People

Members:

Leader of the ACPS
Assoc. Prof. Ajit Jha
Asst. Prof. Geir Jevne
Assoc. Prof. Lei Jiao
Prof. Mohan Lal Kolhe
Assoc. Prof. Nadia Saad Noori

Ongoing PostDocs:

Yeduri Sreenivasa Reddy
Pardhasaradhi Bethi

On going PhD students:

Thrishank H S
PhD Thesis: Energy Efficient Hardware and Software Design for Explainable Edge AI

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA, in collaboration with IIT Bhubaneswar, India.
Applications
LinkedIn Profile: Thrishank H S

Koushik K
PhD Thesis: Hardware Accelerator for Multimodal-Based Explainable AI

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA, in collaboration with IIT Bhuvaneshwar, India.
LinkedIn Profile: Koushik Kalyani

Sivaranjini P N

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA, in collaboration with IIT Palakkad, India.
Scholar Profile: SIVARANJINI P N

Jomole V V

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA, in collaboration with IIT Palakkad, India.
Scholar Profile: Jomole Varghese Vadakkan

Lakshmi Sarvaani Pallapu

(Industrial PhD)

Current Industrial PhD student, graduated from IIT Tirupathi with work experience at Intel.
Scholar Profile: Lakshmi Sarvaani Pallapu

Ongoing Collaborating PhD students:

  1. Sowmya A (PhD Thesis Co-Supervisor: Dr. Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi)
  2. Aveen Dayal (PhD Thesis Co-Supervisor: Dr. Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi)

Previous PhD students:

  1. Wilson A N (Finished PhD)
  2. Jose Amendola (Finished PhD)
  3. Amala Sonny (Finished PhD)
  4. Praveen Kumar Chenna (Finished PhD)

Ongoing master students:

Bhumika Salvi
Masters in Artificial Intelligence in Data Science

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA as an exchange student from IIIT Kurnool, India.
LinkedIn Profile: Bhumika Salvi

Charitha Gadari
Masters in Computer Science and Engineering

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA as an exchange student from IIIT Kurnool, India.
LinkedIn Profile: Charitha Gadari

Neha Muripala
Masters in Computer Science and Engineering

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA as an exchange student from IIIT Kurnool, India.
LinkedIn Profile: M Nehaa

Priya Thangaraj
Masters in  Artificial Intelligence in Data Science

Current Research Scholar at ACPS UiA as an exchange student from IIIT Kurnool, India.
LinkedIn Profile: Priya Thangaraj

Ongoing Master Students – Collaboration with Intelligent iTrona Research Group :

Laksanth Duraimurugan

Current Research Scholar at ACPS Research Group, and Intelligent iTrona Research Group at UiA. An exchange student from IIIT Kancheepuram , India.

Yadangi Abhishek

Current Research Scholar at ACPS Research Group, and Intelligent iTrona Research Group at UiA. An exchange student from IIIT Kancheepuram , India.

Ongoing bachelor students:

  1. Aditya Vema Reddy Kesari – a Bachelor’s student from IIT Bombay.
  2. Manda Advik, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  3. Gabriel Robby Susmith Kari, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  4. Krishna Karthik Vallam, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  5. K M V R Madhava Krishna, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  6. Vinay Anantharaman, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  7. ModhaSreya Lade, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  8. Sanjana Arigela, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  9. Harshal Ghadge, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.

Past Researchers (The ACPS Research Group pioneers cutting-edge advancements in Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems (ACPS), shaping the next generation of R&D leaders. By integrating AI, robotics, sensor fusion, and edge computing, the group drives innovation in smart industries, intelligent transportation, and sustainable automation. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and hands-on research, ACPS empowers future leaders with expertise in AI-driven autonomy, digital twins, and resilient cyber-physical ecosystems, transforming tomorrow’s world. Some of our past members work at various R&D centers across the globe):

  1. Dr. Jose Amendola (finished PhD), Present position:  R&D Engineer at Hive Autonomy, Norway.
  2. Dr. Amala Sonny (finished PhD), Present position:  International Associate, NIST Maryland, USA. PhD was jointly supervised by Prof. Abhinav Kumar from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and Prof. Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi, ACPS, UiA Grimstad, Norway.
  3. Dr. Praveen Kumar Chenna (finished PhD), Present position:  Silicon Engineering Professional | AMD, India.
  4. Dr. Wilson A N (Finished PhD), Present position:  Postdoc at KTH, Sweden.
  5. Anders Frøytlog, Present position:  VSAT Platform Engineer i Marlink, Norway.
  6. Henning Idsøe, Present position:  Embedded Software Engineer · VIMMS, Norway.
  7. Robin Havås, Present position: Software Developer at Applica Consulting AS, Norway.
  8. Dr.Pardhasaradhi Bethi, from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project). Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow at ACPS Group, UiA Grimstad, Norway.
  9. Dr. Chalavadi Vishnu, from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project). Present position: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, India.
  10. Dr. Nemalidinne Siva Mouni, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (LUCAT Project); Senior Systems Engineer, Synaptics Incorporated, Bangalore, India.
  11. Aveen Dayal, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project); PhD is being Jointly supervised by Prof. Abhinav Kumar and Prof. C Krishna Mohan from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and Prof. Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi, ACPS, UiA Grimstad, Norway. Present position: PMRF Doctoral Fellow at IIT Hyderabad, India.
  12. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project); Present position: 5G RF Senior Engineer at Qualcomm, India.
  13. Siddharth Gupta, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project); Present position: Senior Camera Systems Engineer at Qualcomm, India.
  14. Siddharth Amarnath, Exchange Student at UiA from IIITDM Kurnool as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration. Present position:  R&D Engineer · Hive Autonomy, Norway.
  15. Khushi Anil Gupta, Exchange Student at UiA from BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration. Present position:  Computer Vision Engineer @ Vectech, USA.
  16. Balu Harshavardan Koduru, Exchange Student at UiA from BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration. Present position:  AI Engineer, Stealth AI Startup, USA.
  17. Nathala Sai Sree, Exchange student at UiA from IIT Palakkad as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration; Present position: Doctoral Fellow at IISc Bangalore, India.
  18. Sindre Beiermann, Present position: Kundekonsulent, Bertel O. Steen AS, Norway.
  19. Saishravan Raghavenderrao Kothur, Present position: RTL Design Engineer at Qualcomm, India.
  20. Nikethan Reddy Beeram, Present position: Design Engineer – IC Design · Silicon Labs, India.
  21. Nandam Sreevidya, Exchange student at UiA from IIT Palakkad as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration; Present position:  Analog Test Engineer · Texas Instruments, Bangalore, India.
  22. Chakkapalli Manikanta Suryateja, Present position:  Software Engineer · PhonePe, India.
  23. Sriram Mahateja Akella,, Master’s AI-IoT from UiA Grimstad, Norway, Present position: Norwegian Communications Authority, Norway.
  24. Gaddam Akhileswar Chowdary, Present position: Graduate Research Assistant · New York University, USA.
  25. Asheesh Bhuria, Present position: Software Engineer at FlixStock, India.
  26. Sankara Srikrishna Topella, Present position: Member Technical Staff at Altiostar, A Rakuten Symphony Company, India.
  27. Shravanth Paturi, Present position: Data Engineer at OrderYOYO, Denmark.
  28. Utkarsh Goyal, Present position: Software Developer @ Tellu, Norway.
  29. Rolf Arne Kjellby, Present position: CTO @ VIMMS, Norway.
  30. Thor Eril Jonsrud, Present position: Project Engineer SW at Tronrud Engineering, Norway.
  31. Agam Bhatia, Present position: Software Engineer @ Deloitte USI, India.
  32. Mehak Jindal, Present position: PhD in Geospatial Engineering at UNSW | Part-time software developer, Australia.
  33. Kenneth Bremnes, Present position: Industrial Operation Engineer♠️Capgemini Engineering, Norway.
  34. Aarav Pandya, Present position: AI Lead @ Deloitte | Formerly Research Assistant @ NYU, USA.
  35. Jyoti Bhatia, Present position: Pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
  36. Hari Bhusal, Present position: Telemetry and Radar Engineer · Andøya Space, Norway.
  37. Svein Erik Løtveit, Present position: Cypromed, Norway.
  38. Dr. K Naveen Kumar, Present position: Postdoctoral Associate, MBZUAI, UAE.
  39. Daniel Breland, Present position: Senior Engineer, Nasjonal kommunikasjonsmyndighet (Nkom), Norway.

Past students:

  1. Ankit Kumar, a master’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  2. Sacharitha Sirisilla, a master’s student from IIITDM Kancheepuram.
  3. Ram Dheeraj Modem, a Bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  4. Venkata Raghava Shashank Viswanathuni, a Master’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  5. Vamsi Krishna Puduru, a Master’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  6. Durga Prasad Varma Malaraju, a Master’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  7. Ram Chandra Kamavaram Ellore, a Master’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  8. Sriram Mahateja Akella, a Master’s student at UiA, Grimstad, Norway.
  9. Nathala Sai Sree, a bachelor’s student from IIT Palakkad.
  10. Nandam Sreevidya, a bachelor’s student from IIT Palakkad.
  11. Venkata Sai Ganesh Manda, a bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  12. Gopal Krishna, a bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  13. Siddharth Amarnath, a bachelor’s student from IIITDM Kurnool.
  14. K Naveen Kumar, Ph.D. Student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and Visiting Researcher as part of the Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project).
  15. Aveen Dayal, Ph.D. Student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and Visiting Researcher as part of the Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project).
  16. Amala Sonny, Ph.D. Student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, and Visiting Researcher as part of the Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project).
  17. Nemalidinne Siva Mouni, Ph.D. Student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration (INCAPS Project).
  18. Andrea Emilie Johnsen Tande, Master Thesis 2023, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  19. Sindre Beiermann, Master Thesis 2023, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  20. Petter Kåsastul Jensse, Bachelor Thesis 2022, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  21. Christer Nordvik Jensen, Bachelor Thesis 2022, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  22. Mahateja Sriram Akella, Bachelor Thesis 2022, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  23. Gaddam Akhileswar Chowdary, Master Thesis 2022, Exchange Student from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  24. Khushi Gupta, Bachelor Thesis 2022, Exchange Student from Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  25. Koduru Balu Harshavardan, Master Thesis 2022, Exchange Student from Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  26. Sravanth Chebrolu, Bachelor Student 2022, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Internship at the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  27. Saishravan Raghavenderrao Kothur, Bachelor Student 2022, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Internship at the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  28. Nikethan Reddy Beeram, Bachelor Student 2022, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Internship at the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  29. Chakkapalli Manikanta Suryateja, Bachelor Student 2022, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Internship at the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  30. Anton Valerievich Garbar, Master Thesis 2022, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  31. Perhat Adiljan, Master Thesis 2022, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  32. Robin Havås, Master Thesis 2022, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  33. Arshdeep Singh, Internship Student 2021, from Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  34. David Gonzalez Leon, Exchange Student 2021, Project-based Courses, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  35. Rebecca Moen, Master Student, Project-based Courses 2021, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  36. Kenneth Bremnes, Master Student, Project-based Courses 2021, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  37. Jade Gröli, Exchange Student 2021, Project-based Courses, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  38. Sankara Srikrishna Topella, Master Thesis 2021, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration.
  39. ASHISH AGARWAL, Master Thesis 2021, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration.
  40. Muralidhar Reddy Challa, Master Thesis 2021, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration.
  41. Yeduri Sreenivasa Reddy, Ph.D. Student, National Institute of Technology, Goa in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, 2021, Visiting Researcher, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway
  42. Simen Birkeland Skriubakken, Master Student 2021, Project-based Courses, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway
  43. Daniel Skomedal Breland, Master Thesis 2021, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway (The best master thesis awarded.)
  44. Iver Sørensen, Master Thesis, 2021, Department of Engineering and Science, UiA, Norway
  45. Henrik Brådland, Master Thesis, 2021, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway
  46. Odd Anfinn Homsod Flakk, Master Student 2021, Project-based Courses, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  47. Erlend Fredriksen, Master Student 2021, Project-based Courses, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  48. Morten Hauge, Master Student 2021, Project-based Courses, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway
  49. Tor Egil Voll Øvernes, Master Student 2020, Project-based Courses, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  50. Hari Bhusal, Master Thesis 2020, ACPS, Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  51. Jyoti Bhatia, Master Thesis (mmWave RADARs) 2020, Exchange Student from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  52. Siddharth Gupta, Master Thesis 2020, Indian Institute of Technology  Hyderabad (Master thesis in mmWave RADARs); Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration.
  53. Prabhat Rai, Master Thesis 2020, Indian Institute of Technology  Hyderabad (Master thesis in LTE RADARs); Visiting Researcher as part of Indo-Norwegian Collaboration.
  54. Aveen Dayal, Bachelor Thesis (Bachelor thesis in LiDARs and Surrounding View System) 2020, Exchange Student from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  55. Aarav Pandya, Bachelor Thesis (Bachelor thesis in mmWave RADARs) 2020, Exchange Student from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  56. Mehak Jindal, Bachelor Thesis 2020 (Bachelor thesis in LiDARs), Exchange Student from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  57. Agam Bhatia, Bachelor Thesis 2020 (Bachelor thesis in mmWave RADARs), Exchange Student from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  58. Anders Frøytlog, Master Thesis 2019, the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway, Current position: Network Engineering in Marlink. (The best master thesis awarded).
  59. Svein Erik Løtveit, Master Thesis 2018, Current position: Cypromed. (The best master thesis awarded.)
  60. Thor Eril Jonsrud, Master Thesis 2018, Current position: Kongsberg Maritime. (The best master thesis awarded.)
  61. Rolf Arne Kjellby, Master Thesis 2018, the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway. (The best master thesis awarded.)
  62. Henning Idsøe, Master Thesis 2017, the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  63. Utkarsh Goyal, Bachelor Thesis, Exchange Student 2019 from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  64. Shravanth Paturi, Bachelor Thesis, Exchange Student 2019 from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  65. Ashish Goyal, Bachelor Thesis, Exchange Student 2018 from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.
  66. Asheesh Bhuria, Bachelor Thesis, Exchange Student 2018, from BML University to the Department of ICT, UiA, Norway.