Dr. Xavier Fernando

The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a network that connects vehicles, infrastructure, and devices to enable seamless communication and data sharing. Vehicular VLC communication is fast emerging due to the widespread deployment of LED lights.  Aerial terrestrial networks (ATNs) with the widespread deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will also play a vital role in the IoV. Free-space optical (FSO) communication links can be effectively deployed between aerial bodies and vehicles. However, outdoor FSO and VLC links suffer from pointing error, fast varying channel conditions, sunlight and atmospheric impairments. This talk will cover various research topics in this area.

Biography:

Xavier Fernando is a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada. He has (co)authored over 200 research articles, three books, many book chapters and holds three patents. He is the Director of the TMU Intelligent Computing and Communication Lab that has received total research funding of over $5 Million since 2008. His area of research is wireless/optical communications.  His work has won 30 awards and prizes so far including, number of IEEE awards, Professional Engineers Ontario Award in 2016, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Prize in 2010, Sarnoff Symposium Prize in 2009. He has been in the organizing/steering/technical program committees of numerous conferences and journals. He was an Associate Editor for the IEEE IOT Journal. He was an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer. He has chaired the IEEE Toronto Section (2012-13) and IEEE Canada Central Area (2016-17) serving the IEEE Region-7 He completed his PhD at the University of Calgary, Canada in 2001 and master’s at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok in 1994. He worked as an R&D Engineer for AT&T during 1994-97.  

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