About
I am an academician and researcher working across interdisciplinary areas that integrate communication systems, intelligent signal processing, and data-driven technologies. My research interests include machine learning–enabled communication systems, artificial intelligence–based performance analysis, non-orthogonal multiple access, powerline and wireless channels, joint sensing and communication, and intelligent network design. I also actively explore emerging domains such as the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, and cyber security, with a focus on reliability, robustness, and secure information exchange in interconnected environments.
In my academic role, I am passionate about teaching and mentoring students in foundational and advanced topics that span electronics, computing, and applied intelligence. I emphasize conceptual clarity, algorithmic thinking, and hands-on experimentation using simulations, analytical modeling, and real-world case studies. I am actively involved in research guidance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and scholarly writing, with the broader goal of contributing impactful research while fostering innovation in intelligent, secure, and scalable technological systems.
Journals
H. Panda, R. Ramesh, S. Subbaiyan, S. T. Nagendra, M. Das, and B. Sahu, “Soil–water–air (SWA) interface channel model for river bridge pillar health monitoring using WSN,” Information, vol. 16, no. 12, p. 1019, Dec. 2025.
R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and S. Muhaidat, "Hybrid Protocols for Relay-Assisted Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Power Line Communications," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Vol. 4, pp. 1813-1825, Jun. 2023.
R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and S. Muhaidat, "Three-User Cooperative Dual-Stage Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Power Line Communications," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 4, pp. 184-196, 2023.
R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and S. Muhaidat, "Outage Performance of Relay-Assisted Single- and Dual-Stage NOMA Over Power Line Communications," IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 86358-86368, 2021.
Conferences
R. Ramesh, N. N. Shwetha, M. R. Badiger, S. Santhosh, T. Bellubbi, and A. Bagi, “AI-Driven Waste Segregation and IoT-Enabled Monitoring: A Smart Dustbin for Urban Waste Management,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology (AISUMMIT), Greater Noida, India, Nov. 2025.
R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and R. Muralishankar, "Full-Duplex Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Relay-Assisted Power Line Communication," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER), Mangaluru, India, Oct. 2025.
R. Ramesh, Sagar P. Patil and Tejasvi Bellubbi, "Fake News Detection Using AI: A Hybrid Approach with ML, Deep Learning, and LLaMA Models," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER), Mangaluru, India, Oct. 2025.
Priyanka S, R. Ramesh and Kalyan N," A Hybrid Agentic AI Framework Integrating AIML and Machine Learning for Context-Aware Autonomous Systems," 2025 IEEE North Karnataka Subsection Flagship International Conference (NKCon), Hubli, India, Sept. 2025.
R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and R. Muralishankar, "Multi-User Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Power Line Communications Under Generalized Gaussian Noise," ICASSP 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Hyderabad, India, Apr. 2025.
R. Ramesh, R. Muralishankar and S. Gurugopinath, "Outage Analysis of Single-Stage Relay NOMA Over Power Line Communication Under Impulsive Noise," Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC), Noida, India, Dec. 2023.
R. Roopesh, R. Muralishankar and S. Gurugopinath, "Dual-Stage NOMA for Relay-Enabled Power Line Communication Under Bernoulli-Gaussian Noise," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER), Mangaluru, India, Oct. 2023.
R. Ramesh and S. Gurugopinath, "Performance Enhancement of Dual-Stage NOMA Over Relay-Assisted Power Line Communication," Proc. International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), Bengaluru, India, Jul. 2023.
R. Ramesh and S. Gurugopinath, "Hybrid Decode- and Amplify-and-Forward Protocol for NOMA-Enabled Power Line Communication," 2023 National Conference on Communications (NCC), Guwahati, India, Feb. 2023.
R. Ramesh and S. Gurugopinath, "Sum Rate and Outage Performance of Relay-Aided NOMA Over Power Line Communication," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), Bengaluru, India, Jul. 2022.
R. Ramesh and S. Gurugopinath, "Sum Rate Analysis of Cooperative NOMA Over Dual-Hop Wireless-Power Line Communication," 2021 IEEE 18th India Council International Conference (INDICON), Guwahati, India, Dec. 2021.
R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and S. Muhaidat, "Outage Performance of Relay-Assisted NOMA Over Power Line Communications,” 2020 IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, London, UK, Oct. 2020.
R. Ramesh, B. S. Sushma, S. Gurugopinath and R. Muralishankar, "Capacity Analysis of a Narrowband Powerline Communication Channel Under Impulsive Noise," 2019 11th International Conference on Communication Systems & Networks (COMSNETS), Bengaluru, India, Jan. 2019.
B. S. Sushma, R. Ramesh, S. Gurugopinath and R. Muralishankar, "Performance Characterization of Broadband Powerline Communication for Internet-of-Things," 2019 International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), Chennai, India, Mar. 2019.
AI/ML-enabled intelligent communication system design
Performance analysis of NOMA over wireless and powerline channels
Outage, capacity, and error-rate modeling using data-driven methods
Joint sensing and communication frameworks
IoT, cyber-physical systems, and secure networked communications
Research Interests
Intelligent communication systems
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)
Powerline and wireless communications
Joint sensing and communication
Signal processing and performance analysis
Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems
Secure and reliable networked communications
Best Paper Award – Communications Track (IEEE DISCOVER 2025)
Received the Best Paper Award for research on full-duplex NOMA in relay-assisted power line communication, presented at the IEEE DISCOVER Conference, Mangaluru, India, October 2025.
IEEE ComSoc Bengaluru Chapter – Protsahan Award (2024)
Honored with the IEEE Communications Society Bengaluru Chapter Protsahan Award for excellence and sustained contributions to high-quality research publications.
Best Paper Award – Communications Track (IEEE DISCOVER 2023)
Awarded Best Paper for work on dual-stage NOMA in relay-enabled power line communication under Bernoulli–Gaussian noise at IEEE DISCOVER 2023, Mangaluru, India.
Dr. Roopesh R
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B.E., M.Tech., Ph.DSchool of Computer Science and Engineering
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