CAREER SUMMARY
- Dr. (Mrs.) Pradeepa Samarasinghe is an Assistant Professor in Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
- Dr. Samarasinghe joined SLIIT in 2005 as a Lecturer and held numerous positions
- Associate Dean, Faculty of Computing (January 2021 – June 2022),
- Head of Department, Department of Information Technology (April 2015 – May 2019),
- Postgraduate Course Coordinator - MSc in Information Technology
- Coordinator – BSc in Information Technology
- Chairperson of the Curriculum and Academic Quality Committee,
- Chair - IET Accreditation,
- Student Advisor.
- Before joining SLIIT, she worked at Virtusa (Pvt.) Limited as a Software Engineer/Technical Lead for more than seven years.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Ph.D, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2012
- MBA in Information Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2007.
- BSc Eng. (Hons) in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1997
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Deep Learning
- Computer Vision
- Digital Health
- Emotion, gaze and attention recognition
- Human activity recognition and analysis
- Screening and Intervention
Memberships
- Senior Member – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
- Member – Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
- Associate Member – Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL).
- Member – Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL).
- Member - Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD).
- Member – National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka (NSF)
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Samarasinghe, P.D., Kennedy, R.A. "On non-blind image restoration"
- Chandrasiri, S. and Samarasinghe, P. "Morphology based automatic disease analysis through evaluation of red blood cells"
- Chandrasiri, S. and Samarasinghe, P. "Automatic anemia identification through morphological image processing"
- Pradeepa D Samarasinghe "Analysis and performance of CMA blind deconvolution for image restoration"
- B Wingfield, S Miller, P Yogarajah, D Kerr, B Gardiner, S Seneviratne, P Samarasinghe, and S Coleman. "A Predictive Model for Paediatric AutismDetection in Low and Middle-Income Countries"
- P. D. Samarasinghe and R. A. Kennedy, "Regularized Image Restoration"
- R Kariyawasam, M Nadeeshani, H Tuan, I Subasinghe, P Samarsinghe, P Ratnayake "Pubudu: Deep Learning Based Screening And Intervention of Dyslexia, Dysgraphia And Dyscalculia"
- Gayadeeptha, P., Baddewithana, T.P., Pannegama, K.V., Samarakkody, C.S., Samarasinghe, P. and Siriwardana, S "EyeDriver: Intelligent Driver Assistance System"
- Manchanayake, S.M.A.M., Samarasinghe, D.P., Perera, L.P.J., Bandara, H.M.M.T., Kumaradasa, K.C., Premadasa, N. and Samarasinghe, A.P., "Potential Upselling Customer Prediction Through User Behavior Analysis Based on CDR Data."
- Gamaethige, C., Gunathilake, U., Jayasena, D., Manike, H., Samarasinghe, P. and Yatanwala, T "“SenseA”-Autism Early Signs and Pre-Aggressive Detector Through Image Processing"
