Meet Our Post Doctoral Researchers

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Tran Dang Hoa (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Control and Embedded Sys.
  • Nano Sensor N


Education:
PostDoc. / Research Professor,
@ICT-CRC & Networked Systems Laboratory, Kumoh National of
Technology (9.2017~present)

Dotorant of CRAN (Centrer de Recherche en Automatique de
Nancy), University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
(9.2013~8.2017.6)

M.S. Dept. of Control & Embedded System Eng., Kumoh National
Institute of Technology (9.2010~6.2012)

B.S. Dept. of Electrical Electronic Engineering, Hanoi
University of Science and Technology (8.2010)

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Jae Woo Kim (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Industrial IoT
  • Edge computing
  • Optical Transceiver
  • Embedded system


Education:
PostDoc. / Research Professor,
@ICT-CRC, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea
(09.2018 - Present)

ARTECH. Inc, Optical Communication R&D Lab, Assistant Manager
(5, 2014 ~ 8, 2018)

PhD. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Kumoh National
Institute of Technology (~ 8.2013)

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Won Jae Ryu (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Wireless communications
  • 5G
  • URLLC
  • Machine learning
  • Meta-heuristic optimization


Education:
PostDoc. / Research Associate Professor,
@ICT-CRC and Networked Systems Laboratory, Kumoh National of
Technology. (09.2020 - present).

PhD, Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering,
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea. (09.2016 -
08.2020)

Bexel Corporation, R&D Lab, Senior researcher. (05.2014-08.2016)

MS, Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering,
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea. (03.2012 -
02.2014)

BS, Dept. of Electronic Engineering,
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea. (03.2005 -
02.2012)

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Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Reliability of Internet of Things (Industrial
  • Smart Factory and Smart Home) Using Machine Learning


Education:
PostDoc. / Researcher,
@ICT-CRC and Networked Systems Laboratory, Kumoh National of
Technology. (03.2022 - present).

PhD, Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh
National Institute of Technology, SOUTH KOREA. (2019.03.04 -
2022.02.18)

Lecturer 1, Dept. of Information Technology, Federal
University
of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. (2009.04.20--2019.02.28)

MBA, Dept. of Project Management, Federal University of
Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. (2016.02.25)

MSc, Dept. of Information Technology, Federal University of
Technology, Nigeria. (2012.10.23).

Senior Banking Assistant, First Bank of Nigeria PLC
(2006.07.31-
-2009.04.01)

B.Eng, Dept. of Electrical/Electronic Engineering option in
Communication Engineering Technology, Federal University of
Technology Owerri, Nigeria. (2005.05.03).

OND, National Diploma, Dept. of Electrical/Electronic
Engineering, Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri, Nigeria.
(1999.09.01).

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Sanjay Bhardwaj (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Bio-Inspired CRNs and URLLC in the Industrial Wireless Netwrok


Education:
PostDoc.\Research Associate Professor,
@ICT-CRC and Networked Systems Laboratory, Kumoh National of
Technology (09.2020 - 10.2021) and (08.2022 - Present)

PhD. Candidate Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh
National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea (03.2018 -
08.2020)

M.Tech. Dept. of Electronics and Communications, Shoolini
University, India (05.2013 - 05.2015)

B.E. Dept. of Electronics and Communications, Shivaji
University, India (05.1994 - 05.1998)

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Igboanusi Ikechi Saviour (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Blockchain


Education:
PostDoc. / Researcher,
@ICT-CRC and Networked Systems Laboratory, Kumoh National of
Technology. (09.2022 - present).

PhD. Candidate Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh
National Institute of Technology, South Korea (03.2020 - 08.2022)

M.Sc. Dept. of IT Convergence, Kumoh National Institute of
Technology (03.2018 - 02.2020)

B.Tech, Dept. of Physics (Electronics Option), Federal University
of Technology, Owerri. Nigeria. (2008 - 2013)

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Love Ahakonye

Bio: Love Allen Chijioke Ahakonye, Senior Member, IEEE, received a Ph.D. in IT-Convergence Engineering from the Networked System Laboratory, IT-Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea in 2024. She holds an MSc in Information Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Nigeria, which she earned in 2016. In 2001, she earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She has over a decade of experience in the Nigerian oil and gas sector as a Network and System Administrator from 2002 to 2016. In 2017, she briefly worked as a Logistics Superintendent with the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company until 2019. She is also a postdoctoral researcher at the ICT Convergence Research Center (ICT-CRC), Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea. She is a member of the IEEE and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN). Her research interests include artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial IoT, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and industrial control systems (ICS) for intrusion and anomaly detection, cybersecurity, fault detection, Explainable AI (XAI), and manufacturing execution systems.


Research Areas:

  • Anomaly detection
  • Industrial IoT
  • XAI
  • AI
  • Reliability of critical industrial systems


Career:

  • Senior Research Fellow at ICT-Convergence Research Center
  • Senior Research Fellow and Lead at Networked Systems Laboratory


Education:
Ph.D., Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh
National Institute of Technology, SOUTH KOREA.(2021.03 -
Present)

MSc IT, Information Technology, Federal University of Technology,
Nigeria. (2014 - 2016).

B.Sc., Dept. of Mathematics/Computer Science, University of
Port Harcourt, Nigeria. (1996 - 2001).

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Simeon Okechukwu Ajakwe (PhD)

Bio: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineer and licensed Information Technology (IT) pundit with the passion of interfacing research problems with scientific and engineering solutions that are verifiable and reproducible through intercollegiate collaborations. A seasoned academic and astute project manager with years of classroom and field experience that blends pedagogies and principles in project execution.


Research Areas:

  • UAV/Drone detection & Security
  • IoT/Real-Time systems
  • Deep Learning/Computer Vision
  • Information System Security


Career:

  • Postdoctoral Research @ ICT-CRC
  • Kumoh National Institute of Technology
  • South Korea


Education:
-PhD, Dept. of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh
National Institute of Technology, South Korea (09.2020- 8.2023)

-MSc. Dept. of Information Technology, Federal University of
Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. (01.2013-03.2016)

-BSc. in Computer Science, Imo State University, Owerri,
Nigeria.
(09.2006-09.2009)

-National Diploma, Computer Science, Institute of Management
Technology [IMT], Enugu, Nigeria. (12.2002-09.2004)


Professional Membership:
-Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
-Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN)
-Nigeria Computer Society (NCS)
-Nigeria Internet Society (NIS)

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Esmot Ara Tuli (PhD)


Research Areas:

  • Metaverse (Digital Twin)
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Future Internet


Career:

  • PostDoc. / Researcher
  • @ICT-CRC and Networked Systems Laboratory
  • Kumoh National of Technology. (09.2024 - present).


Education:
Integrated Master’s & Doctoral Dept. of IT Convergence
Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology (03.2019 -
08.2024)

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, Jatiya Kabi
Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Bangladesh. (2012)