Victor Sarker
MSc (Tech.)
Department of Computing victor.k.sarker@utu.fi Joukahaisenkatu 3-5 Turku |
Embedded Systems; Circuit Design; Simulation; PCB Design; Micro-controllers; FPGA; Firmware Development; Hardware Prototyping; Internet of Things (IoT); Edge Computing; Smart Devices; Wearable Devices;
Design of Internet-of-Everything (IoE) based Autonomous Systems for Enhanced Safety and Reliability
Victor Kathan Sarker received his BSc. degree on Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from North South University, Bangladesh, in 2012 and MSc. (Tech.) degree on Embedded Computing from University of Turku, Finland, in 2017.
From 2013 to 2015, he has worked as an Executive at the Department of IT in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited, Bangladesh. During 2016-2018, he worked as Research Assistant and Project Researcher in the iot4health group successfully completing multiple projects, respectively. Currently, he is a Researcher and member of Turku Intelligent Embedded and Robotic Systems at the Department of Computing, University of Turku. His research interest includes Internet-of-Things, e-Healthcare systems, smart sensor nodes, edge computing, safety and reliability of autonomous systems. He has published several conference papers and journals.
Sarker was awarded multiple government scholarships during early school and several national awards from Science and Technology Weeks from Bangladesh. He received two awards of recognition from the Student Union of University of Turku, Finland, for his active role as the Vice-president and later as President of the TYY International Wing. He is a member of the IEEE Finland Section and worked as an IEEEXtreme Ambassador, Finland (Region 8). In leisure, he likes to paint, sing, play musical instruments and to volunteer.
With the accelerated spread of Internet-of-Things (IoT) based cyber-physical systems in ubiquitous sensor data in different fields, there is an inherent need of automation. However, success of such systems largely depends on the operational reliability and efficiency. The functional correctness, efficient performance and reliability of embedded systems play a crucial role, especially where humans are involved in the loop. With smart, adaptive and intelligent design techniques, it is possible to ensure that unpredictable and hazardous incidents are prevented or their effects are minimized.
Sarker's current research is on 'Design of IoE-based Smart Autonomous Systems for Enhanced Safety and Reliability'. Essentially the research focuses on different techniques to improve sensor nodes, smart devices, edge computing and similar systems based on IoT to make those more configurable, efficient, functionally correct, and, aware of the environment.
Previously, Sarker has worked with IoT-based e-Healthcare systems covering multiple projects listed in chronological order: 'Portable Multi-purpose Bio-signal Monitoring & Streaming Device', 'Smart Node for HRV Detection with PPG and Acceleration', 'Wearable Holter Monitor', and 'DNA Impedance Spectroscopy System'.
Sarker has also been involved in teaching beside his research. He has actively participated in design of course content, in-class teaching and student exercise evaluation during 2020-2021. He was partly responsible for the Bachelor’s level course DTEK0068 Embedded Microprocessor Systems. Besides, previously he has provided guest lectures and assisted in the practical lab sessions in other Master’s level courses. Sarker’s teaching interests lies in embedded systems, micro-controllers and basic electronics focusing on real-life problems and smart solutions.
- Enhanced Reliability of Mobile Robots with Sensor Data Estimation at Edge (2021) 2020 IEEE Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (GCAIoT) Kathan Sarker Victor, Mukherjee Prateeti, Westerlund Tomi
- 3D Perception with Low-cost 2D LIDAR and Edge Computing for Enhanced Obstacle Detection (2020) 2020 IEEE Conference on Industrial Cyberphysical Systems (ICPS) Victor Kathan Sarker, Li Qingqing and Tomi Westerlund
- Collaborative Multi-Robot Search and Rescue: Planning, Coordination, Perception, and Active Vision (2020)
- IEEE Access
- Lightweight Security Algorithms for Resource-constrained IoT-based Sensor Nodes (2020)
- IEEE International Conference on Communications
- Smart Parking System with Dynamic Pricing, Edge-Cloud Computing and LoRa (2020)
- Sensors
- A survey on LoRa for IoT: Integrating edge computing (2019) Fourth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) Sarker V., Peña Queralta J., Gia T., Tenhunen H., Westerlund T.
- Edge Computing with Embedded AI: Thermal Image Analysis for Occupancy Estimation in Intelligent Buildings (2019) INTESA2019: Proceedings of the INTelligent Embedded Systems Architectures and Applications Workshop 2019 Aly Metwaly, Jorge Peña Queralta, Victor Kathan Sarker, Tuan Nguyen Gia, Omar Nasir, Tomi Westerlund
- Offloading SLAM for Indoor Mobile Robots with Edge-Fog-Cloud Computing (2019) 2019 1st International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering and Robotics Technology (ICASERT) V. K. Sarker, J. Peña Queralta, T. N. Gia, H. Tenhunen, T. Westerlund
- Energy efficient wearable sensor node for IoT-based fall detection systems (2018)
- Microprocessors and Microsystems
- Low-cost fog-assisted health-care IoT system with energy-efficient sensor nodes (2017) 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2017) Tuan Nguyen Gia, Mingzhe Jiang, Victor Kathan Sarker, Amir M. Rahmani, Tomi Westerlund,
Pasi Liljeberg, Hannu Tenhunen - Portable Multipurpose Bio-signal Acquisition and Wireless Streaming Device for Wearables (2017) Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS 2017) Victor Kathan Sarker, Mingzhe Jiang, Tuan Nguyen Gia, Arman Anzanpour, Amir M. Rahmani, Pasi Liljeberg
- IoT-based fall detection system with energy efficient sensor nodes (2016) 2016 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NORCAS) Tuan Nguyen Gia, Igor Tcarenko, Victor K. Sarker, Amir M. Rahmani, Tomi Westerlund, Pasi Liljeberg, Hannu Tenhunen