Education
- 2024
- M.Sc. in Computer Science-Post Graduate Institute of Science(Reading)
- GPA: 3.51
- 2015 – 2019
- B.Sc Special in Information and Communication Technology – Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna
- GPA: 3.57 with 2nd Class Upper Division
Professional Qualification
- Professional certificate course in Data Engineering – University of Peradeniya
- Professional certificate course in cybersecurity( Level I-IV) – Coursera
Research Interests
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision
- Large Language Models
Teaching Courses
- COM3306 – Operating Systems
- ICT1308 – Operating Systems
- COM3303 – Artificial Intelligence
- ICT2207- Management Information Systems
Appointments
- Rajarata University:
- Temporary Lecturer, Department of Computing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, August 2023 – Present
- University of Vavuniya:
- Temporary Lecturer, Faculty of Technological Studies, January 2022 – August 2023
- Temporary Lecturer, Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Applied sciences, October 2020 – January 2021
- Demonstrator, Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, May 2019 – September 2020
Researches and Projects
- Supervising third year under graduate research projects (2024):
- Resume/CV Based Job Recommendation System
- Learning English through video games
- Developing a smart mirror with a human emotion recognition system
Publications
Conference Papers
- A. Nisansala and R. Puvnendran, “Canine Sleeping Posture Identification using Transfer Learning,” 2023 International Research Conference on Smart Computing and Systems Engineering (SCSE), Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi:10.1109/SCSE59836.2023.10215030.
- M. M. A. Nisansala and R. Puvanendran, “Convolutional Neural Network Combining Image Augmentation and Regularization Techniques for Retinal Detachment Prediction,” 2023 2nd International Conference on Futuristic Technologies (INCOFT), Belagavi, Karnataka, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INCOFT60753.2023.10425445.-INCOFT2023-IEEE Bangalore section.
Abstracts
- Analyzing the performance of Machine Learning algorithms for effective classification of Breast cancer- IntSym 2023, Eastern University of Sri Lanka. http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6819
- Effective classification of breast cancer using outlier removal methods and traditional machine learning algorithms-OURS 2023 , Open University of Sri Lanka.