Discipline of Computer Science and Information Systems

Information

Dr. KaylashName: Dr. Kaylash Chaudhary
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: kaylash.chaudhary@usp.ac.fj
Phone: +679 32 32373
Location: Japan ICT Building A, Level 4
Room: A417

Detail Information

Dr. Kaylash Chaudhary is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific (USP) and a researcher in computer science, with expertise in blockchain and cryptocurrency, robotics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital literacy. Holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from USP, his doctoral research focused on the formal modeling and analysis of virtual payment systems, including blockchain technologies. His work in robotics emphasizes developing intelligent algorithms for automation and integrating robotics into practical solutions. He has also made significant contributions to cybersecurity by addressing vulnerabilities in digital ecosystems, including blockchain protocols.

Dr. Chaudhary has authored over 50 publications in reputed journals and conferences, showcasing his commitment to advancing technology. Beyond research, he is actively involved in promoting digital literacy to bridge the digital divide in the South Pacific, ensuring equitable access to technology and skills. His ability to combine theoretical rigor with practical applications positions him as a key figure in driving innovation in technology and education, particularly in developing regions.

Undergraduate Courses:

  • CS211
  • CS311

Postgraduate Course:

  • CS424

Dr. Kaylash Chaudhary’s research encompasses cryptocurrency, model checking, robot navigation using artificial intelligence, educational data mining, targeted interventions for higher education, and digital literacy. In cryptocurrency, he focuses on protocol verification and security analysis, ensuring the robustness of blockchain systems. His expertise in model checking enhances the reliability of complex computational systems, while his work in robotics leverages AI to develop efficient navigation algorithms. In education, he applies data mining to analyze student performance and designs targeted interventions to improve outcomes in higher education. Additionally, he is dedicated to advancing digital literacy, particularly in the South Pacific, addressing skills gaps and promoting equitable technology access. His interdisciplinary research combines theoretical insights with practical applications, driving innovation in technology, education, and societal development.

IEEE Computer Society

2012: Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Innovation – awarded to the Timetable Team comprising Dr Anjeela Jokhan, Mr. Harsh Saini and Mr. Kaylash Chaudhary for the successful development and implementation of USP’s first ever timetabling software

  1. Chaudhary K, Ch V, Prasad A, Sharma B. Robot Motion Control using Dual Avoidance Scheme. Engineered Science. 2024 Oct 8;32:1261.
  2. Nand R, Chaudhary K, Sharma B. Discrete Preference based Stepping ahead Firefly Algorithm for solving Multidimensional Knapsack Problems. IEEE Access. 2024 Sep 23.
  3. Chaudhary K. A Modified Firefly Algorithm for Solving Optimization Problems. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications. 2024 Apr 18:2450012.
  4. Deo K, Chaudhary K, Assaf M. Adaptive quality of service for packet loss reduction using OpenFlow meters. PeerJ Computer Science. 2024 Apr 4;10:e1848.
  5. Chaudhary K, Prasad A, Prasad A, Sharma B. Robot Motion Control Using Stepping Ahead Firefly Algorithm and Kinematic Equations. IEEE Access. 2024 Mar 21;12:43078-88.
  6. Nand, E. Reddy, K. Chaudhary and B. Sharma, “Preference-Based Stepping Ahead Firefly Algorithm for Solving Real-World Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem,” in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 24685-24699, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3365734.
  7. Nand, K. Chaudhary and B. Sharma, “Single Depot Multiple Travelling Salesman Problem Solved With Preference-Based Stepping Ahead Firefly Algorithm,” in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 26655-26666, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3366183
  8. Reddy, P., Chaudhary, K., & Hussein, S. (2023). A digital literacy model to narrow the digital literacy skills gap. Heliyon, 9 (4), e14878.
  9. Chaudhary, K. C. (2023). A modified version of the ABC algorithm and evaluation of its performance. Heliyon, 9(5).
  10. Reddy, P., Sharma, B., Chaudhary, K., Lolohea, O., & Tamath, R. (2022). Information literacy: a desideratum of the 21st century. Online Information Review, 46(3), 441-463.
  11. Reddy, P., Chaudhary, K., Sharma, B., & Chand, R. (2022). Talismans of digital literacy: A statistical overview. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 20(5), 570-587.
  12. Chaudhary K, Prasad A, Chand V, Sharma B. ACO-Kinematic: a hybrid first off the starting block. PeerJ Computer Science. 2022 Mar 15;8:e905.
  13. Prasad A, Chaudhary K, Sharma B. Programming skills: Visualization, interaction, home language and problem solving. Education and Information Technologies. 2022 Apr;27(3):3197-223.
  14. Naseem M, Chaudhary K, Sharma B. Predicting Freshmen Attrition in Computing Science using Data Mining. Education and Information Technologies. 2022 Apr 4:1-31.
  15. Reddy P, Sharma B, Chaudhary K, Lolohea O, Tamath R. Visual literacy shown through a magnifying lens by high school students. Interactive Technology and Smart Education. 2022
  16. Reddy P, Chaudhary K, Sharma B, Hussein S. Essaying the design, development and validation processes of a new digital literacy scale. Online Information Review. 2022
  17. Nand, R., Sharma, B. and Chaudhary, K.(2022). An introduction of preference based stepping ahead firefly algorithm for the uncapacitated examination timetabling. PeerJ Computer Science, 8, p.e1068.
  18. Nand, R., Sharma, B. & Chaudhary, K. Stepping ahead Firefly Algorithm and hybridization with evolution strategy for global optimization problems. Applied Soft Computing. 2021
  19. Chand, S., Chaudhary, K., Prasad, A. and Chand, V. (2021) Perceived Causes of Students’ Poor Performance in Mathematics: A Case Study at Ba and Tavua Secondary Schools. Appl. Math. Stat.
  20. Raza, S., Sharma, B. and Chaudhary, K. (2021) A New Pair of Watchful Eyes for Students in Online Courses. Appl. Math. Stat.
  21. Reddy, P., Sharma, B. & Chaudhary, K. (2021). Digital literacy: a review in the South Pacific. Journal Computing High Education (
  22. Reddy, P., Sharma, B., & Chaudhary K. (2021) Contextualized Game-Based Intervention for Digital Literacy for the Pacific Islands. Education and Information Technologies.
  23. Reddy, P., Sharma, B., & Chaudhary K. (2020) The Two Perfect Scorers for Technology Acceptance. Education and Information Technologies.
  24. Reddy, P., Chaudhary, K., and Sharma, B. (2020) Digital Literacy: A Review of Literature. International Journal of Technoethics.
  25. Chaudhary, K., Dai, X., & Grundy, J. (2010). Experiences in Developing a Micro-payment System for Peer-to-Peer Networks. International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering.
  26. Chaudhary, K., & Dai, X. (2010). Architecture of CORBA based P2P-NetPay Micro-payment System in Peer to Peer Networks. International Journal of Computer Science & Emerging Technologies
  27. Chaudhary, K., Dai, X. (2009) P2P-netpay: An off-line micro-payment system for content sharing in P2P-networks. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence.
  1. Chaudhary, K., Prasad, A., & Sharma, B. (2023, September). Reinforcement Learning at the Forefront of Robot Path Planning. In 2023 International Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (ACEMP) & 2023 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
  2. Chaudhary, K., Prasad, A., Chand, V., Shariff, A., & Lal, A. (2023, March). A Solution to Collinear Problem in Lyapunov-Based Control Scheme. In Congress on Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics (pp. 285-295). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  3. Chand; K. Chaudhary; B. Sharma; and A. Prasad, “Landmark Aided Robot Path Planning using Stepping-Ahead Firefly Algorithm” (2022). PACIS 2022 Proceedings. 194.
    https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2022/194
  4. Chaudhary, G. Lal, A. Prasad, V. Chand, S. Sharma and A. Lal, “Obstacle Avoidance of a Point-Mass Robot using Feedforward Neural Network,” 2021 3rd Novel Intelligent and Leading Emerging Sciences Conference (NILES), 2021, pp. 210-215, doi: 10.1109/NILES53778.2021.9600550.
  5. Nand, K. Chaudhary and B. Sharma, “Stepping ahead based hybridization of meta-heuristic model for solving Global Optimization Problems,” 2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2020, pp. 1-8
  6. Sharma and K. Chaudhary, “Evaluating the Malware Threat Cases in Fiji 2020,” 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), 2020, pp. 1-8.
  7. Deo, K. Chaudhary and B. Sharma, “Student Background: An Invaluable Player for Academic Success,” 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), 2020, pp. 1-6
  8. Reddy, K. Chaudhary, B. Sharma and R. Chand, “Digital Literacy: A Catalyst for the 21st Century Education,” 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), 2020, pp. 1-6,
  9. Chand, A. Prasad, K. Chaudhary, B. Sharma and S. Chand, “A Face-off – Classical and Heuristic-based Path Planning Approaches,” 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), 2020, pp. 1-6.
  10. Reddy, B. Sharma, and K. Chaudhary. Measuring the digital competency of freshmen at a higher education institute, In Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS2020),AIS, Dubai, UAE, 2020
  11. Chaudhary, V. Chand, and A. Fehnker. Double-Spending Analysis of Bitcoin, In Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS2020),AIS, Dubai, UAE, 2020.
  12. Sharma, K. Chaudhary, M. G. M. Khan and M. Wagner, “Ransomware Noise Identification and Eviction Through Machine Learning Fundamental Filters,” 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), 2019, pp. 1-8
  13. Reddy, K. Chaudhary and B. Sharma, “Predicting Media Literacy Level of Secondary School Students in Fiji,” 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), Melbourne, Australia, 2019, pp. 1-7.
  14. Naseem, K. Chaudhary, B. Sharma and A. G. Lal, “Using Ensemble Decision Tree Model to Predict Student Dropout in Computing Science,” 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE), Melbourne, Australia, 2019, pp. 1-8.
  15. Chaudhary and A. Fehnker, “Model Checking a Client-Side Micro Payment Protocol,” 2016 3rd Asia-Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering (APWC on CSE), 2016, pp. 90-97
  16. Chaudhary, A. Fehnker, V. Mehta, Modelling, verification, and comparative performance analysis of the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol, (2017) Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS, 244, pp. 53-65.
  17. Chaudhary, A. Fehnker, J. Van De Pol, M. Stoelinga, Modeling and verification of the bitcoin protocol, (2015) Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS, 196, pp. 46-60.
  18. Chaudhary, A. Fehnker and X. Dai, “Modeling and verification for the server-side Netpay protocol,” Asia-Pacific World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering, 2014, pp. 1-8.
  19. Dai, K. Chaudhary and J. Grundy, “Comparing and Contrasting Micro-payment Models for Content Sharing in P2P Networks,” 2007 Third International IEEE Conference on Signal-Image Technologies and Internet-Based System, 2007, pp. 347-354.
  1. Sharma, P., Chaudhary, K., & Khan, M. G. (2022). The Art-of-Hyper-Parameter Optimization with Desirable Feature Selection: optimizing for multiple objectives: ransomware anomaly detection. In Proceedings of 2021 International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (MICAD 2021) Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (pp. 218-227). Springer Singapore.
  2. Prasad A., Chaudhary K. (2021) Interactive Animation and Affective Teaching and Learning in Programming Courses. In: Bhatia S.K., Tiwari S., Ruidan S., Trivedi M.C., Mishra K.K. (eds) Advances in Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1158. Springer Nature.
  3. Sharma P., Chaudhary K., Wagner M., Khan M.G.M. (2021) A Comparative Analysis of Malware Anomaly Detection. In: Bhatia S.K., Tiwari S., Ruidan S., Trivedi M.C., Mishra K.K. (eds) Advances in Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1158. Springer Nature.
  4. Fehnker A., Chaudhary K. (2018) Twenty Percent and a Few Days – Optimising a Bitcoin Majority Attack. In: Dutle A., Muñoz C., Narkawicz A. (eds) NASA Formal Methods. NFM 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10811. Springer.
  5. Fehnker A., Chaudhary K., Mehta V. (2018) An Even Better Approach – Improving the B.A.T.M.A.N. Protocol Through Formal Modelling and Analysis. In: Dutle A., Muñoz C., Narkawicz A. (eds) NASA Formal Methods. NFM 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10811. Springer.
  6. Chaudhary K., Fehnker A. (2015) Model Checking a Server-Side Micro Payment Protocol. In: Núñez M., Güdemann M. (eds) Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems. FMICS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9128. Springer.
  7. Dai, X., Chaudhary, K., & Grundy, J. (2012). P2P-NetPay: A Micro-Payment System for Peer-to-Peer Networks. In Models for Capitalizing on Web Engineering Advancements: Trends and Discoveries (pp. 159-182). IGI Global.
  1. University Timetabling Software
    • Role: Project Coordinator
    • Led the development and implementation of the university’s first-ever timetabling software in 2012.
  2. Online Course Conversion
    • Role: Project Designer and Coordinator
    • Coordinated and co-developed the conversion of face-to-face courses into online formats on Moodle. Key contributions include developing IS222 (Database Management Systems) and lab components for IS121 (Information Systems 1).
  3. STAR Project
    • Role: Trainer Trained staff on developing program outcomes linked to USP outcomes, curriculum mapping, and rubric development. Supported curriculum design for programs such as Bachelor of NetCentric Computing and Bachelor of Software Engineering and expanded this process to other programs in the

Post-Grad Supervision Work

 Completed

  • Pritika Reddy (PhD), Transforming Higher Education in the Pacific through ELearning technologies and Digital Literacy. Role: Principal-supervisor.
  • Priynka Sharma (MSc): Ransonware Anomaly Detection using Machine Learning Techniques. Role: Principal-supervisor.
  • Mohammed Naseem (MSc): Analysis of Discipline Level University Student Attrition using Data Mining. Role: Principal-supervisor.
  • Salsabil Nusair (SRP): Induction Machine Time-Domain Fault Classification Using Linear Neural Networks: Simulation, Experimental Verification, And Comparison. Role: Principal-supervisor
  • Vinay Mehta (MSc): Formalisation, Modelling, Analysis and Verification of a Network Routing Protocol: Better Approach To Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (B.A.T.M.A.N.) Role: Co-supervisor
  • Sarnesh Deo (MSc), Factors Affecting First-Year Programming Students’ Success At The University Of The South Pacific. Role: Principal-supervisor
  • Salman Raza (MSc), Student Performance Monitoring Tool For Distant Learners Using Long Short-Term Memory (Lstm) Networks. Role: Principal-supervisor