Dr. GAURAV KUMAR PANDEY

About

Gaurav Kumar Pandey (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar, India. He received the M.Tech. degree in communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology Nagaland, Dimapur, India, in 2018. He is currently working as a scientific researcher at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.

Dr. Pandey is a recipient of a GATE Fellowship for pursuing a Ph.D. He received the Best Paper Awards from the IEEE SILCON 2023, IEEE ANTS 2023, and IEEE CICT 2024. He is serving as a reviewer in various IEEE journals, including IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, and IEEE Communication Letters, and conferences, including the IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops) and IEEE International Students’ Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Sciences. He has published the research works in high-impact-factor and Q1 journals, including IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Internet of Things Journal. His research interests include green communications, UAV communications, physical layer security, simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, and machine learning-based optimization techniques.

Employment

• Technical University of Košice

Education

• National Institute Of Technology Silchar PhD
  2020 - 2025

Projects & Funding

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Publications (10)

• Dual UAV-Assisted Secure IoT Networks: Resource Allocation and 3D Trajectory Design
  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3611962
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• Resource Allocation and Robust Trajectory Design for Dual UAV-Assisted Secure Communications
  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3608080
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• DRL-Driven STAR-RIS Assisted Secure Communication With HPPP Eavesdroppers
  IEEE Communications Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3639283
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• Semantic-Aware Secure Dual-UAV-Assisted Communications With Imperfect Eavesdropper Locations: A Multi-Agent DRL Approach
  IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems 2026 DOI: 10.1109/JMASS.2026.3728889
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• Secrecy Analysis and Optimization of UAV-Assisted Communications With Hybrid SWIPT and Cooperative Jamming
  IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems 2025 DOI: 10.1109/JMASS.2025.3568592
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• Deep Reinforcement Learning for AoI-Aware UAV-Assisted Networks With RF Energy Harvesting
  IEEE Networking Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2025.3550931
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• Secrecy Analysis and Optimization of UAV-Assisted IoT Networks With RF-EH and Imperfect Hardware
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3540061
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• UAV-Assisted Communications With RF Energy Harvesting: A Comprehensive Survey
  IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 2025 DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3425597
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• UAV-Empowered IoT Network With Hardware Impairments and Shadowing
  IEEE Sensors Letters 2023 DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2023.3284089
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• Security Threats and Mitigation Techniques in UAV Communications: A Comprehensive Survey
  IEEE Access 2022 DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3215975
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