PHD / MASTERS / UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT SUPERVISION AND MENTORSHIP

Current PhD Project Supervision

  1. P. Saeedian (APA & IBES Top-up Scholarships) co-supervisors: Prof B. Moran, Dr K. Tolhurst and Dr M. Rezaeian
    Project: Data Assimilation and Bushfire Modelling

Completed PhD Project Supervision (as the Principal Supervisor)

  1. Dr C. M. Disanayake , PhD, The University of Melbourne; thesis entitled: "Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict through an Engineering Approach" [co-supervisors: Prof R. Kotagiri, and Prof B. Moran] (completed 2018)
    Current Employment: Skybridge, NBN (National Broadband Network), Melbourne.

  2. Dr D. Delgoda, PhD, The University of Melbourne; thesis entitled: "An Integrated Optimization Approach for Operations of Irrigation Networks" [co-supervisors: Prof H. Malano and Dr K. Saleem] (completed 2015).
    Current Employment: Research Scientist at the Defense, Melbourne.

  3. Dr I. H. Wijesundera, PhD, The University of Melbourne; thesis entitled: "Estimation of mean first passage time (MFPT) in naturally biased inhomogeneous environments" [co-supervisors: Prof T. Nirmalathas and Dr T. Nanayakkara (Imperial College, London)] (completed 2015) * (Received "2016 Best Thesis Prize Nomination" Finalist).
    Current Employment: Data Scientist at the Telstra, Melbourne.

  4. Dr C. D. Abeyratne, PhD, The University of Melbourne; thesis entitled: "Dielectric Spectroscopy of Biological Materials" [co-supervisors: A/Prof P. Farrell and Prof E. Skafidas] (completed 2013, graduated 2014).
    Current Employment: Research Scientist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne.

MASTERS PROJECT SUPERVISION (selected - as the Sole Supervisor)

Capstone Unit Supervision (as the Sole Supervisor)

  1. Y. Bombugalage - (completed 2021 Sem 3)
    2. Project: Edge Computing Driven Cloud Server Health Monitoring and Forecasting Framework based on Digital Twin Technology

  2. V. Konduri - (completed 2021 Sem 3)
    3. Project: Integration of Digital Twin and IoT networks for Intelligent Industrial and Manufacturing applications

  3. N. Wijesuriya - (completed 2021 Sem 3)
    4. Project: Analyzing the Application of Federated Learning using FedAvg and FedProx Aggregating Techniques in Healthcare

  4. D. Abeysinghe - (completed 2021 Sem 3) Project: Use of Federated learning and Blockchain technology for Internet of Things Security and Privacy

  5. Z. Rajput - (completed 2021 Sem 3)
    6. Project: Addressing Privacy Concerns in Smart City Design, Using Federated Learning

  6. R. Chilla - (completed 2021 Sem 3)
    7. Project: Contribution of IoT in Supply Chain Management to enhance Business Operations

  7. N. Sachdeva - (completed 2021 Semester 2)
    8. Project: Use of Federated learning and Blockchain technology for Internet of Things Security and Privacy

  8. N. Jayakody - (completed 2021 Semester 2)
    9. Project: FL Approach: Fake News Detection using Deep Learning

  9. M Bhatt - (completed 2021 Semester 2)
    10. Project: Prototype & Model Development for Ontology-based Data Mining & Analysis of Content Management Systems

  10. M. Prajapati - (completed 2021 Semester 2)
    11. Project: Strawberry detection for harvesting robot based on Mask R-CNN: Enhanced loss function and localization of strawberry stalk point

  11. A. Singh - (completed 2021 Semester 2)
    12. Project: A review on traffic control on the network by using SDN-based elastic optical network

  12. U. Munasinghe - (completed 2021 Semester 2)
    13. Project: Counterfeiting and vaccines traceability using block chain: identification of fake Covid-19 vaccines

  13. P. Sankalpani - (completed 2021 Semester 1)
    14. Project: An Analysis of adopting Block-chain Technology in Agriculture Food Supply Chain traceability

  14. D. Inushka - (completed 2021 Semester 1)
    15. Project: Network traffic analysis and cyber attack detection using machine learning

  15. H. Fernando - (completed 2021 Semester 1)
    16. Project: Online Movie Reviews Classification and Summarizing Using Naïve Bayes And Bert Extractive Algorithms

  16. S. Nanayakkara - (completed 2021 Semester 1)
    17. Project: Effective Detection Model for Intrusion Detection over Cyber Security Datasets, using Python in Machine Learning

  17. P. Karki - (completed 2020 Semester 3)
    18. Project: Popular Public Sentiment Analysis Regarding COVID-19 and Mental Health Using Twitter Data

  18. N. Cooray - (completed 2020 Semester 3)
    19. Project: Using Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain for efficient decentralized E-commerce platform product listing

  19. A. Dissanayake - (completed 2020 Semester 3)
    20. Project: Cyber-attacks to Blockchain and edge system in modern technology Information Security System

  20. B. Rijal - (completed 2020 Semester 2)
    21. Project: Distributed domain name system (DNS) using Blockchain

  21. P. indrasiri - (completed 2020 Semester 2)
    22. Project: Machine Learning Approach for detecting Phishing attacks

  22. T. Thusila - (completed 2020 Semester 2)
    23. Project: Blockchain Based Key Management for Hierarchical Access control

  23. S. Mapatunage - (completed 2020 Semester 1)
    24. Project: Introducing a New Probabilistic Model to Analyze Shard-based Blockchain Protocols Security in IoT Network

  24. S. Chathurang - (completed 2020 Semester 1)
    25. Project: Develop a Trust Based Shard Distribution (TBSD) algorithm for minimize the malicious attacks of sharding in blockchain

  25. M. Matarage - (completed 2020 Semester 1)
    26. Project: Accurate Time Calculation in Blockchain Distributed Key Environment

  26. K. Aiyar - (completed 2020 Semester 1)
    27. Project: Probability Distribution Model to Analyse Security in Sharding Based Blockchain Networks

  27. J. Deepashi - (completed 2019 Semester 3 - Summer)
    28. Project: Efficient Forensic Architecture Using Blockchain Technology in SDN

  28. S. Subodani - (completed 2019 Semester 3 - Summer)
    29. Project: SDN-based Traffic Offloading System to Overcome the Problem of Lacking Sufficient Bandwidth in Cellular Network

  29. G. Kanth - (completed 2019 Semester 3 - Summer)
    30. Project: Improving the Quality of Food Supply Chain Architecture with IoT & Blockchain Technologies

  30. I. Anuruddhik - (completed 2019 Semester 3 - Summer)
    31. Project: Cybersecurity Enhancement and Energy Management of Power Trading Within the Networked Microgrids Based on Blockchain

  31. M. Ebrahim - (completed 2019 Semester 2)
    32. Project: Implementing IoT and Blockchain in Agricultural Supply Chain to Mitigate Resource Wastage

  32. K. Serasingh - (completed 2019 Semester 2)
    33. Project: Minimize the Traffic Congestion by Adopting the IOTA Tangle Technology

  33. D. L. Guruge - (completed 2019 Semester 2)
    34. Project: Ethereum Blockchain based Smart Contracts for Establishing Ethereum Blockchain based Smart Contracts for sharing Music Files

  34. L. Madhushani - (completed 2019 Semester 2)
    35. Project: DAG-structured IOTA Tangle Network Solution for IoT Data Protection

  35. O. Ekanayake - (completed 2019 Semester 1)
    36. Project: Master-Slave blockchain paradigm in the digital healthcare system

  36. M. Hirani - (completed 2019 Semester 1)
    37. Project: Blockchain technology for data security in different domains

  37. S. Pradhan - (completed 2019 Semester 1)
    38. Project: Using an effective preprocessing technique to feed the algorithm developed for proper sentiment analysis using a different classifier to compare different products.

  38. H. Talpada - (completed 2019 Semester 1)
    39. Project: Study on use of Twitter data: Sentiment analysis to understand of telemedicine distribution

  39. H. Pasdsala - (completed 2019 Semester 1)
    40. Project: Blockchain in Healthcare System

  40. B. Shrestha - (completed 2018 Semester 3 - Summer)
    41. Project: Use of Blockchain for online multimedia management

  41. K. S. Ubhayaratne - (completed 2018 Semester 3 - Summer)
    42. Project: Main features of Blockchain applications in healthcare industry

  42. C. S. Atapattu - (completed 2018 Semester 3 - Summer)
    43. Project: Applications of Social Media in a Context of an Organization Development Tool

  43. H. Kaur - (completed 2018 Semester 3 - Summer)
    44. Project: Potential Benefits for Implementing Blockchain in Healthcare sectors

  44. N. Nanayakkara - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    45. Project: Security and Privacy of IoT Based Healthcare Applications: Threats and Solutions

  45. N. D. Hettikankanamage - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    46. Project: Enhancing Security in IoT based Remote Patient Monitoring

  46. M. Stefan - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    47. Project: Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare: A Survey of Telemedicine Systems used for Elderly People

  47. H. Ranasinghe - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    48. Project: Twitter Sentiment Analysis of Bitcoin vs Ethereum

  48. U. K. Fernando - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    49. Project: IoT based Transport Tracking Systems

  49. S. P. Amaraweera - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    50. Project: Overview of Security and Privacy Issues Related to IoT Healthcare Applications

  50. G. A. P. Chandrasiri - (completed 2018 Semester 2)
    51. Project: Comparison Study of Applications of IoT in Telemedicine - Year 2018

  51. R. Bandara - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    52. Project: Study of Machine Learning Algorithms in IoT Applications

  52. I. Jayatilleka - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    53. Project: Building a Wall Against Diseases: Smart Healthcare with IoT

  53. N. Mason - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    54. Project: Legal and Ethical Implications in Cryptocurrency

  54. J. Alvarado - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    55. Project: BlockChain Promise Changing Completly the way of doing Bussiness

  55. G. Senthuran - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    56. Project: Prediction of Cryptocurrency Prices: Bitcoin and Ethereum

  56. S. Girdhar - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    57. Project: Performance Evaluation Comparison: Hadoop and Spark

  57. N. Rani - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    58. Project: Fog Computing adaptation in IoT Environments

  58. A. Premarathne - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    59. Project: Predicting Cryptocurrency Price using Classification Algorithm that Run on Cloud

  59. H. Wirasagoda - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    60. Project: Internet of Things in Agriculture and Farming

  60. R. Madushanki - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    61. Project: Review: Internet of Things in Irrigation and Farming

  61. A. Pathirana - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    62. Project: Bitcoin Mining: Hardware and its Efficiency to Maximize the Mining Profit

  62. M. Ranasinghe - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    63. Project: Review: Effective Solutions to Challenges in Cognitive Radio Networks

  63. E. Daminda - (completed 2018 Semester 1)
    64. Project: Machine Learning to Predict Disasters

  64. E. Ng - (completed 2017 Semester 3 - Summer)
    65. Project: Security and Privacy Protection in Insurance Industry

  65. P. Tansakul - (completed 2017 Semester 3 - Summer)
    66. Project: A review of users’ adoption of mobile payment

  66. D. K. Abeyratne - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    67. Project: Applying Big Data Analytics For Motor Vehicle Collisions Predication In New York City

  67. S. Devarakonda - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    68. Project: Security and Privacy Issues in Internet of Things

  68. M. K. Walia - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    69. Project: Cloud Computing Security issues And Solutions: An Analysis

  69. A. Singh - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    70. Project: Review: Behavior Analysis using Social Media

  70. L. Pragada - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    71. Project: Virtual Reality Challenges and Analysis of Issues and System

  71. P. S. Mapatunage - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    72. Project: Review: Big Data in Economics

  72. K. Nanayakkara - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    73. Project: Location Optimization using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)

  73. G. K. Saini - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    74. Project: Cyber Security: A Review on The Cyber Security Issues and Solutions

  74. A. Zafar - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    75. Project: Performance Evaluation For AES and DES Algorithms

  75. D. Sapkota - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    76. Project: Review on Analysis of the Benefit Areas in Telecommunication Networks Using Big Data

  76. S. Madhushan - (completed 2017 Semester 2)
    77. Project: Big Data in Video and Image

  77. A. Singh - (completed 2017 Semester 1)
    78. Project: Comparative study on different types of Big Data Sets with Random Forest, Naïve Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm

  78. G. S. Pathirana - (completed 2017 Semester 1)
    79. Project: Power of Green Space on global Air Quality

  79. B. N. B. Ekanayake - (completed 2017 Semester 1)
    80. Project: A Review on Security and Privacy Issues of Fog Computing

  80. C. Bashyal - (completed 2017 Semester 1)
    81. Project: Data Wrangling: Analysis of the Data Application areas and Algorithms used in different researches

  81. M. Singh - (completed 2016 Semester 3 - Summer)
    82. Project: Review of Data From 24 Publications (2007-2016) of Security and Privacy Issues of Big Data

  82. K. Kaur - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    83. Project: Security Issues of Big Data in Could Computing

  83. C. S. Jayasekara - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    84. Project: Big Data Analysis to Select Appropriate Species for a Particular Area: Using a Dataset of Plant Species in Glenelg Shire, Australia

  84. S. Subhankayan - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    85. Project: Road Traffic Accident Evaluation: Association Rule and Clustering Algorithms for Big Data

  85. C. Wanigasooriaya - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    86. Project: Analyze Anticancer Drug Sensitivity of Lung Cancer Cell Lines Using Machine Learning Clustering Techniques

  86. K. Wickramasooriya - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    87. Project: Data Mining for Natural Disasters: Using Disaster Data Set in the USA

  87. A. Noor - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    88. Project: Traffic Psychology: Use of Computer Algorithms In Predictive Analysis of Behavioral Theories And Driver Behavior Questionnaire

  88. D. Abraham - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    89. Project: A Study on the Classification of Pedestrian Counting System using Data Mining Techniques for a Smart City like Melbourne

  89. T. S. Mohotti - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    90. Project: Global Temperature Changing with CO2 using Clustering Algorithm by Weka

  90. S. Shrestha - (completed 2016 Semester 2)
    91. Project: Human-Computer Interaction – Data security

  91. V. M. P. Vargas - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    92. Project: Pentaho and Jaspersoft: A Comparative Study of Business Intelligence Open Source Tools Processing Big Data and Measuring Their Performance by Computer Algebra Systems (CAS)

  92. H. A. Khan - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    93. Project: Computer Virus and Protection Methodologies using Lab Analysis

  93. A. Gupta - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    94. Project: A Comparative Study of Classification Algorithms using Data Mining: Crime and Accidents in Denver City USA

  94. M. L. Arachchige - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    95. Project: Comparative Analysis of Classification Techniques using German Credit Dataset: Credit Card Loan Approval

  95. P. D. Bharatkumar - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    96. Project: Comparison of Sequential Frequent Pattern Mining Algorithms

  96. D. M. P. D. Jayathilaka - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    97. Project: A Comparative Study on the Relationship between Database Performance and the Results Count in Popular Database Management Systems

  97. R. A. J. Sarangajith - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    98. Project: Data Mining Classification Algorithms on Bioinformatics And Medical Science: Classification Performance Analysis Using Kidney Disease Data

  98. J. M. Kevitiyagala - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    99. Project: Design an Efficient Counter Fraud Mechanism to Eliminate Credit Card and Telecommunication Frauds

  99. T. N. Hewage - (completed Semester 1)
    100. Project: An Analysis and Comparison Study: Big Data Techniques of Google, Amazon and Social Networks 2007-2015

  100. S. Khalid - (completed Semester 1)
    101. Project: Big-Data and NoSQL Databases - “Big-Table” verses “DynamoDB” verses “Cassandra”

  101. S. Munugala - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    102. Project: Content Analysis of Cloud Computing in Medical Field

  102. G. K. Brar - (completed 2016 Semester 1)
    103. Project: Cloud Computing Data Security

  103. A. R. Singaiahgari - (completed 2015 Semester 2)
    104. Project: Managing Delivery of Tertiary Education in Australia Partnership Management in Australia Public and Private Universities

  104. M. Kolla - (completed 2015 Semester 2)
    105. Project: E-Commerce Growth in Australia and the World

  105. B. M. P. Dilshari - (completed 2015 Semester 2)
    106. Project: Research and Investigation of Crimes and Accidents Pattern Analysis in Denver City, the Capital of State Colorado in USA

  106. D. S. Chaulagain - (completed 2015 Semester 2)
    107. Project: Energy Harvesting by Installation of Piezoelectric Floor on the Train Station Line Group

  107. D. Sethupathi - (completed 2015 Semester 2)
    108. Project: Analyzing the Trends in Percentage of ICT Goods Export and Import of all the Countries in the Past Decade

UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT SUPERVISION

ELEN90067 Electrical Engineering Capstone Project

  1. J. Fan, H. Lu and Y. Lan, Co-supervisor: Prof. T. Nirmalathas - (completed 2011)
    2. Project: All-in-one e-Health Smart phone Monitor



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