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Contact
madhawa.h@sliit.lk, +94 (0) 722 866 866
madhawa.h@sliit.lk
Mr. Madhawa Herath
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
Career Summary
- Senior Lecturer (5 th Jan, 2012 – Present) Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
- Principal Consultant (5 th Nov, 2000 – Present) – Global Eye International (Private) Limited
- Project Director (Consultant) (5 th May, 2012 – 4 th May 2014) – Spence Engineering and Constructions (Private) Limited.
- Head of Corporate Solutions (3 rd Nov, 2011 – 30 th April, 2012), Etisalat Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd.
- Head of Program / Project /PMO Management (1 st August, 2008 – 31 st October 2011), Etisalat Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Ph.D. (Reading) in the Field of Artificial Intelligence for Energy Optimization – Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2018 – To date
- Master of Business Administration, Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2009-2011.
- B.Sc. (Engineering) Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (1st Class), University of Moratuwa, 2001-2005.
- Project Management Professional (PMP®), Project Management Institute, United States of America, 2011 Up-to-date
- Engineering Charter in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2012
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – Caterpillar, 2021
HONOURS AND AWARDS
4th International Conference on Advancements in Computing 2022 (ICAC - 2022)
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Energy Optimization
- Deep Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
- Disaggregation Techniques
- Project Management
Memberships
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2005 – 2017,
- Membership No : 80464700
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2005 – 2017,
- Membership No : 9710408
- The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), 2006 – 2017,
- Membership No : M 6143
- Project Management Institute (PMI), 2011-2017,
- Membership No : 1837199
Ongoing Research
Use of Artificial Intelligence for Domestic Energy Optimization (Energy Disaggregation / Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring)
Reinforcement Learning Based Advisory System for Optimum Energy/Cost used in Time of the Day Tariff Environment
Wetland Water Level Prediction using Artificial Intelligence Tools
My Publications
Conference Proceedings
- GM Herath, TD Thilakanayake, MH Liyanage, CJ Angammana Comprehensive Analysis of Convolutional Neural Network Models for Non-Instructive Load Monitoring in 2020 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (ICUE), year 2020, Thailand , pp.1-11, IEEE, 2020/10/20,
- Manuri Senarathna, Madhawa Herath, Thakshila D Thilakanayake, Migara H Liyanage, Chitral J Angammana An image based approach of energy signal disaggregation using artificial intelligence in 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), year 2021, Sri Lanka, pp.98-103, IEEE, 2021/12/09,
- PML Liyanage, GM Herath, TD Thilakanayake, MH Liyanage Novel Image Based Method Using VI Curves with Aggregate Energy Data for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Applications in 2022 4th International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC), year 2023, Sri Lanka, pp.258-263, IEEE, 2022/12/09,
- C.J. Angammana I. D. V. J. Dhanawansa, G.M. Herath, T. D. Thilakanayake, M.H. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT S OF KERNEL TUNING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF C ONVOLUTION NEURAL NE TWORK ARCHITECTURES : A CASE STUDY OF NON – INSTRUCTIVE LOAD MONITORING APPLICATIONS in The 2nd International Conference on Energy and AI, year 2023, pp.33-38, 2021/08/12,
Journal Publications
- Madhawa Herath, Tharaka Jayathilaka, Yukinobu Hoshino, Upaka Rathnayake " Deep Machine Learning-Based Water Level Prediction Model for Colombo Flood Detention Area " 2023,
- GM Herath, TD Thilakanayake, MH Liyanage, CJ Angammana " Analysis of Artificial Intelligence based Methods For Sensorless Disaggregation of the Residential Electric Power Signals " 2022,