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Dr. B. S. Manoj
Professor

  • Avioincs (D3) R-208A

Department
Avionics

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, AI-driven Computer Networks, Internet, Internet Security, Next Generation Internet, Wireless Networks, Ad hoc wireless networks, Wireless Mesh Networks, Cognitive Networks, Sensor Networks, Complex Networks, Qua

  • April 2025-Present: Senior Professor and Associate Dean, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  • December 2023-April 2025: Professor and Associate Dean, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  • January 2017-December 2023: Professor, Avionics at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  • January 2017-December 2019: Professor and Head, Avionics at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  • November 2016-December 2016: Associate Professor and Head, Avionics at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  • January 2011-November 2016: Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
  • March 2008- January 2011: Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer at UCSD, San Diego, CA 92093, USA. Responsibilities include teaching the senior undergraduate and graduate level course on DATA NETWORKS II (ECE 158B), research on next generation wireless systems, and leading the newly formed CalIT2 Systems and Networks research group in addition to leading the networking group for the NSF-sponsored homeland security projects such as RESCUE (www.itrrescue.org), Responsphere (www.responsphere.org), and the exploratory research project CogNet (www.cognet.info).
  • February 2005- February 2008: Lecturer and Post Doctoral Scholar at UCSD, San Diego, CA 92093, USA. Responsibilities include teaching the senior undergrad and graduate level course on DATA NETWORKS II (ECE 158B), research on next generation wireless systems, and leading the networking group for the NSF-sponsored homeland security projects such as RESCUE (www.itr-rescue.org), Responsphere (www.responsphere.org), and the exploratory research project CogNet (www.cognet.info). Mentored several batches of undergraduate and graduate students for courses such as ECE 191, ECE 192, and ECE 291 in the UCSD Division of CalIT2.
  • January 2004-January 2005: Project Officer at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Responsibilities include research in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks.
  • January 2000-January 2004: Infosys Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Responsibilities include research in wireless ad hoc networks and hybrid wireless networks.
  • March 1998-January 2000: Senior Engineer at Banyan Networks Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India. Responsibilities include design and implementation of real-time protocols for voice over data networks.

Education

  • Post Doctoral Training, 2008, University of California San Diego, CA, 92093
  • Ph.D, Computer Science and Engineering, 2004, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
  • Masters, Department of ECE, Pondicherry Engineering College (now the Podicherry University of Technology), Pondicherry, India.

Specialization: Computer Networks, Complex Networks, Network Science, Advanced Data Structures, Graph Theory, Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Networks, Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Cyber Security, Hybrid Wireless Networks, and Next Generation Internet.

Area of Interest

  • Social Networks in various domains such as research as provided by platforms such as ResearchBase. 

Professional Affiliations

  1. Chair, IEEE Kerala Section
  2. Member, IEEE India Council Executive Committee
  3. Chair, IEEE ComSoc Membership Services Board Subcommittee on Membership Discounts/Benefits
  4. Member, Membership Services Board, IEEE Communications Society, USA
  5. Chair, IEEE RFID Council Kerala Chapter (2023-2024) [Largest Chapter of IEEE RFID Council world-wide]
  6. Chair, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, (IEEE EMBS), Kerala Chapter (2021-2022)
  7. Fellow of IETE (2021)
  8. Fellow of IE(I) (2020)
  9. Senior Member, ACM (since 2019)
  10. Member, Conference Activities Board, IEEE Kerala Section (2015-2018)
  11. Chair, IEEE ComSoc Chapter, IEEE Kerala Section (2013-2014).
  12. Secretary, ACM Trivandrum Chapter (2013)
  13. Vice-Chair,  IEEE ComSoc Chapter, IEEE Kerala Section (2012).
  14. Senior Member of the IEEE (since 2008).
  15. Former Member of IEEE Standardization Association.
  16. Member of the IEEE Communications Society.
  17. Member of the ACM (Since 2007).
  18. Founding Member of the ISCRAM Association.
  19. Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (India).
  20. Former Member of Center for Wireless Communications (CWC), Department of ECE, UCSD.
  21. Former Member of San Diego Writers Ink, San Diego.


 

Course Offered

  • Summer 2023: Computer Architecture and Organization (AV 312), Complex Networks (AVD 888), Microprocessors and Microcontrollers (AV332)
  • Winter 2023: Internet of Things (AVD 887), Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV341)
  • Summer 2022: Computer Architecture and Organization (AV 312), Complex Networks (AVD 888), Microprocessors and Microcontrollers (AV332)
  • Winter 2022: Internet of Things (AVD 872), Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV341)
  • Summer 2021: Computer Architecture and Organization (AV 312), Microprocessors and part of Microcontrollers (AV332), Wireless Mesh Networks (AV828), and Satellite Communication (AV412)
  • Winter 2021: Internet of Things (AVD 872), Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV341)
  • Summer 2020: Internet of Things (AVD 872), Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484, AV848)
  • Winter 2020: Computer Architecture and Organization (AV 312), Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Lab (AV332), and Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484)
  • Summer 2019: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484, AV848)
  • Winter 2019: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2018: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 482, AV 848) and Research Methodology
  • Winter 2018: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2017: Data Structures and DBMS (Av 482)
  • Winter 2017: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2016: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484) and Data Structures and DBMS (Av 482)
  • Winter 2016: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2015: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484) and Data Structures and DBMS (Av 482)
  • Winter 2015: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2014: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484) and Data Structures and DBMS (Av 482)
  • Winter 2014: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
     
  • Summer 2013: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484), Data Structures and DBMS (AV 482), Data Structures and DBMS (AV 495) and Embedded Systems and RTOS (AV 462)
  • Winter 2013: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2012: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484) and Data structures and DBMS (AV 482)
  • Winter 2012: Computer Networks (AV 321)
  • Winter 2012: Computer Networks Lab (AV 341)
  • Summer 2011: Wireless Mesh Networks (AV 484) and Data structures and DBMS (AV 482) [Second part of Data structures and DBMS]
  • Winter 2011: Computer Networks (AV 321) and Computer Networks Lab (AV 341), Department of Avionics, IIST, India.
  • Fall 2010: Networked Services (CSE 124), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
  • Winter 2010: Principles of Wireless Mesh Networks (ECE 287), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
  • Fall 2009: Networked Services (CSE 124), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
  • Spring 2009: Data Networks II (ECE 158B), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
  • Spring 2008: Data Networks II (ECE 158B), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
  • Spring 2007: Data Networks II (ECE 158B), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
  • Spring 2006: Data Networks II (ECE 158B), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.

Current Students in my research group

Post-Doctoral Fellows (Alumni)

  1. Dharmendra Singh Yadav (2016) [Graduated in 2016]
  2. Priscilla Koshy (2018-2020) [Graduatted in 2020]

Ph.D (Alumni)

  1. S. Thiruppathirajan (Graduated in 2023) [Currently Engineer/Scientist SG, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), ISRO, Trivandrum, India]
  2.  Chalumuri Avinash (Graduated in 2022) [Currently Associate Professor, Gayathri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, AP, India]
  3. Sarath Babu (Graduated in 2021) [Currently with Iowa State University, IA, USA]
  4. Abhishek Chakraborty (Graduated in 2018) [Currently with University of California San Diego, CA, USA] 
Ph.D (current)
  1. Debabrata Dalai (IIST and IIT Palakkad Fellowship, ongoing)
  2. Sruthi NT (IIST, ongoing)
  3. Renjith P (ISRO-sponsored, ongoing)
  4. Jafi EJ (ISRO-sponsored, ongoing)
  5. Neethu Sajeev (SERB-DST funded, ongoing)
  6. Praseetha S (ISRO-sponsored, ongoing)
  7. Vijayasree P (ISRO-Sponsored, ongoing)
  8. Smitha KK (ISRO-sponsored, ongoing)
Masters (M.Tech) [Current]
  1. Shivani Sahoo
Masters (M.Tech) (Alumni)
  1. Jafi EJ (Graduated in 2023)
  2. Aruna Shaju Kollannur (Graduated in 2023)
  3. Chandasri G (Graduated in 2022)
  4. Abhishek Samundre (Graduated in 2022)
  5. Prabhakar Kumar (Graduated in 2022)
  6. Ananta Dashpute (Graduated in 2022)
  7. Amit Singh (Graduated in 2021)
  8. Rahul Singh (Graduated in 2015)
Undergraduate Dissertation Students (Current)
  1.  
Undergraduate DissertationAlumni
  1. Mithileswar K
  2. Shubham Tayade
  3. Ankit Srivastava
  4. Vibhor Aggarwal
  5. Jishil Jinaraj
  6. Majji Satwik Reddy
  7. S. Karthik
  8. Sanghpriya Gautam
  9. Chalumuri Sai Kiran
  10. Atul Rawat
  11. Gampala Prakash
  12. Pratik Sharma
  13. Shivang Bharti
  14. Uttkarsh Verma
  15. Grandhi Harshitha (2020)
  16. K. Sai Rishigna (2020)
  17. Suraj R (2019)
  18. Pratabidya Panda (2019)
  19. Manasvi G (2019)
  20. Karumuru Venkata Niranjan Sai (2019)
  21. Kalpita Mandal (2019)
  22. Mohanasruthi. V. (2018)
  23. Alsaj A. S. (2018)
  24. T. Abhiroop (2018)
  25. Mithun PV (2017)
  26. Anand Narayanan (2017)
  27. Keshav Dayal (2017)
  28. Yuvaraj Singh Surendrakumar (2017)
  29. Priyanka Rathod (2017)
  30. Ishika Ghara (2017)
  31. Ajay Salas (2016)
  32. Devi Reddy Pramod Reddy (2016)
  33. Prakhar Gupta (2016)
  34. Amal Krishna (2016)
  35. Saurav Maji (2016)
  36. Palash Joshi (2016)
  37. Bharath Devasani (2016)
  38. Gulshan Gupta (2015)
  39. Priti Singh (2015)
  40. Abhishek Bhaumick (2015)
  41. Deepak Kumar Khatri (2015)
  42. Yogesh Parth (2015)
  43. Malreddy Yashwant Reddy (2015)
  44. M. Aditya Vamsi (2015)
  45. Anugolu Purnesh Sai Ram (2015)
  46. Vinay Gajmoti (2015)
  47. Somarouth Sai Srinivas (2015)
  48. Ishita Ganjoo (2014)
  49. Gaurav Jain (2014)
  50. Nivedita Gaur (2014)
  51. Arun KP (2014)
  52. Rohit Tyagi (2014)
  53. Tuhin Paul (2014)
  54. Aritra Sarkar (2013)
  55. Siddharth Srivastava (2013)
  56. Sukirna Roy (2013)
  57. Shyam Vinay (2013)
  58. Muna Kumar Singh (2013)
  59. Rajnish Kumar Yadav (2012)
  60. Saket Chawla (2012)
  61. Ajith Kanale (2012)
  62. Anusha Singamaneni (2012)
  63. Prashanth Ranjan (2012)
  64. Siddharth Jha (2012)
  65. Karan Lal (2012)

Summer Internship Alumni (non-IIST) [To be updated]

  1. Haripriya H Nair (MEC, Kochi, Virtual Summer Internship 2021)
  2. Akhila Madhu (PES, Bangalore, Virtual Summer Internship 2021)
  3. Nimisha Nair (CET, Trivandrum, Virtual Summer Internship 2020)
  4. Nikhil M.S, NIT Trichi (Summer 2015)
  5. Nisha Agrawal, IIT Jodhpur (Summer 2015)
  6. Sindhuja Kasam, NIT Warangal (Summer 2014)
  7. Jain Zachariah, NIT Suratkal (Summer 2013)

Higher Education Textbooks (3) 

  1. B. S. Manoj, "Multi-Track Modular Teaching: An Advanced Teaching-Learning Method," bsmp, [Amazon KDP Paperback/US Edition Paperback/Indian Edition Paperback], June 2019.
  2. B. S. Manoj, Abhishek Chakraborty, and Rahul Singh,  "Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective," Pearson, New York, USA, February 2018.
  3. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, USA, May 2004. Research-Fiction (1)
  4. Alab Jonam, "The Unfired Battery: The DarkNet Folders-17," bsmp through Amazon KDP, Trivandrum, December 2019. 
     

Book Chapters (10)

  1. Anantha Datta Dhruva, S. Babu, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, ``Computing Platforms for Sustainable Internet of Things," in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2E, Elsevier, 2023.
  2. Sukirna Roy and B. S. Manoj, "IoT Enablers and their Security and Privacy Issues", Chapter in the book titled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Mobile Technologies, edited by Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, and Jordi Mongay Batalla, Springer-Verlag, pp 449-482, April 2016.
  3. P. Singh, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, "Complex Network Entropy," Chapter in the book titled Soft Computing Applications in Sensor Networks", edited by Prof. Sankar K. Pal and Prof. Sudip Misra, CRC Press (USA), 2016.
  4. M. S. Vinay and Manoj Balakrishnan, “A Comparison of Three Sophisticated Cyber Weapons,” in Managing Trust in Cyberspace, Edited by S. Thampi,  Bharat Bhargava, and P. Atrey, Taylor Francis, USA, December 2013.
  5. T. B. Reddy, B. S. Manoj, and Ramesh Rao, “An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Edited by F. R. Yu (ed.), Springer Science Media, 2011.
  6. B. S. Manoj, M. Zorzi, and Ramesh Rao, “Architectures, Protocols, and Analytical Approaches for Next Generation Cognitive Networking,” in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions, (Edited by Katz Marcos et al.) Springer, 2007.
  7. G. Bhaya, B. S. Manoj, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures,” in Advances in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (Edited by Maggie Cheng, Guoliag Xue, and Deying Li) in series Network Theory and Applications,” Springer, 2007.
  8. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  9. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Wireless Mesh Networks: Issues and Solutions,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  10. B. S. Manoj and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On Using Ad Hoc Wireless Relaying in Next Generation Wireless Networks,” in Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-peer Networks, CRC Press, USA, 2004.

Funded Research Projects
Project Title: A Multi-Layer Approach for Secure UAV Networks

Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Industry: C3iHUB IITK
Duration: 3 years (2024-2027)
Total Proposed Budget: Rs.39.34720 Lakhs (3.93472 million INR)


Project Title: UAV-enabled ultra-reliable low-latency communication for energy efficiency and latency
reduction in 6G networks 

Role: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Industry: DST SPARC
Duration: 2 years (2024-2026)
Total Proposed Budget: Rs.47.52Lakhs (4.752 million INR)

Project Title: "Wireless Networked System Research and performance evaluation for Crew Modules for Indian Human Space Missions"

Role: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Industry: DoS/IIST
Duration: 3 years (2023-2026)
Total Proposed Budget: Rs.51Lakhs (5.1 million INR)

Project Title: 5G Use Cases Laboratory 

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsoring Industry: DoT and DoS

Duration: 4 years (2023-2027)

Total Estimated Budget: Rs.100Lakhs (10 million INR) for both CAPEX and OPEX for 4 years. 

Project Title: Architectures and Protocols for Integrated 6G-Satellite Networks

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsoring Industry: DST-SERB

Duration: 3 years (2023-2026)

Total Proposed Budget: Rs.93Lakhs (9 million INR)

Project Title: Space and High-Altitude Platforms-based Emerging Internet of Things (SHAPE-IoT)

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsoring Industry: Sony Sensors India Private Limited

Duration: 1 year (2021-2022)

Total Proposed Budget: Rs.1,518,000/- (1.5million rupees)

Project Title: Optimal Scheduling and Routing of Packets over Delay Tolerant Hierarchical Interplanetary networks

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: IIST

Duration: 9 months

Total Budget: N/A

Project Title: Research and Development of an Integrated Enterprise Network Security System (IIST-ISRO collaboration)

Role: IIST Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: IIST (IIST-side research) and ISRO (ISRO-side research)

Duration: Two years

Total Budget: Rs. 1,640,000/-

Project Title: Indo-US Collaborative Research on Pervasive Computing for Disaster Response

Role: India-side Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: IIST (IIST-side research), DIT (for other Indian-investigators), and NSF (US-side researchers)

US-side Universities: Caltech, Pasadena, CA and University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Duration: June 2013-June 2016

Total budget: Rs.32,00,000/-

Project Title: MICRONet – Mobile Infrastructure for Coastal Region Offshore Communications & Networks

Role: IIST Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: IIST (IIST-side research), ISRO-HQ (for Antrix Corporation), ITRA/DIT  (for other Amrita and IIITM-K)

Participating Universities/Entities: IIST, Antrix Corporation (ISRO), Amrita University, and Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management -Kerala, India

Duration: TBA

Total budget: TBA

Project Title: IIST MeshNet: A Programmable Hybrid Wireless Mesh Network Testbed

Role: Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: IIST

Duration: March 2013-March 2016

Total budget: Rs.7,50,000/-

Project Title: Indo-US Advanced Summer School on Systems and Networks

Role: Principal Investigator (US-side)

Sponsoring agency: Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and California Institute of Telecom and IT, UC San Diego

Duration: June 2009-July 2009

Total budget: $48,148

Project Title: CWC-Cognitive Networking

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: Nokia Siemens Networks, ViaSat, and Qualcomm (through Center for Wireless Communications).

Duration: June 2009-May 2011

Total budget: $208,000

Project Title: Opportunistic Communications and Cognitive Cross-Layer Protocol Stack Design

Role: Research Lead/Senior Personnel

Sponsoring agency: US Army Research Organization (ARO)

Duration: July 2009-July 2011

Total budget: $307,414

Project Title: Matching Grant for CWC-Cognitive Networking

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Sponsoring agency: UC Discovery Grant from the State of California (through Center for Wireless Communications)

Duration: August 2009-August 2011

Total budget: $208,000

Higher Education Textbooks (3) 

  1. B. S. Manoj, "Multi-Track Modular Teaching: An Advanced Teaching-Learning Method," bsmp, [Amazon KDP Paperback/US Edition Paperback/Indian Edition Paperback], June 2019.
  2. B. S. Manoj, Abhishek Chakraborty, and Rahul Singh,  "Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective," Pearson, New York, USA, February 2018.
  3. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, USA, May 2004. Research-Fiction (1)
  4. Alab Jonam, "The Unfired Battery: The DarkNet Folders-17," bsmp through Amazon KDP, Trivandrum, December 2019. 

Book Chapters (10)

  1. Anantha Datta Dhruva, S. Babu, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, ``Computing Platforms for Sustainable Internet of Things," in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2E, Elsevier, 2023.
  2. Sukirna Roy and B. S. Manoj, "IoT Enablers and their Security and Privacy Issues", Chapter in the book titled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Mobile Technologies, edited by Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, and Jordi Mongay Batalla, Springer-Verlag, pp 449-482, April 2016.
  3. P. Singh, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, "Complex Network Entropy," Chapter in the book titled Soft Computing Applications in Sensor Networks", edited by Prof. Sankar K. Pal and Prof. Sudip Misra, CRC Press (USA), 2016.
  4. M. S. Vinay and Manoj Balakrishnan, “A Comparison of Three Sophisticated Cyber Weapons,” in Managing Trust in Cyberspace, Edited by S. Thampi,  Bharat Bhargava, and P. Atrey, Taylor Francis, USA, December 2013.
  5. T. B. Reddy, B. S. Manoj, and Ramesh Rao, “An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Edited by F. R. Yu (ed.), Springer Science Media, 2011.
  6. B. S. Manoj, M. Zorzi, and Ramesh Rao, “Architectures, Protocols, and Analytical Approaches for Next Generation Cognitive Networking,” in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions, (Edited by Katz Marcos et al.) Springer, 2007.
  7. G. Bhaya, B. S. Manoj, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures,” in Advances in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (Edited by Maggie Cheng, Guoliag Xue, and Deying Li) in series Network Theory and Applications,” Springer, 2007.
  8. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  9. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Wireless Mesh Networks: Issues and Solutions,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  10. B. S. Manoj and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On Using Ad Hoc Wireless Relaying in Next Generation Wireless Networks,” in Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-peer Networks, CRC Press, USA, 2004.

2020

  1. Talk at Inaugural session of AICTE FDP GeoConnect2020 at IIST on MT2.
  2. Talk at International Conference on Innovations and Challenges in Computing, Analytics and Security (ICICCAS-2020) between 29th and 30th July, 2020. 

2013-2019

To be filled

2013
  • Keynote/Plenary talk at 2nd International conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics 2013, Mysore, India.
  • Keynote Talk titled “Securing Cyber Physical Systems,” at the Summer School on Network and Information Security ‘13 (NIS’13), IIITM-K, Trivandrum, May 20, 2013.
  • Invited Talk titled “Cognitive Networking” at the DRDO sponsored Three-day Workshop on Software Defined Radio, RSET, Kochi, May 14-16, 2013.
  • Invited Talk titled “Distributed Wireless Networks,” CSI COMNET 2013 held at Department of CSE, Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology, 22nd March, 2013, Trivandrum, India.
  • Inaugural/Keynote Talk titled “Recent Trends in Wireless Networks,” Department of ECE, Barton Hill Government College of Engineering, 18th March 2013, Trivandrum, India.
  • Inaugural/Keynote Talk titled “Security Issues in Cyber Physical Systems” Vidya Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), on 15th March, 2013, Trichur, India.
  • Invited lecture titled “Ad hoc Wireless Networks” at Department of IT, Barton Hill College of Engineering, January 21, 2013, Trivandrum, India.
2012
2011

TBA

Higher Education Textbooks (3) 

  1. B. S. Manoj, "Multi-Track Modular Teaching: An Advanced Teaching-Learning Method," bsmp, [Amazon KDP Paperback/US Edition Paperback/Indian Edition Paperback], June 2019.
  2. B. S. Manoj, Abhishek Chakraborty, and Rahul Singh,  "Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective," Pearson, New York, USA, February 2018.
  3. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, USA, May 2004.  
    Research-Fiction (1)
  4. Alab Jonam, "The Unfired Battery: The DarkNet Folders-17," bsmp through Amazon KDP, Trivandrum, December 2019. 

Book Chapters (10)

  1. Anantha Datta Dhruva, S. Babu, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, ``Computing Platforms for Sustainable Internet of Things," in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2E, Elsevier, 2023.
  2. Sukirna Roy and B. S. Manoj, "IoT Enablers and their Security and Privacy Issues", Chapter in the book titled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Mobile Technologies, edited by Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, and Jordi Mongay Batalla, Springer-Verlag, pp 449-482, April 2016.
  3. P. Singh, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, "Complex Network Entropy," Chapter in the book titled Soft Computing Applications in Sensor Networks", edited by Prof. Sankar K. Pal and Prof. Sudip Misra, CRC Press (USA), 2016.
  4. M. S. Vinay and Manoj Balakrishnan, “A Comparison of Three Sophisticated Cyber Weapons,” in Managing Trust in Cyberspace, Edited by S. Thampi,  Bharat Bhargava, and P. Atrey, Taylor Francis, USA, December 2013.
  5. T. B. Reddy, B. S. Manoj, and Ramesh Rao, “An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Edited by F. R. Yu (ed.), Springer Science Media, 2011.
  6. B. S. Manoj, M. Zorzi, and Ramesh Rao, “Architectures, Protocols, and Analytical Approaches for Next Generation Cognitive Networking,” in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions, (Edited by Katz Marcos et al.) Springer, 2007.
  7. G. Bhaya, B. S. Manoj, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures,” in Advances in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (Edited by Maggie Cheng, Guoliag Xue, and Deying Li) in series Network Theory and Applications,” Springer, 2007.
  8. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  9. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Wireless Mesh Networks: Issues and Solutions,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  10. B. S. Manoj and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On Using Ad Hoc Wireless Relaying in Next Generation Wireless Networks,” in Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-peer Networks, CRC Press, USA, 2004.
     

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Higher Education Textbooks (3) 

  1. B. S. Manoj, "Multi-Track Modular Teaching: An Advanced Teaching-Learning Method," bsmp, [Amazon KDP Paperback/US Edition Paperback/Indian Edition Paperback], June 2019.
  2. B. S. Manoj, Abhishek Chakraborty, and Rahul Singh,  "Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective," Pearson, New York, USA, February 2018.
  3. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, USA, May 2004. Research-Fiction (1)
  4. Alab Jonam, "The Unfired Battery: The DarkNet Folders-17," bsmp through Amazon KDP, Trivandrum, December 2019. 

Book Chapters (10)

  1. Anantha Datta Dhruva, S. Babu, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, ``Computing Platforms for Sustainable Internet of Things," in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2E, Elsevier, 2023.
  2. Sukirna Roy and B. S. Manoj, "IoT Enablers and their Security and Privacy Issues", Chapter in the book titled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Mobile Technologies, edited by Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, and Jordi Mongay Batalla, Springer-Verlag, pp 449-482, April 2016.
  3. P. Singh, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, "Complex Network Entropy," Chapter in the book titled Soft Computing Applications in Sensor Networks", edited by Prof. Sankar K. Pal and Prof. Sudip Misra, CRC Press (USA), 2016.
  4. M. S. Vinay and Manoj Balakrishnan, “A Comparison of Three Sophisticated Cyber Weapons,” in Managing Trust in Cyberspace, Edited by S. Thampi,  Bharat Bhargava, and P. Atrey, Taylor Francis, USA, December 2013.
  5. T. B. Reddy, B. S. Manoj, and Ramesh Rao, “An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Edited by F. R. Yu (ed.), Springer Science Media, 2011.
  6. B. S. Manoj, M. Zorzi, and Ramesh Rao, “Architectures, Protocols, and Analytical Approaches for Next Generation Cognitive Networking,” in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions, (Edited by Katz Marcos et al.) Springer, 2007.
  7. G. Bhaya, B. S. Manoj, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures,” in Advances in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (Edited by Maggie Cheng, Guoliag Xue, and Deying Li) in series Network Theory and Applications,” Springer, 2007.
  8. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  9. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Wireless Mesh Networks: Issues and Solutions,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  10. B. S. Manoj and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On Using Ad Hoc Wireless Relaying in Next Generation Wireless Networks,” in Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-peer Networks, CRC Press, USA, 2004.

Editorial services

  1. Associate Editor, IEEE Systems Journal
  2. Associate Editor, Springer Nature Computer Science Journal
  3. Associate Editor, Green Technologies and Sustainability Journal
  4. Series Editor, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press book series titled "Advanced Systems and Networks"
  5. Section Editor, IEEE INGR Satellite-5G Roadmap document Edition-5, 2024
  6. Section Editor, IEEE INGR Satellite-5G Roadmap document Edition-3, 2022
  7. Section Editor, IEEE INGR Satellite-5G Roadmap document Edition-4, 2023
  8. Chief Editor, IEEE EMBS Kerala News Letter (2021-2022)

Reviewer 

  1. IEEE Sensor Letters
  2. IEEE Access
  3. IEEE Systems Journal
  4. Springer Nature Computer Science
  5. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  6. IEEE Communication Letters
  7. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  8. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  9. IEEE Transactions on Communications
  10. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  11. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  12. ACM Wireless Networks
  13. Elsevier Computer Networks
  14. Elsevier Ad hoc Networks
  15. Elsevier Computer Communications
  16. KICS Journal of Communications and Networks
  17. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
  18. IEEE Network Magazine
  19. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Higher Education Textbooks (3) 

  1. B. S. Manoj, "Multi-Track Modular Teaching: An Advanced Teaching-Learning Method," bsmp, [Amazon KDP Paperback/US Edition Paperback/Indian Edition Paperback], June 2019.
  2. B. S. Manoj, Abhishek Chakraborty, and Rahul Singh,  "Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective," Pearson, New York, USA, February 2018.
  3. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, USA, May 2004. Research-Fiction (1)
  4. Alab Jonam, "The Unfired Battery: The DarkNet Folders-17," bsmp through Amazon KDP, Trivandrum, December 2019. 

Book Chapters (10)

  1. Anantha Datta Dhruva, S. Babu, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, ``Computing Platforms for Sustainable Internet of Things," in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2E, Elsevier, 2023.
  2. Sukirna Roy and B. S. Manoj, "IoT Enablers and their Security and Privacy Issues", Chapter in the book titled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Mobile Technologies, edited by Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, and Jordi Mongay Batalla, Springer-Verlag, pp 449-482, April 2016.
  3. P. Singh, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, "Complex Network Entropy," Chapter in the book titled Soft Computing Applications in Sensor Networks", edited by Prof. Sankar K. Pal and Prof. Sudip Misra, CRC Press (USA), 2016.
  4. M. S. Vinay and Manoj Balakrishnan, “A Comparison of Three Sophisticated Cyber Weapons,” in Managing Trust in Cyberspace, Edited by S. Thampi,  Bharat Bhargava, and P. Atrey, Taylor Francis, USA, December 2013.
  5. T. B. Reddy, B. S. Manoj, and Ramesh Rao, “An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Edited by F. R. Yu (ed.), Springer Science Media, 2011.
  6. B. S. Manoj, M. Zorzi, and Ramesh Rao, “Architectures, Protocols, and Analytical Approaches for Next Generation Cognitive Networking,” in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions, (Edited by Katz Marcos et al.) Springer, 2007.
  7. G. Bhaya, B. S. Manoj, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures,” in Advances in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (Edited by Maggie Cheng, Guoliag Xue, and Deying Li) in series Network Theory and Applications,” Springer, 2007.
  8. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  9. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Wireless Mesh Networks: Issues and Solutions,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  10. B. S. Manoj and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On Using Ad Hoc Wireless Relaying in Next Generation Wireless Networks,” in Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-peer Networks, CRC Press, USA, 2004.

  1. Dean (Communications, Networking, Data and Web), IIST.
  2. Member, IIST Council, IIST Trivandrum, India
  3. Member, Academic Council, IIST Trivandrum, India
  4. Member, Academic Council, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation, and Technology, Kerala
  5. Member, Board of Governors, Government College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala, India
  6. Member, Board of Studies, Avionics Department, IIST Trivandrum, India.
  7. Member, Academic council, MVJ College of Engineering (Autonomous), Whitefield, Bangalore, India.
  8. Member, Board of Studies, Department of CSE, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
  9. Member, Board of Studies, St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu, India.
  10. Member, Board of Studies, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous), Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam 530048.
  11. Former member, Research Council, IIST Trivandrum, India.

Patents

  • Title of the patent: ``IoT Enabled Biomedical Wearable Clothing System for Healthcare Assistance”

Inventors: Prescilla Koshy, Ananthakrishnan, Sarath Babu, and B. S. Manoj

Patent No: 449773

Date of filing: 6th July 2022

Period of validity: 20 years

Datasets

  • Ankit Srivastava, B S Manoj, November 6, 2023, "Internet Protocol Stack Dataset", IEEE Dataport.  

     doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21227/ypa5-8n42.

     https://ieee-dataport.org/documents/internet-protocol-stack-dataset 

Data Description Papers

Higher Education Textbooks (3) 

  1. B. S. Manoj, "Multi-Track Modular Teaching: An Advanced Teaching-Learning Method," bsmp, [Amazon KDP Paperback/US Edition Paperback/Indian Edition Paperback], June 2019.
  2. B. S. Manoj, Abhishek Chakraborty, and Rahul Singh,  "Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective," Pearson, New York, USA, February 2018.
  3. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey, USA, May 2004.  
    Research-Fiction (1)
  4. Alab Jonam, "The Unfired Battery: The DarkNet Folders-17," bsmp through Amazon KDP, Trivandrum, December 2019. 

Book Chapters (10)

  1. Anantha Datta Dhruva, S. Babu, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, ``Computing Platforms for Sustainable Internet of Things," in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, 2E, Elsevier, 2023.
  2. Sukirna Roy and B. S. Manoj, "IoT Enablers and their Security and Privacy Issues", Chapter in the book titled Internet of Things (IoT) in 5G Mobile Technologies, edited by Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis, and Jordi Mongay Batalla, Springer-Verlag, pp 449-482, April 2016.
  3. P. Singh, A. Chakraborty, and B. S. Manoj, "Complex Network Entropy," Chapter in the book titled Soft Computing Applications in Sensor Networks", edited by Prof. Sankar K. Pal and Prof. Sudip Misra, CRC Press (USA), 2016.
  4. M. S. Vinay and Manoj Balakrishnan, “A Comparison of Three Sophisticated Cyber Weapons,” in Managing Trust in Cyberspace, Edited by S. Thampi,  Bharat Bhargava, and P. Atrey, Taylor Francis, USA, December 2013.
  5. T. B. Reddy, B. S. Manoj, and Ramesh Rao, “An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Edited by F. R. Yu (ed.), Springer Science Media, 2011.
  6. B. S. Manoj, M. Zorzi, and Ramesh Rao, “Architectures, Protocols, and Analytical Approaches for Next Generation Cognitive Networking,” in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions, (Edited by Katz Marcos et al.) Springer, 2007.
  7. G. Bhaya, B. S. Manoj, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures,” in Advances in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (Edited by Maggie Cheng, Guoliag Xue, and Deying Li) in series Network Theory and Applications,” Springer, 2007.
  8. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Load Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  9. B. S. Manoj and Ramesh Rao, “Wireless Mesh Networks: Issues and Solutions,” in Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards (Edited by Y. S. Zhang et al.) CRC Press, 2006.
  10. B. S. Manoj and C. Siva Ram Murthy, “On Using Ad Hoc Wireless Relaying in Next Generation Wireless Networks,” in Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-peer Networks, CRC Press, USA, 2004.
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