Projects

Major research grants

  1. R. Ranjan (Principal Investigator), E. Solaiman (Project Co-Lead), T. Shah, C. M. Ahmed, D. Jha, T. Szydlo, V. Ojha, P. James, R. Dawson, S. Papagiannidis, et al. Accelerating Edge AI Commercialisation Through Validation, Demonstration and Market Engagement — Edge AI Translation Accelerator. EPSRC AI Hubs Translation and Innovation funding, November 2026–April 2027. Newcastle-led collaboration across six universities. £249,959 GBP – full economic cost, including £199,967.20 EPSRC funding.
  2. E. Solaiman (Newcastle Principal Investigator), Y. Wang (Cardiff Principal Investigator), R. Ranjan, T. Shah, Y. Li, J. Gosling, O. Rana and T. Beach. Integrating Digital Twins with Digital Product Passports (DPPs) to Improve Building Energy Performance and Net-Zero Outcomes in the Swansea Bay City Region. EPSRC SWITCH to Net Zero Buildings Place Based Impact Acceleration Account, October 2026–September 2027. £199,586.52 GBP combined funding across two linked, complementary proposals: Newcastle University £99,592; Cardiff University £99,994.52.
  3. R. Ranjan (Principal Investigator and Hub Director), E. Solaiman (Co-Lead & Research Theme Lead), O. Rana, T. Shah, P. James, et al. National Edge AI Hub for Real Data: Edge Intelligence for Cyber-disturbances and Data Quality. EPSRC, EP/Y028813/1, February 2024–January 2029. £15,000,000 GBP total project value, including industrial contributions. Co-lead of Research Theme 5, Data-Sensitive Application Use-Cases Driven Validation.
  4. R. Ranjan (Principal Investigator), G. Morgan, A. van Moorsel and E. Solaiman (Co-Investigator). Scalable Circular Supply Chains for the Built Environment. EPSRC, EP/V042017/1, January 2022–July 2025. £453,561 GBP.

PhD project supervision

My doctoral supervision portfolio spans 21 PhD projects, including 11 completed doctorates, covering trustworthy and explainable AI, neurosymbolic reasoning, healthcare AI, programming education, blockchain and smart contracts, distributed systems and the Internet of Things.

  1. Khulood Aljuhani. Programming Education in the Age of Generative AI: Developing Independent Skills and Critical Judgement. 2026–2030.
  2. Jill Fraser. Explainable NeuroSymbolic Learning for AI Time-Series Heart Disease Detection. 2026–2030.
  3. Nawal Awad M. Alanazi. Causal and Explainable AI for Scalable Multimodal Biomarker–Liver Cancer Identification. 2026–2030.
  4. Hissah Yahya A. Almousa. Explainable and Secure Detection of Malicious QR Codes Using LLMs. 2024–2028.
  5. Banan Al Khateeb. Context-Specific Visualization for Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Social Media Applications. 2024–2028.
  6. Maryam Mosleh. Adaptive AI-Based Learning Systems: Exploring AI Explainability through HCI and Visualisation Techniques. 2024–2029.
  7. Haowei Xu. Generative AI and Collaborative Learning. 2023–2028.
  8. Ollie Fox. Verified and Explainable AI through Logic-Based Semantic Reasoning. 2023–2027. EPSRC.
  9. Eman Alamoudi. The Application of Explainability in AI-Enabled Medical Applications. 2023–2027.
  10. Kwabena Adu-Duodu. An Ontology for Heterogeneous Blockchain-Based Circular Supply Chains. 2022–2026.
  11. Dr Stanly Wilson Palathingal. A Blockchain-Based Architecture and Implementation for Circular Supply Chains in the Built Environment. 2021–2025. Completed.
  12. Dr Adam Booth. The Application of Federated Learning in Smart Environments. 2021–2025. Completed. EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Geospatial Systems.
  13. Dr Adel Albshri. Simulating Blockchain-Based Internet of Things Applications. 2020–2024. Completed.
  14. Dr Andharini Cahyani. Personal Learning Analytics for Students. 2017–2022. Completed.
  15. Dr Ali Alzubaidi. Automated Monitoring of Service Level Agreements for the Internet of Things Using Smart Contracts and Blockchain. 2018–2022. Completed.
  16. Dr Bakri Awaji. Investigating the Application of Smart Contracts and Blockchain Technology for Improving Transparency in Higher Education. 2018–2022. Completed.
  17. Dr Aisha Alarfaj. Investigating Design and Trust Mechanisms for Conducting Commerce in Social Media Platforms. 2017–2021. Completed.
  18. Dr Khalid S. Alwasel. Algorithms and Systems for Big Data Applications QoS Management in SDN Clouds. 2016–2021. Completed.
  19. Dr Ryan Crosby. Using Ipsative Assessment to Improve Feedback Quality and the Student Assessment Experience in University Computer Science. 2017–2021. Completed.
  20. Dr Yinhao Li. Simplifying Internet of Things Data Processing Workflow Composition in Edge and Datacentre Clouds. 2016–2020. Completed.
  21. Dr Awatif Alqahtani. Specification of Service Level Agreements for the Internet of Things. 2016–2020. Completed.