• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Neural Networks
• Quantum Security
• Deep Learning
• Hardware implementation of sensors
• Digital Forensics
• Network Security

Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Networks

8 Years

• Qualified UGC-NET-JRF in Computer Science and Applications with 70.86 %.
• Received Research Excellence Award from Delhi Technological University for outstanding research during PH.D.
• Best Research paper Award in IEEE TROIKA, Delhi Technological University.
• Associate Member, British Computer Society.

• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. "A grey wolf optimization approach for improving the performance of wireless sensor networks." Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, 106, no. 3 (2019): 1429-1449. (SCI Expanded Indexed) (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. "A grey wolf optimization based algorithm for optimum camera placement." Wireless Personal Communications, Springer,105, no. 3 (2019): 1143-1167. (SCI Expanded Indexed) (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. "Adaptive Mobile Sink for Energy Efficient WSN Using Biogeography-Based Optimization." International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC)10, no. 3 (2019): 1-22. (ESCI Indexed) (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, Mononito Goswami, Minkush Manuja, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. "A binary PSO approach for improving the performance of wireless sensor networks." Wireless Personal Communications, Springer,(2020): 113, 263-297. (SCI Expanded Indexed) (Scopus Indexed).
• Kaushik, Ajay, Ravi Teja Yakkali, S. Indu, Feroz Ahmed, Daya Gupta, Raunaq Nayar, and Sahil Yadav. "A Self-Configurable Event Coverage Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks." International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC)10, no. 2 (2019): 1-18. (ESCI Indexed) (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, Sanjay Kumar, Sunil Luthra, and Abid Haleem. "Technology transfer: enablers and barriers–a review." International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management14, no. 2 (2014): 133-159. (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. “An Extended BBO based Energy Conservation Algorithm for Clustering and Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, 9(34), p. 29-41, 2016. (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. "Nature-Inspired Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks." In Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Big Data Frameworks, pp. 246-275. IGI Global, 2019. (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, and Daya Gupta. "A novel load balanced energy conservation approach in WSN using biogeography based optimization." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1884, no. 1, p. 020003. AIP Publishing LLC, 2017. Lyon, France. (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, and Daya Gupta. "Optimizing and enhancing the lifetime of a wireless sensor network using biogeography based optimization." In International Conference on Application of Computing and Communication Technologies, pp. 260-272. Springer, Singapore, 2018. (Scopus Indexed)
• Kaushik, Ajay, S. Indu, Daya Gupta (2019), “Energy efficient wireless sensor networks using multi objective Biogeography Based Optimization”, 2019 International Conference on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems, Rome, Italy.
• Mohammed Mohsin Hussain, Milind Sahay, Rahul Singh, Ajay Kaushik, S. Indu (2020) Loki: A lightweight LWE method with Rogue Bits for Quantum Security in IoT Devices, 4th International Conference for ICT and intelligent systems, Springer. (Scopus Indexed)

• Selected to work as a Researcher at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 2017.
• Selected to work as a Researcher at University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, 2018.