Dr. (Ms.) J. Samantha Tharani
- Senior Lecturer Gr.II
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B.Sc. [Hons] (Jaffna)
Ph.D. (Griffith, Australia) - samanthaj@univ.jfn.ac.lk
- +94212218194
Research Interests:
Database Management Systems,
Blockchain,
Internet of Things,
Big data Analysis
Database Management Systems,
Blockchain,
Internet of Things,
Big data Analysis
Academic Profile
Admin Roles
Activities
Teaching
Publications
Awards
Academic Profile
Dr. (Ms.) Samantha Tharani Jeyakumar
- B.Sc. Special in Computer Science, (Jaffna, Sri Lanka) [2015]
- Ph.D. in Computer Science (Griffith University, Australia) [2024]
Admin Roles
- Representative of the Lecturers (Prob.)/SFB, UoJ
Activities
Attended Conferences/Workshops
- World Summit Award global congress 2013 October 23rd to 26th was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Life Skills workshop conducted by 99X technology in University of Jaffna on 23 and 24th August.
- Workshop on “Guidance to prepare effective resumes and filling out application forms for jobs” was organized under the Quality and Innovation Grant(QIG) on 22nd December 2013.
- Workshop on “Facing job interviews” was organized under the Quality and Innovation Grant (QIG) on 8th February 2014.
Teaching
- CSC102S3 & CSC102G3: Computer Programming I [Shared with Dr. KT and Mr. SS] (2018 to Present)
- CSC231SC2 & CSC231GC2: Software Engineering (2018 to Present)
- CSC312SC1 & CSC312GC1: Computer Programming III [Shared with Mr. SS] (2018 to Present)
- CSC313SC2 & CSC313GC2: Rapid Application Development (2018 to Present)
- CSC243SE2 & CSC237GE2: Numerical Methods (2018 to Present)
Supervising
- CSC241SC2 & CSC235GE2: Group Project I (Shared with other Academic Staff)
- CSC315SC2 & CSC314GC2: Group Project I (Shared with other Academic Staff)
Publications
2024
- Awarjana, P., Samantha Tharani, J., Muthukkumarasamy, V.: “Topographic Attribute Map-based Visualisation to Uncover Behaviour Patterns in Blockchain Networks”, In 8th Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology (SDLT-24) held in Brisbane, Australia on 28-29 November 2024.
- Samantha Tharani, J., Eugene Yugarajah, A.C., Hóu, Z., Muthukkumarasamy, V. (2024). Detecting Malicious Blockchain Transactions Using Graph Neural Networks. In: Dong, N., Pillai, B., Bai, G., Utting, M. (eds) Distributed Ledger Technology. SDLT 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1975. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0006-6_4
- Samantha Tharani, J., Z. Hóu, E. Y. A. Charles, P. Rathore, M. Palaniswami and V. Muthukkumarasamy, “Unified Feature Engineering for Detection of Malicious Entities in Blockchain Networks,” in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, doi: 10.1109/TIFS.2024.3412421.
2023
- Samantha Tharani, J., Ryan Ko and Muthukkumarasamy, V.: 2023. A Framework for User-Centric Visualisation of Blockchain Transactions in Critical Infrastructure. In Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594556.3594624
- Pillai, B., Samantha Tharani, J., Hóu, Z., Biswas, K. and Muthukkumarasamy, V. (2023). “Introduction to Blockchain Technology with Bitcoin Protocol”, In Book “Emerging Smart Technologies for Critical Infrastructure, Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation”, edited by Pal, S., Jadidi, Z., Foo, E., Mukhopadhyay, S.C., vol 44. Springer, Cham. June 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/
978-3-031-29845-5_6
2022
- Samantha Tharani, J., Dorottya Zelenyanszki and Muthukkumarasamy, V.: “A UI/UX Evaluation Framework for Blockchain Applications”, In International Conference on Blockchain (ICBC) of Services Conference Federation (SCF), Hawaii, USA, December 2022. [Accepted]
2021
- Samantha Tharani, J., Charles, E.Y.A., Hóu, Z., Palaniswami, M. and Muthukkumarasamy, V.: “Graph-Based Visualisation Techniques for Analysis of Blockchain Transactions”, In IEEE 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), pp. 427-430, doi:10.1109/LCN52139.2021.9524878, 2021.
2020
- Samantha Tharani, J. and Nalin A.G. Arachchilage: “Understanding Phishers’ Strategies of Mimicking URLs to Leverage Phishing Attacks: A Machine Learning Approach”, Security Privacy, John Wiley & Sons, 2020 [Accepted]
- Samantha Tharani, J., Mukunthan, T., and Muthukkumarasamy, V.: “A Blockchain-based Database Management System”, In The Knowledge Engineering Review, 35, E20. doi:10.1017/S0269888920000302, Cambridge University Press, 18 May 2020.
2018
- Mukunthan, T., Samantha Tharani, J., and Muthukkumarasamy, V.: “Blockchain-based Database Management System for IoT Applications Connected with Cloud”, In Third Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology (SDLT), Gold Coast, Australia, 12th November, 2018. [Accepted]
Awards
- Sabalingam Memorial Prize for having the best performance in Computer Science at the Special Degree Examination in Science (Computer Science) – 2013
- University prize for the best performance in Physical Science at the General Degree examination in Science Level 1G and 2G.
- Handy Perinpanayagam Memorial Prize for the best performance at the General Degree examination in Science Level 1G and 2G.
- Sabalingam Memorial Prize for the best performance at the General Degree examination in Science Level 1G.