Kumbesan Sandrasegaran, Ph.D.

sandrasegaran.k@chula.ac.th
Profile Summary
 
Kumbesan Sandrasegaran, Ph.D., has expertise in the modelling and simulation of telecommunication networks to assess the performance of network management algorithms, including packet scheduling, handovers, interference mitigation, and power control. He also has expertise in the application of Artificial Intelligence for fault diagnosis, network planning, and fall detection. 
 

Education
 
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1990 - 1994
    (Thesis title “A methodology for generation of fault diagnostic knowledge”. Completed courses in Artificial Intelligence, Information Structures, Numerical Analysis and Computer Aided Engineering Software.)
  • M.Sc. in Telecommunications and Information System, University of Essex, England. 1987 - 1988
    Received A* for outstanding M.Sc. project work at University of Essex (1988). Completed courses in Theory of Signals and Systems, Probability, Switching Systems, Real-Time Systems, Transmission Systems, Digital Transmission, Satellite and Mobile Radio systems and Performance Engineering of Computer and Communication Systems.
  • B.Sc. Honours in Electrical Engineering (First Class).
 

Careers
 
  • Technical Writer and Consultant, Nokia Networks, Pyrmont, Sydney (Jan – Dec 2001)
  • Senior Research Engineer, Centre for Telecommunication and Information Networking (CTIN), Adelaide (Jan – Mar 2000)
  • Lecturer, Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, Palmerston-North, New Zealand. (Apr 1998–1999)
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Professional Qualifications 
 
  • Technical Consultant and Trainer (self employed) (Jan 2015 – now)
       - Development and delivery of a 12 week 5G training program in
         Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2022-2023
       - Development and delivery of a summer course in IoT Foundation
         at ISE, Chulalongkorn University in July 2018.
  • Associate Professor and Program Head of Telecommunication and ICT Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney. (Apr 2000- Dec 2020)
  • Head of the Centre of Excellence in Rural Telecommunications and Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering University of Durban-Westville, South Africa. (Sept 1995 – Apr 1998)