NBQSA 2017 Winners

The gold award in the commercial and tertiary technology category at the National Best Quality Software Awards 2017 was won by a team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The team members are Dimuthu Kariyawasam, Buddhi Ayesha, Keet Sugathadasa and Vindula Jayawardana of batch 13 who worked under the supervision of Dr. Amal Shehan Perera. The award winning product is “Inhalo”, which addresses the issue of treating asthma in children.  Inhalo is a product that aims at motivating children to carry out proper breathing practices and continuous inhaler-use. The product comes with a headset that identifies breathing patterns of the user, and a mobile game that motivates children to use the inhaler and get healthier as they play. The game also supports single player and multi-player features. Inhalo is simply a treatment for asthma, based on gamification. The winners of the commercial and tertiary categories were awarded the BCS (British Computer Society) awards by the chief guest Hon. Harin Fernando, Ministry of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure and guest of honour Mr. Paul Martynenko, President of BCS the chartered institute for IT, United Kingdom.