Welcome to The Centre for Networks, Communications and Systems
The Centre for Networks, Communications and Systems is world-leading for our research into networked systems. Our critical mass allows us to span all layers in the network stack, covering physical to application layer concerns. The centre currently consists of approximately 30 academic staff and multi PhD students and postdocs. Our work is consistently published in A* venues such as ACM SIGCOMM, ACM SIGMETRICS, USENIX NSDI, ACM IMC, alongside major journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE JSAC, ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networks, IEEE Transactions of Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, etc.
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Recent Publications
- On the Computation Offloading and Privacy Preserving in Multi-UAV Networks
Zhou J Zhao Y Gong Y Tong H Nallanathan A Karagiannidis GK Peng M
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 75 (7), 14433-14444.
16-01-2026 - Optical reconfigurable intelligent surfaces assisted visible light positioning and communications: performance analysis and design optimization
Wang F Jiang W Li R Li X Nallanathan A
Advanced Information and Communication, Els Publishing Co. Limited, 1-34.
12-01-2026 - Fast Angle Estimation of NLoS Coherent and Noncoherent Targets via Tensor Decomposition in RIS-Assisted Bistatic MIMO Radar
Yu W Du J Chen Y Yu Z Li X Nallanathan A
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 62, 8574-8584.
12-01-2026
Recent Grants
- Advanced AI for Multi-modal Spatial Biology
James Chapple, Greg Slabaugh, Saqib Shamim, Cleo Bishop, Jun Wang, Francesca Ciccarelli, Stuart McDonald, Ines Sequeira, James Timmons, David Leslie, Cedric John, Ahmed M. A. Sayed, Himadri Gupta, Zion Tse and Ginestra Bianconi
£3,066,246 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2026 - 30-09-2032 - CyberASAP Phase 2 - Fed-IDS: Decentralised Threat Intelligence & Orchestration
Ahmed M. A. Sayed
£59,766 Innovate UK
01-09-2026 - 28-02-2027 - Wireless Powered LoRa Through-Wall Indoor Nuclear (LoRa-TWIN) Monitoring in Decommissioning Environments
Fatma Benkhelifa and Arumugam Nallanathan
£115,643 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
01-04-2025 - 30-09-2028