Kithisiri Liyanage
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Biography
Currently, Kithsiri serves as a senior professor in the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, where he has been a faculty member for over 30 years. Prior to this, he has held academic positions at the University of Tokyo, University of Washington, and University of Ruhuna.
During his time as a faculty member in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, he has been involved in several national-level roles, including serving as the secretary to the Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs Child Youth and Cultural Affairs, as well as holding positions such as Chairman of PUCSL, Chairman of Engineering Service Board, and Member of the National Salaries and Cadre Commission. He has also participated in numerous national committees and policy forum. Moreover, he has held visiting positions at the University of Tokyo, Japan, Oulu University, Finland, and Meijo University, Japan. Additionally, he has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ruhuna and the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at SLIIT. He has also held several other positions, including Director of the Information Technology Center and Director of the Computing Center of the Faculty of Engineering, as well as Head of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Peradeniya. Furthermore, he has served as a member of the board of Directors of the MILODA Academy of Financial Studies, Bank of Ceylon and Sri Lanka Telecom/ Mobitel.
He obtained his B.Sc.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1983, and his M.Eng. and Dr.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He is a fellow of Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka, Senior Member of IEEE, USA, and a Chartered Engineer.
My research interest resides at the intersection of energy, ICT and sustainability
Dr. Eng. University of Tokyo 1991
M. Eng. University of Tokyo 1988
B.Sc.Eng. University of Peradeniya 1983
Charted Engineer
Senior Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka
Visiting Faculty, Meijo University, Japan
Visiting Faculty, Oulu University, Finland
Secretary, Ministry of National Policy, Economic Affairs, Child Youth and Cultural Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna
Founding Director, Information Technology Center, University of Peradeniya
Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya
Chairman, Engineering Service Board, Government of Sri Lnka
Director, Computing Center, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
Visiting Scientist, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Faculty Member of the Endowed Chair, University of Tokyo, Japan
Fellow, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka
Senior Member, IEEE, USA
⮚ Smart Grid, Microgrid and Renewable Integration, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2017-2019
⮚ P2PSmarTest, H2020 European Union Project, European Union, 2015-2017
⮚ AFTER Project, EU Framework Program FP7 at University College Dublin, Ireland, 2014
⮚ The Effect of Shading on a Fixed PV Panel and Remedies for Minimizing these Effects, 2013-2014
⮚ The Development of Theoretical Frame Work of Ubiquitous Power Grids, Ministry of Education, Japan, 2008-201
⮚ Gold Medal for the best Presentation in Computer Science, 10th Anniversary International Symposium, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka, 2006 (Co-authored)
⮚ Commendable Presentation Award, University Research Session, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2001 (Co-authored)
⮚ Best Paper Presented Award of IEE (Japan) Power Engineering Conference, 1991 (First author)
⮚ Undergraduate
First Year level
Electricity
Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Second year Level
Applied Electricity
Signal and Systems
Network Analysis
Third Year Level
Electronic Circuits
Information Systems Engineering
Electrical Power and Machines
Fourth Year Level
Data Communications
Computer Networks Laboratory
Power Systems
Electric Power Systems
Power Systems Analysis
Modern Power Systems
Postgraduate
Data Communication
Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
Communication Networks
Science and Information Technology
Special Lectures on Environment and Energy at University of Tokyo, 2010
Future Smart Grids at University of Oulu, Finland, 2011
Smart Grid/ Smart Substations and Smart Grid
⮚ Keynote speaker in the P2P-SmarTest EUCNC 2017 special session in P2P Communication, Control and Computing for Smart Grid at EUCNC, Finland, June 201
⮚ Prof. R.H. Paul Memorial Lecture, Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka, February 2017
⮚ Grid connected PV – Integration issues and solutions through Smart Grid, Workshop on PV Installations in Sri Lanka: Barriers and Remedies, IEEE Sri Lanka Section, September 2013.
⮚ Smart Grid: Technology and Applications, International Conference on Green and Clean Energy, IET Sri Lanka Network, Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 2012
⮚ Developing Greener power Grids – Challenges, IEEE Region 10 Technical Seminar, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 2012
⮚ The Role of ICT in Smart Power Grids, IEEE Sri Lanka Central Region Subsection, Kandy, Sri Lanka, August 2009.
⮚ Our Electrical Energy Sector in the Carbon Constrained World, Institute of Engineers (Sri Lanka) Electrical Engineering Section, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2009.
PUBLICATIONS
⮚ Akila Herath, M.A. Mohammed Manaz, Kithsiri M. Liyanage, Taisuke Masuta, Chan-Nan Lu, Koji Nishio, “Frequency Excursion Likelihood Constrained Resource Scheduling for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Integration”, IEEE Access, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3201536.
⮚ Y. Ota, H. Taniguchi, T. Nakajima, K. M. Liyanage, J. Baba, and A. Yokoyama, “Autonomous distributed V2G (vehicle-to-grid) satisfying scheduled charging” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 559–564, 2012.
⮚ Hiroyuki Kihara , Akihiko Yokoyama, K. M. Liyanage, Hisato Sakuma, “Optimal Placement and Control of BESS for a Distribution System Integrated with PV systems”, The Journal of International Council on Electrical Engineering, 2011.7, pp. 298-303, 2011
⮚ Yutaka Ota, Haruhito Taniguchi, Tatsuhito Nakajima, Kithsiri M. Liyanage, Koichiro Shimizu, Taisuke Masuta, Jumpei Baba, Akihiko Yokoyama, “Autonomous Distributed Vehicle-to-Grid for Ubiquitous Power Grid and its Effect as a Spinning Reserve”, The Journal of International Council on Electrical Engineering, 2011.4, pp. 214-221, 2011
⮚ K. M. Liyanage, A. Yokoyama, Y. Ota, T. Nakajima, H. Taniguchi, “Performance Analysis of Ubiquitous Power Systems under Coordinated Control of System Elements” , The Journal of International Council on Electrical Engineering Vol.1 No.1, 2011. 1, pp. 67-73.
⮚ Yutaka Ota, Haruhito Taniguchi, Tatsuhito Nakajima, Kithsiri M. Liyanage, Koichiro Shimizu, Taisuke Masuta, Junpei Baba, Akihiko Yokoyama, “Effect of Autonomous Distributed Smart Storage for Ubiquitous Power Grid on Load Frequency Control”, IEEJ Transaction on Power and Energy, January 2011 (In Japanese)
⮚ Y. Ota, H. Taniguchi, T. Nakajima, K. M. Liyanage, J. Baba, and A. Yokoyama, "Proposal of Smart Storage for Ubiquitous Power Grid -Autonomous Distributed Vehicle-to-Grid of Electric Vehicle-", IEEJ Transaction on Power and Energy, Vol.130, No.11, Nov 2010 (In Japanese)
⮚ Kithsiri M. Liyanage, Akihiko Yokoyama, Yasuji Sekine, “Optimal Grouping of Machines for Dynamic Equivalent Construction Considering Error Due to Equivalencing”, The Transaction of The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Vol. 112-B, No 11, pp 1007-1110, Nov. 1992.
⮚ Akila Herath, Kithsiri M. Liyanage, M.A. Mohammed Manaz, Taisuke Masuta, Chan-Nan Lu, “Flexibility Metric for Power System Planning Under Forecast Uncertainty”, The 16th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, Sri Lanka, December 2021
⮚ N. S. Weerakoon, K. M. Liyanage, “Delay Characteristics of Smart Grid Traffic in Wi-Fi Home Area Networks with and without Other Traffic”, 2020 Fourth World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability (WorldS4), 2020
⮚ Koji Nishio, Kako Yoshida, Taisuke Masuta, Akila Asansana Herath, Kithsiri M Liyanage and Hasal Kulaseka.ra, “Input Data Extrapolation of Generator Unit Commitment and Optimal Load Dispatch for AGC 30 model “, International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES), 2020
⮚ Kohei Takahashi, Taisuke Masuta, Akila Asansana Herath, Kithsiri M Liyanage, Rajitha Udawalpola, “Basic study on Flexibility Evaluation of Coordinated Operation Schedule of Generators and Battery Energy Storage System in Bulk Power System”, Joint Technical Meeting on Power Engineering and Power System Engineering, Nagasaki, Japan, March 2020 (In Japanese)
⮚ Sehan Samarakoon, Kithsiri M. Liyanage, “Assessing the Performance of ZigBee Communication in AMI Application”, Annual Sessions of IESL, 2019
⮚ Hasal Kulasekara, Kithsiri M. Liyanage, “Virtual Power Plants for Power System Stability”, Annual Sessions of IESL, 2019
⮚ Janaka Ekanayake, Kithsiri Liyanage, Jianzhong Wu, Akihiko Yokoyama, Nicholas Jenkins, Smart Grid: Technologies and Applications, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012
⮚ Kithsiri Liyanage, Janaka Ekanayake, Chen-Ching Liu, “Electric Vehicles and V2G Operation”, Handbook on Smart Grid”, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016.
⮚ Alexandru Stefanov, Chen-Ching Liu, Kithsiri Liyanage, “ICT Modeling for Co-Simulations of Integrated Cyber Power Systems”, Securing Cyber Physical Systems, CRC Press, USA, October 2015.
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