NGNLab are closely collaborating with researchers from within India and across top-tier universities in the USA, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the UK, Singapore, Qatar, and more.

The NGNLab provides international exposure via collaborative research with top researchers worldwide and student exchange with international collaborators at the University of California, Davis, USA, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (under Erasmus+ Credit Mobility), University of Jena, Germany (under DAAD Indo-German), etc. Numerous internship opportunities in Fortune 500 companies like SAP, Amazon, etc., are also supported by alumni networks in companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, etc.

The NGN alumni are pioneers in various academic professions, and many have received fellowships from reputed national and international bodies. They are at the forefront of state-of-the-art research in leading domains in the current worldwide economy. The lab has been a foundation for many successful ventures and innovative research, with its members constantly and passionately striving to accomplish the novel.

Headlines
NGNLab and Department of Computer Technology Present: Two-Day Transnational Workshop on 'Smart Technologies for Societal Health'
On March 4th and 5th, 2024, the two-day Transnational Workshop on Smart Technologies for Societal Health convened experts from the UK, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Oman.
NGNLab papers are accepted for presentation at the IEEE VTC 2024-Spring conference in Singapore
Papers "PointGAN: A Catalyst for Enhanced Vulnerable Road User Detection in Autonomous Navigation" and "Next-Gen Security: Enhanced DDoS Attack Detection for Autonomous Vehicles in 6G Networks"are to be presented in IEEE: VTC 2024-Spring 99th Vehicular Technology Conference, June 24-27, 2024, in Singapore.
NGNLab paper is accepted for presentation at the IEEE ICC 2024 conference in Denver, USA
Paper "Adaptive Model Predictive Control-Driven Approach for Visual Detection of Micro-UAVs" co-authored by Gunasekaran Raja, Selvam Essaky, Deepak Suresh Rajendran, Sai Ganesh Senthivel, Sebastian Knorr, Kapal Dev, is to be presented in 2024 IEEE ICC International Conference on Communications, June 9-13, 2024, in Denver, USA.
Under the SERB, DST-Government of India project grant, applications are invited for a Project Associate position in the NGNLab, Dept. of Computer Technology, Anna University, Chennai. Last Date of Application: 15.01.2024.

Research Domains
Healthcare

Healthcare

Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles

Next Generation Networks

Next Generation Networks

Blockchain

Blockchain

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning

Cyber Security

Cyber Security

Computer Vision

Computer Vision

Contact Us

202 NGNLab

Charles Babbage Block

Department of Computer Technology

Anna University, MIT Campus

Chromepet, Chennai 600044

Email: gunasekaran@mitindia.edu

Phone: +91 4422516273