Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Computer Science and Information Systems
AI and IOT applications, Civil–Military Systems Interoperability, Cloud Computing, Data Platforms, Data Policies, Defense Systems, Edge Computing, Federated Data Exchange, Interoperability, Mechatronics, Middleware Technologies, Smart City ICT, Standardisation, Standards and SDG Implementation
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India
Pradhan, M. (2025). Meeting SDGs in Smart City Infrastructures: Federation, Interoperability, and Discoverability. Elsevier.
Pradhan, M., Hasso, H., Popescu, A., & Müller, C. (2026). Smart cities: the future with Artificial Intelligence. In M. Pradhan, Meeting SDGs in Smart City Infrastructures (pp. 151–189). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-44-326594-5.00015-X
Wrona, K., Street, M., Dyk, M., Pradhan, M., & Tortonesi, M. (2026). Selected application areas. In N. Suri, K. Wrona, & Z. Zieliński (Eds.), Military Applications of Internet of Things (pp. 15–33). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03378-9_2
Fuchs, C., Pradhan, M., Suri, N., Tortonesi, M., Johnsen, F. T., & Zieliński, Z. (2026). Architectural considerations. In N. Suri, K. Wrona, & Z. Zieliński (Eds.), Military Applications of Internet of Things (pp. 37–70). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03378-9_3
Michaelis, J. R., Suri, N., Cohen, A., Pellegrini, V., Helsingius, M., Pradhan, M., Marks, M., Wrona, K., & Zieliński, Z. (2026). Building blocks: Sensing, actuating, and communicating. In N. Suri, K. Wrona, & Z. Zieliński (Eds.), Military Applications of Internet of Things (pp. 71–102). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03378-9_4
Fuchs, C., Pradhan, M., Suri, N., Tortonesi, M., Johnsen, F. T., & Furtak, J. (2026). Middleware prototypes. In N. Suri, K. Wrona, & Z. Zieliński (Eds.), Military Applications of Internet of Things (pp. 103–116). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03378-9_5
Pradhan, M., Suri, N., Wrona, K., Michaelis, J. R., Johnsen, F. T., Furtak, J., & Dyk, M. (2026). Experimental validation. In N. Suri, K. Wrona, & Z. Zieliński (Eds.), Military Applications of Internet of Things (pp. 171–224). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03378-9_8
Journals
Pradhan, M. (2021). Federation based on MQTT for urban humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery operations. IEEE Communications Magazine, 59(2), 43–49.
Pradhan, M., & Noll, J. (2020). Security, privacy, and dependability evaluation in verification and validation life cycles for military IoT systems. IEEE Communications Magazine, 58(8), 14–20.
Pradhan, M., Johnsen, F. T., Tortonesi, M., & Delaitre, S. (2019). Leveraging crowdsourcing and crowdsensing data for HADR operations in a smart city environment. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 2(2), 26–31.
Pradhan, M., Suri, N., Fuchs, C., Bloebaum, T. H., & Marks, M. (2018). Toward an architecture and data model to enable interoperability between federated mission networks and IoT-enabled smart city environments. IEEE Communications Magazine, 56(10), 163–169.
Conferences
Pradhan, M., Manso, M., & Michaelis, J. R. (2021). Concepts and directions for future IoT and C2 interoperability. MILCOM 2021 — IEEE Military Communications Conference (pp. 231–236). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., Fuchs, C., & Noll, J. (2020). Deployment architecture for accessing smart city and coalition assets for multi-agency HADR operations. 2020 IEEE 6th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (pp. 1–6). IEEE.
Campioni, L., Lenzi, R., Poltronieri, F., Pradhan, M., Tortonesi, M., Stefanelli, C., & Suri, N. (2019). MARGOT: Dynamic IoT resource discovery for HADR environments. MILCOM 2019 — IEEE Military Communications Conference (pp. 809–814). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., & Devaramani, S. (2019). Enabling interoperability for ROS-based robotic devices for smart city HADR operations. MILCOM 2019 — IEEE Military Communications Conference (pp. 1–6). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., Poltronieri, F., & Tortonesi, M. (2019). Dynamic resource discovery and management for edge computing based on SPF for HADR operations. 2019 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS) (pp. 1–6). IEEE.
Wrona, K., Pradhan, M., Tortonesi, M., & Suri, N. (2019). Civil-military collaboration in smart environments under adversarial conditions. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Internet of Things for Adversarial Environments, in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2019 (pp. 1–6). IEEE. Pradhan, M. (2019). Interoperability for disaster relief operations in smart city environments. 2019 IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (pp. 711–714). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., Poltronieri, F., & Tortonesi, M. (2019). Generic architecture for edge computing based on SPF for military HADR operations. 2019 IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (pp. 225–230). IEEE.
Pradhan, M. (2018). A survey of smart city assets for future military usage. 2018 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC) (pp. 1–6). IEEE.
Ota, D., & Pradhan, M. (2018). Modular verification and validation for NATO generic vehicle architecture-based land platforms. 2018 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS) (pp. 1–7). IEEE.
Johnsen, F. T., Zieliński, Z., Wrona, K., Suri, N., Fuchs, C., Pradhan, M., Furtak, J., Vasilache, B., Pellegrini, V., Dyk, M., & Marks, M. (2018). Application of IoT in military operations in a smart city. 2018 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS) (pp. 1–8). IEEE.
Suri, N., Zieliński, Z., Tortonesi, M., Fuchs, C., Pradhan, M., Wrona, K., Furtak, J., Vasilache, D. B., Street, M., Pellegrini, V., & Benincasa, G. (2018). Exploiting smart city IoT for disaster recovery operations. 2018 IEEE 4th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (pp. 458–463). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., Fuchs, C., & Johnsen, F. T. (2018). A survey of applicability of military data model architectures for smart city data consumption and integration. 2018 IEEE 4th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (pp. 129–134). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., Tiderko, A., & Ota, D. (2017). Approach towards achieving interoperability between military land vehicle and robotic systems. 2017 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS) (pp. 1–7). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., Gökgöz, F., Bau, N., & Ota, D. (2016). Approach towards application of commercial off-the-shelf internet of things devices in the military domain. 2016 IEEE 3rd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) (pp. 245–250). IEEE.
Pradhan, M., & Ota, D. (2016). Integrating automotive bus-based networks in the NATO Generic Vehicle Architecture. Twenty-First International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS).
Pradhan, M., & Ota, D. (2016). An adaptable multimodal crew assistance system for NATO generic vehicle architecture. 2016 International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS) (pp. 1–8). IEEE.
White Papers
Smart City Standards Forum (SCSF), DIN. Technologie und Mensch in der Kommune von morgen — Smart Cities Impulspapier II. DIN. https://www.din.de/resource/blob/857782/4112c289c02fbe79ce98b6ec48076b46/smart-cities-impulsepapier-ii-zusammenfassung-data.pdf