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Dr. Harinda Fernando
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Computing | Computer Systems Engineering
Career Summary
- Overview
- Senior academic with 15 years experience in tertiary education in Australia and Sri Lanka. My technical, research and teaching expertise are in the areas of Networking, Network Security and Cyber security. With over 8 years of experience in academic supervision of both undergraduate and post graduate dissertations I have guided over 100 UG and 25 PG students on their dissertations. I also have significant experience in curriculum development, revision and localization with local and international teams and also in trans-national academic and teaching partnership negotiation and development. I am also experienced in leadership, administration and management in higher education.
- Experience
- SLIIT Uni - Sri Lanka
- 2023 - Current - Assistant Professor
- 2023 - Current - Program Coordinator (MSc - Cybersecurity) | Faculty of Computing
- 2022 - 2023 - Senior Lecturer (HG) | Faculty of Computing
- 2022 - 2023 - Program Coordinator (MSc - Information Systems) | Faculty of Computing
- 2022 - 2023 - Coordinator (CDAP) | Faculty of Computing
- APIIT - Sri Lanka
- 2021 - 2022 - Head | Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing Research Lab
- 2014 - 2022 - Senior Lecturer | School of Computing
- 2017 - 2022 - Final Year Project Coordinator | School of Computing
- 2016 - 2019 - Head | School of Computing
- 2014 - 2016 - Award Coordinator | School of Computing
- Deakin University - Australia
- 2013 - 2013 - Research Assistant
- 2008 - 2013 - Sessional Lecturer
- SLIIT Uni - Sri Lanka
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD In Computing (2008 - 2013) - Deakin University, Australia
- Research Areas - Cybersecurity, Networking and IOT
- BBIT (Hons) (2004 - 2007) - Deakin University, Australia
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Judge of "National Best Quality Software Awards" (NBQSA) for years 2019, 2020 and 2021
- Recipient of "Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP)" scholarship for PhD
- Inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society
- Placed on Deans List for Undergraduate Degree
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Cyber Security (CS)
- Networking and Network Security
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Cloud Computing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
Memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Senior Member of Institute of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE)
- Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
- Member of the Australian Computer Society (MACS)
Ongoing Research
- Deep Learning for Network Attack Detection on Resource Constrainted Edge Devices
Deep Learning based prediction of the properties of nanoparticles to be used in medicine and healthcare
My Publications
Book Chapters
- H. S. Fernando and J. Abawajy " Malware Detection and Prevention in RFID Systems " N. Bessis, Internet of things and inter-cooperative computational technologies for collective intelligence, Ed. 1, 2013, Springer,
- H. Fernando and J. Abawajy " A Security Framework for Networked RFID " J. Abawajy, Internet and Distributed Computing Advancements: Theoretical Frameworks and Practical Applications, Ed. 1, 2012, IGI Global, pp.28,
Journal Publications
- J. Abawajy and H. Fernando " "Policy-based SQLIA Detection and Prevention Approach for RFID Systems" " Journal for Computer Standards & Interfaces, vol.38, 2015, pp.64-71,
Conference Proceedings
- H. Fernando and H. Mahdin A Web based peer-to-Peer RFID Architecture in The Second International Conference on Recent Advances on Soft Computing and Data Mining, year 2016, Bandung, Indonesia, pp.549 - 559, Springer,
- H. Fernando and J. Abawajy A Hybrid Mutual Authentication Protocol for RFID in 7th International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, year 2010, Sydney, Australia, pp.310 - 317, Springer,
- H. Fernando and J. Abawajy A RFID Architecture Framework for Global Supply Chain Applications in 11th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Application and Services, year 2009, Kular Lampur, Malaysia, pp.313 - 320, ACM Digital Library,
- H. Fernando and J. Abawajy Mutual Authentication Protocol for Networked RFID Systems in 10th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communication, year 2011, Changsa, China, pp.417 - 424, IEEE Computer Society,
- H. Fernando and J. Abawajy Securing RFID Systems from SQLIA in International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, year 2011, Melbourne, Australia, pp.245 - 254, Springer,
- R. Chitty, K. Gunawikrama and H. Fernando Development of Loan Default Prediction Model for Finance Companies in Sri Lanka – A Case Study in International Conference on Data Science and Its Applications (ICoDSA), year 2022, Bandung, Indonesia, IEEE, 6 -7 July 2022,
World Wide Web
- H. Fernando and J. Abawajy " Enhancing RFID performance and security in networked environments "https://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30056787." By: Deakin University By: 2012
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