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Dr Felix Ngobigha

Course Leader for MSc Computer Science

Email
f.ngobigha@uos.ac.uk
School/Directorate
School of Technology, Business and Arts
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Dr. Felix Ngobigha is a Senior Lecturer in Network Engineering and Course Leader for the MSc in Computer Science at the School of Technology, Business, and Arts. He holds a PhD in Computing and Electronic Systems, and an MSc in Telecommunications and Information Systems from the University of Essex, Colchester, UK., obtained in 2005 and 2015, respectively. In 2000, he received a B.Tech. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics option) from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Prior to joining the University of Suffolk as a Lecturer in 2020, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and held a Visiting Research Fellow position in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex, UK, from 2016 to 2020. He also held a Lectureship position in the Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering at Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, from 2004 to 2011. From 2001 to 2004, he was a Scientific Officer with the Centre for Satellite Technology Development, an activity centre of the National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria, and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, Guildford, UK, for the development and launch of the NigeriaSat-1 disaster monitoring satellite (remote sensing applications).

 

Felix's teaching and learning support covers several fields, including the following areas: future networks, computing, high-level electronic circuit design, wireless communications, microwave and/or antenna theory, and other related fields.

Current teaching responsibilities:

  • Network and IoT Security (PG)
  • Securing the Network (PG)
  • Security for Computer Networks (UG)
  • Introduction to Networking (UG)

Felix is interested in research problems that arise in practical communication and/or electromagnetics scenarios including future networks with a major objective of bridging theory and practise. He is currently the Technology Lead for the Networking and Security theme within the Digital Futures Institute (DFI) and would be pleased to consider supervising doctoral students with the following research interests/topics:

  • Future Networks & IoT Security
  • Machine learning applications in communications
  • Electromagnetic applications
  • High-level electronic design

Recent grants/projects:

  • Co-Investigator - Quantum Optics Discovery Laboratory project funded by UK Space Agency & Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund – 2024 to 2025
  • Principal Investigator - Design and manufacture flexible product solutions for complex electrical inter-connection applications funded by UKRI via Higher Education Innovation Fund – 2023
  • Principal Investigator - Passive Optical Networking trials at DigiTech: First-of-a-kind 25 Gigabit Passive Optical Network (25GPON) Testbed funded by Openreach & Nokia – 2022

Current PhD student(s) supervision:

  • Topic area: Network Testing & Control using Automation and Artificial Intelligence

PhD External Examination(s):

  • School of Physics, Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK, September 2023

  • Fellowship of the Advance Higher Education (HEA)
  • Member - The Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET)
  • Registered Engineer - The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
  • Member - Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)
  • PRINCE2 Project Manager – Foundation Level

Reviewer:

  • Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Transactions on Industrial Informatics from December 2021to present
  • Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Transactions on Power Electronics from March 2024 to present

Refereed journals

  • Ngobigha, Matthew Evans, Iain Commines, Geza Koczian, and Stuart D. Walker. “Stochastic power supply technologies for energy-efficient, networked, sound-reinforcement systems”. IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3450349, August 2024
  • Ngobigha, G. Koczian and S. D. Walker, "Towards Mobile Data Centres: Provision of End-to-End 10 and 40 Gbit/s Ethernet Train Backbones on International Rolling Stock," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 1890-1898, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3315516. 
  • Cochrane, and F. Ngobigha. "Wireless fit for the internet of things." The Journal – The Institute of Telecommunications Professional, Vol. 16, Part 4 – December 2022
  • Ekpu, E. A. Ogbodo, F. Ngobigha, and J. E. Njoku. “Thermal Effect of Cylindrical Heat Sink on Heat Management in LED Applications”. Energies, 15, 7583. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207583, October 2022
  • A. Ogbodo, F. Ngobigha, A. N. Obadiah, and S. Atuba. “A diplexer with direct coupled resonant junction”. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.32787, January 2021
  • Ngobigha, D. Bebbington, and L. Carrea. “Discrete Numerical Approach to the Fredholm Integral Method for Evaluating Scattering by Irregular Dielectric Particles”. IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, VOL. 65, NO. 11, November 2017
  • John Tarilanyo Afa, and Ngobigha. “Soil Characteristics and Substation Earthing in Bayelsa State”. European Scientific Journal, VOL. 9, NO. 9, March 2013

Book chapter(s)

  • Carolina Canales-Valenzuela, M. Baltatu, L. Costa, K. Habel, V. Jungnickel, G. Koczian, Ngobigha, Michael C. Parker, Muhammad S. Siddiqui, E. Trouva, Stuart D. Walker. “Security. Inbook: 5G System Design: Architectural and Functional Considerations and Long-Term Research”. doi: 10.1002/9781119425144. ch9; John Wiley & Sons, 2018

Refereed conferences/presentations/preprints/other reports

  • Cochrane, and F. Ngobigha. "Future Networking -v- Energy Limits", IEEE 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), doi: 10.1109/ICTON62926.2024.10647572, Bari, Italy, 14 – 18 July 2024
  • A. Madamidola, F. Ngobigha, and A. Ez-zizi. “Detecting new obfuscated malware variants: A lightweight and interpretable machine learning approach”, https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07918, July 2024.
  • Ngobigha. “Sensor-based payment method using Near Field Communication (NFC)” – poster presentation. The University of Suffolk Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference - June 30, 2022
  • Adoche J. Obekpa, Ngobigha, Stuart D. Walker, and Eugene A. Ogbodo. “Non-Line-of-Sight 5G FWA Performance Testing and Monitoring using COTS Antennas”, IEEE International Conference on Computing and Communication Applications and Technologies (I3CAT), https://doi.org/10.1109/I3CAT53310.2021.9629398, 2021
  • Salako, Ngobigha, and C. Ugwunna. “An End-User Programming Approach for Creating Virtual Innovation Labs” Emerging Applications and Technologies for Industry 4.0 (EATI' 2020) Conference, September 2020
  • Gbenga Salami, Nasir Faruk, Nazmat Surajudeen-Bakinde, and Ngobigha. “Challenges and Trends in 5G Deployment: A Nigerian Case Study”. 2019 2nd International Conference of the IEEE Nigeria Computer Chapter (NigeriaComputConf.), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 14 - 17 October 2019
  • Ngobigha, Stuart D. Walker, G. Howell, and J. Prentice. “Demonstration of 40 Gbit/s data capacity using standard rail-approved twisted-pair media on international rolling stock”. Invited Speaker at WP3 Shift2Rail R&D workshop organised by Network Rail, King's College London, 19 February 2019
  • Bebbington, F. Ngobigha, and L. Carrea. “T-matrix or Fredholm Integral Method? Methodologies for calculation of scattering matrices”. The Inter-Agency Committee on the Hydrological Use of Weather Radar meeting, London, UK, 13 February 2019
  • Ngobigha, Stuart D. Walker, G. Koczian, G. Howell, and J. Prentice. “Demonstration of 40 Gbit/s conducting media data capacity on international rolling stock”. IEEE/IFIP 15th Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services (WONS) Conference, Wengen, Switzerland, https://doi.org/10.23919/WONS.2019.8795504, January 2019
  • Ngobigha, Mike Parker, Stuart D. Walker, Kai Habel, and Volker Jungnickel. EU project Deliverable D2.6: “Role of impairments when using physical layer security” in Converged Heterogeneous Advanced 5G Cloud-RAN Architecture for Intelligent and Secure Media Access (CHARISMA), December 2017
  • Mike Parker, Ngobigha, Geza Koczian, Terry Quinlan, and Stuart D. Walker. EU project Deliverable D3.4: “Updated Low-Cost, Energy-Efficient Fronthaul Architecture” - intelligent Converged network consolidating Radio and optical access aRound USer equipment (iCirrus), August 2017
  • Ngobigha, and D. Bebbington. “Electromagnetic waves scattering by dielectric ellipsoids applying integral equation approach”. Radio Science Meeting (Joint with IEEE AP-S Symposium), 2014 USNC-URSI, Memphis, TN, USA, 6 - 11 July 2014
  • Bebbington, F. Ngobigha, and L. Carrea. “Advances in polarimetric radar scattering - modelling and analysis. In: Scattering, Clouds and Climate”. A Short Workshop of Exploration, University of Oxford, UK, 24 - 25 March 2014
  • Ngobigha, and D. Bebbington. “Theoretical analysis and evaluation of scattering characteristics by inhomogeneous particles using Fredholm Integral Equation approach”. A Workshop of UK Festival of Radio Science URSI, University of Birmingham, UK, 18 September 2013
  • P. Damuut, and F. Ngobigha, and D. Gu. “Applying T-norm fuzzy logic to the sensor selection problem in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)”. In Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference (CEEC), 2013 5th, University of Essex, UK, September 2013
  • Ngobigha, and D. Bebbington. “Scattering of electromagnetic waves by offset spherical particles”. In 2nd International Conference on Telecommunications and Remote Sensing (ICTRS 2013), Netherlands, 11 - 12 July 2013