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Dr. Dharshana Kasthurirathna
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Computing | Computer Science
Career Summary
- Currently working as a Senior Lecturer (HG) at the Dept. of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computing
- Worked as a Research Engineer at LirneAsia
- Worked as a Software Engineer for 7 years.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Complex Systems, University of Sydney
- MSc in Computer Science, University of Colombo
- BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Outstanding Academic Performer" award by the Computer Science & Engineering Society, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Nework science
- Game theory
- Machine learning
- Information theory
- Distributed Systems
- Parallel computing
Memberships
Ongoing Research
- Supervising an MPhil candidate on User centric knowledge graphs
- Principle investigator of a research lab on Financial analytics in collaboration with the industry
- Involved in a research project on agricultural analytics
My Publications
Conference Proceedings
- Deneth Karunarathne, Thanushka Gunasekara, Dileeka Dias, Dharshana Kasthurirathne Mobile based GIS for dynamic map generation and team tracking in 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), year 2018, Colombo, pp.1-7, IEEE, 17/12/2010,
- D. Kasthurirathna ; C. Keppetiyagama Architectural description based Overlay Networks in International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), year 2011, Colombo, pp.14-18, IEEE, 1/9/2011,
- Mahendra Piraveenan, Shahadat Uddin, Kon Shing Kenneth Chung, Dharshana Kasthurirathna Quantifying encircling behaviour in complex networks in IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security (CICS), year 2013, Singapore, pp.9-14, IEEE, 14/6/2013,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Gnanakumar Thedchanamoorthy Network robustness and topological characteristics in scale-free networks in IEEE Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (EAIS), year 2013, Singapore, pp.122-129, IEEE, 16/4/2013,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Andy Dong, Mahendrarajah Piraveenan, Irem Y Tumer The failure tolerance of mechatronic software systems to random and targeted attacks in ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, year 2013, Portland, Oregon, pp.DETC2013-12188, ASME, 4/8/2013,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Michael Harre Evolution of coordination in scale-free and small world networks under information diffusion constraints in 2013 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), year 2013, ON, Canada, pp.183-189, IEEE, Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Michael Harre,
- Gnana Thedchanamoorthy, Mahendra Piraveenan, Dharshana Kasthurirathna Standard deviations of degree differences as indicators of mixing patterns in complex networks in IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, year 2013, ON, Canada, pp.1202-1208, ACM, 25/8/2013,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Harrison Nguyen, Mahendra Piraveenan, Shahadat Uddin, Upul Senanayake Optimisation of strategy placements for public good in complex networks in International Conference on Social Computing, year 2014, Beijing, China, ACM, 4/8/2014,
- Upul Senanayake, Peter Szot, Mahendra Piraveenan, Dharshana Kasthurirathna The performance of page rank algorithm under degree preserving perturbations in IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence (FOCI), year 2014, FL, USA, pp.24-29, IEEE, 9/12/2014,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan Topological stability of evolutionarily unstable strategies in IEEE Symposium on Evolving and Autonomous Learning Systems (EALS), year 2014, FL, USA, pp.35-42, IEEE, 9/12/2014,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Michael Harre, Mahendra Piraveenan Influence modelling using bounded rationality in social networks in IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining , year 2015, pp.33-40, ACM, 25/8/2015,
- Prashan Dharmapala, Lumeshkantha Koneshvaran, Darshanun Sivasooriyathevan, Imtizam Ismail, Dharshana Kasthurirathna Peer-to-peer distributed computing framework in National Conference on Technology and Management (NCTM), year 2017, Colombo, pp.126-131, IEEE, 27/1/2017,
- SAKG Samaraweera, NGHP Gamage, IG Gallage, DDTM Gunathilaka, Nimalika Fernando, Dharshana Kasthurirathna A trilateral influence model for online shopping in National Conference on Technology and Management (NCTM), year 2018, Colombo, pp.75-80, IEEE, 27/1/2017,
- Supun Perera, H Niles Perera, Dharshana Kasthurirathna Structural characteristics of complex supply chain networks in Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), year 2017, Moratuwa, pp.135-140, IEEE, 29/5/2017,
- Supun Perera, H Niles Perera, Dharshana Kasthurirathna Value chain approach for modelling resilience of tiered supply chain networks in Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), year 2017, Moratuwa, pp.159-164, IEEE, 29/5/2017,
Journal Publications
- Mahendra Piraveenan, Kishan Wimalawarne, Dharshana Kasthurirathn?a " "Centrality and composition of four-node motifs in metabolic networks" " Procedia Computer Science, vol.18, 2013, pp.409-418, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2013.05.204,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan " "Cyclic preferential attachment in complex networks" " Procedia Computer Science, vol.18, 2018, pp.2086-2094, Elsevier,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Gnanakumar Thedchanamoorthy " "On the influence of topological characteristics on robustness of complex networks" " Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research, vol.3, Issue 2, 2013, pp.89-100, De Gruyter Open,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Michael Harré " "Influence of topology in the evolution of coordination in complex networks under information diffusion constraints" " The European Physical Journal B, vol.87, Issue 1, 2018, Springer Link,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan " "Emergence of scale-free characteristics in socio-ecological systems with bounded rationality" " Scientific Reports, vol.5, 2015,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Shahadat Uddin " "Modeling networked systems using the topologically distributed bounded rationality framework" " Complexity, vol.21, Issue S2, 2016, pp.123-137, Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/cplx.21789,
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Michael Harre, Mahendra Piraveenan " "Optimising influence in social networks using bounded rationality models" " Social Network Analysis and Mining, vol.6, Issue 1, 2016, pp.54, Springer Link,
- Supun S Perera, Michael GH Bell, Mahendrarajah Piraveenan, Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mamata Parhi " "Topological Structure of Manufacturing Industry Supply Chain Networks" " Complexity, 2018, Hindawi, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3924361,
World Wide Web
- Dharshana Kasthurirathna " The influence of topology and information diffusion on networked game dynamics "https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/14570." By: University of Sydney By: 2015
- Perera, Supun Bell, Michael G.H. Kurauchi, Fumitaka Bliemer, Michiel C. J. Kasthurirathna, Dharshana " Consumer Surplus based Method for Quantifying and Improving the Material Flow Supply Chain Network Robustness "https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/19089." By: University of Sydney By: 2018