True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us - Socrates

Academic

Educational Qualifications:


Research:
My principal research interests lie in the field of Intelligent Systems focusing on application of nature-inspired computing (NIC) algorithms and development of multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithms. I am currently investigating new multi-objective, Pareto-based ant colony algorithms and to improve these algorithms. My future research plans are to test these new algorithms with the existing algorithms and application of these new algorithms to real-world problems.

I have a particular expertise and interest in the nature-inspired computing (NIC) algorithms such as Ant Colony Algorithms, Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks.

Theses/Dissertations:
  • B.Sc. - A Statistical Study of Various Factors Associated with Oral Cancer in Sri Lanka
  • M.Sc. (Industrial Mathematics) - Improved Newton’s Method for Solving Nonlinear Equations
  • M.Sc. (Computer Science) - Designing Sinhala Characters using Bézier Curves and B-Spline Curves  
  • Ph.D. - Ant Colony Optimization Based Simulation of 3D Automatic Hose/Pipe Routing


Publications: 
  • KAG Udeshani, RGN Meegama and TGI Fernando, Statistical Feature-based Neural Network Approach for the Detection of Lung Cancer in Chest X-Ray Images, International Journal of Image Processing, vol. 5, no. 5, 2011.
  • R Bandara, P Indranama, GS Makalanda, TGI Fernando & B Hettige, Sinhala Language based projects developed by the DSCS, Symposium on Localised Systems and Applications, 2009
  • DVS Hettiarachchi & TGI Fernando, Mobile Navigation System, 50th Anniversary Academic Conference, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2009.
  • MDL Salgado, S Weerakoon & TGI Fernando, Degree Reduction of Bezier Curves. 50th Anniversary Academic Conference, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2009.
  • G Thantulage, T Kalganova & M Wilson (2006). Grid Based and Random Based Ant Colony Algorithms for Automatic Hose Routing in 3D Space. Transactions on Engineering, Computing and Technology, Volume 14, International Journal of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (IJASET), Enformatika, ISBN 1503-5313, ISBN 975-00803-3-5, Aug., 2006. pp. 144 – 150.
  • G Thantulage, T Kalganova & WAC Fernando (2006). A Grid-based Ant Colony Algorithm for Automatic 3D Hose Routing. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2006, Vancouver, Canada, Jul., 2006. pp. 48 – 55.
  • G Thantulage, T Kalganova and M Wilson (2006) “Grid Based and Random Based Ant Colony Algorithms for Automatic Hose Routing in 3D Space” Proc. of International Conference on Machine Intelligence (ICMI’2006).
  • TGI Fernando and Sunethra Weerakoon, A Variant of Newton's Method for Accelerated Third-Order Convergence, Applied Mathematics Letters 13 (2000) pp 87-93, © 2000 Elsevier Sciences Ltd.
  • TGI Fernando and Sunethra Weerakoon, Improved Newton Method for Finding Roots of a Non-linear Equation, Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, pp 309 (E1-23), (Dec, 1997)
  • TGI Fernando and Prof. Sunethra Weerakoon, Third Order Convergence of Improved Newton's Method for Roots of Non-Linear Equations, Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, pp 252 (E1 - 31), ( Dec, 1998)
  • CP Amarajeewa, GK Watugala, TGI Fernando & HKG de Z. Amarasekara, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of Sinhala Characters by Feature Analysis Followed by Matrix Matching, Fourth Research Sessions of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, (Feb, 2003)
  • PAS Pathiraja, GK Watugala, TGI Fernando & HKG de Z. Amarasekara, Modelling Sinhala Characters using Cubic Rational Bézier Curves, Fourth Research Sessions of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, (Feb, 2003)


Supervision work:
  • MSc, Ranga P Abeysooriya, Genetic Optimization of Cut Order Planning in Apparel Manufacturing (2011)
  • BSc, KAG Udeshani, Lung Cancer Detection System Using Neural Networks and Image Processing Techniques (2010)
  • BSc, PCP Peiris, Review of the citations of the research paper: A variant of Newton’s method with accelerated third-order convergence (2010)
  • BSc, DVS Hettiarachchi, Mobile Navigation System (2009)
  • BSc, MDL Salgado, Degree Reduction of Bezier Curves (2009)
  • MSc, CP Amarajeewa, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of Sinhala Characters by Feature Analysis Followed by Matrix Matching (2002).
  • MSc, PAS Pathiraja, Modelling Sinhala Characters using Cubic Rational Bézier Curves (2002).

Academic awards/Scholarships:
  • Presidential Award Winner (2000) - For the appreciation of Authorship of "A Variant of Newton's Methods with Accelerated Third-Order Convergence."
  • Won a Sri Lanka/ADB (Asian Development Bank) scholarship (2000) to study an MSc in Computer Science at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
  • President’s fund, Sri Lanka awarded a scholarship of Rs. 1,500,000/- to study a PhD in a foreign university in 2004.
  • Brunel University, UK awarded a scholarship to study a PhD in 2005 .
  • Best poster - Science, "MDL Salgado, S Weerakoon & TGI Fernando, Degree Reduction of Bezier Curves", 50th Anniversary Academic Conference, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2009.


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