Achievements

10 February 2022ICT LifeTime Achiever AwardProfessor Gihan Dias of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has been awarded with the “ICT Lifetime Achiever Award” for the invaluable services rendered to the development of the local ICT Industry for a long period of time. This recognition was awarded jointly by BCS Chartered Institute for IT and ICT Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka at the NBQSA Awards Ceremony on the 11th of October 2019.
10 February 2022Rebirth - IntelliSense agreement to prototype a multi-robot mapping and navigation systemRebirth Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, a Swedish-Sri Lankan technology startup and IntelliSense Lab of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa entered into an agreement for collaborative development of robotic technology for applications that currently require human operators to undertake tedious tasks or work in hazardous environments. The agreement was signed on the 23rd of April 2019 by Prof. Kapila Perera, the Vice Chancellor, University of Moratuwa and Mr. Subodha Perera, the Managing Director of Rebirth Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. The Vice Chancellor appreciated these industry-university collaborations intended to generate IPR and for commercialization of advanced technology. The first project under this agreement will develop a prototype multi-robot system that can collaboratively generate a 3D map of a terrain while individual robots will autonomously navigate. It was noted that the software stack being developed by the research team in the IntelliSense lab can also be deployed in other application domains and on a variety of robotic hardware platforms. The vice chancellor highlighted that the graduates of University of Moratuwa are groomed in a way that they can successfully perform in both technologically advanced projects as well as in teams with multinational collaborators. He mentioned the above point as one of the key reasons for UoM graduates to be highly sought after by international companies. Mr. Subodha Perera, stated that the knowledge of UoM graduates is priceless and the plan is to make this first project, ´Xavier´, to be one of the world's leading autonomous robotic platforms. The registrar of University of Moratuwa, Ms.W.M.D.P.M Hulugalla, the Head of the Department of CSE Dr. Shehan Perera, the Legal Officer of University of Moratuwa, Ms. R. J. Wanniarachchi, and the IntelliSense Lab research team led by Dr Sulochana Sooriyaarachchi participated in the agreement signing event.
10 February 2022The Sinhala-Tamil translation system SiTa was adjudged Winner in the e-Swabhimani 2018 Digital Social Impact Awards in the Government & Citizen Engagement category.SiTa is intended to assist human translators in efficient translation of official government documents from Sinhala-to-Tamil and vice versa. The project has been a collaborative research and development activity by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and the Centre for National Language Processing (NLP Centre) of the University of Moratuwa along with the Department of Official Languages of the government of Sri Lanka. While the SiTa system is currently being used by translators in the Department of Official Languages and several other government institutions, the R&D work at the University continues towards further improvement and expansion of the system to include the English language as well. The project team includes CSE academics Prof. Gihan Dias, Dr. Surangika Ranathunga, Dr. Uthayasankar Thayasivam and Prof. Sanath Jayasena. Research staff and contributors, in both computing and linguistics domains, include Prof. Sandagomi Coperahewa, Prof. J.B. Dissanayake, Prof. Rohini Paranavithana, Sanoji Ruvinika Perera, Fathima Farhath, Nimasha Dilshani, K. Sarveswaran, Yashothara Shanmugarajah, Mokanarangan Thayaparan, Pranavan Theivendiram, Nafla Marikkar, Ruwanthi Perera, Chandana Bandara, Thusitha Bandara, Lalitha Pieris, Pasan Dissanyake, Umesh Indrajith, Suchitha Dehigaspitiya, Lahiru Wijerathna and M.F.M. Mafaz.
10 February 2022Prof. Gihan Dias of the Computer Science and Engineering Dept. was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka.Prof. Gihan Dias of the Computer Science and Engineering Dept. was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka. The fellowship was awarded at the National IT Conference inauguration held on the 2nd of October. Fellowship of the CSSL is a special honour recognizing lifetime achievement and service to the society, and only three persons were bestowed the Fellowship this year. Prof. Dias graduated from the University of Moratuwa in 1985 and was awarded a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from The University of California, Davis in 1992.In addition to being a Professor in The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa and The Director of International Relations at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, he serves as the Domain Registrar of the LK Domain Registry and as an advisor to TechCERT, Sri Lanka’s premier information security body. He has expertise in several areas of computing, including computer networking, language technologies, e-learning, security, Internet identity and personal cloud. He has assisted many public and private organizations to build, secure, and make best use of their computer systems. He has served as a Trustee of the Internet Society from 2014 to 2017. He was inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 and awarded with the SEARCC ICT Professional of the year award in 2017.
1 December 2021BITMASTERS AT GLOBAL FINALS."The team BitMasters of the University of Moratuwa won the second place under the Innovation Category of Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016. The award ceremony was held at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Seattle, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gracing the event. The team consists of Lakmal Buddika Meegahapola, Chanaka Lakmal, Chathusha Wijenayake, and Charith Eranga. Lakmal, Chanaka and Charith are in their third year in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Chathusha is a third-year student of the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Moratuwa. BitMasters presented ‘Amplus’, an intelligent digital signage solution for the competition under the Innovation category, which the team believed to be able to revolutionize the global advertising industry. Amplus also offers analytics for advertisers to help them get a clearer picture as to how well the ads are performing on these displays. BitMasters has successfully tested Amplus with both small business owners and giants like Dialog and Softlogic."