Plenary
Lecture
Telecommunications Engineering Course Design
Associate Professor Savitri Bevinakoppa
Director of Engineering
Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT)
Australia
E-mail:
sbevinakoppa@mit.edu.au
Abstract: Engineering is the discipline and
profession of capturing and applying mathematical,
technical and scientific knowledge to research, plan,
design, invent and implement real world cutting edge
technology using appropriate materials, devices,
procedures and systems to achieve desired objectives
efficiently.
Perception of the telecommunications engineering is
important in the current economy. By studying
telecommunication engineering, students will understand
the theory and practice of significant advancements and
developments in modern technology. Telecommunication
engineers design, develop, test and maintain
telecommunications systems. They are one of the driving
forces behind recent, significant growth in areas such
as the Internet, mobile telephones and other modern
wired and wireless communications systems. This talk
enlightens telecommunication course design approach for
under graduate and post graduate levels. Main subjects
in telecommunications engineering courses include:
Digital systems, Overview of digital communication,
Telecommunication system engineering, Telecommunication
modeling and simulation, and Mobile and satellite
communication systems. This talk also covers core body
of telecommunications knowledge, course design and
development based on current industry trends and
feedback received from professional engineers.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Associate Professor Savitri Bevinakoppa completed her
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication)
in 1989 and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Victoria
University, Melbourne in 1996, writing her thesis on
“Still Image Compression on Parallel Computer
Architectures”.
Savitri has more than 22 years of teaching and research
experience in Engineering and Information Technology
(IT) disciplines, and has also worked in industry as a
manager for more than 10 years. She has demonstrated
continuing scholarly and professional involvement in
both learning & teaching and research, publishing a
number of books and research papers nationally and
internationally. She has obtained several industry
grants and supervised many research students and
research associates. She has chaired a number of
conferences in multi-disciplinary areas and edited their
proceedings. Currently she is working as a Director of
Engineering at Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Melbourne, Australia.
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