Jaya Shankar P., received his B.Eng, M.Eng and PhD degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore in 1994, 1996 and 2006, respectively. He began his career at I2R, A*STAR in 1996 as an R&D Engineer working in the area of mobile computing. His earlier research works covered areas related to mobile middleware and handover in heterogeneous wireless access networks. From 1997 to 2002, he participated in several European Community funded research projects such as ACTS OnTheMove, ACTS Cameleon, IST Moby Dick and IST Diadalos by contributing to research areas related to mobile middleware, mobile IP, IPv6 and software agents. From 2008 to 2012, he held the positions of Programme Manager for High Speed Maritime Mesh Networks Programme and Department Head of Networking Protocols Department. During these years, he was actively involved in IEEE 802.16n and IEEE 802.11ah standardization works. He currently manages the Intelligent Transportation Systems Department I2R and is chairing the Singapore’s Telecommunications Standards Advisory Committee Task Force on DSRC standardization. His current research interest includes V2X systems, traffic control and localization of vehicles in challenging environments.
