Dr. T. Kirubarajan (Kiruba) B.A., M.A. (Cambridge, UK), M.S., Ph.D. (Connecticut, USA) Professor and Canada Research Chair in Information Fusion Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Communications Research Laboratory ( ITB-A313) McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1 Canada Tel: + 1 (905) 525 9140 ext. 24819 Fax: + 1 (905) 521-2922 Email: kiruba at mcmaster dot ca (Note: replace ' at ' with '@' and ' dot ' with '.')

Research Interests

Estimation, target tracking, information fusion, signal processing, communications, sensor resource management, system diagnosis and fault detection.

Publications

Please see the list of publications.

Professional Activities/Awards

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2001-2003).
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (1999-2001).
• Assistant Research Professor (Adjunct), Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, USA.
• Board Member, Board of Directors, International Society of Information Fusion (2002-2004).
• Publications Chair, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetic Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, October 2003.
• Awards Chair and Professional Development Chair, IEEE Hamilton Section, 2002-2004.
• Program Chair, International Conference on Information Fusion, Annapolis, MD, USA, July 2002.
• Conference Chair, SPIE Conference on Component and System Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Health Management, Orlando, FL, USA, April 2003.
• Conference Chair, SPIE Conference on Component and System Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Health Management, Orlando, FL, USA, April 2002.
• Conference Chair, SPIE Conference on Component and System Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Health Management, Orlando, FL, USA, April 2001.
• Track Organizer for Remote Sensing, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, March 2002.
• Track Organizer for Remote Sensing, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, March 2001.
• Recipient of Ontario Premier's Research Excellence Award, 2002.
• Recipient of the Barry Carlton Award for the Best Paper Published in the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2000.
  

Research Team at McMaster University

• Research associates/Postdoctoral fellows
  • Dr. Ratnasingham Tharmarasa
    
• Ph.D. candidates
  • Xin Chen 
  • Dan Danu
  • Darcy Dunne
  • Alikabar Gorji Daronkolaei
  • Maheswaran Subramaniam
    
• M.A.Sc. candidates  
  • Biruk Habtemariam
  • Kugaprasatham Harishan
  • Xiaofan He
  • Kathiravelu Herathkumar
  • Donna Lynn Kocherry
  • Kaibing Li
  • James Mcananama  

Former Students

• McMaster University
  • Dr. Nandakumaran Nadarajah , Ph.D., 2009.
  • Dr. Sivagnanam Sutharsan, Ph.D., 2009.
  • Dr. David Akselrod, Ph.D., 2008.
  • Dr. Balakumar Balasingham, Ph.D., 2007.
  • Dr. Punithakumar Kumaradevan, Ph.D., 2007.
  • Dr. Thuraiappah Sathyan, Ph.D., 2007.
  • Dr. Ratnasingham Tharmarasa, Ph.D., 2007.
  • Dr. Amr El-Keyi, Ph.D., co-supervised with Prof. Alex Gershman, 2006.
  • Dr. William Ng, Ph.D., co-supervised with Prof. Jim Reilly, 2003.

• Ampikaithasan Aravinthan, M.A.Sc., 2009.
• Obaidul Malek, M.A.Sc., 2009.
• Jerome Vincent (co-supervised with Prof Simon Haykin), M.A.Sc., 2007.
• Haibo Wang, M.A.Sc., 2006.
• Arasaratnam Ienkaran (co-supervised with Prof Simon Haykin),  M.A.Sc., 2005.
• Forough Farshidi (co-supervised with Prof Sirouspour),  M.A.Sc., 2005.
• Nandakumaran Nadarajah,  M.A.Sc., 2005.
• Sivagnanam Sutharsan,  M.A.Sc., 2005.
• Derek Yee (co-supervised with Prof Jim Reilly),  M.A.Sc., 2005.
• Ziauddin Kamran, M.A.Sc., 2004.
• Jie Cai, M.A.Sc., 2003.
• Punithakumar Kumaradevan, M.A.Sc., 2003.
• Thuraiappah Sathyan, M.A.Sc., 2003.
• Ratnasingham Tharmarasa, M.A.Sc., 2003.

• Edumund Brekke, Visiting Ph.D. student (Norway), 2007.
• Morten Topland, Visiting Ph.D. student (Norway), 2006.

• Lakshman Senathirajah, Undergraduate research student, 2004-2006.
• Ramiya Sivasubramaniam, Undergraduate research student, 2004-2006.
• Ray Chiu, Undergraduate research student, 2005.
• Tharani Kamalaharan, Undergraduate research student, 2005.
• Karthika Kugathasan, Undergraduate research student, 2005.
• Tharsini Selvaratnam, Undergraduate research student, 2005.
• Sanchivan Sivadasan, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Susan Cheng, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Hamed Jafari, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Sri Konesalingam, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Kubes Navaratnam, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Florian Romer, Visiting undergraduate research student (France), 2004.
• Thabo Subramaniam, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Xin Zhao, Undergraduate research student, 2004.
• Sohail Nejat, Undergraduate research student, 2003.
• Alexandre Perey, Undergraduate research student, 2003.
• Dom Spagnuolo, Undergraduate research student, 2003.
• Bassel Moujaes, Undergraduate research student, 2002.
  
• University of Connecticut
  • Dr. Lin Lin, Ph.D., co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, 2004.
  • Dr. Xiangdong Lin, Ph.D., co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, 2004.
  • Dr. Abhijit Sinha, Ph.D., co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, 2002.
  • Dr. Huimun Chen, Ph.D., co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, 2002.

• Ozgur Erdinc, M.S., co-supervised with Prof. Peter Willett, 2004.
• Cenk Gokberk, M.S., co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, 2003.
• Ethan Phelps, M.S., co-supervised with Prof. Peter Willett, 2002.
• Riad Chummun, M.S., co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, 2000.

Former Research Associates/Postdoctoral Fellows

• Dr. David Akselrod, McMaster University, 2008-2009.  
• Dr. Punithakumar Kumaradevan, McMaster University, 2008.  
• Dr. Abhijit Sinha, Research Associate, McMaster University, 2003-2007.
• Dr. Vladimir Dubitsky, Research Associate, McMaster University, 2004.

• Dr. Abhijit Sinha, postdoctoral fellow, co-supervised with Prof. Yaakov Bar-Shalom, University of Connecticut, 2002-2003.

Teaching

2008-2009 Term II - ECE 767 Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusoin
2008-2009 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2007-2008 Term I - ECE 767 Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusoin
2007-2008 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2006-2007 Term II - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2006-2007 Term II - COMP ENG 3SK3 Computer-Aided Engineering
2006-2007 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2005-2006 Term II - ECE 768 Special Topics in Signal Processing: Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusoin
2005-2006 Term II - COMP ENG 3SK3 Computer-Aided Engineering
2005-2006 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2004-2005 Term II - COMP ENG 3SK4 Computer-Aided Engineering
2004-2005 Term I - ECE 730 Linear Systems
2003-2004 Term II - ECE 3TR4 Communication Systems
2003-2004 Term II - ECE 760 Stochastic Processes
2003-2004 Term I - ECE 738 Linear Systems
2002-2003 Term II - COMP ENG 3SK4 Computer-Aided Engineering
2002-2003 Term II - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2002-2003 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2001-2002 Term II - COMP ENG 3SK4 Computer-Aided Engineering
2001-2002 Term II - ECE 768 Special Topics in Signal Processing: Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation

Consulting

Motorola, Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Veridian-Pacific Sierra Research, Orincon, SpectrumAstro, Alphatech, Qualtech Systems, Interlink Sciences, SoiLabs, Saisoft, ELTA, CACI, DERA, Scientific Systems.

Before Moving North ...

1998-2001 Assistant Research Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, and Associate Director, Estimation and Signal Processing Research Laboratory, University of Connecticut, USA.

Last updated: August 31, 2009.