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
AIMD: AI-powered android malware detection for securing AIoT devices and networks using graph embedding and ensemble learning
Smmarwar, S. K., Priyadarshi, R., Angaitkar, P., Mishra, S. & Rathore, R. S., 23 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Systems Architecture. 173, p. 103707 103707.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gradient-Based Compression and Approximate Computing for Deep Network Optimization in Multimedia Data Processing
Singh, V. K., Singh, J., Rathore, R. S. & Nema, D., 21 Jan 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Convergent Framework of Predictive Learning Intelligence with Secure Blockchain in Healthcare
Ojha, S. K., Mishra, S., Mallick, R. D., Yang, T., Wang, L. & Rathore, R. S., 15 Jan 2026, Proceedings of 6th Doctoral Symposium on Computational Intelligence - DoSCI 2025. Swaroop, A., Kansal, V. & Hassanien, A. E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 685-692 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1498 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Cyber Threat Detection System Using Gradient Boosted Decision Tree
Jha, S., Kumar, A., Rath, A., Yang, T. & Rathore, R. S., 15 Jan 2026, Proceedings of 6th Doctoral Symposium on Computational Intelligence - DoSCI 2025. Swaroop, A., Kansal, V. & Hassanien, A. E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 567-577 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1498 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Deployment of Machine Learning Model for Predictive Analysis of Rising Crime Trends
Halder, M., Sinha, P., Biswas, D., Yang, T. & Rathore, R. S., 15 Jan 2026, Proceedings of 6th Doctoral Symposium on Computational Intelligence - DoSCI 2025. Swaroop, A., Kansal, V. & Hassanien, A. E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 419-433 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1498 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Enhanced Quantum-Inspired Metaheuristic Framework for Federated Trust Management and Blockchain-Enabled Privacy in Large-Scale Internet of Vehicles
Singh, A. R., Ashraf, M. W. A., Rathore, R. S., Bhatt, M. W., Bajaj, M. & Atrekar, V., 12 Jan 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Low-Cost Malware Detection with Artificial Intelligence on Single Board Computers
Steadman, P., Jenkins, P., Rathore, R. S. & Hewage, C., 11 Jan 2026, In: Future Internet. 18, 1, 46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A Hybrid Blockchain Framework for Securing Healthcare Data: Balancing Privacy and Scalability
Banerjee, D., Sharma, J., Chilluri, V. S. B., Yang, T., Wang, L. & Rathore, R. S., 10 Jan 2026, Proceedings of International Conference on Computing Systems and Intelligent Applications - ComSIA 2025. Jaiswal, A., Anand, S., Hassanien, A. E. & Azar, A. T. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 229-238 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1501 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
DroneVision: Unveiling Pedestrians in Low-Quality Aerial Imagery Through YOLOv8
Saha, A., Asutosh, B., Mohapatra, A., Yang, T., Wang, L. & Rathore, R. S., 10 Jan 2026, Proceedings of International Conference on Computing Systems and Intelligent Applications - ComSIA 2025. Jaiswal, A., Anand, S., Hassanien, A. E. & Azar, A. T. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 529-548 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1501 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
A Multi-layered Cyber Secure Model for 5G Cellular Networks
Ondhia, Y., Mishra, Y., Chanda, S., Yang, T., Wang, L. & Rathore, R. S., 9 Jan 2026, Proceedings of Sixth Doctoral Symposium on Computational Intelligence - DoSCI 2025. Swaroop, A., Kansal, V. & Hassanien, A. E. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 655-664 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1497 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review