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Dr. Prasanna S. Haddela
Head | Graduate Studies
Faculty of Computing | Information Technology
Career Summary
- Senior Lecturer (2012 to Present)
- Program Coordinator - Data Science (2018 - Present)
- Visiting Academic - Faculty of Engineering Technology, Open University of Sri Lanka (2010 to Present)
- Academic Coordinator- Metro Campus/ Faculty of Computing (2014 to 2020)
- Link Tutor - Department of Computing, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom (2014 - 2018)
- Student Counsellor (2012 to 2018)
- Visiting Academic - Department of Computing, Curtin University, Australia (2011)
- IT Instructor, Assit. Lecturer, Lecturer (Feb 2002 to 2011)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Ph.D. - Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.
- M.Sc. in Computer Science - UCSC, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- B.Sc (Computer Science) - Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Research Scholarship for Doctoral Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Explainable AI, Text Analytics, Evolutionary Computing, Neuro Computing
Memberships
- AFHEA(UK), MACM(US), MIET(UK), MCS(SL)
Ongoing Research
My Publications
Conference Proceedings
- A.G. A. Nirmani, L. Thilakarathne, A. Wickramasinghe, S. Senanayake and Prasanna S. Haddela Google Map and Camera Based Fuzzified Adaptive Networked Traffic Light Handling Model in the Proceeding of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Research (IEEE ICITR 2018), year Undated, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, December 5-7, 2018,
- S.V.S. Gunaskara, Prasanna S. Haddela Effective domain specific generation for Sinhala Text in the Proceeding of 19th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC 2018) , year 2018, University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 5, 2018,
- K. T. P. M. Kariyawasam, S. Y. Senanayake, and Prasanna S. Haddela A Rule Based Stemmer for Sinhala Language in the proceeding of 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (IEEE ICIIS 2019), year 2019, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, December 18-20, 2019,
- A. Arulanantham, A. A. A. Anzar, G. Rajalingam, K. Ingran and Prasanna S. Haddela Effective Mechanism to Mitigate Injuries During NFL Plays in proceeding of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (IEEE ICIIS 2019), year 2019, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, December 18-20, 2019,
- A.A.V.A Jayaweera, Y.N Senanayake, and Prasanna S. Haddela Dynamic Stop-word Removal for Sinhala Language in proceeding of the IEEE National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2019), year 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 8-10, 2019,
- I. Lakshan, L. Wickramasinghe, S. Disala, S. Chandrasegar, and Prasanna S. Haddela Real Time Deception Detection for Criminal Investigation in proceeding of the IEEE National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2019), year 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 8-10, 2019,
- PKS Kumari, Prasanna S. Haddela Use of LIME for Human Interpretability in Sinhala Document Classification in IEEE International Research Conference on Smart computing & Systems Engineering (IEEE SCSE2019), year 2019, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, March 28, 2019,
- S.V.S. Gunasekara, Prasanna S. Haddela Context aware Stop-words for Sinhala Text Classification in proceeding of the IEEE National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2018), year 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2-4, 2018,
- S. Loganathan, G. Kariyawasam, Prasanna S. Haddela Suspicious Activity Detection in Surveillance Footage in Proceeding of the 2019 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), year 2019, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, 19-21 November, 2019,
- S. Y. Senanayake, K. T. P. M. Kariyawasam and Prasanna S. Haddela Enhanced Tokenizer for Sinhala Language in The National Information Technology Conference (IEEE NITC 2019), year 2019,
- A. Tennakoon, N. Gamlath, G. Kirindage, J. Ranatunga, Prasanna S. Haddela, D. Kaveendri Hybrid Recommender for Condensed Sinhala News with Grey Sheep User Identification in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC2020), year 2020, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE, December 10–11, 2020,
- A. Dushantha, R. Akalanka, H. Gayan, K.C. Siriwardhana, Prasanna S. Haddela, L. Wickramasinghe Evaluation Method for Video Advertisetments Using EEG Signals in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC2020), year 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE, December 10–11, 2020,
- Pranavi Satheesan, Prasanna S. Haddela and Jesuthasan Alosius Product Recommendation System for Supermarket in The proceedings of 19th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (IEEE ICMLA 2020), year 2023, Miami, Florida, USA,, IEEE, December 14-17, 2020,
- F. Imaam, A. Subasinghe, H. Kasthuriarachchi, S. Fernando, Prasanna S. Haddela, N. Pemadasa Moderate Automobile Accident Claim Process Automation Using Machine Learning in The proceedings of International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (IEEE ICCCI 2021), year 2021, Coimbatore, India, IEEE, Jan. 27 – 29, 2021,
- Laurence Hirsch, Alessandro Di Nuovo and Prasanna Haddela Document Clustering with Evolved Single Word Search Queries”, The proceedings of IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2021) in The proceedings of IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2021), year 2021, Krakow, Poland, IEEE, Jun 28 to Jul 01, 2021,
- A. Labeeshan, S. A. R. L. P. Satharasinghe, A. M. Dhananjana, T. D. Rupasinghe, U. U. Samantha Rajapaksha and P. S. Haddela iRetina: An Intelligent Mobile Application for the Visually Impaired in an Indoor Environment in 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), year 2021, Kandy, Sri Lanka, IEEE, 09-11 December 2021,
- S. K. Bandara, U. C. Wijesinghe, B. P. Jayalath, S. K. Bandara, P. S. Haddela and L. M. Wickramasinghe EEG Based Neuromarketing Recommender System for Video Commercials in 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), year 2021, Kandy, Sri Lanka, IEEE, 09-11 December 2021,
- MCP Mendis, MSM Perera, JMPD Karunaratne, KKS Silva, PS Haddela eGaz: Enhanced Search Engine for Gazette Publications in 2022 IEEE 7th International conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT) , year 2022, Pune, India, IEEE, 07th-09th April 2022,
- S. Abeyagunasekera, Y. Perera, K. Jayaweera, U. Liyanage, Prasanna Haddela and O. Senaweera LISA: Enhance the explainability of medical images unifying current XAI techniques in The proceeding of 2022 IEEE 7th International conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT), year 2022, Pune, India, IEEE, 07th-09th April 2022,
- O. Kodikara, P. Hettiarachchi, M. Jayakody, J. Prathapa and Prasanna Haddela Surveillance based Child Kidnap Detection and Prevention Assistance in The proceeding of 2022 IEEE 7th International conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT), year 2022, Pune, India, IEEE, 07th-09th April 2022,
- A Kumarasiri, CM Delwita, PS Haddela, RP Samarasinghe, RPI Udishan Student Teaching and Learning System for Academic Institutions in 2022 IEEE 7th International conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT), year 2022, Pune, India, IEEE, 07th-09th April 2022,
- K.B.N. Lakmali, Prasanna S. Haddela Effectiveness of Rule-based Classifiers in Sinhala Text Categorization in 35th National IT Conference (IEEE NITC 2017), year 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka , IEEE, September 10 -15, 2017,
- Lahiru K. W. Fernando and Prasanna S. Haddela Hybrid Framework for Master Data Management in 17th International Conference of Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer 2017), year 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka, IEEE, September 7-8, 2017,
Journal Publications
- O. Senaweera, Prasanna S. Haddela, G. Dharmarathne " Effects of Random Sampling Methods on Maximum Likelihood Estimates of a Simple Logistic Regression Model " 2021,
- Mattanands C, Solangaarachchige MB, Haddela PS, Ediriweera D, Kasturiratne A, Wickramasinghe AR, de Silva HJ " Cardiovascular risk prediction of Sri Lankan cohort using machine learning: A prospective cohort study " The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol.67, Issue 2, 2022,
Book Chapters
- K. Jayasuriya, D. Gayan, S. Gamage, Prasanna S. Haddela, and Nadeesa Pemadasa " Plant stresses and pest attack detection using object detection techniques " Vancouver, Canada, 2021,
- Prasanna S. Haddela, Laurence Hirsch, Teresa Brunsdon and Jotham Gaudoin " Use of Interpretable Evolved Search Query Classifiers for Sinhala Documents " Vancouver, Canada, 2020,
- Prasanna S. Haddela, Laurence Hirsch, Teresa Brunsdon and Jotham Gaudoin " Human Friendliness of Classifiers: A Review " Kolkata, India, 2020,
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