Mahendra Piraveenan
PhD Student
Contact
Tel: 61 2 9325 3123
Fax: 02 93 253 200
Themes
- Sensors and Sensor Networks
Projects
- Sensor Networks
Science Area
- Sensor Networks
Academic Qualifications
| 2006 | Commenced Ph.D with University of Sydney Supervisors: Prof.Albert Zomaya and Dr. Mikhail Prokopenko |
| 2004 | Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems)First class Hons with a HD average University of Adelaide |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2006 | Software Engineer, ICT Centre, CSIRO Sydney |
| 2005 | Software Engineer, Spectra QEST Pvt Ltd Adelaide |
| 2004 | Honours Student, ICT Centre, CSIRO |
| 2003 | Vacation Scholar, ICT Centre, CSIRO |
| 2002 | Vacation Scholar, Anglo Australian Observatory, Sydney |
Other Highlights
| 2006 | The University Postgraduate Award, University of Sydney |
| 2006 | CSIRO Corporate Ph.D Top Up Scholarship (Research Area: ‘Artificial Life and Network Topologies’) |
| 2004 | Codan Prize for Radio Frequency Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Adelaide |
| 2002 | Frank Hambly Scholarship - Lincoln College, University of Adelaide |
| 2001 | Golden Key Undergraduate Scholarship , Golden key International Honour Society |
| 2004-01 | Dean’s certificate of merit for outstanding academic performance,Faculty of Engineering, University of Adelaide (Four consecutive years) |
| 2000 | ASI Scholarship, University of Adelaide |
| 1999 | Ranked 4th country wide in the Advanced level (High School) exam, Sri Lanka |
Top 10 Publications
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| Piraveenan, M., Prokopenko, M., Zomaya, A.Y. 'Information Cloning of scale free networks', The 9th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL-07, Portugal, September 2007 |
| M.Piraveenan, D.Polani, M.Prokopenko, ‘Emergence of genetic coding: An information theoretic view’. The 9th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL-07, Portugal, September 2007 |
| M.Piraveenan, M.Prokopenko, P.Wang, A.Zeman, Decentralised multi-agent clustering in scale-free sensor networks, Book Chapter, Computational Intelligence Handbook, J.Fulcher, S.Jain (Eds) |
| M. Prokopenko, M.Piraveenan, P. Wang, ‘On Convergence of Dynamic Cluster formation in Multi-Agent Networks’. The 8th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL-05, United Kingdom, September 2005 |
| M.Piraveenan, M. Prokopenko, P. Wang, D.Price. ‘Towards Adaptive Clustering in Self-monitoring Multi Agent Networks’. The 9th International Conference on Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, KES-05, Melbourne, September 2005 |
| M.Piraveenan, M. Prokopenko, P. Wang, D.Price. ‘On Decentralized Clustering in Self Monitoring Networks’, short paper. The 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS-05), The Netherlands, July 2005 |