CAREER SUMMARY
- Director
- SLIIT-Innovate
- Assistant Professor
- Department of IT, Faculty of Computing
- Lecturer in Charge
- Human-Computer Interaction (IT3060)
- Visual Analytics and User Experience Design (IT4031)
- Software Engineering Concepts (COMP3003) - Curtin
- Object Oritented Software Engineering (COMP2003) - Curtin
- Software Engineering Practices (IT5030)
- Rapid Application Development (SE5100)
- Consulting Lecturer
- Industrial Placement Module (IT3110)
- Principal Investigator
- Sinhala Mobile Text Entry Comparison (SMTEC)
- Co-Investigator
- Culturally Sensitive Autism Assessment Tool (CSAAT)
- Project Supervisor
- MPhil - 5 projects (2020-)
- MSc - 3 projects (2021-22)
- BSc 4th year - 6 projects (2021-22)
- Curtin Capstone - 4 projects (2022-)
- Staff Advisor
- SLIIT CodeFest Algothon Workshop Series and Competition, 2020-2021
- SLIIT Xtreme Competition, 2021
- IEEE Xtreme Competition in SLIIT, 2021
- Previous
- Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade), Department of IT, Faculty of Computing (03/2020-02/2022)
- Convener - Computing for Inclusive and Equitable Society (CIES) Research Group (06/2021-10/2021)
- Group-Chair - SLIIT-HCI Research Group (04/2020 - 06/2021)
- Member of Faculty Research Committee (10/2020-04/2021)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Computer Science - University of St Andrews, UK
- Specialising in Human-Computer Interaction
- B.Sc. (Hons) Eng - University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Specialising in Computer Science & Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Human-Computer Interaction (primary)
- E-Learning and Education
- Software Engineering
- Workplace Process Automation
- Productivity Enhancement
Memberships
- General Secretary
- ACM SIGCHI Colombo Chapter (2021)
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Shyam Reyal, Vijani Piyawardana, Dilani Kaveendri "A Story of Two Surveys: For the Advancement of Sinhalese Mobile Text Entry Research"
- Thilmi Kuruppu, Janani Tharmaseelan, Chamari Silva, Udara Srimath S. Samaratunge Arachchillage, Kalpani Manathunga, Shyam Reyal, Nuwan Kodagoda and Thilini Jayalath "Source Code based Approaches to Automate Marking in Programming Assignments"
- Janani Tharmaseelan, Dr. Kalpani Manathunga, Dr. Shyam Reyal, Dr. Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Tharsika Thurairasa "Revisit of automated marking techniques for programming assignments"
- Liyanage A.N;A.G.A. Madhushanka D;U.M. Uduwara L;W.M.S. D Jayarathne;Samanthi Siriwardana;Shyam Reyal;W.K. Mithsara M "ScheduleME - Smart Digital Personal Assistant for Automatic Priority Based Task Scheduling and Time Management"
