Prof Saman Halgamuge is a Fellow of IEEE, a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering and a Distinguished Speaker/Lecturer of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2019-2O21).
He has previously served as Director/Head, Research School of Engineering of the Australian National University (ANU) (2016-18) and as a member of Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts for Engineering, Information and Computing Sciences (2016-18).
He was the founding Director of the PhD training centre Melbourne India Postgraduate Program (MIPP) of University of Melbourne and contributed as Associate Dean (2013-15) and Assistant Dean (2008-13) in International Engagement in the Melbourne School of Engineering. He is also a member of the Visiting Committee of Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018) and Research Advisory Council of University of Technology PETRONAS (2015-18). He is an honorary Professor of ANU and an honorary member of ANU Energy Change Institute.
Research
His research interests are in AI and Data Engineering including Inclusive Learning algorithms and Active data gathering sensor systems, Unsupervised Deep Learning, Big Data Analytics focusing on applications in Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Bioengineering. These applications vary from Sensor Networks in Irrigation, Smart Grids, and Sustainable Energy generation to Bioinformatics and Neuro-Engineering.
Grants, contracts and consultancies:
2 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grants
Identification of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell subpopulations (2017-20) - S Naik, M. Richie and S. Halgamuge [Collaboration with Walter and Eliza Hall Institute]
4 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grants
Near-unsupervised computational methods for exploring omic data, ARC Discovery (2015-17)-S. Halgamuge, A. Hsu, M. Niranjan and S.L. Tang [Collaboration with Academia Sinica, University of Southampton and Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences of University of Melbourne]
9 ARC Linkage Grants with Industry
Optimisation of shallow geothermal systems for Australian schools., ARC Linkage (2017-20)- G. Narsilio, L. Aye, S. Halgamuge, R. Choudhary and K. Woodman [Collaboration with Cambridge University]
3 ARC Special Research Initiative grants as CI
14 other external research grants
Australia-Indonesia Centre Tactical Project on Energy (2016-17), Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre (2016-17), POSCO, South Korea (2014-15), Robert Bosch (Germany) (Multiple contracts 1999-2007), Hubei pvt Ltd (China) and Yeo-Wei pvt Ltd (Taipei)
Keynotes (a selection): Applied Machine Learning Days (Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019) Track: Machine Learning for Environment, 8th IEEE ICPES (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2018), 5th IEEE EMBS-BES (Kuching, Malaysia, 2018), IEEE-POMS (Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2018), 5th IEEE ISCMI (Nairobi, Kenya, 2018), IEEE ICCE (Colombo, 2018), 13th IEEE ICCS, (Trivandrum, 2017), 16th InCoB (Shenzhen, China, 2017), 26th IJCAI: Workshop BAI (Melbourne, 2017), ICOCB 2017, (Jakarta, 2017), ICVARS 2017, (Sydney, 2017), EBDTS (Melbourne, 2016), MERCON (Moratuwa, 2016), ICIT (Melbourne, 2016), 3rd ISCBI (Bali, 2015), 6th CSBio (Bangkok, 2015), 11th ICIUS (Bali, 2015), IMEC (Hong Kong, 2015), ICCCS (IEEE Sponsored) (Greater Noida, 2015), 9th IEEE ICCE (Vancouver, 2014), IEEE ICIIS (Gwalior, 2014), CENET (Shanghai, 2014), ISCBI (New Delhi, 2013), IEEE ICIAfS (Beijing, 2012)
Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/saman-halgamuge-4a49508
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=9cafqywAAAAJ
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Project Types
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Research Grant
10
Research Contracts
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Distinguished Lecturer/Speaker
DYASON Fellowship 2013-2014
U21 Fellowships for his capacity to inspire, extend and enthuse their students.
Leadership Prize (5 awarded world-wide)
To study Dipl.Ing. at TU Darmstadt
FIEEE - Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Credentials
Positions
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Honorary Member
ANU Energy Change Institute
Honorary Professor
Australian National University, Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering
Member
Distinguished Visiting Committee of Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Fellow Of Institute Of Electrical And Electronic Engineers (Ieee)
Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Member Of The Panel
Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts for Engineering, Information and Computing Sciences
Editorial Board Member
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II
International Member
Research Advisory Council of University of Technology PETRONAS, Malaysia
Associate Editor Of Editorial Board Of Journal Softcomputing
Specialty Co-Chielf Editor (Mechatronics), Frontiers Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Editorial Board Member
Associate Editor, Applied Mathematics (Hindawi)
Associate Editor - Editorial Board Of Journal Bmc Bioinformatics
Associate Editor - Editorial Board of Journal BMC Bioinformatics
Associate Editor- Editorial Board Of Journal Control And Intelligent Systems
Associate Editor- Editorial Board of Journal Control and Intelligent Systems
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical Engineering)
Darmstadt University Of Technology
Master of Science (Data Engineering)
Darmstadt University Of Technology
Bachelor of Science (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering)
University of Moratuwa