TechTalk/Webinar

Developing NLP Applications for Regional Languages

Resource Persons: Ms. Sahar Rauf, Assistant Manager Research, Center for Language Engineering, UET, Lahore, Pakistan
Held: 29th of October 2024 
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Women in Engineering: What would you do to secure your place in Industry 5.0 - Celebrating International Day Of The Girl Child

Resource Persons: Dr. Jeewika Ranaweera (Co-chair of IEEE Metaverse Initiative, IEEE WIE Member at Large, ABET Commissioner, and Former Principal Hardware Engineer at Oracle)
Held: 18th of October 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom
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Navigating a Career in Software Engineering

Resource Persons:Ms. Nishad Fowza, Associate Tech Lead – Calcey
Held: 24th September 2024 from 01.00 to 2.15 pm via zoom
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.7 - Beyond the Surface: A Dive into Deepfake Detection

Resource Persons: Dr. Alakananda Mitra (Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Visiting Computer Scientist, Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, USA.)
Held: 9th of September 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.6 - Transforming Computer Vision with Transformers

Resource Persons: Dr. Sachith Seneviratne (Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia)
Held: 2nd of September 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom
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The Rise of Large Language Models: Transforming AI and Beyond

Resource Persons:Dr. T. Uthayasanker (Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa)
Held: 29th August 2024 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.5 - Smart Gait for Good Health

Resource Persons: Dr Saaveethya Sivakumar (Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Computing (Software Engineering); Head, Faculty Training & Development Working Group, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Malaysia. Vice Chair, IEEE Young Professionals 2024)
Held: 19th August 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom
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Shaping the Web's Future with Decentralized Knowledge Graphs - Celebrating WWW Day

Resource Persons: Prof. Oshani Seneviratne (Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Associate Director of the Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.)
Held: 1st of August 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom.
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From Entrepreneur to Investor

Resource Persons: Mr. Mohan Markandaier (Managing partner at Good News Ventures)
Held: 26th July 2024.
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Creating Engaging Learning And Teaching Experiences Via Digital Technologies

Resource Persons:
1. Professor Angela Carbone (Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Learning, Teaching, and Quality, STEM College, RMIT University),
2. Professor James Harland (Director STEM Center for Digital Innovation and Professor in Computational Logic, RMIT University),
3. Professor Michelle Spencer (Deputy Director of the STEM Centre for Digital Innovation and Professor of Chemistry, RMIT University),
4. Dr. Charu Rana (Team Lead, Learning Teaching, and Quality Portfolio at STEM College, RMIT University), and
5. Mr. Keith Hibbert (Virtual Experience Designer, STEM College, RMIT University)
Held: 30th July 2024 from 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM
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Cyberpsychology for Human Computer Interaction

Resource Persons: Ms. Vinorra Shaker (Head of the School of Psychology, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia.)
Held: 27th July 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom
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AI in 4IR: Looking Back and Looking Forward- celebrating IEEE WIE Day 2024

Resource Persons: Dr. Damayanthi Herath (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya)
Held: 11th of July 2024 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Auditorium, Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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The New Turing Age: AI Manifesto for the Modern Society

Resource Persons:  Mrs. Melissa Lee Blanchard (Artificial Intelligence Analyst at Melise Services, Florida, USA)
Held: 9th July 2024 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM in hybrid mode at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Resilient Grids: Deep Learning And Trust Networks For Renewable Energy Security

Resource Persons: Dr. (Mrs.) Malka N. Halgamuge (Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity, RMIT University, Australia; Chairperson of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Victorian Section, Australia)
Held: 8th July 2024 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM in the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna
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Analysing Classifiers for Image Classification: Fisher Vectors versus Deep Neural Networks

Resource Persons: Dr. (Ms.) Tayyaba Azim (Research Fellow, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK.)
Held: 28th May 2024 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM via Zoom
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.4 - Cognitive Complexity in Software Engineering

Resource Persons:  Dr. Dinuka R. Wijendra (Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade), Department of IT, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT, Sri Lanka)
Held: 19th May 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Google Meet
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.3 - Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Traffic Management

Resource Persons: Dr. Madhurima Ray (Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University, situated in Beaver)
Held: 11th May 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Google Meet
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Cybersecurity & Personal Leadership Session- celebrating International Girls in ICT Day 2024

Resource Persons: Dr. Sheeba Armoogum (Associate Professor in Cybersecurity at the University of Mauritius, Group Lead CyberSecurity & Forensics Research Group (CSFRG), Executive Board Member of the International Cyber Security & Investigation Committee (ICSIC))
Held: 25th April 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom.
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.2 - Smart Connections: Unveiling the future

Resource Persons:  Prof. Roshan G. Ragel (Professor in Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya, founder of the AI Forum for Academics)
Held: 9th April 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom.
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How to Use GenAI in Data Analytics

Resource Persons: Dr. Dilrukshi Gamage (Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo School of Computing)
Held: 05 April 2024 from 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. via Zoom
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Igniting Research Passion - Vol.1 - Opportunities and Challenges in Big Data

Resource Persons: Mr. Indrajith Ekanayake (Technical Trainer at Codification, Visiting Lecturer at University of Kelaniya and IIT, Microsoft MVP)
Held: 3rd April 2024 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM via Zoom.
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Diverse Voices, United Vision- celebrating International Women's Day 2024

Resource Persons:  Dr. Emesha Pinto Jayawardane (Matrix Institute of Information Technology (Pvt) Ltd, Tea & Soul LLC, United Kingdom)
Held: 8th March 2024 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM via Zoom.
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Beyond the Books: Navigating Examinations with Integrity

Resource Persons: Mrs. Tharshika Mathubalan (Assistant Registrar, Examinations Division, University of Jaffna)
Held: 29th February 2024 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM via Zoom.
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Mastering Your Career Blueprint

Resource Persons:  Ms. Umadevi Chockalingam (Senior Business Analyst at Virtusa) and Mr. Nimishan Sivaraj (Lecturer at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka)
Held: 3rd of February 2024, 10:00 AM to 12 Noon, Auditorium, Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Reacting with Node online Workshop series

Resource Persons: Ms. Thanaruby Nanthagopal (Senior Software Engineer – Appspotr)
Held: Ten Online workshops were held in February and March 2024
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Introduction to Generative AI

Resource Persons: Dr. Damayanthi Herath (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya)
Held: 13th of February 2024 from 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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GitHub 2-Days Hands-on Session

Resource Persons:  Mr. Kasthuriraajan Ratnasingam (Research Fellow, Java-Spring Developer)
Held: 20th and 21st of January 2024 from 8.00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. via Zoom
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Realising Your Potential In Early Stage And Achieving Success

Resource Persons: Dr. S. Sabesan (Founder and President at PervasID, Fellow at Girton College - University of Cambridge, UK.)
Held: 4th of January 2024 from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Fault Tolerance and Reliability in Cloud Computing

Resource Persons:  Mr. Rajan Bala (Founder | Cubera Investments & Former Head of Engineering, AWS Billing Consoles and Applications at Amazon Web Services)
Held: 20th of December 2023 from 1.30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Department of Computer Science Auditorium, University of Jaffna.
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Embarking into Game Development

Resource Persons:  Mr. Sivakumar Prasanth ( Co-Founder and CEO of Techserw)
Held: 19th December 2023 at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Laravel Practical Session

Resource Persons:  Mr. Yogarajah Achchuthan (Instructor in Computer Technology, University of Jaffna)
Held: 05th and 12th December 2023 at the CSL 3&4, Department of Computer Science , University of Jaffna.
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Let's be Secure Online : RED IS THE NEW BLUE

Resource Persons: Dr. K. Maiyuran - Lead Consultant [Cyber Risks & Audits] | Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd. & Visiting Lecturer at APIIT and  Mr. K. Jude Myuran - Vendor Technology Architect [Network & Security] | Cube Networks Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. & Visiting Lecturer at APIIT, ACBT & WINSYS
Held: 14th of November 2023 from 1.00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Dynamics Of TechOps In The IT Industry

Resource Persons: Mr. Ishanka Thilakaratne (Senior Manager Operations, Sysco LABS), Mr. Roslan Halaldeen (Associate Site Reliability Engineering Lead, Sysco LABS), and Mr. Dasun Peiris (Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Sysco LABS)
Held: 29th August 2023 from 1.00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Coding Practice For Competitions

Resource Persons: Dr. E.Y.A. Charles (Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Jaffna)
Held: 22nd August 2023 from 1.00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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UI/UX Designing: A Comprehensive Guide with React Native Implementation

Resource Persons:  Mr. Thayaparan Kalaineethan (Software Engineer, Ceymplon (Pvt) Ltd)
Held: 08th August 2023 from 1.00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Unleashing the Power of React : A Practical Session

Resource Persons: Mr. Rangitha Kuruppu ( Technical Lead at Calcey )
Held: 25th July 2023 at the CSL 3&4, Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna. 
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Google Workspace For Education

Resource Persons: Ms. Shihara Mohamed (Asst. Vice President SMB, EDU and Gov. Business - Sri Lanka and Maldives) 
Held : 26 June 2023 from 2.00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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A Graph-Based Visualisation And Analysis For Blockchain Transactions

Resource Persons: Ms. Samantha Tharani Jeyakumar (PhD Candidate, Griffith University, Australia)
Held : 20 June 2023 from 01.00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Sharpen The Saw: A Step Ahead To Ensure Holistic Living Both Personally And Professionally

Resource Persons: Ms. Panthea Goonetillake (Advanced Toastmaster, USA; Founder of CLEON Academy of Speech, Drama, and Leadership).
Held : 06 June 2023 from 01.30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Prompting the Future: An Introduction to ChatGPT and the Art of Prompt Engineering

Resource Persons: Mr.Nisal Mihiranga (Architect - Data Science and AI at Zone24x7), and Mrs.Dilini Imiarachchi (Co-Founder/ CEO of Contech Global)
Held : 3th June 2023 from 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm at the Auditorium the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Building Resources: Language Comparison And Analysis

Resource Persons: Professor Miriam Butt, PhD MAE, Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz, Germany.
Held : 28 March 2023 from 09.30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Multi-Modal Sensor Data Processing For Autonomous Vehicles

Resource Persons: Professor Thia Kirubarajan, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Canada.
Held : 23 March 2023 from 09.30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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How Can UBL-Jaffna Support You?

Resource Persons: Mr. Anu Rakavan (Manager-University Business Linkage, University of Jaffna)
Held: 14th February 2023 from 2.00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Fairness To All While Downsizing

Resource Persons:  Dr. Mahendran Velayuthapillai (McBride Professor, Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University, USA)
Held: 10th of February 2023 from 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Data Science And Its Applications

Resource Persons: Dr. Alma Rahat (Senior Lecturer in Data Science, Swansea University, UK).
Held : 31 January 2023 from 01.30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Look into Industry by H2O.ai

Resource Persons: Mr. Ahsan Shamsudeen (Senior Solutions Architect, H2O.ai), Mr. Sajith Ariyarathne (Lead Software Engineer, H2O.ai), Mr. Vijitha Ekanayaka (Senior Software Engineer, H2O.ai), Mr. Mathanraj Sharma (Machine Learning Engineer, H2O.ai), Mr. Nayananga Muhandiram (Full Stack Engineer, H2O.ai)
Held : 26 August 2022 from 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. & 27 August 2022 from 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon in CUL-II@DCS.
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Enterprise AI using IBM POWER Systems

Resource Persons: Mr. Ganesan Narayanasamy (IBM Global Leader for AI and Cloud Enablement and Ecosystem), Mr. Madan Katheesan (Technical Leader for Object Automation Systems Solutions, India) and Mrs. BragathaLakshmi Bharani (Operational Director, Object Automation Systems Solutions, India.)
Held : 19 August 2022 from 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon & 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. in CSL-II@DCS.
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Coverage Path Planning For Reconfigurable Floor Cleaning Robots

Resource Persons: Ms. Bhagya Samarakoon (Secretary of IEEE WIE Singapore Section; PhD Candidate in SUTD, Singapore)
Held : 16th August 2022 from 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. in CSL-II@DCS.
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Practical Approach to Innovation Agility with DevSecOps

Resource Persons: Mr. Thulasee Shan (Solutions Specialist @ Microsoft USA for Large Enterprises)
Held : 09 August 2022 from 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon at CSL-2@DCS.
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Deep Learning And Its Applications

Resource Persons: Dr. (Mrs.) Subha Fernando (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computational Mathematics, University of Moratuwa)
Held : 09 August 2022 from 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. at CSL-2@DCS
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Industry Orientation Programme 2022 By SLASSCOM

Resource Persons: Ms. S. Thuvvareka (Lead - Quality Assurance Engineer, IFS), Mr. Kishan Navaratne (Manager - Quality Engineering, SyscoLABS), Mr. V. Siva (Lead - Quality Engineering, Wiley Global Technology), Ms. A. Sugandhika (Lead - Quality Assurance, 99x) and Mr. Tharinda Liyanage (Senior Quality Assurance Lead, 99x)
Held : 21, 23, 30th of June 2022 and 2nd of July 2022 at CSL-1@DCS from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. via ZOOM
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AI And Machine Learning In A Post Pandemic World

Resource Persons: Prof. Saman Halgamuge (University of Melbourne, Australia), Prof. P.N. Suganthan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Prof. M. Niranjan (University of Southampton, UK)
Held : 28th of June 2022 at CSL-1@DCS from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. via ZOOM
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Neural Network Learning Paradigms

Resource Persons: Ms. Tamasha Malepathirana (PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia) and Ms. Rashindrie Perera (PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne, Australia)
Held : 28th of June 2022 at CSL-1@DCS from 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
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Demystifying CNN for Medical Diagnostic

Resource Persons: Dr. (Mrs.) Maheshi B. Dissanayake (Senior Lecturer in EEE, University of Peradeniya; Chair of the IEEE Sri Lanka Section)
Held : 12th of August 2021, from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. via Zoom app.
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Machine Learning Applications for Mining Complexes

Resource Persons: Dr. (Mrs.) B. Mehala (Research Fellow at Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney, Australia)
Held : 2nd of July 2021, from 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. via Zoom app.
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Let's talk about Solid Principles

Resource Persons: Mr. Dhanushka Chandana (Associate Tech Lead, Cambio Software Engineering, Lead at Facebook Developer Circle: Colombo)
Held : 21st of June 2021, from 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
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Preparing an effective CV and maintaining a good LinkedIn profile

Resource Persons: Ms. Dinuka Jayaweera (Business Analyst at Sysco LABS Sri Lanka)
Held : 14th June 2021 from 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. via Zoom app
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Introduction to Docker and Kubernetes

Resource Persons: Mr. Mario Fernando (Cloud Platform Engineering Architect at IFS) and Mr. Kasun Kulathunga (Senior DevOps Engineer at IFS)
Held : 3rd and 4th June 2021 from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. via ZOOM
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Introduction to Deep Learning

Resource Persons: Dr. M. Siyamalan (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna)
Held : 1st of May 2021 from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon via ZOOM
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Graph Representation Learning With Deep Learning

Resource Persons: Dr. Saatviga Sudhahar (Machine Learning Scientist Healx Limited, Cambridge, UK)
Held : 26th March 2021 from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. via ZOOM
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Confidence In AI Systems: Can We Trust AI-Based Systems?

Resource Persons: Prof. N. Asokan (Cheriton Chair - University of Waterloo, Canada; Adjunct Professor - Aalto University, Finland)
Held : 16th February 2021 from 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. via ZOOM
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How to cope with Stress in Online Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic Situation?

Resource Persons: Ms. Rasini Bandara (Psychologist at Mind Heals)
Held : 30th December 2020 from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. via ZOOM
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IEEE Awareness Session

Resource Persons: Mr. Chamika Sudusinghe (Sectional Student Representative, IEEE Sri Lanka Section)
Held : 28th of December 2020 from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. via ZOOM
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Learn with IBM

Resource Persons: Ms. Melissa Sassi (Global Head of IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator), Ms. Phila Phungula (IBM Z Ambassador and Program Owner at IBM), and Ms. Lella Halloum (IBM Student Hub Senator)
Held : 24th of December 2020 from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. via ZOOM
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User Interface/ User Experience Design (Emerging Skills Session - 3 )

Resource Persons: Mr. Rasika Gunasena (Architect - UI/UX Specialist, Virtusa) and Mr. Chandra Wijesekara (Architect - Technology, Virtusa)
Held : 7th of December 2020 from 10.00 a.m.  to 12.00 p.m. via MS Teams
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Introduction to .NET Core Skills

Resource Persons: Mr. Heresh Jayabalan (Consultant - Technology, Virtusa)
Held : 2nd of December 2020 from 3.00 p.m.  to 5.00 p.m. via MS Teams
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Career Planning

Resource Persons: Mr. Samisa Abesinghe (Consultant for People Development, CodeGen International (PVT) Ltd)
Held : 25th of November 2020 from 4.30 p.m.  via Zoom
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Introduction to Quality Engineering

Resource Persons: Ms. Rangika Perera - Senior Manager - QA, Virtusa
Held : 25th of November 2020 from 3.00 p.m.  to 4.00 p.m. via MS Teams
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Introduction to Python

Resource Persons: Mr. Tharaka Mahabage (Architect infrastructure operations, Virtusa)
Held : 23rd of November 2020 from 3.00 p.m.  to 4.00 p.m. via MS Teams
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Resource Persons: Mr. Chathusha Wijenayake (Consultant-Technology, Virtusa)
Held : 18th of November 2020 from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. via MS Teams
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Introduction To Salesforce

Resource Persons: Mr. Jean Brenda Soudaralingam (Senior Consultant-Technology, Virtusa) 
Held : 11th of November 2020 from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. via MS Teams   
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Developing Soft Skills to Increase Potential of Employability

Resource Persons: Ms. S. Suweda (Executive HR, Virtusa) and Mr. Anistan Leo (Associate Executive HR, Virtusa)
Held : 9th of November 2020 from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. via MS Teams
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Journey Through Automating Performance Improvement with RDBMS

Resource Persons: Dr. M. Sabesan (Senior Database Engineer at Amazon Web Services, California; Former Senior Software Engineer at Oracle Corporation, California; Former Lecturer at Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna)
Held : 8th of August 2020 from 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. via Zoom
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Introduction to Robotics

Resource Persons: Dr. Thrishantha Nanayakkara (Reader in Design Engineering and Robotics, Imperial College London, UK.)
Held : 17th of June 2020 from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. via Zoom App
Organised by: The Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna.
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Introduction to Game Development

Resource Persons: Mr. Poorna Perera (3D Artist – LiveRoom)
Held : Session-I on 11th of June: 3.00 - 5.30 p.m. and Session-II on 15th of June: 12.30 - 2.30 p.m.
Organised by: The IEEE Student Branch of the University of Jaffna in collaboration with LiveRoom.
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Eradicating 'Ragging' and Violence from Universities & Higher Education Institutes

Resource Persons: Prof. Harendra de Silva, Dr. Wijaya Jayathilaka, Dr. Prabha Manuratne, Prof. Sujeewa Amarasena, Ms. Malsirini de Silva, and Mr. Dharsha Udayanga
Held : From 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on 15 June 2020. 
Register on: https://forms.gle/NJrGKnPLiDjhknAB8

TechOps

Resource Persons: Mr. Misnad Haque (Director-Technology, Virtusa)
Held : from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., 06 May 2020 via lifeatvirtusasl Instagram.

Introduction to New QA Trends

Resource Persons:  Mr. Dushantha Pradeep (Lead Consultant - QA, Virtusa)
Held : from 11:30 – 13:00, 22 April 2020 via lifeatvirtusasl Instagram.

IBM AI Solutions on Power – Key features and guided exercises

Resource Persons: Clarisse Taaffe-Hedglin (IBM, USA)
Held : from 11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon [USA, EST], 23 April 2020 via Zoom conducted by OpenPOWER/Power 9 webinar.

Machine Learning on OpenPOWER Systems for Academic Research

Resource Persons: Dr. Chekuri Choudary, (Technical Lead - IBM Systems)
Held : from 11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon [USA, EST], 10 April 2020 via Zoom conducted by OpenPOWER/Power 9 webinar.

Latest Research projects (to find cure for COVID-19) using Summit

Resource Persons: Dr. Bronson Messer, (Director of Science at Oak Ridge National Lab)
Held :  on 10 April 2020 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. [USA, EST], via Zoom conducted by OpenPOWER/Power 9 webinar.

Introduction to AI/ML: Fundamentals of machine learning and widespread applications

Resource Persons: Mr. Chathusha Wijenayake (Consultant-Technology, Virtusa)
Held :  on 9 April 2020 from 11:30 – 13:00,  via lifeatvirtusasl Instagram.

Webinar on Zoom Video Conferencing for Research and Education

Resource Persons: Mr. Senevi Herath (Network/Systems Manager of LEARN)
Held : from 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. [SLT], 08 April 2020 via Zoom conducted by LEARN

Salesforce Session

Resource Persons: Jean Brenda Soudaralingam (Consultant[Salesforce] Virtusa) and S. Thiriyambaga Sarma (Developor[Salesforce])
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 26/01/2020 from 09.00am
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Zero to Hero with GIT & GITHUB

Resource Persons: Ahamed Safnaj (GitHub Campus Expert, Trainee Software Engineer at Virtusa)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 25/01/2020 from 09.30am
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Importance of Machine Learning in Today's Era

Resource Persons: Prof. Ms. S. Padma (Department of Computer Applications, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Tiruchengode, India)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 24/01/2020 from 10.00am to 11.00am
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OpenPOWER and IBM AI

Resource Persons: Mr. Ganesan Narayanasamy (OpenPOWER Leader for Academia and research at the IBM Lab) and Mr. Gerard S. Saverimuthu (Technical Sales Leader, Server Solutions, ASEAN, IBM Systems for Cloud Platforms)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 05/03/2019 from 11.00am-1.00pm
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Building a Foundation for Digital Transformation

Resource Persons: Mr. Regie Yogendran (Senior Technology Consultant, Nascent Markets, VMware Southeast Asia, VMware, Inc.)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 15/02/2019 from 3.00pm-4.00pm
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NLP Trends and Techniques for Text Analytics

Resource Persons: Dr. A. Ruvan Weerasinghe (Senior Lecturer at the University of Colombo School of Computing [UCSC])
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 05/02/2019 from 9.00am-11.00am
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Why Johnny Still Finds Usable Security and Privacy Engineering So Hard?

Resource Persons: Dr. Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage (Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security in the Australian Centre for Cyber Security, and School of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 19/01/2019 from 9.00am-12.30pm
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Together Let’s Conquer the Tech World

Resource Persons: Ms. Abarnah Kirupananda (Senior Lecturer at the Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 18/01/2019 from 2.30pm - 4.00pm
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An Awareness of Blockchain and Crypto Industry and the Opportunities

Resource Persons: Mr. Sarjun Saleem (Co-Founder of Bitrol, UK)
Held : CUL-1@DSC on 15/08/2018 from 11.00am to 12.00pm

"Optimisation on Deep Neural Network" by Dr. M. Muraleetharan

Resource Persons: Dr. M. Muraleetharan
Held : @DSC on 26/07/2018 from 11.00am to 12.00pm

Careers of the future, skill sets needed to grab those opportunities and thriving in the new work order

Resource Persons: Mr. N. Sooriyakumar [MSc Internetworking (Sydney), BSc (Jaffna)] Founder of Education4Everyone, Sydney Australia
Held: CUL-1@DSC on 10th of July 2018 from 4.00-5.00pm

Sharing Experience

The Level-4 students in the present academic year are conducting weekly sessions in CUL-1 to the present Level-3 students to enlighten them on latest technologies that are being used in the IT industries and how to face successfully the interviews in CS-Career Fair’18 based on their experiences gained during the industrial training and CS-Career Fair’17.

Session Date Time Industrial Experiences gained from
1 20/06/2018 3.00-4.00pm Arima and WSO2
2 29/06/2018 3.00-4.00pm Ayapa Tech, Virtusa, VizuaMatix, and Yarl IT Hub
3 04/07/2018 3.00-4.00pm CeyDigital, Dewan Media, Dialog, DesignSoft Technologies, and Way Forward Energy
4 11/07/2018 3.00-4.00pm FiroLab, hSenid, Techorin, and Tiqri
5 18/07/2018 3.00-4.00pm Airport Aviation, Sri Lanka Telecom, Speed IT, and SunTech Technologies

Introduction to Docker And Containerization, With Use Cases (Theory), And A Demo

Resource Persons: Mr. Harihara Balakrishnan, Managing Consultant, IBM and Mr. Gerard S. Saverimuthu, Technical Sales Leader, Server Solutions, IBM Systems for Cloud Platforms
Held : @Room No. 1011, DCS on 20 October 2017 from 8.30am

JMS and Message Brokers by Mr. Indika & Mr. Asanka

Resource Persons: Mr. Indika Sampath(Associate Technical Lead​, WSO2​) and Mr. Asanka Abeyweera​(​Senior Software Engineer, ​WSO2)
Held : @CUL on 28 September 2017 from 2.00pm to 4.00pm.

“Introduction to Deep Learning and Its Applications” By Mr. Thanikasalam Kokul

Resource Person: Mr. Thanikasalam Kokul (PhD Student in Computer Vision @ QUT, Australia)
Held : @CUL on 20 July 2017, from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

“Erasmus Mundus Promotional Event” By Mr. Pavan Kumar Sriram

Resource Person: Mr. Pavan Kumar Sriram (Founder member of Erasmus+ student and Senior Advisor for the Pro–Rector Research and Development and International Cooperation, Oslo)
Held : @CUL on 14 July 2017, from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

“What Can You Do with A Computer Science Degree?” By Dr. Yogarajah Pratheepan

Resource Person: Dr. Yogarajah Pratheepan (Lecturer in Computer Science @ Ulster University, UK)
Held : @CUL on 14 July 2017, from 11.00am to 12.00pm.

“Identity and Access Management” By Mr. Sagara Gunathunga

Resource Person: Mr. Sagara Gunathunga (Associate Director /Architect @ WSO2)
Held : @CUL on 12 July 2017

“Industry Expectations, Importance of Communication and Careers in Future” By Mr. Malaka Silva

Resource Person: Mr. Malaka Silva (Associate Director /Architect @ WSO2)
Held : @CUL on 12 July 2017, form 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

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"Architectural Design Patterns” By Mr. Thusyanthan Arulsodhy

Resource Person: Mr. Thusyanthan Arulsodhy,Technical Lead,IronOne Technologies LLC
Held : 09 June 2017

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