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Nine papers, one through-line.

Long-form notes on each of the peer-reviewed papers, with abstracts, FAQs, and citations. The work spans quantum machine learning, post-quantum IoT, blockchain consensus, reinforcement learning under partial observability, AI-optimised VLSI and lightweight standards, but the instinct is the same in each: identify the place where conventional wisdom is paying a hidden cost, then redesign the contract instead of micro-optimising around it.

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IEEE Access·Apr 2026·~8 min

Hardware-Agnostic Quantum Kernel Feature Mapping for Anomaly Detection in Critical Infrastructure

8-qubit ZZFeatureMap kernels validated on IBM's 156-qubit ibm_fez. The first hardware-validated quantum-ML pipeline for industrial control system anomaly detection.

QSVMIBM QuantumICS Security
IEEE Access · 2026
Sole author · Open Access
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IEEE ICAIC·Feb 2026·~6 min

AI-Optimized VLSI Architecture for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable IoT Systems

RL, GAs, and Bayesian optimisation steering Cadence and Synopsys synthesis flows. 43.3% power, 29.7% delay, 52% energy reduction over conventional VLSI.

VLSIDVFSEnergy
IEEE ICAIC · 2026
First author of 6
03
Bentham CYBPRO·Dec 2025·~6 min

AI-Driven Green Cognitive Radio for Sustainable Spectrum Management

Deep RL over partial-observable spectrum, with energy-aware reward shaping that turns spectrum efficiency and power efficiency into the same optimisation problem.

Cognitive RadioDeep RL6G
Bentham · 2025
Co-author
04
IEEE ICBATS·Nov 2025·~7 min

Mitigating Tails Switching in Multibranch Proof-of-Stake Systems: A Quantum-Inspired Approach

Borrowing wavefunction collapse to fix proof-of-stake. Direct measure functions plus single-branch nodes that stabilise multibranch chain selection.

BlockchainPoSQuantum-Inspired
IEEE ICBATS · 2025
Sole author
05
Springer NGCCOM·Sep 2025·~7 min

Quantum-Resilient IoT Energy Metering on Blockchain

Hybrid PQC plus AI plus blockchain smart-meter architecture. Sub-fifty-dollar nodes, 1850 TPS, 97.8% F1 anomaly detection, harvest-now-decrypt-later resistant.

PQCKyberSmart Grid
Springer · 2025
Lead author of 6
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IEEE ICPCT·Mar 2025·~7 min

Bootstrap Method for Microcanonical Ensembles in Quantum Systems

Lifting the bootstrap technique from classical quantum mechanics into the microcanonical ensemble. Moment-positivity constraints that tame the unphysical region.

BootstrapStatistical Mechanics
IEEE ICPCT · 2025
Sole author
07
IEEE ICEACE·Dec 2024·~6 min

Optimizing Reinforcement Learning in Partially Observable Environments Using Compressed Suffix Memory

Heuristic-bounded, Boltzmann-sampled successor to USM that learns faster on POMDPs without the exponential state-space explosion.

POMDPRLBoltzmann
IEEE ICEACE · 2024
Sole author
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IEEE DSIT·Dec 2024·~6 min

Optimizing LSM Tree Operations with Deferred Updates

Drop the hidden read penalty from secondary index maintenance. Up to 10x speedups on write-heavy workloads in RocksDB- and Cassandra-style engines.

LSMRocksDBStorage
IEEE DSIT · 2024
Sole author
09
IEEE DSIT·Dec 2024·~6 min

Efficient OneM2M Standard Implementation for Lightweight IoT

Clean-sheet C implementation of oneM2M v5.1 for resource-constrained gateways, peer-to-peer devices, and cloud scenarios. Small enough to fit, fast enough to matter.

oneM2MM2MEdge
IEEE DSIT · 2024
Sole author