Dr. Nathali Silva

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Computing | Information Technology

Career Summary

Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology from 01st February 2024 ~ To Date
Senior Lecturer (Gr.II) at the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sri Jayewardenepura from 15th November 2021 ~ 31st January 2024
Senior Lecturer (Gr.II) on contract basis at the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sri Jayewardenepura from 24th September 2020 ~ 14th November 2021
Contract Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University from 01st of December 2019 ~ 31st August 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University from 01st of September 2018 ~ 30th November 2019
Assistant Lecturer at Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology from 01st of June 2013 ~ 25th of August 2015
Academic Instructor at Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology from 28th of December 2012 ~ 31st of May 2013

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2016 - 2018: Ph. D in Computer Science and Engineering, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Korea
2013 - 2015: MSc. in Information Technology, Computing Faculty, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka
2008 - 2011: BSc. Sp. (Hons) in Information Technology, Computing Faculty, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka
2008 - 2012: BSc. Sp. (Hons) in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Named in the Stanford list of World’s Top 2% scientists in year 2023 and 2024
Best overall paper award winner at 6th ICAC Conference in 2024
Best paper award winner at 5th ICAC Conference in 2023
Brain Korea 21+ Research scholarship (2018 - 2020)
Best paper award winner at APICICT conference in 2018
Two software registrations for Energy and Interference Aware Smart Home Control System and Load Balancing Embedded Least Slack Time Based Scheduling in Smart Homes
KINGS scholarship awareded by Kyungpook National University, Korea, for Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering (2016 - 2018)

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

Applications of Deep Learning and Machine Learning
Optimization algorithms
Energy Management, Demand Side Management
IoT

Memberships

Member of IEEE

Ongoing Research

My Publications

Journal Publications

Kalupahana, Deshan, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Dilakshan Kamalathasan, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, Bhagya Nathali Silva, and Udaya Wijenayake " State-of-the-art of Deep Learning in Multidisciplinary Optical Coherence Tomography Applications " IEEE Access, 2024,
Mohamed, Hana, Suresh Kalum Kathriarachchi, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Deshan Kalupahana, Sajith Edirisinghe, Udaya Wijenayake, Naresh Kumar Ravichandran, and Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe " Early-Stage Prototype Assessment of Cost-Effective Non-Intrusive Wearable Device for Instant Home Fetal Movement and Distress Detection: A Pilot Study " Diagnostics, 2024,
Kalupahana, Deshan, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Jeehyun Kim, Mansik Jeon, Udaya Wijenayake, and Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe. " Dense Convolutional Neural Network-Based Deep Learning Pipeline for Pre-Identification of Circular Leaf Spot Disease of Diospyros kaki Leaves Using Optical Coherence Tomography " Sensors, 2024,
Rathnayake, Rasanjalee, Nimantha Madhushan, Ashmini Jeeva, Dhanushika Darshani, Imesh Pathirana, Sourin Ghosh, Akila Subasinghe, Bhagya Nathali Silva, and Udaya Wijenayake. " Real-time Multi-spectral Iris Extraction in Diversified Eye Images Utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks " IEEE Access, 2024,
Wijesinghe, Ruchire Eranga, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Changho Lee, Sangyeob Han, Shinheon Kim, Sm Abu Saleah, Daewoon Seong et al " Growing Trend to Adopt Speckle Variance Optical Coherence Tomography for Biological Tissue Assessments in Pre-Clinical Applications. " Micromachines, 2024,
Silva, B. N., M. Khan, R. E. Wijesinghe, and U. Wienecke " Meta-heuristic optimization based cost efficient demand-side management for sustainable smart communities. " Energy and Buildings, 2024,

Conference Proceedings

N. Pussadeniya, R. Wijesinghe, U. Wijenayake and B. Silva CARA: A Hybrid Framework Integrating Swarm AI Agents and Knowledge Graphs for Advanced LLM Reasoning, in 2024 6th International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC), year 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE,
T. Wijethunge, S. Edirisinghe, M. Jeon, J. Kim, R. Wijesinghe and B. Silva, Towards Holistic Crime Management Through Descriptive Analysis and Predictive Forecasting in 2024 6th International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC), year 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE,
N. T. Hakmana et al. High-Resolution Optical Imaging Incorporated Non-Destructive Morphological Boundary Detection of Fruit Disorders: A Pilot Study in 2024 6th International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC), year 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE,
Weerasekara, Dinithi Bhagya, Nipun Shantha Kahatapitiya, Nuwan Sanjeewa, Vimukthi Madushan Wathudura, Nuwan Prasanna, Deshan Kalupahana, Udaya Wijenayake, Bhagya Nathali Silva, Akila Wijethunge, and Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe Image Acquisition and Deep Convolutional Neural Network Incorporated Cost-Effective Automated Nursery Disease Detection Method for the Tea Industry in 2024 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), year 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE,
Pathmarasa, Jathurshan, Udaya Wijenayake, Ruchire Eranga Wijesinghe, and Bhagya Nathali Silva An Exploratory Study of Diverse Models and Datasets for Transfer Learning based Image Classification on Sparse Data in 2024 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), year 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE,