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Research outputs across federated learning governance, data spaces interoperability, blockchain and AI, and IoT trust frameworks.

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2026conference

Policy-Driven Federated Learning: Operationalising Governance, Trust, and Compliance in Cross-Organisational AI

T. Ranathunga, S. Barthi, A. McGibney

2026 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing Workshops and Other Affiliated events

Federated LearningGovernanceTrust Management

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2026conference

When Agents Control Robots: A Zero Trust Policy Model for Agentic Cyber-Physical Systems

T. Ranathunga, K. Fernando, S. Rea

24th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), Naples, Italy

Agentic AIZero TrustCyber-Physical Systems

DOI arXiv

2025conference

A Secure Data Ecosystem Testbed

I. Dhanapala, T. Ranathunga, S. Barthi, A. McGibney, S. Rea

2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing Workshops and Other Affiliated events, Cork, Ireland

Edge CloudIoTZero TrustSecurity

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2024conference

Integrating Distributed Ledger Technologies Into Data Spaces: An Architectural Pattern

T. Ranathunga, S. Barthi, A. McGibney

International Congress on Blockchain and Applications, Salamanca

DLTData Spaces

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2024journal

Enabling Secure and Self-Sovereign Machine Learning Model Exchange in Manufacturing Data Spaces

T. Ranathunga, A. McGibney, S. Barthi

Journal of Industrial Information Integration, Elsevier

Data SpacesMachine LearningManufacturing

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2024workshop

A Semantic Interoperability Toolkit for Sharing Energy Data and Models in a Manufacturing Data Space

T. Ranathunga, S. Barthi, A. McGibney

Workshop on Semantic Interoperability in Data Spaces, Budapest

Semantic InteroperabilityOntologyData SpacesManufacturing

Slides (IDSA workshop)Google Scholar

2024white-paper

SmartQC: An Extensible DLT-Based Framework for Trusted Data Workflows in Smart Manufacturing

Alan McGibney, Tharindu Ranathunga, Roman Pospisil

arXiv

DLTManufacturingSmart Contracts

DOI arXiv

2023conference

Machine Learning Economy for Next Generation Industrial IoT: A Vision under Web 3.0

S. Barthi, T. Ranathunga, I. Dhanapala, S. Rea, A. McGibney

MEDES, Springer CCIS

Machine LearningIoTWeb3

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2022journal

Blockchain based Decentralised Model Aggregation for Cross-Silo Federated Learning in Industry 4.0

T. Ranathunga, A. McGibney, S. Barthi

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Federated LearningBlockchainMachine Learning

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2021workshop

The convergence of Blockchain and Machine Learning for Decentralized Trust Management in IoT Ecosystems

T. Ranathunga, A. McGibney, S. Rea

ACM SenSys BlockSys Workshop, Portugal

BlockchainMachine LearningTrust ManagementIoT

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2021conference

A Distributed Ledger Based Platform for Automated Energy Performance Assessment

T. Ranathunga, R. Marfievici, A. McGibney, S. Rea

IEEE BCCA 2021, Estonia

DLTEnergy

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2020conference

A DLT-based Trust Framework for IoT Ecosystems

T. Ranathunga, R. Marfievici, A. McGibney, S. Rea

IEEE Cyber Security Conference, Dublin, Ireland

DLTTrust ManagementIoT

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2017conference

Eloc: Locating wild elephants using low-cost infrasonic detectors

Asanka Priyadarshana Sayakkara, Namal Jayasuriya, Tharindu Ranathunga, Chathura Suduwella, Nithila Vithanage, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Kasun De Zoysa, Kasun Hewage, Thiemo Voigt

2017 13th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), IEEE, pp. 44-52

Wireless Sensor NetworksSignal Processing

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