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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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Context aware Stop-words for Sinhala Text Classification
S.V.S. Gunasekara, Prasanna S. Haddela, (proceeding of the IEEE National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2018))
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Use of LIME for Human Interpretability in Sinhala Document Classification
PKS Kumari, Prasanna S. Haddela, (IEEE International Research Conference on Smart computing & Systems Engineering (IEEE SCSE2019))
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Real Time Deception Detection for Criminal Investigation
I. Lakshan, L. Wickramasinghe, S. Disala, S. Chandrasegar, and Prasanna S. Haddela, (proceeding of the IEEE National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2019))
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Dynamic Stop-word Removal for Sinhala Language
A.A.V.A Jayaweera, Y.N Senanayake, and Prasanna S. Haddela, (proceeding of the IEEE National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2019))
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Effective Mechanism to Mitigate Injuries During NFL Plays
A. Arulanantham, A. A. A. Anzar, G. Rajalingam, K. Ingran and Prasanna S. Haddela, (proceeding of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (IEEE ICIIS 2019))
