Joseph John

• Analog and Digital Circuits
• Optical Fiber Communications
• Indoor Optical Wireless Systems
• Modern Electronic Systems and Instrumentation

• Ph. D., University of Birmingham, UK, 1993
• M.Tech., IIT Madras, 1980
• B.Sc(Engg), University of Kerala, 1978

• Professor, Electrical Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay, Oct.2011 – present
• Professor (Visiting), Electrical Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay, June 2010 – Sep.2011
• Professor, Electrical Engg. Dept., IIT Kanpur, Nov. 2003 - June 2010
• Associate Professor, Electrical Engg. Dept., IIT Kanpur, Dec.1995 – Oct.2003
• Assistant Professor, Electrical Engg. Dept., IIT Kanpur, June 1993 – Nov.1995
• Research Engineer B, Advanced Centre for Electronic Systems, IIT Kanpur, Oct. 1984 – Sep.1989 & May 1993
• Research Engineer A, Advanced Centre for Electronic Systems, IIT Kanpur Jan. 1981 – Sep.1984.

• Sanjay Gupta and Joseph John: Virtual Instrumentation using LabVIEW: Principles and Practices, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.

• A Mukherjee, D Munsia , V Saxena , R Rajputa , P Tewari,V Singh, A K Ghosh, J John, H Wanare, P Gupta-Bhaya, Characterization of a fiber optic liquid refractive index sensor, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, B145, 2010, pp.265-271.
• K. Smitha, A. Sivabalan, J. John, Modified Ceiling Bounce Model for Computing Path Loss and Delay Spread in Indoor Optical Wireless Systems, Int'l J. of Communications, Network and System Sciences, Nov.2009, DOI: 10.4236/ijcns.2009.28087, pp.754-758.
• K.Smitha, A.Sivabalan, Joseph John, Estimation of Channel Impulse Response Using Modified Ceiling Bounce Model in Non-Directed Indoor Optical Wireless Systems, Wireless Personal Communication, Vo.45, 2008, pp.1-10.
• P.Butani, Joseph John, Akash Dhole, Automatic Vehicle Identification using RFID – A First Hand Experience, Indian Railway Technical Bulletin (IRTB), Vol. LXIII, No.322, Aug 2007, pp.1-16.
• A. Banerjee et al., “Fiber optic sensing of liquid refractive index”, Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, Vol. 123, No. 1, Apr. 2007, pp. 594-605.
• A.Sivabalan and Joseph John, “Effect of transmitter positions on received power and bandwidth in diffuse indoor optical wireless systems”, Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 39(1), Jan 2007, pp.1-14.
• R.N.Yadav, P. K Kalra, Joseph John, “On the Use of Multiplicative Neuron Model in Feed-forward Neural Networks”, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, DOI: 10.2316/Journal.205.2006.4.205-4384.
• R.N.Yadav, Nimit Kumar, P. K Kalra, Joseph John, “Learning with generalized-mean neuron model”, Neurocomputing, Vol. 69, No. 16-18, Oct. 2006, pp. 2026-2032.
• A. Sivabalan and Joseph John, “Improved power distribution in diffuse Indoor Optical Wireless systems employing multiple transmitter configurations”, Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 38(8), 2006, pp.711-725.
• R.N.Yadav, P. K Kalra, Joseph John, “Neural network learning with generalized-mean based neuron model”, Soft Computing, Volume 10, Feb 1, 2006, pp.257-263.
• A. Sivabalan and Joseph John, “Effect of transmitter positions on channel bandwidth in diffuse indoor multi-transmitter optical wireless systems”, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6021, , Dec 2005. pp. 251-258.
• Gunjan Gupta, R.N.Yadav, Prem K Kalra, Joseph John, “Modeling with recurrent neural networks using generalized mean neuron model”, Neural Information Processing Letters and Reviews, Vol. 8, July 2005, pp.49-56,
• Chaturi Singh, Joseph John, Y.N.Singh, and K.K.Tripathi, “Indoor Optical Wireless Systems: Design Challenges, Mitigating Techniques and Future Prospects”, IETE Technical Review, Vol.12, No.2, March-April 2004, pp.171-186.
• Chaturi Singh, Joseph John, Y.N.Singh, and K.K.Tripathi, “A Review on Indoor Optical Wireless Systems”, IETE Technical Review, Vol.19, No.1&2, January – April 2002, pp.3-17.
• Sanjay Gupta, Kamal Poddar, Joseph John, “Teaching Virtual Instrumentation: A New Paradigm in Computer Based Control”, ISTE Journal of Technical Education, Vol.23, No.3, July-September 2000, pp.31-35.
• P.K.Chatterjee, Joseph John, “Line Codes for Optical Fibre Communication Systems”, IETE Journal of Education, Vol.38, Nos.3&4, July-December 1997, pp.197-211.
• Joseph John, T.S.M.Maclean, H.Ghafouri-Sdhiraz, and John Niblett, “Matching of Single-mode Fibre to Laser Diode by Microlenses at 1.5m”, IEE Proceedings Part J : Optoelectronics, Vol.141, No.3, June 1994, pp.178-184.

• A.Sivabalan and Joseph John “Improved Transmitter Placements for Near Uniform Power Distribution in Multiple Transmitter Indoor Optical Wireless Systems”, 13th National Conference on Communications (NCC-2007), IIT Kanpur, India, Jan. 26-28, 2007, pp.132-136
• Joseph John and A.Sivabalan, “Multiple Transmitter Indoor Optical Wireless Systems: Prospects and Design Challenges,” PHOTONICS 2006, Hyderabad, India, Dec 13-16, 2006, OCN-7 (Invited paper)
• A. Sivabalan and Joseph John, Performance analysis of Diffuse Indoor Optical Wireless Systems in Ambient Noise Environments, Proceedings of the 12th National Conference on Communications (NCC-2006),IIT Delhi,India, pp.460-464, Jan. 27-29, 2006
• Chaturi Singh, Joseph John, Y.N.Singh and K.K.Tripathi, ''Design Aspects of High-Performance Indoor Optical Wireless Transceivers“, International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication -2005 (ICPWC-2005)., Jan. 23-25, New Delhi
• “Design Aspects of High-Performance Indoor Optical Wireless Transceivers”, Chaturi Singh, Joseph John, Y.N.Singh and K.K.Tripathi, International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication -2005, Jan. 23-25, New Delhi (ICPWC-2005).
• “An improved noise rejection receiver model for indoor optical wireless systems using wavelet de-noising technique”, A.Sivabalan and Joseph John, International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication -2005, Jan.23-25, New Delhi (ICPWC-2005).
• “Simulation and Optimisation of Intensity Profile of an Optical Transmitter for High-Speed Wireless Local Area Networks”, Chaturi Singh, Joseph John, Y.N.Singh and K.K.Tripathi, Seventh International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Dec.9-11, 2004, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala. Paper LTW-P2.
• “Propagation Measurements of Indoor Infrared Channels”, K.Smitha, Joseph John, Seventh International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Dec.9-11, 2004, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala. Paper LTW-P19.
• “Multi-transmitter Indoor Optical Wireless Systems”, A.Sivabalan, Joseph John, Seventh International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Dec.9-11, 2004, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala. Paper LTW-P20.
• “Effect of Multiple Transmitters on the Power Distribution in Indoor Optical Wireless Systems”, A.Sivabalan and Joseph John, Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on Communications (NCC-2004), Jan 30-Feb 1,2004, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, pp.572-576.
• “Experimental Realization of DPPM for Power Efficient Optical Wireless Systems”, R.Tripathi and Joseph John, Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on Communications (NCC-2004), Jan 30-Feb 1,2004, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, pp.336-340.
• “Power Distribution of Diffuse Indoor Optical Wireless Systems Considering Multiple Sources and Multiple Reflections”, A.Sivabalan and Joseph John, Second International Conference on Optical Communications & Networks, (ICOCN 2003) Bangalore, India, October 20-22, 2003, Paper ID:2041.
• “Modeling and Simulation of Indoor Optical Wireless Channels: A Review”, A.Sivabalan, Joseph John, Convergent Technologies for the Asia-Pacific, IEEE TENCON 2003, Bangalore, India, Oct.14-17, 2003.
• “High-Capacity Indoor Optical Wireless LAN Architecture”, Chaturi Singh, Joseph John, Y.N.Singh, K.K.Tripathi, Convergent Technologies for the Asia-Pacific, IEEE TENCON 2003, Bangalore, India, Oct.14-17, 2003.
• “Studies on IrDA Compatible Links for High Speed Indoor Data Transmission”, Nisha Kuruvilla, Joseph John, Proceedings of the National Conference on Communication and Networking, (NCCN-2003), 26-28 Feb 2003, SRM Engg College, Kattankulathur, pp.74-84.
• “Performance Comparison of Modulation Techniques used in Indoor Optical Wireless Systems”, R.Tripathi, Joseph John, Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference on Communications (NCC-2003), Jan 31-Feb 2,2003, IIT Madras, pp.586-590.
• “Optical Orthogonal Codes using Quadratic Residues”, Manoj Choudhary, P.K.Chatterjee, Joseph John, Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference on Communications (NCC-2003), Jan 31-Feb 2,2003, IIT Madras, pp.10-14.
• “An Experimental High Speed Outdoor Optical Wireless Link for Interbuilding Data Communication”, Saju Thomas and Joseph John, Sixth International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Dec.16-18, 2002, TIFR, Mumbai, Paper No. LTW-P12.
• “High-Speed Power-Efficient Indoor Optical Wireless System”, Chaturi Singh, Y.N.Singh, Joseph John, and K.K.Tripathi Sixth International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics and Photonics, Dec.16-18, 2002, TIFR, Mumbai, Paper No. NET-P6.
• “Optical Orthogonal Codes using Error Correcting Codes”, Manoj Choudhary, P.K.Chatterjee, Joseph John, Proceedings of the Eighth National Conferenece on Communications (NCC-2002), Jan 25-27,2002, IIT Bombay, pp.65-69.
• “Optical Orthogonal Codes using Hadammard Matrices”, Manoj Choudhary, P.K.Chatterjee, Joseph John, Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference on Communications, I.I.T. Kanpur, Jan. 27-28,2001, pp.209-211.
• “Laser Heated Pedestal Growth of Single Crystal Fibers of LiNbO3”, Arvind Mohan, K.V.Rao, Joseph John, and Bansi Lal, Proceedings of National Laser Symposium (NLS-2000), Dec.13-15, 2000, LASTEC, Metcalfe House, Delhi, pp.139-140.
• Turbidity Spectroscopy of Cardiolipin Vesicle Suspension, T.K. Khan, R.M. Hallen, R. Behera, V. Saxena, J. John, S. Kumar, and P. Gupta-Bhaya, 42nd Anual Meeting of Bio-Physical Society, Kansas City, USA, February 22-26, 1998.
• “Laser Diode to Single-mode Fibre Coupling using GRIN Rod Lenses”, Joseph John, T.S.M.Maclean, H.Ghafouri-Shiraz, National Symposium on Fibre Optic Communication, Networking & Sensors, Dec.8-9, 1995, I.I.T. Kanpur, pp. C103-C113.
• “Analysis of Higher Order Spherical Aberration in Ball Lenses for LD to SMF Coupling”, Sumit Gupta, Joseph John, National Symposium on Fibre Optic Communication, Networking & Sensors, Dec.8-9, 1995, I.I.T. Kanpur, pp.C43-C55.
• “Code Sequences for Fibre Optic CDMA Systems”, Manoj Choudhary, P.K.Chatterjee, Joseph John, Proceedings of the First National Conference on Communications, I.I.T. Kanpur, March 13-14,1995, pp.35-42.
• “Highly Efficient Coupling between Laser Diode and Single-mode Fibres at 1.5 m”, Joseph John, T.S.M.Maclean, and H.Ghafouri-Shiraz, 4th Bangor Symposium on Communications, University of Wales-Bangor, 27-28 May 1992.
• “A 45 Mbits/sec Fibre Optic Link using 1300nm Devices”, Joseph John, Goutam Deb, Mukesh Kumar, and P.K.Chatterjee, First National Symposium of IPA/DST on Lasers and Applications, CELT, I.I.T. Kanpur, Dec.2-5, 1987.
• “5 km Fibre Optic Digital Link”, P.K.Chatterjee, Joseph John, and Goutam Deb, International Conference on Microelectronics and Fibre Optics, CSIO, Chandigarh, Nov.5-8, 1985.

Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Bombay, Powai
Mumbai 400 076, India
Email : jjohn [AT] ee.iitb.ac.in
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