Mrs. Thilini Irugalbandara

Education

• MPhil – Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (2021)

• BSc (Honors) in Information Communication Technology – Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (2010)

Professional Qualification

• Certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education – Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (2017)

Research Interests

• Internet Technologies

• E-learning

• Mobile Learning

Teaching Courses

• ICT 2406 – Internet Programming

• ICT 4201 – Fundamentals of E-Learning

• ICT 2404 – Web Technologies

Appointments

• Senior Lecturer (2021, February to Present), Department of Computing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka

• Lecturer (2018, September to 2021, January), Department of Computing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka

• Lecturer (2013, July to 2018, August), Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka

• Temporary Lecturer (2012, September to 2013, June), Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka

• Demonstrator (2011, September to 2012, August), Department of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka

• Former Senior Treasurer of the ARICT

• Member– Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Applied Sciences

• Former Academic Advisor, Department of Computing, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka

• Visiting Lecturer – Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE), Anuradhapura Campus, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

• Visiting Lecturer – Technical College, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Researches and Projects

• Effective Privacy-Preserving Iris Recognition based on Cancellable Block-Feature Transformation (Principle Investigator)

Publications

• Irugalbandara TC and Fernando MSD (2019). Context aware adaptive mobile learning framework for bottom of pyramid people (BOP). International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(12): 27-40

• Irugalbandara, T.C.; Fernando, M.S.D (2015). Identifying life style factors of Bottom-of-Pyramid People to facilitate a ubiquitous learning environment: Sri Lankan experience. 8th International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing (UMEDIA), Pages: 158 – 162, DOI: 10.1109/UMEDIA.2015.7297447

• Kasthuri Arachchi, S.P.; Zhen-Rong Chen; Irugalbandara, T.C.; Timothy K. Shih (2016). A Working Group Construction Mechanism Based on Text Mining and Collaborative Filtering. Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computing and Technology (KICACT)

• Irugalbandara, T.C; Fernando, M.S.D(2017). Adapting bottom of pyramid people for a mobile learning environment: a motivational perspective.10th International Conference of Education Research and Innovation, ICERI2017 Proceedings, pp. 3235-3239