- Faculty of Information Technology
- Department of Computational Mathematics
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Computational Mathematics
Faculty of Information Technology
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Fundamentals of Mathematics and Statistics -Undergraduate -2015
Elements of Statistics -Undergraduate -2016
Statistical Distributions and Estimation -Undergraduate -2016
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2016
Fundamentals of Mathematics and Statistics -Undergraduate -2016
Fundamentals of Mathematics and Statistics -Undergraduate -2017
Fundamentals of Mathematics and Statistics -Undergraduate -2019
Elements of Statistics -Undergraduate -2013
Elements of Statistics -Undergraduate -2019
Statistical Distributions and Estimation -Undergraduate -2014
Statistical Distributions and Estimation -Undergraduate -2018
Statistical Distributions and Estimation -Undergraduate -2019
Calculus and Statistical Distributions -Undergraduate -2017
Calculus and Statistical Distributions -Undergraduate -2013
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2013
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2014
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2015
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2018
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2019
Operational Research -Undergraduate -2021
Advanced Topics in Statistics -Undergraduate -2013
Advanced Topics in Statistics -Undergraduate -2014
Advanced Topics in Statistics -Undergraduate -2015
Statistics and Probability -Undergraduate -2013
Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence -Postgraduate -2019
News Officer -Department News officer (2012 To date)
Academic Advisor -Academic Advisor (2012 To date)
Member of the Election Committee of the Faculty of Information Technology Students’ Union Election - (2018 To date)
Member of the Sub Committee appointed to evaluate the IFS R&D International (Pvt) Ltd Scholarship Applications. - (2015 To date)
Member of the Faculty Quality Assurance Committee - (2012 To 2015)
Member of the Faculty Board - (2017 To date)
Member of the Staff Student Liaison Meeting - (2012 To date)
Member of the Faculty Academic Committee - (2012 To date)
Member of the Academic Staff Meeting - (2012 To date)
Research Activities
Applied Statistics
Computational Statistics
Statistical Quality Control
Boundary Line Analysis
Operational Research
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Data Mining Techniques for Internet of Things (2019), Social Network Analysis in Education (2017), Virtual Reality for Education (2016), R Programming for Social Network Analysis (2016), Analysis of Cohesion Metrics (2014) under Independent Study (which involves only writing a review paper)
Applied Statistics, Computational Statistics, Statistical Quality Control, Boundary Line Analysis, Operational Research, Data Mining and Machine Learning
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Sri Jayewardenepura ,2010 B.Sc. (Special-First Class Honours) in Statistics (SJP)
MPhil, University of Sri Jayewardenepura ,2016 MPhil in Statistics
Institute of Applied Statistics (Life Member)(2012 To date)
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (Life Member)(2014 To date)
Sri Lanka Association for Improving Higher Education Effectiveness (Member)(2014 To 2015)
Sri Lanka Association for Improving Higher Education Effectiveness (CPD Member)(2017 To 2020)
Career
15.10.2018 - Today
Senior Lecturer (Grade II)
Lecturer (Confirmed)
Lecturer (on contract)
Department of Computational Mathematics of the Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Moratuwa
14.10.2011 - 04.05.2012
Temporary lecturer
Department of Statistics & Computer Science of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Temporary instructor
CM 2130 – Statistical Distributions and Estimation(Batches; 12, 14, 16, and 17 / ITM / Level 2 Semester 2)
CM 4120 – Advanced Topics in Statistics (Batches; 9, 10, and 11 / IT & ITM / Level 4 Semester 2)
STA304 2.0 - Industrial Statistics
STA459 2.0 - Statistical Consultancy
STA 206 1.0 - Data Analysis II (Practical Sessions)
2019
MSc/PG Diploma in Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computational Mathematics of the Faculty of Information Technology of the University of Moratuwa
IT 5825 Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence (Batch 12)
MPZ 4230 – Engineering Mathematics
engaged in development of curriculum for the Statistics courses in newly suggested BSC (HONS) IN ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE DEGREE by the Department of Computational Mathematics and also engaged in revision of existing curriculum for the Statistics courses in two degrees: Bachelor of Science Honours (B.Sc. Hons.) in Information Technology and Bachelor of Science Honours (B.Sc. Hons.) in Information Technology and Management offered by the Faculty of Information Technology
Honours and Awards
Semi Finalist in the SLAYS 3-Minutes Thesis Competition (Received 2017)
Physical Science Award - 2011 in Statistics for the undergraduate research (Received 2011)
Dr Shrinika Weerakoon Memorial Award for the Best Paper in Changing Higher Education Student Skills – 2018 (Received 2018)
2nd Runner-Up Award for the Best Postgraduate Research Project (Received 2018)
1st Runner-Up Award of the competition for the Best Oral Presentation at RISTCON (Received 2014)
Publications*
Samarasingha, T.,".A Review on Data Mining Techniques for Internet of Things.",SLAAI-ICAI 2019,Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka,2019,38
Maddumage, C.,".R Programming for Social Network Analysis- A Review.",IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR) 2018,Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2018,61
,".Development of a Teaching Philosophy to Meet and Improve Teaching Practices Suited for Effecting Positive Change.",14th Annual SLAIHEE Conference on Higher Education in Sri Lanka,Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Innovation (CETLI) of the Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC),2018,46
Banneheka, B. M. S. G., Herath, H. M. L. K ,".Statistical Computing for Statistical Process Control: Rwui Web Application for I-MR Control Charting in Rubber Manufacturing Process.",International Conference on Computational Modeling and Simulation 2017, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka,2017,225
,".Setting a More Effective and Supportive Learning Environment for Small Classes.",13th Annual SLAIHEE Conference on Higher Education in Sri Lanka,Open University of Sri Lanka,2017,41
Banneheka, B. M. S. G., Keminda Herath,".Use of Johnson Transformation for Individual and Moving Range Control Charts in Crepe Rubber Manufacturing Process.",1st Ruhuna International Science and Technology Conference 2014,University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. ,2014,57
Banneheka, B. M. S. G., Keminda Herath, Susantha Siriwardene,".Use of Statistical Software to Construct I-MR Control Charts for Non Normal Data.",Information Technology Research Unit (ITRU) Symposium 2012,Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa,2012,1
Banneheka, B. M. S. G.,Wasana Wijesuriya, Keminda Herath,".A novel method to fit boundary line model for evaluating the maximum response.",Proceedings of International Statistics Conference 2011, Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka,Waters Edge - Sri Lanka,2011,88
,".SWOT Analysis as an Effective Tool for Creating an Effective Academic in the Higher Education System in Sri Lanka.",International Research Journal for Quality in Education , 2 (9): p. 8-11.,2015
Banneheka, B. M. S. G., Wasana Wijesuriya, Keminda Herath,".A linear programming approach to fitting an upper quadratic boundary line to natural rubber data.",Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka ,41(1): p. 13-20,2013
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