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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Guest Editorial: Blockchain and Industry 4.0 in Resilient Wireless Communications
IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 12-13Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2022.9857799
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Toward Advanced UAV Communications: Properties, Research Challenges, and Future Potential
IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 154-159Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IOTM.002.2100085
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Mitigation of black hole attacks in 6LoWPAN RPL-based Wireless sensor network for cyber physical systems
Computer Communications, vol. 189, pp. 182-192Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2022.04.003
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Optimal and Privacy-Aware Resource Management in Artificial Intelligence of Things Using Osmotic Computing
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 3377-3386Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2021.3102471
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An Ultra-Lightweight Data-Aggregation Scheme with Deep Learning Security for Smart Grid
IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 30-36Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.003.2100273
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TFMD-SDVN: a trust framework for misbehavior detection in the edge of software-defined vehicular network
Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 78, no. 6, pp. 7948-7981Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-021-04227-z
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Multiple Strategies Differential Privacy on Sparse Tensor Factorization for Network Traffic Analysis in 5G
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1939 - 1948Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2021.3082576
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Guest Editorial: Security, Privacy, and Trust Analysis and Service Management for Intelligent Internet of Things Healthcare
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1968-1970Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2021.3112471
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Intelligent Traffic Accident Prediction Model for Internet of Vehicles With Deep Learning Approach
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 2340 - 2349Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2021.3074987
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MSRM-IoT: A Reliable Resource Management for Cloud, Fog and Mist Assisted IoT Networks
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 2527-2537Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2021.3090779
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Blockchain-based delegated Quantum Cloud architecture for medical big data security
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 198, 103304Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2021.103304
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Data security storage mechanism based on blockchain industrial Internet of Things
Computers and Industrial Engineering, vol. 164, 107903Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107903
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Novel Vote Scheme for Decision-Making Feedback Based on Blockchain in Internet of Vehicles
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1639 - 1648Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2021.3100103
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Enabling Sustainable Energy for Smart Environment Using 5G Wireless Communication and Internet of Things
IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 56-61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.013.2100158
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A novel cryptosystem using DNA sequencing and contextual array splicing system for Medical Internet of Things
Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 96, no. part A, 107429Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2021.107429
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Lightweight Single Image Super-Resolution Convolution Neural Network in Portable Device
KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 4065-4083Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3837/TIIS.2021.11.011
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Artificial Intelligence and Edge Computing-enabled Web Spam Detection for Next Generation IoT Applications
IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 22, pp. 25352 - 25361Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3066492
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Ensemble learning-based prediction of contentment score using social multimedia in education
Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 80, pp. 34423-34440Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10806-2
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Profile Matching for IoMT: A Verifiable Private Set Intersection Scheme
IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 3794-3803Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2021.3088289
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Deep Q-network-based multi-criteria decision-making framework for virtual simulation environment
Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 33, pp. 10657–10671Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-04918-3
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An optimized transaction verification method for trustworthy blockchain-enabled IIoT
Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 119, 102526Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2021.102526
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Exact greedy algorithm based split finding approach for intrusion detection in fog-enabled IoT environment
Journal of Information Security and Applications, vol. 60, 102866Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2021.102866
Energy efficient optimal parent selection based routing protocol for Internet of Things using firefly optimization algorithm
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 32, no. 8, e4171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.4171
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PrEEMAC: Priority based energy efficient MAC protocol for Wireless Body Sensor Networks
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, vol. 30, 100510Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suscom.2021.100510
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Energy-efficient dynamic homomorphic security scheme for fog computing in IoT networks
Journal of Information Security and Applications, vol. 58, 102768Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2021.102768
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