Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade)

CAREER SUMMARY

  • Lasantha Seneviratne is an academic in the field of Electronic Engineering, and has worked as an academic/researcher in several Universities/Institutes and Organisations, including Queen Mary University of London, UK and John Keells Office Automation (Pvt) Ltd. Currently, he is a senior lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
  • 01/2012 to date – Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
  • 2014 - 2015 – Head of the Department, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
  • 11/2008 – 09/2011 – Research Associate/ Postdoctoral Fellow in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, Uk.
  • 01/2003 – 09/2004 – Customer Support Executive Technical, Lanka Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • 01/2001 – 01/2003 - Customer Support Officer Technical, John Keells Office Automations (pvt) Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ph.D. (QMUL, UK), B.Eng (Hons)

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

  • Vision Based Automation
  • Image Stitching
  • Automobile Electronics
  • Forecasting Algorithms
  • Image Annotation

Memberships

  • Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc. (IEEE)

Research Clusters

Computer Vision - Industrial Automation

"Developing cutting-edge vision-based automation and assistive robotics to enhance industrial efficiency, safety, and human-machine collaboration.

Wireless sensor networks, Vision based tracking, Assistive Robots"

PUBLICATIONS

  • Conference Proceedings 2013

    Panhinda -Offline Character Recognition System for Handwritten Articles

    R.A.D.D. Yasara, H.S.R. Fonseka, E.A.H. Sandeepa and L. Seneviratne, (IEEE International Conference on IT Convergence and Security (ICITCS))

  • Conference Proceedings 2014

    Development of a learning algorithm for facial recognition under varying illumination,"

    C. Gamage and L. Seneviratne, (7th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS))

  • Conference Proceedings 2014

    A Hybrid System for Forecasting Stock Price Variations in the Stock Market

    R. Rajasinghe, W. Weerapperuma, W. Wijesinghe, K. Rathnayake and L. Seneviratne, (8th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications -SKIMA)

  • Conference Proceedings 2014

    A Fusion System for Forecasting Stock Prices

    N. W. D. Rajasinghe, N. Wijesinghe, K. Rathnayake and L. Seneviratna, (4th National Conference on Technology & Managemen (NCTM))

  • Conference Proceedings 2015

    An Extensive and Practical Approach to Improve the Fuel Efficiency in Spark Ignition Systems

    T. D. Warnasooriya, T. S. D. Silva and L. Seneviratne, (International conference on Research Publication and Networking, ICRPN)

Explore new possibilities, connect with us and grow your future every day