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Overview

Nirvana Meratnia is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in computer science and engineering. Their body of work includes 55 publications in computer science and 27 in engineering, reflecting a strong engagement in both foundational and applied research.

Their research spans several subfields within these domains, notably:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Meratnia's main research topics include a diverse set of technological and methodological areas:

  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Speech and Audio Processing
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

They have frequently published in the following venues, indicating recurring contributions across a broad range of conferences and journals:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Sensors
  • 2022 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops)
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology

Some of the recent papers by Meratnia showcase their research interests and scholarly activity:

  • Comparing Apples and Oranges in IoT Context: A Deep Dive Into Methods for Comparing IoT Platforms (2020), IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Privacy-preserving Speech Emotion Recognition through Semi-Supervised Federated Learning (2022), 2022 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events (PerCom Workshops)
  • Threat Modeling-How to Visualize Attacks on IOTA? (2021), Sensors
  • Labeling Chaos to Learning Harmony: Federated Learning with Noisy Labels (2023), ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology
  • A Domain-Independent Generative Adversarial Network for Activity Recognition Using WiFi CSI Data (2021), Sensors

Meratnia maintains collaborative links within the research community, working frequently with coauthors such as:

  • Tanır Özçelebi
  • Vasileios Tsouvalas
  • Bram van Berlo
  • Mike Holenderski
  • Gizem Nur Karagoz

Best Publications

  • Outlier Detection Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

    Yang Zhang;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul Havinga

  • Spatiotemporal Compression Techniques for Moving Point Objects

    Nirvana Meratnia;R.A. de By

  • Underwater Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks: Advances and Future Trends in Physical, MAC and Routing Layers

    Salvador Climent;Antonio Sanchez;Juan Vicente Capella;Nirvana Meratnia

  • Statistics-based outlier detection for wireless sensor networks

    Y. Zhang;N. A. S. Hamm;N. Meratnia;A. Stein

  • Distributed Event Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks for Disaster Management

    Majid Bahrepour;Nirvana Meratnia;Mannes Poel;Zahra Taghikhaki

  • Distributed online outlier detection in wireless sensor networks using ellipsoidal support vector machine

    Yang Zhang;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J.M. Havinga

  • A directional data dissemination protocol for vehicular environments

    Ramon S. Schwartz;Rafael R. R. Barbosa;Nirvana Meratnia;Geert Heijenk

  • Adaptive and Online One-Class Support Vector Machine-Based Outlier Detection Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks

    Yang Zhang;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul Havinga

  • Decentralized enterprise systems: a multiplatform wireless sensor network approach

    M. Marin-Perianu;N. Meratnia;P. Havinga;L.M.S. de Souza

  • Performance analysis of LoRa radio for an indoor IoT applications

    Eyuel D. Ayele;Chiel Hakkenberg;Jan Pieter Meijers;Kyle Zhang

  • Automatic Fire Detection: A Survey from Wireless Sensor Network Perspective

    M. Bahrepour;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J.M. Havinga

  • Sensor fusion-based event detection in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Majid Bahrepour;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J. M. Havinga

  • An online outlier detection technique for wireless sensor networks using unsupervised quarter-sphere support vector machine

    Zhang Yang;N. Meratnia;P. Havinga

  • Sensing solutions for collecting spatio-temporal data for wildlife monitoring applications: a review

    Mitra Baratchi;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J. M. Havinga;Andrew K. Skidmore

  • A hierarchical hidden semi-Markov model for modeling mobility data

    Mitra Baratchi;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J. M. Havinga;Andrew K. Skidmore

  • Aggregation and comparison of trajectories

    Nirvana Meratnia;Rolf A. de By

  • Underwater Sensor Networks: A New Energy Efficient and Robust Architecture

    Salvador Climent;Juan Vincente Capella;Nirvana Meratnia;Juan José Serrano

  • Sensing motion using spectral and spatial analysis of WLAN RSSI

    Kavitha Muthukrishnan;Maria Lijding;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul Havinga

  • Use of AI Techniques for Residential Fire Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Majid Bahrepour;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J. M. Havinga

  • Poaching Detection Technologies—A Survey

    Jacob Wilhelm Kamminga;Eyuel Debebe Ayele;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J.M. Havinga

  • Decentralized Enterprise Systems: A Multi-platform Wireless Sensor Networks Approach

    Mihai Marin Perianu;Nirvana Meratnia;Paul J.M. Havinga;L. Moreira Sá de Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J.M. Havinga
Paul J.M. Havinga University of Twente
Roshanak Darvishzadeh
Roshanak Darvishzadeh University of Twente
Chiara Petrioli
Chiara Petrioli Sapienza University of Rome
Mannes Poel
Mannes Poel University of Twente
Alfred Stein
Alfred Stein University of Twente
Michele Zorzi
Michele Zorzi University of Padua
Hongbo Jiang
Hongbo Jiang Hunan University
Paolo Casari
Paolo Casari University of Trento
Gerard J. M. Smit
Gerard J. M. Smit University of Twente
Torsten Braun
Torsten Braun University of Bern

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