Personal profile
Research Interests
- Smart Wearables for Health
- Source Separation and Source Identification
- Brain Computer Interface
- Sleep and Cardio-Respiratory Health
- Machine Learning and Artificial Learning for Digital Health
Research Profile
Dr. Ganesh R. Naik stands as a prominent figure in biomedical engineering and signal processing, evidenced by his ranking within the top 2% of researchers globally in Biomedical Engineering according to Stanford University Research. He earned his PhD in Electronics Engineering, specializing in these fields, from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, in December 2009.
Currently a senior academic and researcher in Computer Science and IT at Torrens University Australia, Dr. Naik has established himself as a highly productive mid-career researcher. His extensive scholarly output includes editing 16 books and authoring 150+ papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His expertise is further recognized through his roles as an associate editor for esteemed publications such as IEEE ACCESS, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, and two Springer journals: Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, and Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine.
Dr. Naik's academic journey has been supported by numerous prestigious fellowships, including a Baden–Württemberg Scholarship from Berufsakademie, Stuttgart, Germany (2006–2007), an ISSI overseas fellowship from Skilled Institute Victoria, Australia (2010), and a BridgeTech industry fellowship from the Medical Research Future Fund, Government of Australia (2023). Adding to his distinguished list of accomplishments, Dr. Naik has received a prestigious international fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering UK (2025).
Prior to his current role, Dr. Naik held significant research positions. Between July 2020 and August 2023, he served as a research theme co-lead and academic at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health at Flinders University. Before that, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University (WSU), from July 2017 to July 2020, where he led the data analysis team for a multi-million-dollar CRC sleep project and developed innovative algorithms for wearable sleep technologies. His earlier postdoctoral work includes a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for Health Technologies, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), from February 2013 to June 2017.
Dr. Ganesh Naik's projects and publication details are found here: https://ganeshrnaik.org/
Education/Academic qualification
PhD (Electronics/Biomedical Engineering), Iterative issues of ICA, quality of separation and number of sources : a study for biosignal applications, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
2006 → 2009
Master (Communication and Information Engineering), Speaker Recognition in presence of quantization distortion, Griffith University Queensland
2001 → 2002
Bachelor (Engineering in Electronics and Communication), A Computer Link Using Amateur Radio Frequencies
1994 → 1997
External positions
Visiting Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
1 Jan 2025 → …
Adjunct Researcher, Flinders University
1 Jan 2024 → …
Adjunct Fellow, Western Sydney University
1 Aug 2020 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Biotransport dynamics of MXene nanoparticles in Casson micropolar flow: From Lie symmetry analysis to stacking ensemble learning
Ashrith, R. P., Areekara, S., Neelima, N., Thanuja, L., Nagaraja, K. V. & Naik, G. R., Mar 2026, In: Results in Engineering. 29, 108729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Burden of chronic respiratory disease in Asia, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
GBD 2023 Asia Chronic Respiratory Disease Collaborators, Mar 2026, In: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 14, 3, p. 233-255 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial: Machine learning and applied neuroscience, volume II
dos Santos, W. P., Conti, V., Gambino, O. & Naik, G. R., 2026, In: Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 19, 1757770.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study
GBD 2023 Global Chronic Respiratory Disease and Covid Collaborators, 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lie symmetry analysis of effluent dispersion over oxytactic-laden porous domain: a mathematical insight on pollutant dynamics
Shivakumar, S. P., Areekara, S., Smitha, T. V., Thanuja, L., Devanathan, S., Naik, G. R. & Nagaraja, K. V., Jan 2026, In: Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. 12, 1, 26.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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