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Dr. Windhya Rankothge

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Computing | Computer Systems Engineering

Career Summary

  • October 2020 - Present: Assistant Professor - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Faculty of Computing
  • August. 2017 – September 2020:  Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade) - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Faculty of Computing
  • January. 2013 – April 2017: Graduate teaching assistant  - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Department of Information and Communication Technologies 
  • March. 2009 – September 2012: Lecturer  - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department 
  • September.2006 – October 2008: Industrial Trainee (Information and Technology Division – Systems Team) - Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd. 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD in Information and Communication Technologies (April 2017) - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
  • MSc in Computer Science (Specializing in Network Engineering) December 2012 - University of Moratuwa, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Lanka
  • BSc in Information Technology (Specializing in Computer Systems and Networks) - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka December 2008 

HONOURS AND AWARDS

  • Female ICT Leader of the Year 2019 - Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) National ICT Awards
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona PhD research scholarship: year 2013 to 2017
  • Best paper award: IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks 2015
  • Best post graduate research award: University of Moratuwa, 2012
  • Academic excellence cash prices: Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology  2007,2006 and 2005

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

  • Planning/ Scheduling
  • Optimization
  • Software Defined Networks (SDN)
  • Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
  • Cloud Resource Management

Memberships

  • IEEE (Senior Member)
  • ACM
  • CSSL

Ongoing Research

My Publications

Conference Proceedings

  • W. Rankothge, SV Sendanayake, RGP Sudarshana, BGGH Balasooriya   Technology assisted tool for learning skills development in early childhood  in International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer),  year 2012,  Sri Lanka,          
  • W. Rankothge, D Dissanayake, U Gunathilaka, S Gunarathna   Plant recognition system based on Neural Networks  in International Conference on Advances in Technology and Engineering (ICATE),  year 2013,  India,          
  • W. Rankothge, G Dias   Adaptive Prefetching of Podcasts in a Limited Bandwidth Network  in International Conference on Computer, Control, Informatics and Its Applications (IC3IA),  year 2013,  Indonesia,          
  • W. Rankothge, J Ma, F Le, A Russo, J Lobo   Towards Making Network Function Virtualization a Cloud Computing Service  in IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM),  year 2015,  Canada,          
  • W. Rankothge, F Le, A Russo, J Lobo   Experimental Results on the use of Genetic Algorithms for Scaling Virtualized Network Functions  in IEEE SDN-NFV 2015,  year 2015,  USA,          
  • W. Rankothge, F Le, A Russo, J Lobo   Data Modelling for the Evaluation of Virtualized Network Functions Resource Allocation Algorithms  in arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.00369,  year 2017,            
  • J Ma, W Rankothge, C Makaya, M Morales, F Le, J Lobo   A comprehensive study on load balancers for vnf chains horizontal scaling  in arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.03238,  year 2018,            
  • J Ma, W Rankothge, C Makaya, M Morales, F Le, J Lobo   An Overview of A Load Balancer Architecture for VNF chains Horizontal Scaling  in International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM),  year 2017,            
  • M.N Firthows, M.S.F. Akram, I.A. Ahamed, W.H. Rankothge   Multi-Cloud Container Communication Using Software Defined Network  in ICAC 2019,  year 2019,            
  • W.D.I Fernando, W.H. Rankothge, A.D.S. Perera, S.J. Dissanayake   Optimization of Customer-Friendly Manual Load Shedding System  in ICAC 2019,  year 2019,            
  • W.A.S.P. Dharmapriya, K.G. Supipi, G.G.R. Nimesh, M.A.B.K. Muhandiram, W.H. Rankothge   Smart Platform for Cloud Service Providers  in ICAC 2019,  year 2019,            
  • T Karunanayake, P Dayarathne, C Doratiyawa, A Wickramanayake, W.H. Rankothge   Interactive Solution to Improve Flood Awareness Among Public – Flood Run  in ICITR 2019,  year 2019,          T Karunanayake, P Dayarathne, C Doratiyawa, A Wickramanayake, W.H. Rankothge,  
  • S.M.M.M. Senarath, M.T.K. Perera, D.G.R. Viduranga, H.M.C.S. Wijayananda, W.H. Rankothge   Smart Platform for Film Shooting Management  in CICT 2019,  year 2019,          S.M.M.M. Senarath, M.T.K. Perera, D.G.R. Viduranga, H.M.C.S. Wijayananda, W.H. Rankothge,  
  • S Perera, S Dissanayake, D Fernando, S.D Silva, W.H. Rankothge   Supply and Demand Planning of Electricity Power: A Comprehensive Solution  in CICT 2019,  year 2019,            
  • W. Rankothge, H. Ramalhinho and J. Lobo   On the Scaling of Virtualized Network Functions  in IFIP IEEE IM 2019,  year 2019,            

Journal Publications

  • W. Rankothge, G Dias  " For a Better Experience in Podcasting: Adaptive Prefetching Based on User Access Patterns "  International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research - IJSER,  vol.5,  Issue 5,  2014,        
  • W Rankothge, F Le, A Russo, J Lobo  " Optimizing resource allocation for virtualized network functions in a cloud center using genetic algorithms "  IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management,  vol.14,  Issue 2,  2017,        
  • MC Jayasuriya, KT Galappaththi, D Sampath, N Nipunika, W. Rankothge  " Experimental Study on an Efficient Dengue Disease Management System: Planning and Optimizing Hospital Staff Allocation "  International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications,      2018,        
  • W. H. Rankothge  " Past before Future: A Comprehensive Review on Software Defined Networks Road Map "  Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology: C Software & Data Engineering,  vol.19,    2019,        

Books

  • W. Rankothge, J. Lobo  " Towards virtualized network functions as a service."  Universitat Pompeu Fabra,  2017,      

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