Dr Chris Phillips, BEng PhD MIEEE FHEA

Profile

Director of Recruitment and Admissions (EECS)

Programme Director (PD) of Computer Systems Engineering

Teaching

Computer Architecture and Networks (Postgraduate)

The main focus of this module is software engineering and systems analysis. Students will learn about binary digital logic, essential aspects of computer architecture, the hardware/software interface, and computer networks, particularly the Internet. Content covers: Digital Logic and information representation in binary The Concept of a Stored Program Computer: the von Neumann Architecture and the Fetch/Execute Cycle The Memory Hierarchy and Caching The Concept of a Packet Switched Network: Internet Protocols Routing and Performance Issues with Networks Representative Internet applications such as DNS and the WWW (HTTP)

Microprocessor Systems Design (Undergraduate)

This module examines the structure, applications and programming of microcontroller and similar devices. There will be practical work on using the devices as part of the module. Aims: * To impart an understanding of the architectures of microcontrollers microprocessors, and PIC devices. * To impart an understanding of the design issues in using microcontrollers and similar devices. * To enable students to make an informed choice of microcontrollers or similar device for a particular application. * To enable students to use microcontroller devices in electronic circuits.

Research

Research Interests:

Internet Technologies (TCP/IP, Routing and G/MPLS)

Optical Networking (ASON, OBS, Resilience, Connection Management)

Network Security and Dynamic Virtual Private Networking

Energy-Efficient Wired Networking

Sensor Networks and Nomadic Computing

(See http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~chrisp/publications.htm for more details)

Publications

• Shahariar R, Phillips C (2026). A traffic incident management framework for vehicular ad hoc networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2602.18208

  
  

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• Shahariar R, Phillips C (2026). A Survey of Security Threats and Trust Management in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2602.06608

  
  

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• Chaudhry UB, Phillips CI (2025). Autonomous UAV Path Optimization Using Genetic and Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Effective Data Retrieval in Cache‐Enabled Mobile Ad‐Hoc WSNs. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1155/jcnc/8888509

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/107278
• Shahariar R, Phillips C (publicationYear). A Survey of Security Threats and Trust Management in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.14738/tmlai.1303.18943

  
  

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• Shahariar R, Phillips C (2025). A Traffic Incident Management Framework for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.5121/ijwmn.2025.17202

  
  

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• Wang J, Li H, Sun Y et al. (publicationYear). CPCROK: A Communication-Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Scheme for Low-Density Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.3390/fi17040165

  
  

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• Chaudhry UB, Phillips CI (2024). Smart data harvesting in cache-enabled MANETs: UAVs, future position prediction, and autonomous path planning. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1139/dsa-2024-0003

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/98326
• Shahariar R, Phillips C (2024). A fuzzy reward and punishment scheme for vehicular ad hoc networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2405.04892

  
  

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• Shahariar R, Phillips C (2024). A trust management framework for vehicular ad hoc networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2405.04885

  
  

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• Shahariar R, Phillips C (2024). The Need Of Trustworthy Announcements To Achieve Driving Comfort. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2405.04878

  
  

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