Ritesh Singh

Academic Activities

Alongside research, I am actively involved in teaching, student supervision, academic governance, professional service, and the organisation of scientific workshops and conferences.

Teaching

Master

Internet of Things: Low-Power Embedded Communication

Low-power embedded communication and IoT, with emphasis on energy-aware design, energy harvesting, TinyML, constrained devices and hands-on system projects.

Current
Bachelor

Computer Networks

Networking fundamentals, protocol behaviour and packet-level analysis, including hands-on work with tools such as Wireshark.

Current
Bachelor

Mobile Communication

Principles of wireless and mobile communication, linking fundamental concepts with current communication systems and practical engineering examples.

Current
KU Leuven

Software for Embedded Systems

Teaching support including laboratory activities in low-level programming, integration and embedded-system development.

Earlier
IIIT Allahabad

Data Structures

Undergraduate teaching during my Master's studies, contributing to education in fundamental computer science concepts.

Earlier

Supervision & Mentoring

Current

PhD Supervision

Daily supervision and mentoring of doctoral researchers working on energy-neutral intelligent systems, energy harvesting, embedded AI, low-power communication, and real-world IoT deployments.

Ongoing
Ongoing

Master & Bachelor Thesis Supervision

Supervising student research projects with emphasis on experimental methodology, system implementation, scientific writing, technical presentation and independent engineering decisions.

Ongoing
Academic Service

PhD Jury & Doctoral Evaluation

Serving as a PhD jury and doctoral committee member, reviewing doctoral research and contributing to the academic evaluation and development of researchers.

Ongoing

Academic & Professional Service

University of Antwerp

Faculty Research & Doctoral Governance

Member of faculty-level research and doctoral committees, contributing to doctoral evaluation, research policy, academic governance, budget discussions and assessment of research and innovation activities.

Current
Research Community

Reviewer & Technical Programme Activities

Reviewing research proposals, journal manuscripts and conference submissions, and contributing to technical programme committees and research-community activities.

Ongoing

Conferences & Workshops

I regularly contribute as a reviewer for international journals and as a TPC member for conferences and workshops. Selected recent organisational and community activities are highlighted below.

EN-IoT

Energy-Neutral & Sustainable IoT Workshop

Co-organising the EN-IoT workshop series, bringing together researchers working on energy harvesting, batteryless systems, sustainable IoT, low-power communication and energy-neutral devices.

Ongoing
IEEE Future Networks World Forum

Co-Chair · Demo & Test-and-Validation · 2025

Co-chaired the Demo and Test-and-Validation activities at IEEE Future Networks World Forum 2025.

2025
COMSNETS

Poster & PhD Forum Chair

Contributed to conference organisation through chairing Poster and PhD Forum activities across multiple editions of COMSNETS.

2020 · 2021 · 2024

Selected Recognition

2013

LG President Award

Recognised by LG Electronics as Innovative Employee of the Year.

LG Research Lab

First Design Patent

Contributed to the first design patent originating from LG Research Lab India.

2012

Best Master's Thesis Award

Awarded at IIIT Allahabad for Master's research on lifetime enhancement and analysis of wireless sensor networks.