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Articles by Nick Barua
Battery state-of-health as a functional safety variable: an ISO 26262-aligned AI framework for electric vehicle ADAS power integrity
Abstract A critical design blind spot persists in contemporary electric vehicle (EV) safety engineering: ISO 26262 functional-safety frameworks generally treat battery State-of-Health (SoH) as a passive maintenance metric rather than a live, mode-governing safety variable. This paper proposes a five-layer theoretical co-design framework that integrates SoH estimation, power-margin monitoring, functional-safety decision logic, actuation, and lifecycle management.
NUP-REPORT 1.0: A Minimum Reporting and Benchmarking Framework for Non-Upright Pedestrian Detection and Pre-Crash Safety Evaluation
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version Pedestrian-detection research and vehicle-safety assessment have traditionally concentrated on upright, walking or crossing pedestrians. People who are prone, supine, lateral, seated, crouched, kneeling, partially collapsed or undergoing a fall present different visual, geometric, thermal and kinematic characteristics.
From Detection to Forensics: An Integrated Safety Architecture for Fallen Pedestrian Protection
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version Fallen pedestrians—those lying prone, supine, or crouching on roadways—represent a critical and largely unaddressed vulnerability in contemporary Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
From Starlight Synthesis to Chemo-Kinematic Tomography: A Unified Galactic Reconstruction Framework
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version The reconstruction of galaxy assembly histories from contemporary stellar populations remains a central challenge in astrophysics. Both stellar population synthesis and Galactic Archaeology represent special cases of the same Bayesian inverse problem: inferring evolutionary history from present-day observables. This unification constitutes the central contribution of the present work.
From SATCOM Connectivity to Risk-Aware Autonomous BVLOS Operations: Communication, Control, and Safety in Emerging UAV Architectures
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have transitioned from localised applications to complex, long-range missions across civil, commercial, and defence domains. Central to this expansion is the capacity to operate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), an operational paradigm entirely reliant on resilient command and control (C2) data links.
The Current State of Non-Upright Pedestrian Protection: Fusing Multi-Modal Perception, ISO 26262/SOTIF Standards, and Kinematic Forensics
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version Autonomous and semi-autonomous advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are highly proficient at tracking upright pedestrians under standard environmental conditions. However, individuals in non-upright positions—such as fallen, collapsed, or prostrate vulnerable road users (VRUs)—face a severe safety deficit owing to the classification limits of standard visual-spectrum perception suites.
Latency-Constrained UAV Operations over SATCOM: A System-Level Analytical Framework Incorporating Stochastic Jitter Modelling, Adaptive Autonomy, and Regulatory Consolidation
You are already at the latest version Satellite communication (SATCOM) has emerged as a critical enabler of beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, yet its role as a constraining factor on UAV control performance and mission safety has received insufficient analytical treatment.
The Intelligence Multiplier: Orchestrating the Future of Sovereign GEOINT (2025–2034)
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version The global market for homeland security satellite imagery is undergoing a paradigm shift, transitioning from raw data acquisition to the delivery of actionable intelligence.
Risk-Aware AI Architecture for BVLOS UAV Safety: Integrating Sensor Fusion and SATCOM
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civil, commercial, and defence domains has exposed a critical architectural gap: existing platforms optimise either communication or perception independently, leaving safety coverage incomplete under simultaneous stress in Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations.
The Invisible Victims of the Road: Why Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Cannot See the Pedestrians Most Likely to Die — and What the Forensic, Regulatory, and Engineering Communities Must Do About It
This version is not peer-reviewed. You are already at the latest version Pedestrians who are already on the road surface — collapsed through medical emergency, intoxication, or displacement by a prior collision — represent one of the most lethal yet least-addressed categories in road traffic safety. Peer-reviewed forensic database studies from Japan report a fatality rate of 33.0% for collisions involving prostrate pedestrians, more than double the rate for standing victims [1,2].
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