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Dr. Lipika Deka is an Associate Professor and Faculty Head of Research Students at De Montfort University's School of Computer Science and Informatics. She is affiliated with multiple research groups including The Institute of Artificial Intelligence, The De Montfort University Interdisciplinary Group in Intelligent Transport Systems (DIGITS), and the Software Technology Research Laboratory.
Dr. Deka holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, an MTech in Computer Science and Information Technology, and a BEng in Computer Science and Engineering. Her academic journey began with a passion for operating systems and network programming, which led to her PhD work on transactional file systems and online backup algorithms.
Dr. Deka's research spans multiple interdisciplinary domains at the intersection of computer science and real-world applications. Her primary areas of expertise include:
- Concurrency control techniques for consistent, architecture-preserving online software updates in autonomous vehicles and IoT devices
- Machine learning applications for Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Downstream space applications including smart agriculture (particularly for climate change adaptation) and soil/water analysis
- AI techniques for reducing e-waste by facilitating longer lifespans of digital items
Analysis of Dr. Deka's recent publications reveals a strong focus on applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve critical transportation, environmental, and healthcare challenges. Her work demonstrates a trend toward interdisciplinary research that bridges computer science with practical applications in autonomous vehicles, environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, and public health infrastructure. Notably, her research shows increasing integration of satellite data with ground-level applications, particularly in agriculture and environmental monitoring.
Dr. Deka has received the Faculty Staff Leadership Award in 2019 for her contributions to academia. Her leadership extends to professional organizations as well, where she served as Vice-Chair of the Association of Computing Machinery - UK Women's Chapter (2017-2020) and Lead of the European Volunteers Network, ACM Women's Chapter (2020-2022).
As an academic supervisor, Dr. Deka has successfully guided numerous PhD students to completion while currently advising six doctoral candidates. Her research portfolio includes significant projects such as:
- Co-I on STAGE I (2022-23): EIT Food Seedbed pre-incubation for OPTIcut
- Advisory board member for a THIS Institute fellowship (2022-2026)
- Participant in a Spanish Government-funded project on photovoltaic systems (2022-2026)
- Project Partner on an EPSRC Discipline Hopping Award for smart water treatment (2020-2024)
- Entrepreneurial Lead on INNOVATE UK's ICURe project for OPTIcut (2020)
- Academic Supervisor for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Geospatial Insight Ltd (2018-2020)
- De Montfort University PI for the Transport Catapult-sponsored IMPART project (2015-2018)
Dr. Deka's research is conducted through multiple collaborative frameworks including The Institute of Artificial Intelligence, the De Montfort University Interdisciplinary Group in Intelligent Transport Systems (DIGITS), and the Software Technology Research Laboratory. These groups facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration between computer scientists, transportation engineers, environmental scientists, and healthcare professionals to address complex societal challenges through technological innovation.
