My research interests include Digital Signal Processing, Wireless Positioning, Location Based Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Computing, M2M Systems and Internet of Things, and Intelligent Transportation Systems.
B.Sc. Eng. Hons. (Moratuwa), M.S. (Calif.), Ph.D. (Calif), MIE(SL), C.Eng., MIEEE
Designation :
Professor
Extension :
3320
Email:
dileeka@uom.lkResidence:
+94-11-2731191Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of California ,1992 Digital Mobile Communications
Master of Engineering
University of California ,1988 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
University of Moratuwa ,1984 B.Sc. Engineering, specializing in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
Professional Affiliations
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
1988 To date
Association of Computing Machinery
2016 To date
Corporate Member, Institution of Engineers
2004 To date
Teaching
- Introduction to Telecommunications -Undergraduate -2015
- Communications II -Undergraduate -2015
- Mobile Computing -Undergraduate -2015
- Internet of Things Design and Competition -Undergraduate -2017
- Internet of Things -Undergraduate -2017
- Introduction to Telecommunications -Undergraduate -2016
- Internet of Things Design and Competition -Undergraduate -2018
- Introduction to Telecommunications -Undergraduate -2018
- Internet of Things -Undergraduate -2018
- Introduction to Telecommunications -Undergraduate -2017
Administrative Activities
- Dean – (2015 To date)
- Head, Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering – (1999 To 2004)
- Dean. Faculty of Information Technology – (2007 To 2010)
Honors and Awards
2010 | National Science and Technology Award for – Science and Technology for Sustainable Social Development |
2010 | University of Moratuwa award for research excellence |
2009 | University of Moratuwa award for research excellence |
2008 | University of Moratuwa award for research excellence |
2008 | National Science and Technology Award for – Engineering Product Development with Commercial Potential |
2007 | GSM Global Mobile Awards 2007 – Commendation for -Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development |
2006 | GSM Asia Mobile Innovation Awards 2006 – Finalist |
2006 | National Best Quality Software Awards 2006-Gold Award for R &D and Overall Gold Award |
2006 | National Science and Technology Award for -Excellence in Multidisciplinary Research and Development |
2006 | Zonta Woman of Excellence award in Engineering |
1992 | University of California Regents- Fellowship |
1986 | Presidential Scholarship for postgraduate studies awarded by the Presidential Fund |
Books and Book Chapters
- Essentials of Modern Telecommunications Systems, Nihal Kularatna and Dileeka Dias, Artech House, Boston, London, May 2004
- Chapter 3 – DC-DC Converters; “Power Electronics Design Handbook-Low Power Components and Applications”, by Nihal Kularatna, Butterworth-Heinemann, USA, August 1998.
- Chapter 1 – Voltage References and Voltage Regulators; “Modern Component Families and Circuit Block Design”, by Nihal Kularatna; Butterworth-Heinemann, USA April 2000.
- Chapter 10 – Recent Advances in Telecommunication Services and Infrastructure in Sri Lanka, “Globalisation and South Asia – Retrospect and Prospect”, Edited by A.D. V. de S. Indraratna, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999.
- Chapter 10 – Logic Analysers; “Analog and Digital Instrumentation”, by Nihal Kularatna, IEE Press, London, January 2003.
- “Digital and Analogue Instrumentation: Testing and Measurement.”,IEEE,2008
Journals
- Dileeka Subasinghe-Dias, Kamilo Feher, “A coded 16 QAM scheme for fast fading mobile radio channels”, IEEE transactions on communications, 1995
- TC Sandanayake, AP Madurapperuma, D Dias, “Affective E learning model for Recognising learner emotions”, International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 2011
- Michael Medagama, Dilusha Gamage, Lanka Wijesinghe, Nadeeka Leelaratna, Indika Karunaratne, Dileeka Dias, “GIS/GPS/GPRS and Web–based framework for fleet tracking”, National Conference on Geoinformatics Applications Sri Lanka, 2008
- Ruwini Edirisinghe, Dileeka Dias, Rakhitha Chandrasekara, Lanka Wijesinghe, Prasanga Siriwardena, Prasad Kumara Sampath, “WI-Alert: A Wireless Sensor Network Based Intrusion Alert Prototype for HEC”, International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Systems (IJDPS), ISSN/EISSN: 22293957 09769757, 2013
- N Waidyanatha, D Dias, H Purasighe, “Challenges of optimizing common alerting protocol for SMS based GSM devices in a last-mile hazard warning system in Sri Lanka”, Proceedings 19th Meeting Wireless World Research Forum, Chennai, India, 2007
- D Subasingbe-Dias, Kamilo Feher, “Baseband pulse shaping for/spl pi//4 FQPSK in nonlinearly amplified mobile channels”, IEEE transactions on communications, 1994
- Michael Medagama, Dilusha Gamage, Lanka Wijesinghe, Nadeeka Leelaratna, Indika Karunaratne, Dileeka Dias, “GIS/GPS/GPRS and Web based Framework for Vehicle Fleet Tracking”, Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2008
- Dileeka SUBASHINGHE-DIAS, Kamilo Feher, “π/4-CTPSK: a new modem technique for mobile satellite radio systems”, IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, 1991
- Rakhitha Chandrasekara, Lanka Wijesinghe, Prasanga Siriwardena, J Sampath, Ruvini Edirisinghe, Dileeka Dias, “Sensing line-of-sight obstructions in a multipath radio environment”, 17th ERU Annual Research Symposium, 2011
- Shamali PKA Gunawardena, BMD Rangana, MM Siriwardena, “An Automated Rainfall Monitoring System”, Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2006
- Anuruddha Hettiarachchi, Anuruddha Premalal, Dileeka Dias, Suranga Nanayakkara, “Toward Context-Aware Just-in-Time Information: Micro-Activity Recognition of Everyday Objects”, OzCHI ’14 Proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design, 2014
- Dileeka Dias 75. H. H.Samiru Gayan, “Novel Enhancements for Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2014
- Lanka Wijesinghe, Prasanga Siriwardena, Sinnathamby Shanmugarajah, Sameera Wijeratne, Randinee Wijesinghe, Michael de Soyza, Harsha Purasinghe, Dileeka Dias, “DEWN II: ATRILINGUAL DISASTER AND EMERGENCY WARNING NETWORK”, International Information Technology Conference (IITC 2008), November 2008, Sri Larica, 2008
- KVR Silva, ND Suraweera, DS Talagala, DK Thilakarathna, Dileeka Dias, “ZigBee based local communication system for high noise environments”, Proc. 9th Int. Information Technology Conf, 2008
- Nimalika Fernando, Sirimevan Widyasekera, Lalith Gamage, Dileeka Dias, “Study on feasibility of practical use of low cost GIS tools in the context of Sri Lanka for preparation and distribution of digital spatial data”, Annual Conference of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka, 2007
- KDR Jagath-Kumara, DD Dias, “Near Shore Wave Manipulation for Electricity Generation”, International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2015
Conferences
- BD SHASHIKA Lakmali, Dileeka Dias, “Database correlation for GSM location in outdoor & indoor environments”, 2008 4th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008
- NS Kodippili, Dileeka Dias, “Integration of fingerprinting and trilateration techniques for improved indoor localization”, 2010 Seventh International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks-(WOCN), 2010
- Gamini Jayasinghe, Farazy Fahmy, Nuwan Gajaweera, Dileeka Dias, “A GSM alarm device for disaster early warning”, First International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, 2006
- Kushani Perera, Dileeka Dias, “An intelligent driver guidance tool using location based services”, Proceedings 2011 IEEE International Conference on Spatial Data Mining and Geographical Knowledge Services, 2011
- Champika Uduwaragoda, Perera Shehan, DIleeka Dias, “Generating lane level road data from vehicle trajectories using Kernel Density Estimation”, 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems – (ITSC), 2013 16th International IEEE Conference on, 2013
- BDS Lakmali, WHMP Wijesinghe, KUM De Silva, KG Liyanagama, SAD Dias, “Design, implementation & testing of positioning techniques in mobile networks”, 2007 Third International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2007
- Samiru Gayan, Dileeka Dias, “Improved DV-Hop algorithm through anchor position re-estimation”, 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile, 2014
- Lanka Wijesinghe, Prasanga Siriwardena, Shamali Dahanayake, Dharshana Kasthuriratne, Ravi Corea, Dileeka Dias, “Electric fence intrusion alert system (elealert)”, 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2011
- Nimalika Fernando, Dileeka Dias, Sohan Wijesekara, “A framework to develop location based services applications using OGC map services”, 2010 Fifth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2010
- HANC Bandara, Dileeka Dias, “A multi-agent system for dynamic ride sharing”, 2009 International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2009
- Arunn Balasundram, Tharaka Samarasinghe, Dileeka Dias, “Performance analysis of Wi-Fi direct for vehicular ad-hoc networks”, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), 2016
- Yogatheesan Varatharajah, Nuwan Karunathilaka, Mohamed Rismi, Sujan Kotinkaduwa, Dileeka Dias, “Body area sensor network for evaluating fitness exercise”, 6th Joint IFIPIFIP/IEEE Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference(WMNC2013), Dubai, April 2013., 2013
- DN Jayasingha, NPML Jayawardhane, PN Karunanayake, GD Karunarathne, D Dias, “Wireless sensor network testbed for mobile data communication”, 2008 4th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008
- Nuwan Gajaweera, Dileeka Dias, “FAMA/TDMA hybrid MAC for wireless sensor networks”, 2008 4th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008
- Pushpika Wijesinghe, Dileeka Dias, “Novel approach for RSS calibration in DCM-based mobile positioning using propagation models”, 2008 4th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008
- D Subasinghe-Dias, K Feher, “Baseband pulse shaping techniques for pi/4-DQPSK in nonlinearly amplified land mobile channels”, [1991 Proceedings] 41st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 1991
- Gajan Suthokumar, Jeyjenthan Tharmakulasingam, Antoncrisis Johnnirajh, Prasanth Subendran, Dileeka Dias, “Smart building—Towards the insight remotely”, 2016 International Conference on Internet of Things and Applications (IOTA), 2016
- Wageesha Manamperi, Dinesha Karunathilake, Thilini Madhushani, Nimasha Galagedara, Dileeka Dias, “Sinhala speech recognition for interactive voice response systems accessed through mobile phones”, 2018 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2018
- Dulanja Samudika, Lahiru Jayasinghe, Kasun E Gunathilaka, Y Rumesh, Ruwan Weerasuriya, Dileeka Dias, “Stereo audio streaming via Visible Light”, 2016 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2016
- Dileeka Dias, “A sensor platform for the visually impaired to walk straight avoiding obstacles”, 2015 9th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), 2015
- Kamilo Feher, “Modems for US digital cellular and emerging digital mobile radio systems”, Communications, 1991. ICC’91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on, 1991
- Michael Medagama, Dileeka Dias, Shantha Fernando, “Transcoding based optimum quality video streaming under limited bandwidth”, 2009 International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2009
- Theshani Nuradha, Induni Gnanarathne, Louise Perera, Dishanika Denipitiyage, Dileeka Dias, “Beacon placement algorithm for hybrid indoor positioning with Wi-Fi and bluetooth low energy”, 2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2019
- Udari Dakshitha, Dakshitha Lenagala, Lakshani Silva, Hasitha Siriwardene, Dileeka Dias, “Vehicular traffic monitoring with mobile devices”, 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, 2013
- Lanka Wijesinghe, Prasanga Siriwardena, Sameera Wijeratne, Harsha Purasinghe, Dileeka Dias, “Disaster and emergency warning network (DEWN): Harnessing cellular technologies for early warning dissemination”, 2011 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2011
- Deneth Karunarathne, Thanushka Gunasekara, Dileeka Dias, Dharshana Kasthurirathne, “Mobile based GIS for dynamic map generation and team tracking”, 2010 Fifth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2010
- Dasuni Kannangara, Nimalika Fernando, Dileeka Dias, “A web based methodology for visualizing time-varying spatial information”, 2009 International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2009
- Wageesha Manamperi, Tharaka Samarasinghe, Dileeka Dias, “Enhancing the Wi-Fi direct protocol for data communication in vehicular ad-hoc networks”, 2018 21st International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2018
- Samodha Pallewatta, Poorni S Lakmali, Sandini Wijewardana, Pabasara Ranathunga, Tharaka Samarasinghe, Dileeka Dias, “802.11 p: Insights from the MAC and physical layers for a cooperate car following application”, First International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems, 2017
- Nimalika Fernando, Sirimeven Waidyasekara, Dileeka Dias, “A system based on web-GIS for post-disaster recovery management”, 2006 International Conference on Information and Automation, 2006
- Dileeka Subasinghe-Dias, Kamilo Feher, “Coded 16 QAM with channel state derived decoding for fast fading land mobile channels”, Communications, 1991. ICC’91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on, 1991
- Insaf Ismath, Tharaka Samarasinghe, Dileeka Dias, Madara Wimalarathna, Waruna Rasanga, Nalin Jayaweera, Yohan Nugera, “Emergency vehicle traversal using DSRC/WAVE based vehicular communication”, 2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2019
- Lanka Wijesinghe, Prasanga Siriwardena, Dileeka Dias, “A wireless sensor network for early warning of elephant intrusions”, Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries, 2013
- Daya Weerasinghe, Dileeka Dias, “DSP-based techniques for speech training of hearing impaired children”, 2001 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (IEEE Cat. No. 01CH37233), 2001
- D Subasinghe-Dias, K Feher, “Miller coded pilot aided modulation schemes for digital mobile radio”, 40th IEEE Conference on Vehicular Technology, 1990
- Yasitha M Wijesinghe, Jayathu G Samarawickrama, Dileeka Dias, “Hardware and Software Co-Design for Object Detection with Modified ViBe Algorithm and Particle Filtering Based Object Tracking”, 2019 14th Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2019