Futuristic Communication and Network Technologies
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This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Futuristic Communication and Network Technologies (CFCNT 2020) conducted at Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai. It covers various domains in communication engineering and networking technologies. This volume comprises of recent research in areas like optical communication, optical networks, optics and optical computing, emerging trends in photonics, MEMS and sensors, active and passive RF components and devices, antenna systems and applications, RF devices and antennas for microwave emerging technologies, wireless communication for future networks, signal and image processing, machine learning/AI for networks, internet of intelligent things, network security and blockchain technologies. This book will be useful for researchers, professionals, and engineers working in the core areas of electronics and communication.
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Dr. A. Sivasubramanian has graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Madras in the year 1990 and completed doctorate in Optical Communication from Anna University in the year 2008. His working experience in teaching and research includes 28 years. He is presently working as a Professor in the School of Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Chennai Campus. He has held various administrative positions in his work experience including as a Principal in Tagore Institute of Engineering and Technology and Head of the Department of ECE in St. Joseph's College of Engineering for a long span of around 18 years. He is also a reviewer in various peer-reviewed journals. He has acted as chairperson in various international conferences and had been the technical program committee member. He has delivered invited talks in various universities both at national and international level. He is guiding many research scholars in the area of optical communication and networks. His research contribution has led to around 45 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 32 conference publications, both at the national and international level. He has also served as a syllabus committee member in various universities. He had been to Taiwan to present his research work and established a joint collaboration between National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei and VIT University, Chennai. His research interests include optical communication and networks, non-linear optics, optical amplifiers, WDM Networks, free space optics, silicon photonics and energy harvesting for optical applications.
Dr. Prasad Shastry is a Professor of microwave and wireless engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Since joining Bradley University in 1991, he has spearheaded the development of the curriculum, laboratories, and an active research program in the area of microwave and wireless engineering. He has established a National Science Foundation-supported advanced microwave engineering laboratory for testing MMICs, and an anechoic chamber for antenna measurements. His areas of research are wideband distributed architecture circuits, reconfigurable circuits and antennas, wireless power transfer, and ambient RF energy-harvesting. During the past thirty years, he has made significant contributions in his area of expertise in Industry-University collaborative projects sponsored by several leading microwave companies. Dr. Shastry was awarded a Ph.D degree in microwave engineering by IIT-Bombay in 1980. He earned an M.Tech degree in microwave and radar engineering from IIT-Kharagpur in 1974, and a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) degree from Bangalore University in 1972. He was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1982. He is a fellow of the IETE, India,a senior member of IEEE, a member of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and a member of Sigma Xi.
Dr. Pua Chang Hong graduated in Applied Physics from University of Malaya with a BSc in 2006, followed by a MSc in 2009 and PhD in 2012 in Photonics. His Master research involved the fabrication of optical waveguide for FTTh application and doctoral research in nonlinear optics field for acoustic sensing using fiber optic sensors. After graduation, he became a Research Fellow in University of Malaya to work on the development of new optical waveguide and as well as fiber sensors. Following University of Malaya, in 2014 he joined Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) as Assistant Professor and he was appointed as the Chairperson of Centre for Photonics and Advanced Materials. His current focus in research is developing different types of optical sensors including fabricate tapering based Mach Zender interferometer for sensing applications, studyingthe nonlinear interaction of acousto-optic in fiber laser for different applications such as building structure health monitoring, pipeline leakage monitoring and localization, refrigerant leakage detection, and etc.