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PhD Student Completes Research Secondment at LUT, Finland

Nirmal Wickramasinghe, a PhD student from Maynooth University, was hosted by SETU for a COALESCE research visit to Finland for a 4 month period. The visit marked a valuable opportunity to deepen his expertise and expand international collaboration within the field of wireless communications and game-theoretic optimization. During his stay, Nirmal worked closely with the…

COALESCE Visit to Finland

From 25 September to 25 October, Shama Siddiqui, DHA Suffa University, and Anwar Ahmed Khan, Millennium Institute of Technology & Entrepreneurship, Karachi, took part in a one-month COALESCE secondment at LUT University, Finland. During their stay they worked with Prof. Pedro Nardelli, specialist in cyber-physical energy systems and packetized energy management, Prof. Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, expert in…

LUT researcher Madia Safdar’s secondment in Pakistan

Madia Safdar a Junior Researcher from Lappeenranta University Technology, Finland recently spent time on secondment in Pakistan at both Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship – MiTE – and DHA Suffa University. Madia chose MiTE and DHA Suffa University for her secondment because of their growing focus on renewable energy research, especially in areas aligned…

LUT researcher Pedro Emílio Gória Silva’s visits CyRIC

Post-doctoral researcher Pedro Emílio Gória Silva from LUT University, Finland, recently spent time on secondment at CyRIC (Cyprus Research & Innovation Centre Ltd) as part of the COALESCE project. During his time in Cyprus, Pedro collaborated with researchers from CyRIC and the University of Cyprus, including Junior Researcher Elio Faddoul, in developing a security and…

COALESCE Researchers Participate in ICCCNet 2025

Visiting researchers Shama Siddiqui (DHA Suffa University) and Anwar Ahmed Khan (Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship) recently presented their work at the 5th International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks (ICCCNet‑2025), held in Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK from 1st to 3rd August 2025. ICCCNet‑2025 brought together academics, industry professionals, and emerging scholars to discuss…

COALESCE Researchers Participate in CITS 2025 Conference

Visiting researchers Shama Siddiqui (DHA Suffa University) and Anwar Ahmed Khan (Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship) recently presented their work at the 2025 International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems (CITS 2025), held in Colmar, France from 16th to 18th July 2025. Attending CITS 2025 provided a valuable platform for sharing COALESCE-related research with an international…

LUT Researcher Mehar Ullah’s secondment in Pakistan

Mehar Ullah, a Postdoctoral Researcher and Teacher from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland, recently spent two months on secondment at DHA Suffa University and Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship – MiTE University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. During his time in Pakistan, Mehar was delighted to engage in research activities alongside students and faculty members…

Elio Faddoul’s secondment at LUT Finland

Elio Faddoul from the University of Cyprus recently spent time on secondment at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) in Finland to continue collaboration that initiated this past year within the COALESCE project. During his time in Finland, Elio took part in discussions with PhD student Mohamed Selim Korium, working under the supervision of Professor Pedro…

Researchers from Pakistan present at IEEE EUROCON 2025

Researchers visiting Walton Institute, South East Technological University, under the EU-funded COALESCE project – Shama Siddiqui, DHA Suffa University, and Anwar Ahmed Khan, Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship – presented posters at IEEE EUROCON 2025, held in Gdynia, Poland from June 4–6. Their posters were titled “A Next Generation Multiple Access MAC for Prioritized Heterogeneous…

LUT researchers on secondment at Cleanwatts Digital in Portugal

Dr Hafiz Majid Hussain, a researcher affiliated with Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland, and the cyber-physical systems group (CPSG), recently completed a two-month secondment at Cleanwattts Digital in Portugal, as part of the COALESCE project. Dr Hafiz Majid chose Cleanwatts Digital in Portugal for his secondment because it presented a unique opportunity to engage…