Eliathamby Ambikairajah

Professor in Signal Processing

Head of School

	Telephone: +61 (2) 9385 4000
	Facsimile: +61 (2) 9385 5993
	Email:
	Room: G6, EE Building

Degrees

	PhD, (Electronic Engineering), University of Keele, UK, 1982
	Postgraduate Degree, (Electronic Engineering) Philips International Institute (PII), Holland, 1978
	BSc(Eng) (Electronics and Telecommnications), University of Sri Lanka, Katubedde Campus, 1974.

Awards

	UNSW Vice-Chancellors Award for Teaching (2003)
	School Teaching Excellence Award (UNSW) (2003
	School Academic Studies Award (UNSW) (2001)
	IEE Younger Members (UK) Award for the best research paper (1982)

Fellowships and Scholarships

	British Telecom Laboratories, Invited Research Fellowship (10 consecutive fellowships) (1989 to 1999)
	The Queens University of Belfast (Northern Ireland), Post Doctoral Fellowship (1983-1984)
	University of Keele (UK), PhD Scholarship (1978-1982)
	Phillips International Institute (Netherlands), Research Scholarship (1977-1978)

Membership of Professional Bodies

	The Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK) (CEng, FIET) 1982 (Member) 1999 (Fellow)
	Engineers Australia (FIEAust, CPEng) (2001)
	The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE) (1991)

Employments

	[1999 - date ] Head of School, Professor and Deputy Head of School, Associate Professor and Director of Academic Studies, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW.
	[1982 to 1999] Dean of Engineering, Head of Department of Electronic Engineering, Senior Lecturer, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland.
	[1975 - 1977] Scientific Officer, Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (CISIR), Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Visiting Appointments

Visiting Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Galway, 1985-1999

Teaching Areas

	Digital Signal Processing and Applications
	Speech and Audio Processing
	Telecommunications
	Circuits and Systems

Research Interests

	Speech and Speaker Recognition
	Speech and Audio Coding
	Speech Enhancement
	Biomedical Signal Processing
	Genomic Signal Processing
	Cochlear Modelling
	Engineering Education

[Selected Publications ]