
Dr Rajkumar Rathore
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science & Programme Director MSc Computing and IT
Cardiff School of Technologies
Overview
Dr. Rajkumar Singh Rathore currently serves as a Senior Lecturer(Associate Professor) and Program Director for the MSc in Computing and IT within the School of Technologies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He leads the Cyber-Physical and Networked Systems group at the CeRISS Research Centre and heads the Cybersecurity initiatives for Connected and Autonomous Systems at the CINC Research Centre. As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in the United Kingdom, Dr. Rathore has amassed several years of experience in scholarship of teaching learning and research excellence. He is the cluster head of a Responsible and Transparent Artificial Intelligence Research Cluster (RTAR-C) consisting of 15 international universities for joint research endeavours.
An accomplished academic, he has co-authored multiple textbooks tailored for BSc and MSc programs in Computer Science. He actively contributes to the academic community, having served as a Technical Program Committee chair and as a keynote speaker at several esteemed international conferences.
Dr. Rathore is a founding member of the IEEE Trustworthy Internet of Things (TRUST-IoT) Working Group and is a member of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee for AI, Data Science, Autonomous systems and Cybersecurity. His research interests are diverse and include the Responsible AI, Internet of Things/Cyber Physical Systems, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles(CAVs), EV Charging Infrastructure Management, Smart Grid, Intelligent Networking of Drones and use cases of AI/ML.
Research Publications
An efficient data driven framework for intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks using deep learning
Sinha, P., Sahu, D., Prakash, S., Rathore, R. S., Dixit, P., Pandey, V. K. & Hunko, I., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 34046.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An efficient data driven framework for intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks using deep learning
Sinha, P., Sahu, D., Prakash, S., Rathore, R. S., Dixit, P., Pandey, V. K. & Hunko, I., 30 Sept 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A hybrid multi-node QKD-ECC architecture for securing IoT networks
Chaturvedi, R., Sahu, D., Singh, B. P., Prakash, S., Yang, T., Rathore, R. S., Cengiz, K. & Ivković, N., 25 Sept 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, p. 32831 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Real-time traffic flow optimization using large language models and reinforcement learning for smart urban mobility
Singh, A. R., Ashraf, M. W. A., Rathore, R. S., Li, B. & Sujatha, M. S., 16 Sept 2025, In: Applied Soft Computing. 185, 113917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Enhancing Indoor IoT Edge Intelligence with Deep Reinforcement Learning in Hybrid WiFi/LiFi Networks
Ashraf, M. W. A., Singh, A. R., Rathore, R. S., Jiang, W., Janagaraj, A. & Selvaraj, B., 29 Aug 2025, In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 18, p. 23344-23355 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ensemble Learning for Software Requirement-Risk Assessment: A Comparative Study of Bagging and Boosting Approaches
Kumar, C., Khan, P. S., Srinivas, M., Jha, S. K., Prakash, S. & Rathore, R. S., 27 Aug 2025, In: Future Internet. 17, 9, p. 387 1 p., 387.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Optimizing energy and latency in edge computing through a Boltzmann driven Bayesian framework for adaptive resource scheduling
Sahu, D., Nidhi, Chaturvedi, R., Prakash, S., Yang, T., Rathore, R. S. & Alsolbi, I., 19 Aug 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 30452.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantum-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms for Trust-Based Privacy Agreements and Secure Access in the Internet of Vehicles
Singh, A. R., Ashraf, M. W. A., Ganesh, D., Rathore, R. S., Hewage, C. T. E. R. & Bashir, A. K., 5 Aug 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A lightweight framework to secure IoT devices with limited resources in cloud environments
Pandey, V. K., Sahu, D., Prakash, S., Rathore, R. S., Dixit, P. & Hunko, I., 17 Jul 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, p. 26009 26009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advanced Machine Learning Approach with Dynamic Analysis to Detect Malware in Cybersecurity Domain
Gupta, S., Khan, S., Yang, T., Rathore, R. S., Das, A. & Mishra, N., 3 Jul 2025, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks, ICCCN 2024. Kumar, A., Swaroop, A. & Shukla, P. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 495-502 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1292 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review