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Dr. Nushara Wedasingha
Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering | Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Career Summary
- Currently working as a lecturer in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at SLIIT.
- Former Assistant Telecommunication Engineer at Mobitel.
- Former Assistant Research Engineer at JLanka Research and Development.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the field of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence.
- Second Class Honours degree in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Research Excellence award for publishing in the top 10% Scopus-indexed journals for 2023.
- Second Runner-Up Award for an Undergraduate Research Project in 2023 at the Manamperi Awards.
- Second Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Deep Learining
- Machine Learning
- Big Data Analytics
- IoT based research
- Image Processing
- Biomdeical Engineering
Memberships
- External Researcher at the University of Oxford, UK.
- External Research Collaborator at the University of Applied Science and Arts Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland.
Ongoing Research
- Developing a computer vision-based tool for assessing Parkinson's disease, benchmarked against the UPDRS rating scale.
- Developing an algorithm to detect dynamic and static objects to ensure safe navigation in vision-based automated navigation systems.
My Publications
Journal Publications
- ND Wedasingha, P Samarasinghe, L Seneviratne, M Papndrea, A Puiatti " "Automated anomalous child repetitive head movement identification through transformer networks" " Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, vol.46, Issue 1, 2023, pp.1-19,
- Nushara Deshith Wedasingha, Pradeepa Samarasinghe, Lasantha Senevirathe, Michela Papandrea, Alessandro Puiatti " "Autoencoder-Based Data Clustering for Identifying Anomalous Repetitive Hand Movements, and Behavioral Transition Patterns in Children" " Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, vol.4, Issue 50, 2024, pp.1-27, Research Square, 2024/6/13,
Conference Proceedings
- Wedasingha.N ,V. Ramesha, M. D., Kavindi, M. V., Somawansa, R. P., Yadav, A., Samarasinghe, P., & Jayasinghearachchi Children’s Behavior Analysis Through Smart Toys in Tencon 2022 Tech-Biz Intelligence, year 2022, Honkong, pp.1-6, TENCON 2022-2022 IEEE, 2022.11.04, 2022.12.09
- ND Wedasingha, P Samarasinghe, L Seneviratne, M Papndrea, A Puiatti Child Head Gesture Classification through Transformers in Tencon 2022 Tech-Biz Intelligence, year 2023, Honkong, pp.1-6, TENCON 2022-2022 IEEE, 2022.11.04, 2022/11/12
- ND Wedasingha, P Samarasinghe, L Seneviratne, M Papndrea, A Puiatti Skeleton Based Periodicity Analysis of Repetitive Actions in 2022 IEEE 7th International conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT), year 2023, India, pp.1-6, IEEE Xplore, 2022/4/7, 18 July 2022
- Nushara Wedasingha, Pradeepa Samarasinghe, Lasantha Senevirathne, Michela Papandrea, and Alessandro Puiatti Auto-encoder based Repetitive Child Hand Movement Pattern Identification in IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SOCIETY CONFERENCE: ASIA-PACIFIC, year 2023, India, Bangular, 14 -16 December,
- Chandrasekara, Senal and Abeysinghe, Nimsiri and Silva, Chamara and Wedasingha, Nushara and De Silva, Subhashini Auto-tracking Camera for Hybrid Teaching Settings in SLIIT International Conference on Engineering and Technology, year 2022, SLIIT, Malabe, pp.6, SLIIT, Chandrasekara, Senal and Abeysinghe, Nimsiri and Silva, Chamara and Wedasingha, Nushara and De Silva, Subhashini,
- Shanelle Tennekoon, Nimsiri Abhayasinghe, Nushara Wedasingha Object Recognition and Assistance System for Visually Impaired Shoppers} in SLIIT International Conference on Engineering and Technology, year 2023, SLIIT, Malabe, pp.6, SLIIT, 2023/05/25,
- Nisal Weerasinghe, Nushara Wedasingha, and Lasantha Senevirathne Efficient Path Estimation via Sensor Fusion of IMU, GPS, and Wheel Encoder and Control Parameter Optimization in 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCEMENTS IN COMPUTING, year 2024, SLIIT, pp.6, SLIIT, 12, 13th December,
Journal Publications Under Review
- Nushara Wedasingha, Pradeepa Samarasinghe, Lasantha Senevirathne, Michela Papandrea, and Alessandro Puiatti " Identifying Repetitive Patterns in Typical and Atypical Child Hand Movements Through Skeleton and Image-based Auto-Encoders " Applied Intellignece, vol.53, Under Review
- Shanelle Tennekoon, Nushara Wedasingha, Anuradhi welhenge, Nimsiri Abhayasinghe, and Iain Murray " Advancing Object Detection: An Exploration of Evolving Techniques and Navigation " IEEE Access, pp.1-19, Under Review
- Cheneli Anne Jayawardena, Nushara Wedasingha, Nival Kolambage, and Shehan Perera " Diagnostic Support System for Pneumonia Detection and Lung Disease Assessment from Chest X-rays " The Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology (JAET), vol.3, pp.1-13, Under Review
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