Professor Jagath Rajapakse

 

Academic Preparation

1993 - Ph. D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Buffalo, USA

1989 – M. Sc. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Buffalo, USA

1985 - B. Sc. (First Class Honors) Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

 

Work Experience

2008 -                Professor of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2007 -                Director, BioInformatics Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2006 -  2007      Associate Scientist, Sun Microsystems Inc.,

2005 –                Fellow, Computation and Systems Biology program, Singapore-MIT Alliance

2005 –                Visiting Professor, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

2002 – 2006        Deputy Director, BioInformatics Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2001 – 2008        Associate Professor, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2001 – 2003       Adjunct Associate Professor, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka   

2002                  Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Advanced Brain Signal Processing, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

2001                  Visiting Scholar, Institute of Statistical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

2000                  Visiting Lecturer, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

1999 - 2000       Assistant Professor, School of Applied Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1998                   Lecturer, School of Applied Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1996 – 1998       Visiting Scientist, Max‑Planck‑Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany.

1993 ‑ 1996       Visiting Fellow, Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

1992 – 1993       Graduate Research Assistant, Centre for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR), State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

1990 – 1992       Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

1989 – 1990       Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

1985 – 1987       Assistant Lecturer, Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

 

Honors and Awards

·         Runner-up for the best student paper award, 13th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2006), Hong Kong, (with Mr. Arun Kumar)

·         Most cited scientists of all fields, Thompson ISI Web of Science

·         Most cited scientists in the field of psychiatry/psychology, Thompson ISI Web of Science

·         Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, 2006 onwards

·         Marquis Who’s Who in World, 2005 onwards

·         Gold Awards 2005, Student Publications, The Institute of Engineers, Singapore (with Mr. Joshua Lau)

·         Nominee for the Best Paper Award, International Conference of Genomic Informatics (GIW2004), Yokohama, Dec. 2004 (with Mr. Yang Xiao)

·         Best Overall Paper Award, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, San Diego, Oct 2004 (with Dr. Loi Sy Ho)

·         Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, San Diego, Oct 2004 (with Dr. Loi Sy Ho)

·         Marquis Who’s Who in Education, 2003 onwards

·         Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan, (Overseas Attachment Program, NTU), May – June, 2002

·         Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, June 2001

·         Who’s Who in 21st Century

·         Great Minds of 21st Century

·         Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Technology, 2001 onwards

·         Visiting Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health, USA, 1993 – 96

·         Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center Award, USA, 1992 (with Prof Raj Acharya)

·         Sigma-Xi Recognition, Research Competition, Buffalo, 1991

·         Travel Award, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Conference, Colorado, USA, 1991

·         Travel Fellowship, Conference on Neural Networks for Target Recognition, Boston University, May 1991

·         Fulbright Scholarship, USA, 1987‑89

·         Award for the student obtaining highest marks in electrical and electronics subjects in B.Sc. (Engineering) final examination, University of Moratuwa, 1984/85

·         Best student award in electronic and telecommunication engineering, University of Moratuwa, 1984/85

 

Publications (as of 21/02/2009)

62 journals papers, 23 book chapters, 6 edited books, 4 conference proceedings, 125 conference papers, 4 technical reports, and 11 other publications

Citations: Thompson ISI 2422, h-index=21; Scopus 2519, h-index = 21

 

Affiliations

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Member, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)