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Ms. Vijani S. Piyawardana

Assistant Lecturer

Faculty of Computing | Information Technology

Career Summary

  • Assistant Lecturer (Temporary), Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT, Sri Lanka. 01.01.2019 to present.
    • Co-Lecturer In Charge of
      • IT3060 Human Computer Interaction
      • COMP3003 Software Engineering Concepts
  • Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, KIU, Sri Lanka. 2018
  • Tutor, School of Computing, National School of Business Management, Sri Lanka. 2017
  • Associate Engineer - Technology, Virtusa Sri Lanka. 2015 - 2016

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2015 - First Class Honours
  • MSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (Reading)

HONOURS AND AWARDS

  • "UCD Outstanding Alumnus Award for the year 2015" was awarded at the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, UCD general convocation 2015 for getting the highest overall class GPA of 4.18/4.2 from 135 Computer Science Graduates.

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence 
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Soft Computing
  • Software Engineering
  • eLearning

 

Memberships

  • Toastmasters International since 2016
  • Research Assistant - AHEAD CSAAT Project 
  • Committee Member / Content Manager - SLIIT HCI Research Group
  • Member of Research Groups
    • Knowledge Inspired Computing (KIC)
    • Computing for Inclusive and Equitable Society (CIES) 
    • Machine Learning and Soft Computing (MLSC)
  • Member - Module Development Team - M.Sc. in AI/ML and M.Sc. in Data Science degree Program, SLIIT

Ongoing Research

  • AHEAD CSAAT - (Speech Screening) - "Novel Automated Sinhala Speech and Dialogue Management System to Screen Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Sri Lanka"
  • Autograder: A DSL and a comprehensive tool to automate the evaluation of undergraduate students’ programming assignments
  • SMTEC: Sinhalese Mobile Text Entry Comparison Research
  • Automated Doctor Appointment Management System (ADAMS) for Sinhala Users
  • AIKO: Machine Learning based Education and Scheduling tool for ADHD children
  • Quality and Process Optimization in the Garment Industry
  • Efficiency of Pomodoro technique in work environment

 

My Publications

World Wide Web

  • Vijani Piyawardana  " Learn with Vijani  "https://learnwithvijani.wordpress.com/."  By: wordpress  By: 2016
  • Vijani Piyawardana  " https://www.coursehero.com/profile/vijanipiyawardana/  "."  By: coursehero  By: 2020
  • Vijani Piyawardana  " Python Scripts developed to pre-process student submissions before marking  "https://github.com/SLIIT-HCI/marking-scripts."  By:   By: 2020

Conference Presentations

  • Vijani Piyawardana, Veerandi Kulasekara, Shyam Reyal, Koliya Pulasinghe  " "Novel Automated Sinhala Speech and Dialogue Management System to Screen Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Sri Lanka"  Presentation,  at Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP2020), University of Moratuwa,   2020
  • Shyam Reyal, Vijani Piyawardana, Dilani Kaveendri  " A Story of Two Surveys: For the Advancement of Sinhalese Mobile Text Entry Research  Presentation,  at International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC 2020), SLIIT, Malabe,   2020

Conference Proceedings

  • Shyam Reyal, Vijani Piyawardana, Dilani Kaveendri   A Story of Two Surveys: For the Advancement of Sinhalese Mobile Text Entry Research  in International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC2020),  year 2020,  SLIIT, Malabe, Sri Lanka,    IEEE,    10,11 December 2020,  
  • D. D. S. Rajapakshe, K. N. B. Kudawithana, U. L. N. P. Uswatte, N. A. B. D. Nishshanka, A. V. S. Piyawardana, K. N. Pulasinghe   Sinhala Conversational Interface for Appointment Management and Medical Advice  in International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC2020),  year 2020,  SLIIT, Malabe, Sri Lanka,    IEEE,    10,11 December 2020,  
  • Achintha Thennakoon, Deneth Perera, Shanuka Sugathapala, Samadhi Weerasingha, Pradeepa Samarasinghe, Dulangi Dahanayake, Vijani Piyawardana   Individualized Edutainment and Parent supportive tool for ADHD children  in International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC2020),  year 2020,  SLIIT, Malabe, Sri Lanka,    IEEE,    10,11 December 2020,  
  • G.G.K.K. Wijerathne, U.M.M.P.K. Nawarathne, W.A.A.K. Weerasekara, L.H.C.J. De Silva, Vijani Piyawardana, Jesuthasan Alosius   A Novel Approach for Improving Quality and Process Optimization in the Garment Industry  in International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC 2021),  year 2021,  Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,        23,24 February 2021,  
  • K.T Welarathna; Veerandi Kulasekara; Koliya Pulasinghe; Vijani Piyawardana   Automated Sinhala Speech Emotions Analysis Tool for Autism Children  in 2021 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS),  year 2021,  Negambo, Sri Lanka,    IEEE,    11-13 Aug. 2021,  

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