Invited Papers
• Peter He, Lian Zhao, Xavier Fernando, ‘Transmission Time Minimization
of an Energy Harvesting Cognitive Radio System’ IEEE Symposium on Signal
and Information Processing for Smart Grid Infrastructures, IEEE GlobalSIP’16,
Greater Washington DC, December 7-9, 2016
• Sattar Hussain and Xavier Fernando, ‘A Novel Strategy for Cognitive
Radio Networks with Diversity and Non-Identical Fading Channels’, 2013
International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication
Systems, July 7-10, 2013, Toronto, Canada
• Xavier Fernando and K. Thambu, ‘Cross-Layer Coding Improves Quality
and Security in Wireless Video Sensor Networks’ International Conference
on Security of Internet of Things (SecurIT 2012) August 17 – 19, 2012
at Amrita University in Kerala, India, Paper ID 121, http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2490441&CFID=221131469&CFTOKEN=83555475,
sponsored by ACM/SIGSAC
• Amir Sepasi Zahmati and Xavier Fernando, ‘A New Perspective on
Spectrum Sensing for
Cognitive Sensor Networks’ Proc. of the International Conference on Recent
Trends in Information Technology. 18-20 April 2012, Chennai, India
• Xavier N. Fernando, Sajjadul Latif and Vaidehi Vijayakumr, ‘Information
and Communication Technologies for a Greener World’ Proc. Third International
Conference on Advanced Computing, 14-16 December 2011, Chennai, India
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6165232&isnumber=6165149
• Umasankar, B. and Fernando, X., 'OFDM Impairment Mitigation Techniques'
invited paper, Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops,
pp: 622-24, Aug. 2007
• Roland Yuen and Xavier Fernando, 'Multimedia Hotspots Supporting Wireless
LAN and Cellular CDMA Access' invited paper, International Conference on Industrial
and Information Systems (ICIIS 2006); Sri Lanka, August 2006
• Xavier Fernando, 'Radio over Fiber in Multimedia Access Networks' invited
paper, International Conference on Access Networks (http://www.accessnets.org),
Athens, Greece, September 2006 (NSERC)
Expert Panel Member
• Panelist, Workshop - Technology & Market Challenges, part of the
Beyond Lighting Conference and Workshops organized by the Smart Sustainable
Lighting Network at University of Toronto, Mississauga, Campus May 02, 2017
• 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 2011, Niagara
Falls
• Panel Member, ‘Approaching Disaster Management in Engineering
Education and Research’ part of the workshop on Connecting Engineering
Applications and Disaster Management, May 2011, Niagara Falls
• Panel Member, ‘Impact of 3G Wireless Networks in India’
International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Networking,
Anna University, India, January 2008
Research Fellowships
• Visiting Scholar, Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT),
Swansea University, UK, January-July 2008.
• MAPNET Fellow under Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholarship assignment,
Aston University, Birmingham, UK, August 2014