Xavier Fernando

Xavier Fernando, Professor and Director, Ryerson Communications Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Xavier Fernando has been working Fi-Wi systems for over 15 years. He did his PhD in this area at the University of Calgary in affiliation with TRLabs. His PhD work has been patented and won the Canadian best paper award in 2001. He joined Ryerson University in 2001 where now he is a full professor. Professor Fernando is an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer and the Chair of the IEEE Toronto Section, Canada. He has been working in multiple aspects of wireless communications, having a special interest in radio over fiber systems. He has delivered invited talks worldwide including at the Cambridge University (UK), National Research Council (Canada), Athens Institute of Technology (Greece), Indian Institute of Science (India) and Princeton University (USA) on radio over fiber systems. He has co-authored close to 100 research articles, two patents and few non-disclosure agreements.