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Dr Manoharan Ramachandran

Manoharan Ramachandran

Profile summary

  • Research Staff
  • Lecturer in Computing and Communications
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Computing & Communications
  • manoharan.ramachandran

Professional biography

Dr. Manoharan Ramachandran is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing and Communications at the Open University, specializing in blockchain research and mobile application development. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Computer Science at Anna University, India (2013, 2015). In 2018, he earned his PhD in Intelligent Transportation Safety from Bournemouth University under the supervision of Professor Reza Sahandi, Dr. Simant Prakoonwit, and Dr. Wajid Khan.

Since joining the Open University in 2018 as a Research Associate, Manoharan has focused on exploring how blockchain technology can securely store lifelong learning records for students and create an industry-standard accreditation tool for UK learners. His research is funded by the Institute of Coding, a UK initiative aimed at enhancing computing skills and employability for graduates.

In addition to his academic work, Manoharan has developed multiple award-winning mobile applications in transportation safety. Notably, he received the Qualcomm Developer of the Month award in 2016 for his drowsy driver alert app, recognized for its innovation in road safety. He also contributed to the development of a COVID-19 antibody test and vaccination certification mobile application prototype for iOS and Android at the Open University.

Manoharan is also the creator of a popular Tamil-language YouTube channel focused on blockchain news and tutorials, serving the global Tamil-speaking community. His channel has grown significantly, with over 121,000 subscribers.

Research interests

Blockchain, Digital Health, Smartphone Data Privacy, IoT, Intelligent Transportation Systems

Publications

COVID-19 Antibody Test/Vaccination Certification There’s an app for that (2020-06-01)
Eisenstadt, Marc; Ramachandran, Manoharan; Chowdhury, Niaz; Third, Allan and Domingue, John
IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1 (pp. 148-155)

Towards Complete Decentralised Verification of Data with Confidentiality: Different ways to connect Solid Pods and Blockchain (2020)
Ramachandran, Manoharan; Chowdhury, Niaz; Third, Allan; Domingue, John; Quick, Kevin and Bachler, Michelle
In : A Decentralised Web Workshop (20-24 Apr 2020, Taipei, Taiwan) (pp. 645-649)

Towards A Blockchain-based Decentralised Educational Landscape (2020)
Chowdhury, Niaz; Ramachandran, Manoharan; Third, Allan; Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Bachler, Michelle and Domingue, John
In : The Twelfth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning (eLmL 2020) (21-25 Nov 2020, Valencia, Spain)

A Framework for Handling Internet of Things Data with Confidentiality and Blockchain Support (2020)
Ramachandran, Manoharan; Chowdhury, Niaz; Third, Allan; Jan, Zeeshan; Valentine, Chris and Domingue, John
In : IoT4Safe, in conj. with Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2020 (31 May - 1 Jun, Heraklion, Greece)

The FAIR TRADE Framework for Assessing Decentralised Data Solutions (2019)
Domingue, John; Third, Allan and Ramachandran, Manoharan
In : WWW 2019 workshop: Linked Data on the Web and its Relationship with Distributed Ledgers (LDOW/LDDL) (13 May 2019, San Francisco, USA) (pp. 866-882)