Dr Ethungshan Shitiri recipient of European Commission Grant.
Dimapur, April 22 (MExN): Dr Ethungshan Shitiri of Okotso village under Wokha district, a resident of Dimapur, has been awarded with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Commission with a grant seed of €165,000 for two years. This grant will fund Dr Shitiri as the principal investigator for the innovative BeNiFIt Project, stated a DIPR report.
The BeNiFIt Project seeks to transform healthcare by introducing intra-body nanoscale communications (IBNC). This technology utilizes nanomachines that are deployed into the bloodstream to detect disease biomarkers with unprecedented accuracy and speed. The aim is to significantly reduce economic costs and eliminate the delays in the early detection of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's.
BeNiFIt's groundbreaking approach will offer real-time data transmission from within the bloodstream to medical professionals or directly to patients, potentially revolutionizing diagnostic procedures with its minimally invasive yet highly efficient methodology. More importantly, the BeNiFIt Project aims to realize the 1000X dream: reduce the diagnosis duration from 10,000 hours to 10 minutes.
In his role as principal investigator, Dr Shitiri is tasked with pioneering novel IBNC networks within the bloodstream. His responsibilities include designing efficient wireless communication protocols to relay crucial disease information to wearable devices and the internet. Additionally, Dr. Shitiri will mentor PhD and master's students and disseminate findings through conferences and journal publications.
Currently, Dr Shitiri leads the Human Body Group at the NaNoNetworking Center of Catalunya (N3Cat) at the Universit at Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona Tech). N3Cat also explores quantum computing and communications, wireless on-chip networks, and artificial intelligence.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering in 2018 from Kyungpook National University (KNU) in South Korea under Dr Ho Shin Cho. Dr Shitiri has since held postdoctoral positions at KNU’s IDEC and the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Advancement Institute. Since 2023, he has been with N3Cat.
Dr Shitiri has an impressive record of over 25 scientific publications and has co-authored a book chapter. His work focuses on energy-efficient protocols, resource management, and nanonetworks. Dr Shitiri's research collaborations extend to notable institutions like LUT Sweden, Boğaziçi University Turkey, IIT-Patna, NTNU Norway, and IBEC Spain. Notably, he has been instrumental in obtaining two national grants from the NRF South Korea totaling $500,000. His excellence in research is recognized by several awards, including the KNU Honors Scholarship, the Qualcomm Innovation Award, the Best Thesis Award from the School of Electronics, and the Best Paper Award by KICS.
More information about the project visit: https://sites.google.com/view/benifit-project and the N3Cat group at https://www.n3cat.upc.edu.
