Prof. Chulantha Kulasekere

Professor

Faculty of Engineering | Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Career Summary

Senior Lecturer, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology 2012-todate
Dean, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (February 2015 - August 2015)
Senior Lecturer (Grade I) at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa (2010-2014)
Senior Lecturer (Grade II) at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa (2001-2010)
Head of Department, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa (April 2009 - April 2012)
Member of the Academic Governing Council, National School of Business Management, 2012
Director, University of Moratuwa - Zone24x7 Electronic Systems Research Laboratory (September 2007 - September 2008)
Local Organizing Committee Chair, Seventh International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communication (WOCN) 2010.
Member of the IESL Education Committee for the Session 2013/2014
Member of the steering committee of the Center for Research and Development of the Ministry of Defense, 2012-2015
Member of the Standing Committee on General Education, National Education Commission (NEC), January 2013 - December 2014
Local Consultant, Multipurpose Gamma Irradiator Project, Ministry of Technology and Research, January 2010 - December 2013
Member of the Advisory Committee for Electronic and Electrical Sector to the Export Development Board (Appointed by the Ministry of Industrial Development) January 2010 - December 2012
Member of the panel of examiners for Advanced Level Hard Technology subject, Department of Examinations, Ministry of Education, 2007.
Distance Education Course Design Specialist, Distance Education Modernization Project (DEMP) of the Ministry of Education (2008 to 2009)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida, USA 2001
M.Sc. University of Miami, Coral Gables Florida, USA 1996
B.Sc Eng. in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering 1992

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Recipient of the National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publications - 2015
Recipient of the Presidential Award for Research for the year 2004, awarded in 2010 by the Office of the President of Sri Lanka.
Recipient of the University of Moratuwa Outstanding Research Performance Award for the
year 2007.
Recipient of a Special Commendation from the Army Commander Major General Lionel Balagalle for civilian services rendered to the Sri Lanka Army, Colombo, November 2002.
Recipient of the “Outstanding Graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering - 2001” award, University 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.

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

Uncertainty Management,
Approximate reasoning,
Distribute Sensor networks.
Vision based automation

Memberships

Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), Since 2019
Institute of Electrical Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) Associate member since January 1993, Charted Member since 2011.
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc. (IEEE), Student member from 1995-2000, Member since 2001.

Ongoing Research

Power balancing in hierarchical ad-hoc wireless sensor networks

My Publications

Journal Publications

Indra Dayawansa, Chamith Wijenayake, Chamira Edussooriya, Thusitha Samarasekara, Chamanthi Karunasekara, Dileeka Dias, Kithsiri Samarasinghe, Chulantha Kulasekere, Ranga Rodrigo, Nuwan Dayananda, " �Blended induction program for electronic engineering freshmen,� " nterna- tional Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 2018, pp.1-13,
Weeraddana D.M, Kulasekere E.C., Walgama K.S., " �Dempster-Shafer Information Filtering Frame- work: Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Evidence Filtering,� " IEEE Sensors Journal,, vol.15, Issue 10, 2015, pp.1-1,
Tilakarathna C., Bhanusri P., Randeny T., Rupasinghe H., Kulasekere C., " �Image Processing Based Girth Monitoring and Recording System for Rubber Plantations,� " Signal and Image Processing: An International Journal (SIPIJ),, vol.6, Issue 1, 2015,
Weeraddana D.M., Walgama K.S., and Kulasekere E.C., " Dempster-Shafer Information Filtering in Multi-Modality Wireless Sensor Networks,� " World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technol- ogy, International Journal of Electrical, Computer, Electronics and Communication Engineering,, vol.7, Issue 7, 2013, pp.434-440,
Gamwarige S. and Kulasekere C., " �Cluster Density of Dependent Thinning Distributed Clustering Class of Algorithms in Ad-hoc Deployed Wireless Networks,� " Journal of Computer Networks and Communications,, 2012, doi:10.1155/2012/781275.,
Gamwarige S. and Kulasekere C., " An energy efficient distributed clustering algorithm for ad- hoc deployed wireless sensor networks in building monitoring applications " Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering (eJSE) Special Issue: Sensor Network on Building Monitoring: from Theory to Real Application, 2009, pp.pp.11�27,
Kulasekere E.C, Premaratne K., Dewasurendra D. A., Shyu M-L, and Bauer P. H. " Conditioning and updating evidence " Conditioning and updating evidence, vol.36, Issue 1, 2004, pp.pp 75� 108,
Hanagan L.M., Kulasekere E.C., Walgama K.S. and Premaratne K. " Optimal placement of actu- ators and sensors for floor vibration control " Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, vol.126, Issue 12, 2000, pp.pp.1380�1387,
Premaratne K., Kulasekere E.C., Bauer P.H., Leclerc L.-J. " An exhaustive search algorithm for checking limit cycle behavior of digital filters " IEEE Trasactions on Signal Processing, vol.44, Issue 10, 1996, pp.pp.2405�2412,