Dr. T. Kirubarajan (Kiruba) B.A., M.A. (Cambridge, UK), M.S., Ph.D. (Connecticut, USA) Professor and Distinguished Engineering Professor NSERC/General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada Industrial Research Chair in Target Tracking and Information Fusion Canada Research Chair in Information Fusion (2004-2014) Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ITB-A112) 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

Research Interests

Multisensor-multitarget tracking, estimation theory, information fusion, sensor resource management, radar/sonar/image/signal processing, fault diagnosis/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 in the Estimation, Tracking and Fusion Research Laboratory (ETFLab)

• Research associate
  • Dr. Ratnasingham Tharmarasa (Thamas)
    
• Visiting professors
  • Dr. Fuquan Zhang
• Postdoctoral fellow
  • Dr. Qingsong Wu
• Ph.D. candidates
  • Behzad Akbari
  • Mohamed Fathy
  • Saeed Erfanian
  • Shima Faramarzi
  • Hamidreza Fazlali (co-supervised with Prof Shahram Shirani)
  • Tongyu Ge
  • Mehrnoosh Heidarpour
  • Jianfeng Hu
  • Shurwayne Lewis
  • Jingqun Li
  • Ben Liu
  • Saeid Rostami
  • Dan Song
  • Yinghui Wang
  • Markimba Williams
  • Maedeh Jamali (visiting)
  • Benjamin Knödler (visiting)
  • Song Li (visiting)
  • Bethi Pardhasaradhi (visiting)
  • Shuang Qiu (visiting)
  • Chao Sun (visiting)
  • Le Zhang (visiting)
  • Shurui Zhang (visiting)
• M.A.Sc. candidates  
  • Joshua Gilmour
  • Pengfei Kan
  • Tsa Chun Liu
  • David Schonborn
  • Fan Wu
• Undergraduate researchers
  • Siyam Ali
  • Samrudh Bangalore
  • Bingchen Ji
  • Natasha Varghese
  • Ahmed Zaidi

Former Students/Researchers

• McMaster University
  • Dr. Qingsong Wu, Ph.D., 2017.
  • Dr. Yuanhao Yu, Ph.D., 2017.
  • Dr. Krishanth Krishnan, Ph.D., 2017.
  • Dr. Erkan Baser, Ph.D., 2016.
  • Dr. Ehsan Taghavi, Ph.D., 2016.
  • Dr. Xue Jiang, Ph.D., 2014.
  • Dr. Biruk Habtemariam, Ph.D., 2014.
  • Dr. Rajiv Sithravel, Ph.D., 2014.
  • Dr. Darcy Dunne, Ph.D., 2013.
  • Dr. Xin Chen, Ph.D., 2012.
  • Dr. Aliakbar Gorji Daronkolaei, Ph.D., 2012.
  • Dr. Maheswaran Subramaniam, Ph.D., 2012.
  • Dr. Dan Danu, Ph.D., 2011.
  • 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.

• Sara Alizadeh, M.A.Sc., 2017.
• Keqi Wei, M.A.Sc., 2017.
• Paul Wilson, M.A.Sc., 2017.
• Franklyn D'Souza, M.A.Sc., 2015.
• Nimra Iftikhar, M.A.Sc., 2015.
• Abirami Thirumalaisamy, M.A.Sc., 2015.
• Akin Adewoye, M.A.Sc., 2013.
• Bo Li, M.A.Sc., 2013.
• Armin Najambadi, M.A.Sc., 2013.
• Sean Tager, M.A.Sc., 2013.
• Yusuf Dinath, M.A.Sc., 2012.
• Krishanth Krishnan, M.A.Sc., 2012.
• Kugaprasatham Harishan, M.A.Sc., 2011.
• Kathiravelu Herathkumar, M.A.Sc., 2011.
• Biruk Habtemariam, M.A.Sc., 2010.
• Xiaofan He, M.A.Sc., 2010.
• Donna Lynn Kocherry, M.A.Sc., 2010.
• Kaibing Li, M.A.Sc., 2010.
• James McAnanama, M.A.Sc., 2010.
• 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.
• Balakumar Balasingham, M.A.Sc., 2003.
• Punithakumar Kumaradevan, M.A.Sc., 2003.
• Thuraiappah Sathyan, M.A.Sc., 2003.
• Ratnasingham Tharmarasa, M.A.Sc., 2003.

• Mingchi Xie, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2017-2018.
• Bin Yang, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2017-2018.
• Hongyu Cui, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2017-2018.
• Yong Li, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2017-2018.
• Guo Zhen, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2016-2017.
• Haowen Zhou, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2016-2017.
• Shangzhuo Zhang, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2016-2017.
• Yuemei Qin, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2016-2017.
• Zhengkun Guo, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2016.
• Raghu Jayaramu, Visiting Ph.D. student (India), 2016.
• Zhejun Lu, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2015.
• Yong Wang, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2015.
• Chunlei Yi, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2015.
• Liang Zhang, Visiting Ph.D. student (China), 2015.
• Geoff Holmes, Visiting Ph.D. student (UK), 2013.
• Michael Mertens, Visiting Ph.D. student (Germany), 2011.
• Edumund Brekke, Visiting Ph.D. student (Norway), 2007.
• Morten Topland, Visiting Ph.D. student (Norway), 2006.
  
  
• Dr. Gongjian Zhou, Visiting professor, 2017.
• Dr. Yunfei Guo, Visiting professor, 2017.
• Dr. Wenguang Wang, Visiting professor, 2016-2017.
• Dr. Yan Zuo, Visiting professor, 2016-2017.
• Dr. Ali Onder Bozdogan, Visiting professor, 2016.
• Dr. Ehsan Taghavi, Postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2017.
• Dr. Ali Onder Bozdogan, Visiting professor, 2016.
• Dr. Yunfei Guo, Visiting professor, 2014-2015.
• Dr. Xue Jiang, Postdoctoral fellow, 2014-2015.
• Dr. Rajiv Sithiravel, Postdoctoral fellow, 2014-2015.
• Dr. Pathipati Srihari, Visiting professor, 2014.
• Dr. Xin Chen, Postdoctoral fellow, 2012-2014.
• Dr. Xu Tang, Visiting professor, 2013-2014.
• Dr. Aliakbar Gorji Daronkolaei, Postdoctoral fellow, 2012-2013.
• Dr. Gongjian Zhou, Visiting professor, 2011-2012.
• Dr. Yaowen Fu, Visiting professor, 2009-2010.
• Dr. Sivagnanam Sutharsan,  Postdoctoral fellow, 2009-2010.
• Dr. David Akselrod, Postdoctoral fellow, 2008-2009.
• Dr. Punithakumar Kumaradevan, Postdoctoral fellow, 2008.
• Dr. Abhijit Sinha, Research associate, 2004-2007.
• Dr. Vladimir Dubitsky, Research associate, 2003-2005.

• Sida Li, Research student, 2018.
• Yafan Liu, Research student, 2018.
• Reza Shahriari, Research student, 2017-2018.
• Fan Wu, Research student, 2018.
• Hisham Mohammad, Research student, 2017.
• David Schonborn, Research student, 2015-2016.
• Haemanth Subburaman, Research student, 2014-2016.
• Tim Bernasch, Research student, 2010-2014.
• Marek Nalapa, Undergraduate research student, 2012-2013.
• Jonathan Rajaratnam, Undergraduate research student, 2012-2014.
• Ryan Sanford, Undergraduate research student, 2012-2014.
• Kiran Ali, MEng, 2011-2013.
• Lathani Sivakumaran, MEng, 2011-2013.
• Abdilaziz Ibrahim, Undergraduate research student, 2013.
• Nisshanth Navaratnam, Undergraduate research student, 2013.
• Howin Tsui, Undergraduate research student, 2013.
• Thaksena Rangarajan, Undergraduate research student, 2012.
• Steven Craig, Undergraduate research student, 2012-2013.
• Sorooban Sanmugarasa, Undergraduate research student, 2012.
• Daniel Tajik, Undergraduate research student, 2012.
• Nilanthy Balendra, Undergraduate research student, 2011.
• Ian Currie, Undergraduate research student, 2011.
• Ryan Murphy, Undergraduate research student, 2011.
• Hino Pringnitz, Undergraduate research student, 2011.
• Kwadwo Sakyi, Undergraduate research student, 2010-2011.
• Sean Tager, Undergraduate research student, 2010-2011.
• Erik Beerepoot, Undergraduate research student, 2010.
• Yusuf Dinath, Undergraduate research student, 2010.
• 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.

Teaching

2017-2018 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP3 Signals and Systems
2017-2018 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2016-2017 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2016-2017 Term I - ECE 705 Probability and Stochastic Processes
2016-2017 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2015-2016 Term I - ECE 705 Probability and Stochastic Processes
2015-2016 Term I - ECE 707 Linear Systems
2015-2016 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2014-2015 Term I - ECE 705 Probability and Stochastic Processes
2014-2015 Term I - ECE 707 Linear Systems
2014-2015 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2013-2014 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2013-2014 Term I - ECE 707 Linear Systems
2013-2014 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2012-2013 Term I - ELEC ENG 3TP4 Signals and Systems
2012-2013 Term I - ECE 707 Linear Systems
2012-2013 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2011-2012 Term II - ECE 767 Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusion
2011-2012 Term I - ELEC ENG 4CL4 Control System Design
2011-2012 Term I - ECE 707 Linear Systems
2011-2012 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation<
2010-2011 Term II - ECE 767 Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusion
2010-2011 Term I - ELEC ENG 4CL4 Control System Design
2010-2011 Term I - ECE 730 Linear Systems
2010-2011 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2009-2010 Term  II - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2008-2009 Term II - ECE 767 Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusion
2008-2009 Term I - ECE 771 Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation
2007-2008 Term I - ECE 767 Multitarget Tracking and Multisensor Information Fusion
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 Fusion
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.