Eliathamby Ambikairajah

Professor in Signal Processing

Director of Academic Studies & Deputy 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

	[January 2008 - ] Professor in Signal Processing, Director of Academic Studies and Deputy Head of School, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW.
	[January 2003 to 2007] Associate Professor, Director of Academic Studies and Deputy Head of School, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW.
	[August 1999 to December 2002] Senior Lecturer, Director of Academic Studies and Deputy Head of School, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
	[August 1995 to August 1999] Dean of Engineering, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland.
	[January 1989 - July 1995] Head of Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland.
	[May 1986 - December 1988] Senior Lecturer , School of Engineering, Athlone Institute of Technology Athlone, Ireland
	[April 1982 - September 1984 and October 1984 to April 1986] Lecturer, School of Engineering, Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland
	[September 1975 - December 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 ]