People

Current Postdocs 

Current Ph.D. Students 

• PhD Thesis – Mohammad Furqan Ali, PHY layer design on Under-Water Communications Networks, Sept 2019–Sept 2023. (Recipient of the top 50 scientific initiator and researchers who contributed the development of TPU and build it on the next level in scientific era during the educational year 2022-23 & Best PhD student Award in TPU )

•  PhD Thesis – Chaturanga Basnayaka, “URLLC assisted UAV based Wireless Communications”,  (co-supervise with Marko Beko), Sept 2019–Sept 2024.

•  PhD Thesis – Priyashantha Tennakon, “VLC based Non-orthogonal multiple Access Technology for 5G ” Sept 2020–Sept 2023, Jan 2019–Sept 2024.

•  PhD Thesis – Vishalya Panchalini, "Disaster Resilient Self Sustainable Network using UAV", Sept 2022 to Sept 2026.

•  PhD Thesis –  Zheng Weija, "Channel Code Design for 6G Wireless" Sept 2021–Sept 2025.

• PhD Thesis – R. D. S. Arunapriya, ”Ambient Backscatter Assisted Wireless Powered Communications” (co-supervise with Prof. Moises Rebeiro). Sept 2021–Sept 2025.

• PhD Thesis –  Urvashi Rani, "Cache enabled Next Generation Multiple Access Techniques  " Sept 2022–Sept 2025.

• PhD Thesis –  Hanojhan Rajahrajasingh "VLC-THz based UAV Communication System " Sept 2023–Sept 2026.

Current MSc/M. Phil Students 

• Pasan PD, MSc thesis, "Network Slicing based UAV Networks", Sept 2022 to Sept 2023. 

Current Research Assistants/ Affiliates 

• Dr. Nikhil Sharma, PhD, LNM Institute of Technology, India

• Dr. Abhishek Sharma, PhD, LNM Institute of Technology, India

• Dr. N.  Deepan

• Dr. Anal Paul

• Dr. Waheed Ullah

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Past Postdocs/Research Scientists 

•      Dr. S.  Biswash, Ph. D. (IIT Dhanbad, India) , Postdoc, 10/2016 to 09/2018.

•      Dr. Stefan Panic, Ph. D. (University of Nis, Serbia), 09/2019-09/2021

•      Dr. Valmik Tiwari, Ph. D. (University of Malaya, Malaysia) - 2020

•       Dr. Tharindu Ponnimbaduge Perera Ph. D (Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia),  Re-configurable Intelligent Surfaces       (RIS) for 6G  Communications. 01/2022-- 04/2023.

•      Dr. S. Rajkumar, Ph. D (Thiagaraja College of Engineering, India), Self-energized NOMA for 5G, May 2020- May 2022.

•       Dr. S. Rajkumar, Ph. D (Thiagaraja College of Engineering, India), VLC based NOMA for 5G, June 2022- July 2023 (Research Scientist).

•      Dr. Ambrish Ph. D (University of Delhi, India),  VLC Underwater and  6G Wireless Communications, Jan 2022-- May 2023.

Supervised Theses

PhD

1. PhD Thesis – Tharindu Dilshan Ponnibaduge Perera, Multi User Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer for 5G and Beyond, School of Computer Sc. & Robotics, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, (Sept 2016-  2021).

2. PhD Thesis – Rabia Khan, Non-orthogonal multiple Access Technology for 5G, School of Computer Sc. & Robotics, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, (Sept 2016- 2021).

3. PhD Thesis – Akashkumar Rajaram (Co supervise with Prof Rui Dinis, University of New Lisboa, Portugal), Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer for 5G, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal (2017-  2022).

4. PhD Thesis – Navuday Sharma (Co supervise with Prof Maurizio Magarini, POLIMI, Italy), Increasing Capacity of Wireless Networks using Aerial Base Stations, School of Computer Sc. & Robotics, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia/ Polytechnic de Milano, Italy  (Sept 2015- Sept 2018).

5.  PhD Thesis – Arkadi Guncharov, "Development method for adaptive machine learning model selection in industrial manipulator data analysis" , National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, (co-supervise with Dr. Alex Saveiley). Sept 2020–Sept 2022.

6. PhD Thesis – Anand Pushparaj, "Performance Investigation of Self-energized UAV-assisted Communications for 5G Wireless Networks ", Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, Sept 2018-July 2022. (co-supervised with Prof. P. Muthuchidambaranathan.)

7. PhD Thesis – Vishaka Basnayaka, Advanced Full Duplex Non-orthogonal access techniques for 5G Wireless Networks,(co supervise with Hakim Mabed, University of Frenche Comte, France) Sept 2019–Sept 2023, Sept 2019–Sept 2022.

MSc/M. Phil

1. Master in Engineering (Cybersecurity), Akashkumar Rajaram, “Wireless Energy Harvesting for Cooperative Communications” (Co-supervisor Dr. Vitaly Skachek), Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia June 2016. 

2. A. Rajaram- MSc thesis, University of Tartu, Estonia, "Energy Harvesting in Wireless Cooperative Networks", (Vitaly Skachek -- Co-supervisor), 01/2015 to 05/2016. Best thesis prize for MSc hardware and systems category, ICT thesis contest 2016, Tallinn. 

3. Abdulaziz  Olaseni - MSc thesis, University of Tartu, Estonia, "Alamouti  Space time Block Coding in Cooperative Wireless Networks", (Vitaly Skachek -- Co-supervisor).

4. Alessandro Visintini - MSc thesis, Politecnico de Milano, Italy, "Trajectory optimization in UAV-aided Wireless Communication System", (Co-supervised with Prof. Marco, Politecnico de Milano, ITALY).

5. M. Phil Thesis – Sumali Morapitiya, "Perfroamnce Analysis of Simultaneous Light wave Information and Power Transfer (SLIPT)", University of Moratuwa , (co-supervise with Prof. Udayanga). Jan 2019 - March 2022. 

6. MSc By Research Thesis – Hassan Hydher, "Machine Learning in UAV assisted  Wireless Networks", University of Moratuwa  (co-supervise with Dr. Kasun Hemachandra and Dr.  Tharaka Samarasinghe), Jan 2019- March 2022. 

7. MSc By Research Thesis – Kasun Wickramasinghe, "Soft information Relaying in Wireless Networks", University of Moratuwa  (co-supervise with Dr. Kasun Hemachandra and Dr.  Tharaka Samarasinghe). Jan 2020 - Sept 2022. 

Undergraduate

1. B.Eng. (Electronics Engineering) Thesis - Waheed Ejaz, Naem Karim, Muhammad Bilal,  “Performance Comparison of Coded OFDM with Viterbi Decoding of Different Input Quantization Levels  over Rayleigh Fading Channels and FPGA implementation”, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, April 2011. 

2. B. Sc. (Statistics Special) Thesis - Basitha Kavinga, “Understanding the Behaviors of Dengue Fever with respect to Climatic and Biological Factors” (Co-supervisor W. D. D. M. Jayasundara), Dept. of Statistics & Computer Sc., University of Kelaniya, April, 2013.

3.  B. Sc (Eng)    K. Vithusan, A.G.C Lakmali, T.M.S.M. Nafly,   A Transceiver for Visible Light Communication ( co-supervised with Mr. Priyashantha Tennakon), 2020. 

Completed list to appear

Past Research Assistants/ Affiliates 

• Selvakumar Tharranetharan, M.A.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada

• Imran Uvais, MSc (RMIT, Autralia)

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Some tips for research students

•  Self-motivation x 3

• A good article (and references therein) that introduce "how to read a research paper", click  here

What qualities characterize a great PhD student?

Four indispensable qualities on "What qualities characterize a great PhD student?":

0. Intelligence

1. Curiosity

2. Creativity

3. Discipline 

4. Productivity

In the "nice to have but not essential" category, I would add

5. Ability to teach/communicate with an audience

6. Ability to communicate with peers

By Prof. David Karger, Computer Science Professor at MIT.