Ms. Vijani S. Piyawardana

Assistant Lecturer

CAREER SUMMARY

Assistant Lecturer (Temporary), Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT, Sri Lanka. 01.01.2019 to present.
- Co-Lecturer In Charge of
  - IT3060 Human Computer Interaction
  - COMP3003 Software Engineering Concepts
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, KIU, Sri Lanka. 2018
Tutor, School of Computing, National School of Business Management, Sri Lanka. 2017
Associate Engineer - Technology, Virtusa Sri Lanka. 2015 - 2016

BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2015 - First Class Honours
MSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (Reading)

Toastmasters International since 2016
Research Assistant - AHEAD CSAAT Project
Committee Member / Content Manager - SLIIT HCI Research Group
Member of Research Groups
- Knowledge Inspired Computing (KIC)
- Computing for Inclusive and Equitable Society (CIES)
- Machine Learning and Soft Computing (MLSC)
Member - Module Development Team - M.Sc. in AI/ML and M.Sc. in Data Science degree Program, SLIIT

Vijani Piyawardana "Learn with Vijani"
Vijani Piyawardana "https://www.coursehero.com/profile/vijanipiyawardana/"
Vijani Piyawardana, Veerandi Kulasekara, Shyam Reyal, Koliya Pulasinghe ""Novel Automated Sinhala Speech and Dialogue Management System to Screen Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Sri Lanka""
Shyam Reyal, Vijani Piyawardana, Dilani Kaveendri "A Story of Two Surveys: For the Advancement of Sinhalese Mobile Text Entry Research"
D. D. S. Rajapakshe, K. N. B. Kudawithana, U. L. N. P. Uswatte, N. A. B. D. Nishshanka, A. V. S. Piyawardana, K. N. Pulasinghe "Sinhala Conversational Interface for Appointment Management and Medical Advice"
Vijani Piyawardana "Python Scripts developed to pre-process student submissions before marking"
Achintha Thennakoon, Deneth Perera, Shanuka Sugathapala, Samadhi Weerasingha, Pradeepa Samarasinghe, Dulangi Dahanayake, Vijani Piyawardana "Individualized Edutainment and Parent supportive tool for ADHD children "
Shyam Reyal, Vijani Piyawardana, Dilani Kaveendri "A Story of Two Surveys: For the Advancement of Sinhalese Mobile Text Entry Research"
G.G.K.K. Wijerathne, U.M.M.P.K. Nawarathne, W.A.A.K. Weerasekara, L.H.C.J. De Silva, Vijani Piyawardana, Jesuthasan Alosius "A Novel Approach for Improving Quality and Process Optimization in the Garment Industry"
K.T Welarathna; Veerandi Kulasekara; Koliya Pulasinghe; Vijani Piyawardana "Automated Sinhala Speech Emotions Analysis Tool for Autism Children"

vijani.p@sliit.lk