Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering
University of Rhode Island - 1989

M.S. - Mathematics
University of Rhode Island - 1989

M.Tech. - Microwave and Optical Communications Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 1983

B.E. - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Madurai Kamaraj University - 1981

S. Ostadabbas, R. Yousefi, M. Nourani, M. Faezipour, L. Tamil, and M. Pompeo, "A Resource-Efficient Planning for Pressure Ulcer Prevention," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine (TITB), pp. 1265-1273, vol 16, no. 6, Nov 2012. 2012 - Publication

S. Bulusu, M. Faezipour, V. Ng, M. Nourani, L. Tamil and S. Banerjee, "Transient ST-Segment Episode Detection for ECG Beat Classification" in Proceedings of IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems & Applications Workshop (LISSA'11), pp. 121-124, April 2011. 2011 - Publication

B. Xie, W. Qiu, H. Minn, L. Tamil and M. Nourani, "An Improved Approach for Real-Time Detection of Sleep Apnea," in Proceedings of International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing (Biosignals), (Rome, Italy), Jan 2011. 2011 - Publication

S. Bulusu, M. Faezipour, V. Ng, S. Banerjee, M. Nourani and L. Tamil,"Early Detection of Myocardial Ischemia Using Transient ST-Segment Episode Analysis of ECG," in Proceedings of the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference (SBEC), (Arlington, TX), May 2011. 2011 - Publication

R. Yousefi, S. Ostadabbas, M. Faezipour, M. Nourani, L. Tamil and M. Pompeo, "Posture and Limb Detection for Pressure Ulcer Prevention," in Proceedings of the Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference (SBEC), (Arlington, TX), May 2011. 2011 - Publication

R. Yousefi, S. Ostadabbas, M. Faezipour, M. Nourani,V. Ng, L. Tamil, A. Bowling, D. Behan and M. Pompeo, "A Smart Bed Platform for Monitoring & Ulcer Prevention," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), pp. 13731377, (Shanghai, China), Oct. 2011. 2011 - Publication

S. Ostadabbas, R. Yousefi, M. Nourani, M. Faezipour, L. Tamil and M. Pompeo, "A Posture Scheduling Algorithm Using Constrained Shortest Path to Prevent Pressure Ulcers," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), pp. 327-332, (Atlanta, GA), Nov. 2011. 2011 - Publication

R. Yousefi, S. Ostadabbas, M. Faezipour, M. Farshbaf, M. Nourani, L. Tamil and M. Pompeo, "Bed Posture Classification for Pressure Ulcer Prevention," in Proceedings of the International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 7175-7178, (Boston, MA), Aug. 2011. 2011 - Publication

CEO and CTO
Yotta Networks, Inc. [2000–2003]

Full Professor (with tenure)
University of Texas at Dallas [1999–Present]

Senior Scientist and Unit Manager
Alcatel [1997–1999]
Corporate Research Center

Consulting Scientist
Spike Technologies [1997–1997]

Consulting Scientist
Alcatel Network Systems [1994–1994]

Associate Professor (with tenure)
University of Texas at Dallas [1993–1999]

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1988–1993]

"Wireless healthcare monitoring,"

2007–2007 Wireless healthcare monitoring, Dagstuhl Seminar 07462, Assisted Living Systems-Models, Architectures and Engineering Approaches, November 11-14, 2007, Schloss Dagstuhl, Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum fur Informatik, Germany.

"Sensor network for remote health monitoring,"

2007–2007 Sensor network for remote health monitoring, UTD Conf. on Unlocking RFIDs Real Value, Jointly organized by Schools of Management and Engineering, UTD, June 19, 2007. (coauthors: G. Gupta and S. Sethi)

"Wireless sensor network for remote health monitoring,"

2007–2007 Wireless sensor network for remote health monitoring, Antenna and Propagation Society, Dallas Chapter, May 16, 2007.

"Body Area Sensor Network,"

2006–2006 Body Area Sensor Network, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore, July 28, 2006.

"Multi-terabit Photonic Switching and Routing,"

2006–2006 Multi-terabit Photonic Switching and Routing, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, July 18, 2006.

Innovations from the Quality of Life Technology Laboratory (QoLT)

Honors and Awards

• Best Teacher Award, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022.
• Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
• Fellow, OPTICA (formerly Optical Society of America)
• Fellow, Electromagnetics Academy
• Elected Member, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission B & D
• Alcatel Award of recognition for his scientific and management contributions to Terabit IP Optical Router Project.

Grants and Fundings

•  " Multi-Terabit Hybrid Optical Switching Subsystem: design, development and marketing", Yotta networks, Inc. 3 rounds of Venture funding, Period: 01/2000-10/2003, Amount: $ 40,000,000. (approx.)
•  "Shepered WDM Soliton Transmission," NASA Graduate Fellowship for Everardo Ruiz, Period: 2001-2003, Amount: $ 45,000.
•  "IP Burst Switch Under Self-similar Traffic Conditions," Alcatel, Richardson, TX, Period: 01/99-12/99, Amount: $ 25,000.
•  "Architectural and Control Issues in Optical IP Routers," Alcatel, Richardson, TX, Period: 01/99-12/99, Amount: $ 25,000.
•  "Impact of CATV on Optical Layer," Alcatel, Richardson, TX, Period: 01/98-12/98, Amount: $ 25,000. LAKSHMAN S. TAMIL - December 2007 16
•  "Nomadic Wireless Networking for DoD Training Ranges," Raytheon-E System, Richardson, TX, Period: 01/97-12/97. Amount: $ 20,000.
•  "Hybrid Embedded Antenna Analysis," Texas Instruments Inc.McKinney, TX, Period: 01/96-12/96, Amount: $ 25,000.
•  "Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Theory Applications to Communication and Sensing," Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, Contract # N00014-92-J-1030, Period: 02/95-03/98, Amount: $ 155,000.
•  "Spectral Inverse Scattering Theory for Dielectric Media: Application to Optical Devices," Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, Contract # N00014-92-J-1030, Period: 10/91-09/94, Amount: $ 172,260.
•  "Dispersion Compensation for Next Generation Communication System," Alcatel Network Systems, Richardson, TX. Contract #: PO 194662, Period 07/91-06/92, Amount; $ 24,946.
•  "Instructional and Research Laboratory in Optical Fiber Communication," Chancellor's Grant, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX, UTD90-39, Period 04/90-12/91, Amount: $7,000.
•  "Design of Multimode Planar Optical Waveguides with Minimum Dispersion by an Inverse Scattering Method," Naval Research Laboratory , Washington, DC. Contract # N000173-89-MH691, Period 08/89-09/91, Amount: $ 5,000.

Optical Society Recognizes Profs Research Successes

Two UT Dallas faculty members have been elected fellows of the Optical Society of America for their pioneering work in decidedly high-tech areas of the field of optics. Dr. Duncan MacFarlane was recognized for his “contributions to advancing integrated optics and their applications, including photonic filters, advanced displays and micro-optics.” Dr. Lakshman Tamil was recognized “for significant contributions to the design and development of multi-terabit switches using photonic-electronic hybrid sub-wavelength switching.” Both are professors of electrical engineering in the University’s Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Professor Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Dr. Lakshman Tamil, professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Tamil is one of 168 new fellows who will be inducted on April 10 at the academy’s annual meeting in Phoenix.

The distinction of fellow is given by the NAI to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.