Engineering Electrical
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
Ernest Chulantha Kulasekere
University Address: Home Address:
Dept. of Electronic and Telecommunication Eng. 9/3 Francisco Place,
Faculty of Engineering, Moratuwella,
University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa,
Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka. Phone : +94-112-***-***
Phone : +94 112 650 634-8 (ext. 3313) Mobile: +94-777-***-***
Fax : +94-112-***-***
Email : abpk45@r.postjobfree.com
Web: www.ent.mrt.ac.lk/ekulasek
DEGREES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
University of Miami, Coral Gables FL 33124, USA, June 2001.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
University of Miami, Coral Gables FL 33124, USA, May 1996.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING (1st Class honors)
University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa Sri Lanka, May 1992.
Major : Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering.
OTHER TRAINING
Successfully completed a course on e-Learning policies organized by the Distance Learning Center and
Asian Development Bank Institute, May 2006.
Successfully completed a workshop on curriculum reforms organized by the University of Moratuwa, April
2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Papers in Refereed Journals
Conditioning and Updating Evidence, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2003.
(E.C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, Mei-Ling Shyu, P.H. Bauer)
Optimal Placement of Actuators and Sensors for Floor Vibration Control, ASCE journal of
Structural Engineering, December 2000.
(L. Hanagan, E.C. Kulasekere, K. Walgama, K. Premaratne)
An Exhaustive Search Algorithm for Checking Limit Cycle Behavior of Digital Filters, IEEE
Trans. on Signal Processing, October 1996.
(E. C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, P. Bauer, J. Leclerc)
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Papers at Refereed Conferences
Performance Analysis of the EDCR Algorithm in a Distributed Wireless Sensor Network, Third
International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communication Networks 06, Bangalore, In-
dia, April 2006.
(S. Gamwarige, E.C. Kulasekere)
An Energy Driven Cluster Head Rotation Algorithm for Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks,
International Conference on Information and Automation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2005.
(S. Gamwarige, E.C. Kulasekere)
Road Condition Monitoring and Vehicular Routing System, Eleventh Annual Sessions of the IEE,
Sri Lanka, September 2004.
(C.S. Athulathmudali, E.C. Kulasekere)
Intelligent Location Based Service System, Eleventh Annual Sessions of the IEE, Sri Lanka,
September 2004.
(G.J. Jayaratne, E.C. Kulasekere)
Optimum Frequency Window for Land Mine Detection Using Ground penetrating Radar, Eleventh
Annual Sessions of the IEE, Sri Lanka, September 2004.
(P.S.L. Fernando, D.A.I. Munindradasa, E.C. Kulasekere)
Network Based Real Time Health Care Monitoring, First Regional Conference on ICT and E-
Paradigms, June 2004.
(S. Sivapathalingam, E.C. Kulasekere)
Intelligent Coordination of Distributed Decision Agents, Tenth Annual Sessions of the IEE, Sri
Lanka, September 2003.
(S. Jayakody, E.C. Kulasekere)
Intelligent Source Code Converter, Tenth Annual Sessions of the IEE, Sri Lanka, September
2003.
(H. Shabbir and E.C. Kulasekere)
Multi-Disciplinary Application of Dempster-Shafer Theory, Ninth Annual Conference of the IEE,
Sri Lanka, September 2002.
(E.C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, P.H. Bauer)
Association Rule Mining with Subjective Knowledge . World Multiconf. on Syst., Cybernetics
and Informatics (SCI 02) (Orlando, FL) July 2002.
(E.C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, M.-L. Shyu, P.H. Bauer)
Resource Allocation and Congestion Control in Task Oriented Distributed Networks, SPIEs Int.
Symp. on Environmental and Industrial Sensing in Photonics Boston 2001 (Boston, MA)
Also in Environmental and Industrial Sensing (Marcus, MA, and Culshaw, B, Eds), Proc. of
SPIE, 4578.
(J. Zhang, E.C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, P. Bauer)
Resource Management of Task Oriented Distributed Sensor Networks, IEEE International Sym-
posium on Circuits and Systems 2001, Sydney Australia, May 2001.
(J. Zhang, E.C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, P. Bauer)
MIMO Floor Vibration Controller Design, Proc. American Control Conference, Chicago IL, June
2000.
(E.C. Kulasekere, L. Hanagan, K. Walgama, K. Premaratne)
An Exhaustive Search Algorithm for Checking Limit Cycle Behavior of Digital Filters, Proc. 1995
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Seattle, Washington, May
1995.
(E. C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, P. Bauer, J. Leclerc)
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Robustness of Digital Filters with Respect to Limit Cycle Behavior Under Coe cient Perturba-
tions, Digital Signal Processing Technology, Proc. SPIE, J. Picone, Ed., 1996.
(E.C. Kulasekere, K. Premaratne, P. Bauer)
Other Publications
Representation of Evidence from Bodies with Access to Partial Knowledge, PhD Dissertation,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, USA. June 2001.
(E.C. Kulasekere)
An Exhaustive Search Algorithm for Checking Limit Cycle Behavior of Digital Filters, MSc
Thesis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124 USA. May 1996.
(E.C. Kulasekere)
The Report of the Committee for hte Revision of Curriculum in Practical and Technical Skills
Technology Syllabi for Grades 6 to 13, Submitted to the Ministry of Education, October 2005.
(E.C. Kulasekere, Co-Author)
In Preparation
EDCR: An Energy E cient Event Driven Cluster Head Rotation Algorithm, IEEE Transactions
in Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2006.
(S. Gamwarige, E.C. Kulasekere)
Technical Reports
Bandwidth Allocation of a Distributed Sensor Networks, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida 33124, USA, October 1999.
Submitted to Dr. Kamal Premaratne.
Optimal Control of a Distributed Parameter System, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida 33124, USA, December 1996.
Submitted to Dr. Kamal Premaratne, Dr. L. Hanagan.
System Identi cation and Active Control of Floor Vibrations, Department of Electrical and Com-
puter Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida 33124, USA, September 1996.
Submitted to Dr. Kamal Premaratne, Dr. L. Hanagan.
AFFILIATIONS TO FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Variable bit rate control of distributed sensor networks (September 01, 1998 to August 31, 2001) Grant:
9726253. Special projects in networking research, National Science Foundation.
Principle Investigators: Kamal Premaratne, Peter Bauer.
Co-Principle Investigators: Christos Douligris.
Worked in the capacity of senior research assistant.
Active control of oor vibrations (May 01, 1995 to April 30, 1998) Grant: 9503369. CMS Division of civil
and mechanical systems engineering, structural engineering project, National Science Foundation.
Principle Investigator: Linda Hanagan.
Co-Principle Investigator: Kamal Premaratne.
Worked in the capacity of senior research assistant.
Finite word length e ects in high speed networks (January 01, 1994 to April 30 1995) Grant: N00014-
94-1-0454. O ce of Naval Research (ONR).
Principle Investigator: Kamal Premaratne.
Worked in the capacity of senior research assistant.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
External resource person, University of London (External Degree) (2005 to Date).
External resource person, ANC (2004-2005).
External resource person, SLIIT (2004 to Date).
External resource person, APIIT (2003-2004).
External resource person, BIT (2002-2003).
External resource person, Informatics Institute of Technology (2001 to Date).
Visiting lecturer at the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (2001-2006).
Senior Lecturer at University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka (2001 to Date).
Teaching Assistant at University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida 33124 (1997-2001).
Research Assistant at University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida 33124 (1994-1997).
Visiting lecturer at Kotalawala Defense Academy, Sri Lanka (1992-1993).
Visiting instructor at Kotalawala Defense Academy, Sri Lanka (1992-1993).
Visiting instructor at the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (1992-1993).
lecturer at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa,
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (1992-1993).
Instructor at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa,
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (1991-1992).
Senior industrial trainee at the Department of Telecommunications, Sri Lanka (1991).
Technical assistant at Nihal Rajapaksa Consulting Engineers [team working for the Technical Assistant
Team (TAT) from the Netherlands], Sri Lanka (1989).
Junior industrial trainee at the Department of Telecommunications, Sri Lanka (1987-1988).
Laboratory Assistant at the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Sri Lanka (1984-1986).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Level
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (2001 to date)
Internet technologies.
Neural networks and pattern recognition.
State space design.
Data communication and networking.
Presentation skills.
Recent advances in intelligent systems.
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (2004 to date)
Intelligent Systems.
Information and Network Security.
Computer Networks.
Arti cial Machine Intelligence.
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Undergraduate Level
SLIIT (2004 to date)
Network Security.
Real-Time Operating Systems.
BIT - External degree (2001 to 2003)
Intelligent systems.
New Directions in intelligent systems.
Informatics Institute of Technology (2001 to 2005)
Object oriented programming and design (C++/Java).
Arti cial Neural Networks.
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (2001 to date)
Introduction to computer systems.
Operating systems.
Communication systems engineering.
Data communications.
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (2001 to date)
Signals and systems.
Advances in Internet technologies.
Electronic instrumentation and control.
Engineering skills development.
Engineering Design.
Communication skills.
Principles of Electronics.
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A. (1994-2000).
Electrical/Electronic engineering circuit analysis.
Electronic design laboratory practice.
Control system engineering.
Communication systems theory.
Matlab for engineers.
PSpice circuit simulation practice.
Programming languages.
DPS techniques.
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (1992-1994).
Electrical properties of matter.
Electronics I, II.
Computer systems.
Telecommunication engineering laboratory practice.
Electronic engineering laboratory practice.
Computer system laboratory practice.
Kotalawala Defense Academy, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka (1992-1994).
Microwave and antenna theory.
Electronics I, II.
Microwave laboratory practice.
Telecommunication laboratory practice.
Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, (1992-1994).
Electronics laboratory practice.
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
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Graduate Level
Embedded Sensor Network Coordination, University of Moratuwa, 2004 (Ph.D.).
ADSL as an Internet Superhighway for Sri Lanka: A recommendation, University of Moratuwa
(Management of Technology MBA Program) 2003.
Path Detection using Radar, University of Moratuwa 2003 (Funded research, M.Sc.).
A Virtual Environment for Medical Instrumentation, University of Moratuwa, 2002 (ADB funded
research, MPhil).
Intelligent Network Control Agent, University of Moratuwa, 2002 (M.Sc.).
E cient Clock Synchronization in Distributed Sensor Networks, University of Moratuwa, 2002
(PG Dip/MSc).
Intelligent Diagnostic Tool for Hairline Fracture Detection using Digital X-Ray, University of
Moratuwa, 2002 (PG Dip/MSc).
Prediction of Cardiac Abnormalities via Intelligent Processing of ECG Signals, University of
Moratuwa, 2002 (PG Dip/M.Sc.).
Undergraduate Level
e-Voting System, University of Moratuwa, 2006.
Radar Map Integrator, University of Moratuwa, 2006.
Intelligent Air Conditioning System, University of Moratuwa, 2005.
Intelligent TV Receptor, University of Moratuwa, 2005.
Free Route Air Tra c Flow Manager, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2005.
Mobile Tra c Police Aid, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2005.
e-Inventory Manager, University of Moratuwa, 2004.
Online Drive Test Tool, University of Moratuwa, 2004.
Intelligent Counterfeit Currency Detection System, University of Moratuwa, 2003.
Automated Ticket Wending Machine for SLR, University of Moratuwa, 2003.
Intelligent Locomotive Tracking System, University of Moratuwa, 2003.
Fingerprint Recognition System, University of Moratuwa, 2003/2005.
A Flood Alert System, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2003.
A Location Based Emergency Services Package for Mobile Users, Informatics Institute of Tech-
nology, 2003.
Road Condition Monitoring and Vehicle Routing System, Informatics Institute of Technology
2003.
A Personal Medical Diagnostic Tool, University of Moratuwa, 2003.
Controlling Devices Through a LAN, University of Moratuwa, 2003.
Intelligent Lottery System, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2002.
Intelligent Code Converter, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2002.
Advance Copy Operator, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2002.
Parallel Virtual Machine, University of Moratuwa, 2002.
Hematological Disease Identi cation Using Arti cial Neural Networks, Informatics Institute of
Technology, 2001.
An intelligent Web-based Software Tool for the Academic Environment, Informatics Institute of
Technology, 2001.
Movement Detection System Using Body Heat Sensing, Informatics Institute of Technology, 2001.
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NON ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Coordinator for the PG Dip./M.Sc. in Electronics and Automation, 2005 to Date.
Coordinator for the MEng in Electronics and Telecommunications 2001/2002.
Career Guidance Counselor (Academic) Since 2003.
Coordinator for Postgraduate Projects (2003-2004).
Coordinator for Final Year Undergraduate Projects (2002-2005).
Undergraduate Student Counselor, (Since 2003).
Member of the Engineering Research Unit (ERU) committee at the University of Moratuwa (Since 2003).
Member of the orientation committee at the University of Moratuwa, Since 2003.
Senior lecturer in charge of the Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering Department Workshop
(2001-2005).
Lecturer in charge of coordinating in plant training for the Department of Electronic and Telecommuni-
cation Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Publications Chair, International Conference on Information and Automation, Colombo Sri Lanka, De-
cember 2006.
Member of the Publications Committee, 13th IEE Conference, Sri Lanka, 2006.
Member of the Review Panel, International Journal On Digital Signal Processing, Elsevier Inc., Since
2005.
Member of the Review Panel, International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies,
Systems and Applications: CITSA 2004, Orlando Florida, July 2004.
Editor and Member of the Technical Program Committee, 1st Regional Conference on ICT and E-
Paradigms, Colombo Sri Lanka, June 2004.
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Teacher training workshop for Advance Level Year 13 Technology subjects, Hard Technology: Infor-
mation Technology and Electronics, University of Moratuwa 2006.
Coordinator and resource person.
Teacher training workshop for Advance Level Year 12 Technology subjects, Hard Technology: Infor-
mation Technology and Electronics, University of Moratuwa 2006.
Coordinator and resource person.
Workshop for setting Advance Level Examination paper for Hard Technology subjects, Department of
Examinations, Ministry of Education 2006.
Resource person.
Workshop on Curriculum reforms for Advance Level Technology subjects, held at National Institute of
Education, Maharagam for Directors of Education and Subject Directors, 2006.
Resource person.
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Workshop on Curriculum reforms for Advance Level Technology subjects, held at the National Institute
of Education Maharagama for teachers and Master teachers, 2006.
Resource person.
Workshop for Teaching Learning Methodology development and Teacher Guide preparation for Advance
Level Hard Technology subjects, National Institute of Education 2005/2006.
Consultant advisor for NIE and mentor for resource persons.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc. (IEEE), Student member from 1995-2000, Member
since 2001.
Institute of Electrical Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) Associate member since January 1993.
INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Task Force, Electrical and Electronic Industry Development Planning Committee,
Ministry of Industrial Development, 2006.
External resource person, ICT for Schools, ADB Funded Project coordinated by the Ministry of Educa-
tion, 2005.
External resource person, Sri Lanka Police (November 2004 to date).
Consultant on Curriculum Reform for Advanced Level, National Institute of Education, Maharagama
(August 2004 to Date).
External resource person, Dialog Laboratory, University of Moratuwa, 2004.
External resource person, IEE Sri Lanka for CPD courses, 2003.
External resource person, Sri Lanka Navy (October 2003 to date).
External resource person, Arthur C. Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies, 2003.
External resource person, Sri Lanka Army (October 2002 to date).
Chairman, Technical Evaluation Committee, Development Lotteries Board (December 2002).
NON-PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Tau Beta Pi organization of U.S.A.
HONORS and AWARDS
Recipient of a Special Commendation from the Army Commander Major General Lionel Balagalle for
services rendered to the Sri Lanka Army, Colombo, November 2002.
Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2001 award, Univer-
sity of Miami, May 20, 2001.
Recipient of the Eliahu I and Joyce Jury Award for graduate scholarship in Electrical Engineering,
University of Miami, November 27, 2000.
Recipient of The Ceylon Electricity Board award for the most outstanding Electronic and Telecommu-
nication Engineering graduate, University of Moratuwa, academic year 1988/89.
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REFERENCES
Mr. A.T.L.K. Samarasinghe
Senior Lecturer (Department Chair),
Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering,
University of Moratuwa,
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Phone : (94-112-****** Ext. 3326
Email : abpk45@r.postjobfree.com
Prof. J.A.K.S. Jayasinghe
Professor,
Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering,
University of Moratuwa,
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Phone : (94-112-****** Ext. 3304
Email : abpk45@r.postjobfree.com
Kamal Premaratne, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
1251, Memorial Drive,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.
Phone : +1-305-***-****
FAX : +1-305-***-****
Email : abpk45@r.postjobfree.com.
Gullermoe Gonzalez, PhD
Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
1251, Memorial Drive,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.
Phone : +1-305-***-****
FAX : +1-305-***-****
Email : abpk45@r.postjobfree.com.
May, 2006
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