Ms. Vijani S. Piyawardana
August 8, 2023 2023-08-08 9:39
Ms. Vijani S. Piyawardana
Assistant Lecturer
FACULTY OF COMPUTING | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- 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
- Co-Lecturer In Charge of
- 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
- BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2015 – First Class Honours
- MSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (Reading)
- “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.
- Natural Language Processing
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Human Computer Interaction
- Soft Computing
- Software Engineering
- eLearning
- 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
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,
