- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
- Professor
CV
Contact information
Univerity of Moratuwa
Katubadda
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Random Signals and Processes -Undergraduate -2015
Communications III -Undergraduate -2015
Analog and Digital Communication -Undergraduate -2015
Information Theory and Coding -Undergraduate -2015
Research Activities
Wireless Communications
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, University of Melbourne ,2012 Electrical and Elctronic Engineering
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2008 Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
Career
Professor, Dept. of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2024 Jan. to date).
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2015-2023).
Head, Dept. of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Moratuwa (2024 Jan. to date).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia (2022-2023).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Australia (2012-2014).
Honorary Fellow, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (2016-2023).
Visiting Lecturer, Technology Faculty, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2018-2019).
Visiting Lecturer, IESL College of Engineering, Sri Lanka (2015-2021).
Visiting Lecturer, Northshore College of Business and Technology, Sri Lanka (2015-2019) – affiliated program of the University of the West of England, United Kingdom.
Student Library Assistant, Scholarly Information, University of Melbourne, Australia (2010-2012).
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (2010–2012). Undergraduate Teaching: Digital Communications.
Engineer, Radio Network Design, Planning and Optimization, Mobitel Pvt. Ltd, Sri Lanka (2008-2009).
Honours and Awards
President's Award for Scientific Publication (Received 2016)
President's Award for Scientific Publication (Received 2021)
National Research Council Merit Award (Received 2015)
National Research Council Merit Award (Received 2018)
National Research Council Merit Award (Received 2021)
Publications*
GP Wijesiri, J Haapola, T Samarasinghe,".The Effect of Multiple Access Categories on the MAC Layer Performance of IEEE 802.11 p.",IEEE Global Communications Conference,Taiwan,2020,
R De Silva, Y Siriwardhana, T Samarasinghe, M Ylianttila, M Liyanage,".Local 5G operator architecture for delay critical telehealth applications.",IEEE 5G World Forum,Virtual,2020,
G.P. Wijesiri, J. Haapola, T. Samarasinghe ,".Performance Enhancement of C-V2X Mode 4 Utilizing Multiple Candidate Single-subframe Resources.",IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems,,2023
G.P. Wijesiri, J. Haapola, T. Samarasinghe ,".Performance Enhancement of C-V2X Mode 4 Utilizing Multiple Candidate Single-subframe Resources.",IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems,,2023
G.P. Wijesiri, J. Haapola, T. Samarasinghe,".The Effect of Multiple Access Categories on the MAC Layer Performance of IEEE 802.11 p.",IEEE Transactions on Communications,,2022
Mevan Wijewardena;Tharaka Samarasinghe;Kasun T. Hemachandra;Saman Atapattu;Jamie S. Evans,".Physical Layer Security for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Two–Way Communications.",IEEE Communications Letters,25,2021
Shechem Sumanthiran;Dhanushka Kudathanthirige;Kasun T. Hemachandra;Tharaka Samarasinghe;Gayan Aruma Baduge,".Rank-1 Matrix Approximation-Based Channel Estimation for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Multi-User MISO Communications.",IEEE Communications Letters,25,2021
Geeth P. Wijesiri N.B.A.;Jussi Haapola;Tharaka Samarasinghe,".A Discrete-Time Markov Chain Based Comparison of the MAC Layer Performance of C-V2X Mode 4 and IEEE 802.11p.",IEEE Transactions on Communications,69,2021
V Jayasundara, H Jayasekara, T Samarasinghe, KT Hemachandra ,".Device-Free User Authentication, Activity Classification and Tracking Using Passive Wi-Fi Sensing: A Deep Learning-Based Approach.",IEEE Sensors Journal,20,2020
H Hydher, DNK Jayakody, KT Hemachandra, T Samarasinghe,".Intelligent UAV deployment for a disaster-resilient wireless network.",Sensors,20,2020
S. Abeywickrama, T. Samarasinghe, C. K. Ho, Y. Chau,".Wireless Energy Beamforming Using Received Signal Strength Indicator Feedback.",IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,,2018
T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin, J.S. Evans ,".Modeling and Analysis of Opportunistic Beamforming for Poisson Wireless Networks.",IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,,2016
M. Wang, T. Samarasinghe, J.S. Evans,".Optimizing User Selection Schemes in Vector Broadcast Channels.",IEEE Transactions on Communications,,2015
T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin, J.S. Evans ,".On the Outage Capacity of Opportunistic Beamforming with Random User Locations.",IEEE Transactions on Communications,,2014
T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin, J.S. Evans ,".On Optimal Downlink Coverage in Poisson Cellular Networks with Power Density Constraints.",IEEE Transactions on Communications,,2014
T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin, and J. Evans,".Optimal Selective Feedback Policies for Opportunistic Beamforming.",IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,,2013
T. Samarasinghe, H. Inaltekin, and J. Evans,".The Feedback-Capacity Tradeoff for Opportunistic Beamforming under Optimal User Selection.",Performance Evaluation,,2012
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