Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- pradip.sharma@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Biography
Dr. Pradip Sharma, SMIEEE, SFHEA, is a globally recognised academic and researcher in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. As Associate Professor of Cybersecurity & AI at the University of Aberdeen, UK, he leads pioneering research and educates the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Holding a PhD in Cybersecurity and an M.Tech in Computer Science, Dr. Sharma brings a unique blend of academic excellence and industry experience, having previously served as a Research Fellow and Software Engineer. A Senior Member of IEEE and Senior Fellow of Advance HE, Dr. Sharma is a thought leader in the global research community. Dr. Sharma serves as an editor for leading journals and is a regular keynote speaker and program chair at international conferences. His educational leadership includes spearheading innovative cybersecurity curricula and supervising a diverse cohort of doctoral researchers. With a portfolio exceeding £1M in funded research from EPSRC, Innovate UK, and international agencies, his work fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and drives impactful solutions to global security challenges.
External Memberships
Senior Fellowship Advance HE (SFHEA)
IEEE Senior Member (SMIEEE)
Latest Publications
Adaptive Quantum-Augmented Security Framework for Vehicle-to-Everything (AQAS-V2X) Communication
Contributions to Conferences: PapersMultivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection Using Learnable Spatial-Temporal Graph Ordinary Differential Equations Network
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure ComputingContributions to Journals: ArticlesSoK: Towards Privacy-Centric Collaborative Machine Learning—A Classification Framework for Privacy Solutions
SN Computer ScienceContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-025-04482-4
An Unsupervised Malicious Web Request Detection based on Transformer and Contrastive Learning
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 3281-3294Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2025.3563089
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GpDB: A Graph Partition Based Storage Strategy for DAG-Blockchain in Edge-Cloud IIoT
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 5790-5798Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2022.3162201
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- Research
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Research Overview
Research interests: Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Edge Computing, Software-defined Networking, IoT Security
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Computing Science.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Research Specialisms
- Computer and Information Security
- Computer Networks
- Machine Learning
- Applied Computing
- Cybernetics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Funding and Grants
2025-2026 “Oil & Gas Cyber Benchmarking,” Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, £26K (PI)
2025-2028 “Digital Guardian: AI-Powered Shield Against Highly Sophisticated AI based Phishing Attacks,” International Doctoral Training Scholarship, £37K (Co-I)
2024-2026 “Secure, Privacy-aware, and Trusted Data Share in Smart Mobility,” EPSRC, £200K (PI)
2024-2025 “ZECURE Data Exchange Platform - Net Zero Mobility,” Innovate UK, £236K (PI)
2023-2026 “Quantum-resistant Cybersecurity,” International Doctoral Training Scholarship, £73K (PI)
2022-2023 “Secure and Privacy-aware Data Share in Smart Mobility,” Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact, £2K (PI)
2022-2023 “Distributed Big-data Service Framework based on Blockchain and Machine Learning for Smart Cities,” 2022 High-end Foreign Expert in China, £20K (PI)
2020-2022 “Development of Simulator for Virtual Learning,” Agency for Defence Development, £270K (Co-I)
2016-2019 “Developing a Green Smart Home Security Framework for Next Generation IoT Environment,” National Research Foundation (NRF), £200K (Investigator)
2016-2019 “WellTEC Coaching Service and Content Development for Wellness Life,” Consortium Information Technology Research Center (C-ITRC), £16K (Investigator)
2016-2018 “Development of an immersive and interactive NUI/NUX Platform for Invoked Reality Contents,” Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP), £5K (Investigator)
- Teaching
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- Publications
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A blockchain-based decentralized efficient investigation framework for IoT digital forensics
Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 4372-4387Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-019-02779-9
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A comprehensive study on APT attacks and countermeasures for future networks and communications: challenges and solutions
Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 75, no. 8, pp. 4543-4574Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-016-1850-4
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Blockchain-Based Distributed Framework for Automotive Industry in a Smart City
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 4197-4205Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2018.2887101
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SHSec: SDN based Secure Smart Home Network Architecture for Internet of Things
Mobile Networks and Applications, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 913-924Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-018-1147-3
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Supervised machine-learning predictive analytics for national quality of life scoring
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), vol. 9, no. 8, 1613Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app9081613
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Multilevel learning based modeling for link prediction and users’ consumption preference in Online Social Networks
Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 93, pp. 952-961Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2017.08.031
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SoftEdgeNet: SDN Based Energy-Efficient Distributed Network Architecture for Edge Computing
IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 104-111Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700822
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Blockchain based hybrid network architecture for the smart city
Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 86, pp. 650-655Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.04.060
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Li-Fi based on security cloud framework for future IT environment
Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, vol. 8, 23Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13673-018-0146-5
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DistArch-SCNet: Blockchain-Based Distributed Architecture with Li-Fi Communication for a Scalable Smart City Network
IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, vol. 7, pp. 55-64Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCE.2018.2816745
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