Ranjan Rajiv

Ranjan Rajiv is a Professor and Chair of the Internet of Things (IoT) at the School of Computing, Newcastle University, UK, serving as Academic Director (School’s Chair) from 2020–2024. He leads the Networked and Ubiquitous Systems Engineering (NUSE) Group and directs the Newcastle Urban Observatory. Previously, he held roles at CSIRO Australia, ANU, and UNSW. His research focuses on distributed systems, including IoT, edge computing, and sustainable computing.

Education: Integrated MPhil/PhD from the University of Melbourne (2003–2008), BEng (Computer Engineering) from North Gujarat University. Early education in India included top academic distinctions.

Research interests span IoT, cloud computing, big data analytics, and edge computing. He has secured over $68M in grants and published 300+ peer-reviewed articles. Awards include the IEEE TCSVC Rising Star Award (2019), TCCPS Early Career Award (2018), and multiple best paper recognitions.

Leadership roles include editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, ACM Computing Surveys, and others. He is a Fellow of IEEE, Academia Europaea, and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association.