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Overview

Charith Perera is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on computer science, with a focus on subfields including artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, computer networks and communications, signal processing, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist's work addresses topics related to privacy, security, and data protection, with specific attention to privacy-preserving technologies in data, advanced malware detection techniques, IoT and edge/fog computing, context-aware activity recognition systems, network security and intrusion detection, and mobile crowdsensing and crowdsourcing.

Recent publications by Charith Perera include:

  • Automated License Plate Recognition: A Survey on Methods and Techniques, 2020, IEEE Access
  • Cybersecurity of Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: A Review, 2022, ACM Computing Surveys
  • Privacy Laws and Privacy by Design Schemes for the Internet of Things, 2021, ACM Computing Surveys
  • Security and Privacy Requirements for the Internet of Things, 2021, ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
  • Automated License Plate Recognition for Resource-Constrained Environments, 2022, Sensors

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Charith Perera include:

  • Omer Rana (47 collaborations)
  • Mahmoud Barhamgi (11 collaborations)
  • Dulani Meedeniya (10 collaborations)
  • Benoît Goossens (10 collaborations)
  • Pablo Orozco-terWengel (10 collaborations)

Publications have appeared notably in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), 15 publications
  • ACM Computing Surveys, 8 publications
  • Sensors, 8 publications
  • ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, 6 publications
  • ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies, 4 publications

The scientist has also contributed to book publications with publishers including Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Concordia University. Titles include:

  • Internet of Things: Systems Design Advanced Lab Book (2025)
  • Internet of Things: Systems Design Lab Book (2020)
  • Internet of Things: Systems Design Lab Book with Packet Tracer (2025)
  • Internet of Things: Systems Design Project Workbook (2025)

Best Publications

  • Context Aware Computing for The Internet of Things: A Survey

    Charith Perera;Arkady Zaslavsky;Peter Christen;Dimitrios Georgakopoulos

  • Sensing as a service model for smart cities supported by Internet of Things

    Charith Perera;Charith Perera;Arkady Zaslavsky;Peter Christen;Dimitrios Georgakopoulos

  • A Survey on Internet of Things From Industrial Market Perspective

    Charith Perera;Chi Harold Liu;Srimal Jayawardena;Min Chen

  • The Emerging Internet of Things Marketplace From an Industrial Perspective: A Survey

    Charith Perera;Chi Harold Liu;Srimal Jayawardena

  • Fog Computing for Sustainable Smart Cities: A Survey

    Charith Perera;Yongrui Qin;Julio C. Estrella;Stephan Reiff-Marganiec

  • Sensing as a Service and Big Data

    Arkady B. Zaslavsky;Charith Perera;Dimitrios Georgakopoulos

  • The role of big data analytics in industrial Internet of Things

    Muhammad Habib ur Rehman;Ibrar Yaqoob;Khaled Salah;Muhammad Imran

  • Big Data Privacy in the Internet of Things Era

    Charith Perera;Rajiv Ranjan;Lizhe Wang;Samee U. Khan

  • Sensor Search Techniques for Sensing as a Service Architecture for the Internet of Things

    Charith Perera;Arkady Zaslavsky;Chi Harold Liu;Michael Compton

  • Cybersecurity of Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: A Review.

    Hakan Kayan;Matthew Nunes;Omer Rana;Pete Burnap

  • Automated License Plate Recognition: A Survey on Methods and Techniques

    Jithmi Shashirangana;Heshan Padmasiri;Dulani Meedeniya;Charith Perera

  • MOSDEN: An Internet of Things Middleware for Resource Constrained Mobile Devices

    Charith Perera;Prem Prakash Jayaraman;Arkady Zaslavsky;Dimitrios Georgakopoulos

  • Context-Aware Sensor Search, Selection and Ranking Model for Internet of Things Middleware

    Charith Perera;Arkady Zaslavsky;Peter Christen;Michael Compton

  • CA4IOT: Context Awareness for Internet of Things

    C. Perera;A. Zaslavsky;P. Christen;D. Georgakopoulos

  • Privacy-by-Design Framework for Assessing Internet of Things Applications and Platforms

    Charith Perera;Ciaran McCormick;Arosha K. Bandara;Blaine A. Price

  • Cyberattacks and Countermeasures for In-Vehicle Networks

    Emad Aliwa;Omer Rana;Charith Perera;Peter Burnap

  • City Data Fusion: Sensor Data Fusion in the Internet of Things

    Rajiv Ranjan;Meisong Wang;Charith Perera;Prem Prakash Jayaraman

  • Tensor-Based Big Data Management Scheme for Dimensionality Reduction Problem in Smart Grid Systems: SDN Perspective

    Devinder Kaur;Gagangeet Singh Aujla;Neeraj Kumar;Albert Y. Zomaya

  • Deterrence and prevention-based model to mitigate information security insider threats in organisations

    Nader Sohrabi Safa;Carsten Maple;Steven M. Furnell;Muhammad Ajmal Azad

  • Energy-Efficient Location and Activity-Aware On-Demand Mobile Distributed Sensing Platform for Sensing as a Service in IoT Clouds

    Charith Perera;Dumidu S. Talagala;Chi Harold Liu;Julio C. Estrella

  • Fog Computing for Sustainable Smart Cities: A Survey

    Charith Perera;Yongrui Qin;Julio C. Estrella;Stephan Reiff-Marganiec

  • Energy Efficient Location and Activity-aware On-Demand Mobile Distributed Sensing Platform for Sensing as a Service in IoT Clouds

    Charith Perera;Dumidu Talagala;Chi Harold Liu;Julio C. Estrella

  • Privacy of Big Data in the Internet of Things Era.

    Charith Perera;Rajiv Ranjan;Lizhe Wang;Samee Ullah Khan

Frequent Co-Authors

Arkady Zaslavsky
Arkady Zaslavsky Deakin University
Peter Christen
Peter Christen Australian National University
Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Prem Prakash Jayaraman Swinburne University of Technology
Rajiv Ranjan
Rajiv Ranjan Newcastle University
Omer F. Rana
Omer F. Rana Cardiff University
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos Swinburne University of Technology
Chi Harold Liu
Chi Harold Liu Beijing Institute of Technology
Lizhe Wang
Lizhe Wang China University of Geosciences
Alan F. Blackwell
Alan F. Blackwell University of Cambridge
Athanasios V. Vasilakos
Athanasios V. Vasilakos University of Agder

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