Invited Talks and Tutorials

• Invited Talk 'Research Directions in Underground Communication Systems', April 27, 2012, at the Center of Excellence in Mining Innovations (CEMI), Sudbury, Ontario.
• Invited Plenary Webinar and paper, 'A New Perspective on Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Sensor Networks', April 19, 2012, part of the Second International Conference on Recent Trends on Information Technology, India.
• Invited Plenary Webinar, 'Information and Communication Technologies for a Greener World' Third International Conference on Advanced Computing, 14-16 December 2011, Chennai, India
• Invited Talk, 'Wireless Transmission of Biomedical Signals in Hospital Environments' Auditorium (first floor), Hospital for Sick Kids, 555 University Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X8 Date: July 02, 2011, 10.00 AM
• Invited talk 'ICT for Smart Grid', Joint Ryerson University/York University Workshop on Energy, June 21, 2011
• Invited Webinar, 'Wireless Communication Solutions for Aerospace' ", hosted by the Aerapace and Electronic Systems Society at Honeywell Inc., Mississauga Toronto, July 21, 2011, 11.00-12.00 AM
• Panel Member at the workshop on "Connecting Engineering Applications and Disaster Management", May 09, 2011, Niagara Falls
• Tutorial, 'Saving Miners' Life and Energy: Innovations in Underground Communication Systems' ", at the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 08, 2011, Niagara Falls

• Panel Member, ' Green Energy Efficient Methods for Wireless Sensor Networks used in 24X7 Monitoring Applications. What are the solutions available? How can we improve them?', part of the First IEEE International Workshop on Sensor Networks for Intelligence Gathering and Monitoring, May 8, 2011
• Invited Plenary Speaker at the BIT's First Annual International Congress of U-World , Session 2-5-7: Mobile Broadband Enhancement Time: Oct 25, 2011, Tuesday, 8:30-10:10, Dalian, China
• Invited Talk at the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2011) - Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Space, September 2-4, 2011, Banff, Canada
• Invited talk at McMaster University, organized by IEEE Hamilton Section , 'Underground Communication Systems', February 01, 2011
• Invitee talk, 'Communication Requirements for the Smart Grid', Indo-Canadian Workshop on 'Urban Electric System Integration with PHEV Charging Stations and Solar Farms, January 6-7, 2011
• 3 hours tutorial Sarnoff Sympoisum, University of Princeton, New Jersey, March 30, 2009, 'Radio over Fiber – An Optical Technique for Wireless Access'
• Invited presentation at the third CPFR Advances in Photonics Fabrication Workshop at the National Research Council (NRC), on March 5, 2009, organized by the Centre for Photonics Fabrication Research at Carleton University, the CPFC, the Ottawa Photonics Cluster, and the Ottawa Photonics Research Alliance (OPRA)
• Expert Panel Member, International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Networking, Anna University, India, January 2008, Picture 1, Picture 2
• Invited talk at WIPRO, the world’s largest independent R&D Services Provider, India, July 2008
• Invited talk at the University of Cambridge UK, June 9, 2008; related research in Cambridge: FRIDAY and WOWS
• Invited talk at City University, London, UK, April 14, 2008, related research at CU
• Invited talk at the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications, IAT, Wales, Swansea, UK, March 05, 2008
• Invited talk at IEEE Madras Section (view invitation), picture1, picture2, picture3,, picture4, picture5, picture6 India, Aug. 2006
• Invited talk at GCC Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manama, Bahrain, 2006, Picture
• Invited talk at Madras Institute of Technology (Anna University), AU-KBC Centre, India, Aug. 2006
• Invited talk at Vellore Institute of Technology, India, Aug. 2006
• Invited talk at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu, India, Aug. 2006, Picture1, Picture 2 , Picture 3 , Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7
• Tutorial at International Conference of Upcoming Engineers (ICUE), held at the University of Waterloo, Canada, May 2006
• Invited talk at International Conference on Access Networks, Institute of Advanced Telecommunications, Athens, Greece, September 2006, the paper is available in ACM digital library
• Invited paper 'Multimedia Hotspots Supporting Wireless LAN and Cellular CDMA Access' invited paper, International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), University of Peradeniya,Sri Lanka, August 2006, Picture 1, Picture 2
• 'IPTV, Voice over IP and TV over Phone Line: The Changing Scenario of Multimedia Delivery' seminar given at 10th Technological Advances in Science, Medicine and Engineering Workshop, University of Guelph, July, 2006
• X. Fernando, S. Krishnan and D. Androutsos 'Processing, Protecting and Providing Multimedia Information' Half day symposium presented at IEEE Toronto Section, Signal Processing Society, May 01, 2006