Thuraiappah Sathyan

Postdoc - Wireless Localization

Contact

ICT Center
PO Box 76
Epping NSW 1710
Australia

Email

Projects

• Wireless Localization

Science Area

• Communications and Signal Processing

Biography

Thuraiappah Sathyan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He received the B.Sc.Eng degree from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2001, M.A.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from the McMaster University, Canada in 2004 and 2008, respectively.

From January 2001 to December 2002, he was a Lecturer in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Peradeniya. From January 2003 to December 2007, he was a research assistant at the McMaster University. Since May 2008, he works as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the ICT Center of CSIRO, Marsfield, Australia. His research interests include estimation, target tracking, and wireless localization.

Academic Qualifications

2008	Ph.D. McMaster University, Canada
2004	M.A.Sc. McMaster University, Canada
2001	B.Sc.Eng. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Recent Professional Experience

2008-Present	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO ICT Center
2003-2007	Research Assistant, ECE Dept., McMaster University
2001-2002	Lecturer, EEE Dept., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Science Citizenship

2006-Present	Reviewer, IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and IEEE Trans. Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part – C
2006-2008,	Chair, Educational Activities, IEEE Hamilton Section, Canada
2002-2003,	Vice President, IEE Younger Members Section, Sri Lanka

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
I. Sharp, K. Yu, and T. Sathyan, “Positional Accuracy Measurement and Error Modeling for Indoor and Outdoor Mobile Tracking”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, accepted (early access in IEEEXplore), Jun. 2011.
T. Sathyan and A. Sinha, "Two-Stage Assignment-based Algorithm for Asynchronous Bearings-only Tracking", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems, to appear, Jul. 2011.
T. Sathyan, D. Humphrey, and M. Hedley, "WASP – A System and Algorithms for Accurate Radio Localization Using Low-Cost Hardware", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part C: Applications and Reviews, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 211 - 222, Mar. 2011.
T. Sathyan, A. Sinha, and T. Kirubarajan, "Multiframe Assignment-Based Data Association with Prior Information for Passive Multitarget Tracking", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 536 - 559, Jan. 2011.
M. L. Hernandez, B. Ristic, A. Farina, T. Sathyan, and T. Kirubarajan, "Best-Fitting Gaussian Performance Measure for Markovian Switching Systems", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 724 – 747, Apr. 2007.
T. Sathyan and T. Kirubarajan, "Markov-Jump-System-Based Secure Chaotic Communication", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems – I, Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 1597 - 1609, Jul. 2006.
T. Sathyan, A. Sinha, and T.Kirubarajan, "Passive Geolocation and Tracking of Multiple Unknown Number of Emitters", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 740 - 750, Apr. 2006.
T. Sathyan, M. Hedley, and M. Mallick, "An Analysis of the Error Characteristics of Two Time of Arrival Localization Techniques", 13th Conference on Information Fusion, Edinburgh, UK, Jul. 2010.
T. Sathyan, A. Sinha, and M. Mallick, "A Multiframe Assignment Algorithm for Single Sensor Bearings-Only Tracking", 13th Conference on Information Fusion, Edinburgh, UK, Jul. 2010.
T. Sathyan and M. Hedley, "Efficient Particle Filtering for Tracking Maneuvering Objects", Position Location and Navigation Symposium, Indian Wells/Palms Springs, CA, May 2010, pp. 332 - 339.