Anish Jindal

Dr. Anish Jindal is an Associate Professor at Durham University's Department of Computer Science, with affiliations to the Durham Energy Institute and visiting fellowships at Princeton University. His research focuses on smart cities, energy optimization, AI, and cyber-physical systems. He holds a Ph.D. from India (2018) and has authored/co-authored over 100 publications in top-tier journals/conferences like IEEE Transactions and ACM MobiHoc. Notable awards include IEEE TCSC's Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award (2019) and the IEEE Communication Society's Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2019).

Research interests include resource-aware computing, programmable networking, wireless security, and energy-efficient AI. He leads major grants such as the £3M EPSRC CHEDDAR hub (EP/X040518/1) and the £10M National Edge AI Hub (EP/Y028813/1). His work spans 6G networks, edge computing, and IoT applications in smart grids and healthcare.

Recent articles emphasize digital twins for IoT security, energy-efficient AI frameworks, and UAV-assisted vehicular edge computing. He actively organizes workshops like IEEE CSR's Data Science for Cyber Security and serves on editorial boards of journals like IET Smart Cities and Software: Practice and Experience.