PRADEEPA YAHAMPATH Professor University of Manitoba Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 75 Chancellor’s Circle Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V6 Canada

Academic Background

Ph.D. (University of Manitoba), M.Sc. (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), B.Sc. (University of Moratuwa)

Research Interests

• Signal processing for video compression (adaptive transform coding, perceptual coding, graph signal processing, deep learning)
• Multimedia signal processing for communication
• Source coding, joint source-channel coding, and information theory 
• Quantization theory and applications in communication and signal processing
  

If you are interested in graduate studies in above areas, and a have a strong background in mathematics, particularly statistical signal processing and probability theory, please send me an email [Pradeepa.Yahampath(at)umanitoba.ca]  briefly explaining why you are interested in research topics above, along with your CV,  B.Sc./M.Sc. transcripts, and a list of publications etc. I may not be able to reply to every inquiry, but if I feel that you can be a good fit, I will get back to you.

Teaching

• ECE 4260 Communication Systems (undergraduate)
  
• ECE 7250 Information Theory (graduate)
  
• ECE 7560 Principles of Signal Compression (graduate)