Dr. M.P.B. Ekanayake
mpb.ekanayake@ee.pdn.ac.lk
+94-81-2393416
University of Peradeniya
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Dr. M.P.B. Ekanayake
(Parakrama)
Senior Lecturer
Phd : Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA (August 2011)
Bsc: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (January 2006)
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
ABOUT ME
Dr. M.P.B. Ekanayake received B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with First Class Honours from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2006. He obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Texas Tech University, USA in August 2011. His dissertation topic was Decoding the Speed and Motion Direction of Moving Targets using a Turtle Retinal Patch Model.
He was previously at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, first as a temporary instructor and then as a temporary lecturer, from January 2006 to December 2006. Throughout the postgraduate studies, from January 2007 to August 2011, he was with the Center for Bio-Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Phd : Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA (August 2011)
- Bsc: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (January 2006)
Publications
Latest Journals
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Decoding the speed and motion direction of moving targets using a turtle retinal patch model, M. P. B. Ekanayake, B. K. Ghosh, P. S. Ulinski, Submitted to the IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering (Under Review).
Latest Conferences
2011
Estimation of the speed and motion direction of moving targets using a model of the turtle retina, M. P. B. Ekanayake, B. K. Ghosh, P. S. Ulinski, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2011, Florida, USA.
2011
Detection of motion direction using a model of the turtle retinal patch, M. P. B. Ekanayake, B. K. Ghosh, P. S. Ulinski, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) 2011, Milan, Italy.
2009
Motion encoding and decoding in the turtle retina, M. P. B. Ekanayake, B. K. Ghosh, P. S. Ulinski, European Control Conference (ECC) 2009, Budapest, Hungary.
Latest Other Publications
2009
Type II diabetes and obeysity: A control theoretic model, S. Al-Hashmi, M. P. B. Ekanayake, C. F. Martin, Guest paper in Emergent Problems in Nonlinear Systems and Control, Dedicated to the 50th birthday of W. P. Dayawansa, Lecture notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer LNCiS, 2009.
2008
Control theory and the numerical solution of ODEs, M. P. B. Ekanayake, B. He, L. Huo, K. Kaphle, C. F. Martin, Communications in Information and Systems, Vol. 8(3), Special issue dedicated to the 70th birthday of Roger W. Brockette: Part II, pp:201 222, 2008.
Research
Research Interests
- Modeling and analysis of complex biological systems
- Biomedical signal processing - in particular related to neurons and neural system
- Stocastic systems - dynamics and filtering
- Mobile robotics
- Control systems theory
AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
- Ceylon Electricity Board gold medal for the best performance in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (UOP 2007)
- C. A. Hewavitharana Prize for the best performance in Engineering (UOP 2007)
- Ceylon Electricity Board Prize for best performance in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (UOP 2007)
- W. M. G. Fernando Prize for Electronic Communications (UOP 2007)
- W. P. Jayasekara Prize for the best student project in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (UOP 2007)
- Herman Reynolds Scholar for the academic year 2008-2009 (TTU)
- Ronald M. Anderson Scholar for the academic year 2009-2010 (TTU)
POSITIONS HELD
POSITIONS HELD
- Director, Certer for Engineering Research and Postgraduate Studies, University of Peradeniya, 2020 – 2023.
- Director, Computing Center, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, 2015-2017.
- Senior Student Councillor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, 2014-2018.
- Senior Treasurer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society, University of Peradeniya, 2014-2015
- Faculty Co-ordinator, International research Centre, University of Peradeniya, 2012-2016
- Faculty Co-ordinator, Erasmus Mundus project, 2014 -date
- Member, University discipline board, 2015-2018
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
- Visiting lecturer, University of Moratuwa
- Visiting lecturer, Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya
- Visiting Lecturer, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
TEACHING
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Electricity (GP 108)
- Network Analysis (EE 201)
- Signals and Systems (EE 257)
- Applied Electromagnetics (EE 355)
- Integrated Analog Electronic Circuits (EE 403)
- Undergraduate Projects (EE 405 and EE 406)
- Telecommunication and Wireless Systems (EE 522)