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CAREER SUMMARY
- Senior Lecturer (2012 to Present)
- Program Coordinator - Data Science (2018 - Present)
- Visiting Academic - Faculty of Engineering Technology, Open University of Sri Lanka (2010 to Present)
- Academic Coordinator- Metro Campus/ Faculty of Computing (2014 to 2020)
- Link Tutor - Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom (2014 - 2018)
- Student Counsellor (2012 to 2018)
- Visiting Academic - Department of Computing, Curtin University, Australia (2011)
- IT Instructor, Assit. Lecturer, Lecturer (Feb 2002 to 2011)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Ph.D. - Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.
- M.Sc. in Computer Science - UCSC, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- B.Sc (Computer Science) - Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Explainable AI, Text Analytics, Evolutionary Computing, Neuro Computing
Memberships
- AFHEA(UK), MACM(US), MIET(UK), MCS(SL)
Research Clusters
Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems (AIMS)
Pioneering research in intelligent systems, robotics, and IoT to develop autonomous solutions for industrial and societal challenges. Focus areas include drone technology, smart systems, and real-time embedded applications.
Centre of Excellence for AI (CEAI)
A multidisciplinary initiative advancing AI research in machine learning, NLP, and big data analytics to solve complex global challenges and drive intelligent decision-making.
Energy and Sustainability
Interdisciplinary research on sustainable energy solutions, policy frameworks, and green technologies to combat climate change.
PUBLICATIONS
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Plant stresses and pest attack detection using object detection techniques
K. Jayasuriya, D. Gayan, S. Gamage, Prasanna S. Haddela, and Nadeesa Pemadasa,
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Cardiovascular risk prediction of Sri Lankan cohort using machine learning: A prospective cohort study
Mattanands C, Solangaarachchige MB, Haddela PS, Ediriweera D, Kasturiratne A, Wickramasinghe AR, de Silva HJ, “The Ceylon Medical Journal”
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Enhanced Tokenizer for Sinhala Language
S. Y. Senanayake, K. T. P. M. Kariyawasam and Prasanna S. Haddela, (The National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2019))
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Effects of Random Sampling Methods on Maximum Likelihood Estimates of a Simple Logistic Regression Model
O. Senaweera, Prasanna S. Haddela, G. Dharmarathne,
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Suspicious Activity Detection in Surveillance Footage
S. Loganathan, G. Kariyawasam, Prasanna S. Haddela, (Proceeding of the 2019 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA))
