Research output per year
Research output per year
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I'm keen on supervising Ph.D. candidates with a passion for exploring and addressing practical challenges. This encompasses a broad range, from Supply Chain Management, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, and Operations Management, Energy Management (including Demand Side Management), and Network Security. I'm especially drawn to individuals well-versed in Blockchain, Machine Learning, Business Computing, and IoT—any combination of these would be of particular interest to me.
Dr. Manimuthu is currently an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Cybersecurity and Business Analytics at Aston Business School. Before joining Aston University, he worked as a Research Fellow in the field of Autonomous Vehicle Security at the Cybersecurity Research Center (CYSREN), and Energy Research Institute (ERIAN), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. During his tenure at NTU, he worked on topics such as autonomous vehicle simulation, threat analysis, vulnerability assessment, and network security.
He worked as a visiting research fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore focusing on self-reconfigurable autonomous robotics platforms, especially energy-aware automation and control systems. During his doctoral studies, he worked on topics like IoT, Cloud connectivity, Home area networks, Model-based design and smart grid. He has a strong background in automation, autonomous operations, digital control, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. He holds a patent for his invention “Intelligent Metering and Controlling System for Transformers”.
His major research areas include ICT, sustainable operations and information management, threat analysis and risk assessment, Blockchain, Automation and control, privacy-preserving operation and cybersecurity and autonomous vehicles threat and vulnerability assessment.
He has strong experience in teaching and research in wide range of topics like business analytics, blockchain, AI, machine learning, network security, smart grid, sustainable operations and information management, and supply-chain optimization. He is an adjunct professor at the University of La Sabana Colombia and handled classes for both undergraduate and postgraduate students from various domains including operations, supply chain, and information systems. He also acted as an external expert and keynote speaker on various operations and information system related topics in various universities including the University of Bradford (UK), NITIE (India), IIM Sambalpur (India), etc.
The following are my research interest:
PATENT
Intelligent Metering and Controlling System for Transformers (Grant. No: 375680)
Budget: £18,215
Period: 2020-2021
Experience: Worked as External Consultant with SureCash (https://www.surecash.net/) to enhance digital financial inclusion in rural areas. We developed solutions for feature phones, allowing users without smartphones to access financial services conveniently.
Budget: £6,128
Period: 2019-2021
Experience: Mentored as team who worked with MoneyTable (https://www.moneytable.co.th/) to develop a peer-to-peer lending platform. Our focus was on creating robust risk assessment algorithms and user-friendly interfaces to facilitate lending among individuals.
Budget: £5362
Period: Jan 2021- Nov 2021 Seed Funding
Experience: Acted as Advisor to a team who is involved with Ethis Ventures (https://www.ethis.co/) to develop Sharia-compliant fintech solutions. Our team designed a crowdfunding platform adhering to Islamic finance principles, fostering ethical investments in Malaysia and beyond.
Budget: £10,286
Period: 2020-2022
Experience: Mentored a team who worked with Svatantra Microfin (https://www.svatantramicrofin.com/) to innovate microfinance solutions for rural entrepreneurs. Our project aimed to digitize loan disbursal processes and introduce financial literacy programs through mobile platforms.
Agency |
Objective |
Domain |
Fund |
Period |
DESAY Automotive, Singapore with CYSREN, NTU |
Design and development of Autonomous Vehicle to Cloud Infrastructure(V2C). |
Cloud, Energy and Network Security |
USD 0.3 Million (SGD 0.5 million) |
2.5 years (Completed) |
BMW, Singapore with ERIAN, NTU |
SAVE: Ensuring Data Security for Autonomous Vehicles. |
Digital Transportation and Data Analytics |
USD 0.29 Million (SGD 0.4 million) |
2.5 years (Completed) |
Combat Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE, DRDO, INDIA) |
Modelling, Simulation, and Performance Analysis of GPS-INS system for Battle tanks. |
Energy, Data Modelling and Predictive Analytics |
Seed Funding (USD 1500) |
8 Months (Completed) |
Robert Bosch, India |
Energy estimation and wastage reduction in Transformers |
Operations and Control |
Seed Funding (USD 200) |
4 Months (Completed) |
Tamil Nādu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST), India |
Condition monitoring and Energy Management for Smart Grid systems |
Smart Grid and Wireless Sensor Network |
Seed Funding (USD 250) |
6 Months (Completed) |
PhD, : Design and Development of Energy Aware Automation for Embedded Applications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review