Ramesh Adhikari
Ph.D. student, School of Computer
and Cyber Sciences, Augusta University
Ramesh Adhikari is a third-year PhD student and graduate research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Costas Busch in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences department at Augusta University. His research focuses on blockchain, blockchain sharding, fog-cloud computing, distributed algorithms, and specifically on transaction scheduling problems in blockchain sharding.
Ramesh earned his master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Pokhara University, Nepal, and his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. With four years of industry experience as a software engineer, he brings both academic expertise and practical knowledge to his work.
He also serves as an invited and external reviewer for several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, as well as conferences such as Blockchain 2024, Blockchain 2023, PODC 2024, and SIROCCO 2024. More details can be found on his Resume.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Computer and Cyber Sciences | Augusta University | Augusta, Georgia, USA | Aug 2022 - Present
- Masters of Science in Computer Engineering | Pokhara University | Kathmandu, Nepal | 2018 - 2021
- Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering | Tribhuvan University | Kathmandu, Nepal | 2013 - 2017
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Graduate Research Assistant | Augusta University | Augusta, Georgia, USA | Aug 2022 - Present
Working on the distributed algorithm and blockchain technology, mainly on sharding in blockchain to solve the scalability issue, under the supervision of Dr. Costas Busch. -
Graduate Student | NCIT | Kathmandu, Nepal | 2020 - 2021
Worked on machine learning and deep learning to complete master’s research.
RESEARCH TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
Paper Presentation
- 36th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA 2024), France (Jun 2024).
- 30th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, Spain (Jun 2023).
Poster Presentation
- 3rd annual workshop on Emerging Data Science and Cyber Data at Augusta University, USA (Mar 2023).
Invited Talk
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at Syracuse University USA (Nov 2024).
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Reviewer Journals
- Invited Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (2024)
- External Reviewer, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (2024)
- External Reviewer, Blockchain: Research and Applications (2024)
- External Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (2024)
- External Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (2022)
Reviewer Conferences
- Invited Reviewer, 43rd ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC 2024)
- External Reviewer, 7th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2024)
- Invited Reviewer, ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research 2024 (SIGMIS CPR 2024)
- Invited Reviewer, 31st International Colloquium On Structural Information and Communication Complexity (SIROCCO 2024)
- External Reviewer, 6th IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain 2023)
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Software Engineer | Sanima Bank | Kathmandu, Nepal | May 2019 - Jun 2022
- Software Engineer | SmartMobe Solution | Kathmandu, Nepal | Feb 2018 - April 2019
- Web Developer | Mantra Ideas Pvt. Ltd. | Kathmandu, Nepal | Aug 2015 - Nov 2017
SKILLS
| Education | Presentations |