Visakan Kadirkamanathan
| Visakan Kadirkamanathan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1962 (age 53–54) Jaffna |
| Institutions | University of Sheffield |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Sequential learning in artificial neural networks (1992) |
Visakan Kadirkamanathan (born 1962) is a Professor of Signal and Information Processing at the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is Director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre in Control and Monitoring Systems Engineering and is a Founding Member of the University Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems. From April 2009 to August 2014, he was Head of the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering.[1] He is known for his contribution to the field of statistical signal processing applied to system identification, signal estimation, and fault detection. Kadirkamanathan is the Co-editor of International Journal of Systems Science.[2]
Education and career
Kadirkamanathan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He is one of six children.[1] He completed his school education in Jaffna before moving to the United Kingdom to pursue an engineering education. He received his graduate degree in Electrical and Information Sciences and Ph.D. in Information Engineering, both from the Cambridge University, at Christ College. He joined University of Sheffield in 1993 as Lecturer in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering. He was subsequently promoted to Senior Lecturer, then Reader, and finally Professor in 2007.[1] Since 2009, he is serving as the Head of Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering.
Kadirkamanathan's primary area of research is in the field of signal and information processing, including signal estimation and fault detection. He also works in the area of autonomous systems and swarm intelligence.
Selected books
- S. G. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, Functional Adaptive Control: An Intelligent Systems Approach, Springer, 2001. ISBN 978-1852334383
- V. Kadirkamanathan, G. Sanguinetti, M. Girolami, and M. Niranjan, Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics: 4th IAPR International Conference, PRIB 2009, Sheffield, UK, September 7–9, 2009, Proceedings, Springer. ISBN 978-3642040306
References
- 1 2 3 "Visakan Kadirkamanathan @ University of Sheffield". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "International Journal of Systems Science". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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