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info@sliit.lkCAREER SUMMARY
- 04/2026 to date - Assistant Professor, Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- 04/2024 to 03/2026 - Senior Lecturer (HG), Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- 10/2015 to 03/2024 – Lecturer, Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- 06/2013 to 09/2015 – Assistant Lecturer, Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- 12/2011 to 05/2013 – Academic Instructor, Information Technology, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka, 2022.
- MSc in (CS), University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka, 2015.
- BSc in (IT), Curtin University, Australia, 2012.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- SLIIT Scholarship for the Best Academic Performance for 2nd year , semester 2 (GPA– 3.94)
- SLIIT Scholarship for the Best Academic Performance for 2nd year , semester 1 (GPA– 3.94)
- SLIIT Scholarship for the Best Academic Performance for 1st year , semester 2 (GPA– 4.00)
- SLIIT Scholarship for the Best Academic Performance for 1st year , semester 1 (GPA– 3.88)
- Distinction pass in Masters degree in University of Colombo School of Computing
- Best Paper Award – Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Track, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC 2021), 15-17 December 2021
- Best Innovative Product/Project (University Category) – SLASSCOM 2024 (Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Company) for the Project “RetinaX”
- Bronze Award (Tertiary – Information Technology Category) – NBQSA 2024 (National ICT Awards) for the project “RetinaX”
- Best Innovative Product/Project (University Category) – SLASSCOM 2025 (Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Company) for the Project “OrchiZen”
- Silver Award (Tertiary – Business Category) – NBQSA 2025 (National ICT Awards) for the project “Retinova”
- Best Paper Award – International Research Conference on Smart Computing and Systems Engineering 2025 (SCSE 2025)
- Second Runner-up Project Award – IEEE Arena 2025, Information Technology & Computer Science Track for the project “OrchiZen”
- Best 10 Innovative Projects - World Summit Awards (WSA) Young Innovators 2025 – project “Retinova”
- Winner – AI Tool Development Challenge 2026 on OneEarth, a global AI and sustainability innovation challenge organized by the School of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London – project “Akura”
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Healthe Care, Medical Image Analysis
- AI & ML
- Software Engineering & e-Society
- Cognitive Computing
- E- learning
- Nathural Language Processing
Memberships
- IEEE
- Computer Society of Sri Lanka
RESEARCH CLUSTERS
Software Systems & Technologies (SST)
Driving innovation in software engineering, high-performance computing, and scalable architectures to build robust, next-generation applications and systems.
PUBLICATIONS
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Cognitive Weightage Assignment with Ubiquitous Computing to Compute the Cognitive Complexity
D. R Wijendra, K. P Hewagamage, (11th IEEE International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing (Ubi-Media 2018))
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SLGEOTRAINS: WEB AND GSM BASED REAL TIME TRAIN LOCATOR AND FAILURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WPSH Weerasinghe, KDRS Perera, PT Mahimani, MLI Perera, Jagath Wickramaratne, Dinuka Wijendra, Darshika Koggalahewa, (National Conference on Technology and Management)
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Automated tool for the calculation of cognitive complexity of a software
D. R. Wijendra, K. P. Hewagamage, (Science in Information Technology (ICSITech), 2016 2nd International Conference on Sceince in Information Technology)
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Universal Service Hub with GUI Web Service Development Platform
GSK Perera, KB Ranaweera, KAN Damayanthi, ATM De Silva, DI De Silva, D Wijendra, (National Conference on Technology and Management)
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Automated Customer Care Service System for Finance Companies
AK Warnapura, DS Rajapaksha, HP Ranawaka, PSSJ Fernando, KTS Kasthuriarachchi, D Wijendra, (National Conference on Technology and Management)
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Advance Technology for Kids to Improve Knowledge and Skills using Motion Gesture Recognition–Leap Mania
KGMP Nandasiri, NHCEM Nawarathna, MMR Mohamad, HMCK Herath, KT Sanvitha Kasthuriarachchi, Dinuka Wijendra, (National Conference on Technology and Management)
