ERU - 2007: Recent submissions

  • Design of a low cost hand operated yarn trimming device for conventional lock stitch machines 
    Gopura, RARC; Attanayake, N; Arumapperuma, C; Aravinthan, V [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Yarn trimming is' carried out by using a pair of scissors in conventional lock stitch machines. Three steps should be followed to trim the yarn. First, the presser foot is lifted by using the knee lifter (hand lifter in ...
  • Damage mechanism of Hikkaduwa due to December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami 
    Welhena, T; Samarawickrama, SP; Hettiarachchi, SSL [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    More than two thirds of the Sri Lankan coastline got affected from the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Field surveys conducted clearly indicate that some of the cities in the western coast of Sri Lanka in the shadow ...
  • Current status of relative motion detection and segmentation of moving objects for navigation using optical flow 
    Fernando, WSP; Udawatte, L; Pathirana, P [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Motion Control is one of the most important research topics in computer vision. It is the base for many other problems such as visual tracking, structure from motion. A major interests of motion analysis is to estimate ...
  • Critical success factors and critical uncertainties in enterprise resource planning implementations in Sri Lanka 
    Gunawardena, KPVKK; Wickramasinghe, VM [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is an integrated computing system designed to automate the flow of material, information, and resources across all functions in an enterprise, with a central database". An ERP ...
  • Cortex - access control via face recognition 
    Fernando, S; De Silva, C; Perera, D; Priyankara, T; Silva, M; Paskarasundaram, V [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    There are several access control systems available in the market, which uses different mechanisms to authenticate the users. Passwords, cards with barcode, card with magnetic systems and signature are the traditional ...
  • Consolidation properties of soft organic soils in Sri Lanka 
    Thilakasiri, HS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Most of the new coming highways in Sri Lanka are run through low-lying areas mainly to minimize the damages to the existing structures and to the livelihood of the people living in the buildup areas. The shallow subsurface ...
  • CO-alignment between technology management and total quality management practices 
    Kuruppuarachchi, D; Perera, HSC [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The emergence of TQM has been one of the major developments in management practice in the last two decades. The recognition of TQM as a source of competitive advantage has been widely promoted around the world, especially ...
  • "BTsentinel" mobile phones based security system 
    Fernando, S; Kumara, MDBJB; Sandakalunr, HKLS; Darshana, SAT; Awantha, SAT [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    BTSentinel is a security system which has advanced authentication capabilities as well as location identification of each user using a Bluetooth [1] enabled mobile phone. User's mobile phone connects to a Bluetooth dongle ...
  • Approach for grass-root stakeholder consultations: case of maoya river 
    Thoradeniya, B; Ranasmghe, M; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Most development projects/activities in river basins are planned and implemented independently by the relevant agencies based on sectoral interests (e.g. water for irrigation, mining of clay on river banks) for economic ...
  • Application of alkaline steeping method and enzymatic method in rice starch isolation 
    Pathiraja, PTN; Ismail, FM; Gunawardena, SHP [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In Sri Lanka, farmers get a very good yield in some rice growing seasons, and as a result there is excess rice in the country causing storage problems. Rice starch production is a way of adding value to this excess rice, ...
  • Anlysis and forecasting of multiple seasonal time series models 
    Cooray, TMJA [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Time series may contain multiple seasonal cycles of different lengths. There are several notable features in Figure 1, reference to the hourly electricity demand in Sri Lanka, data are given in the Table lFirst, we observe ...
  • An extensible computer vision application for blood cell recognition and analysis 
    De Silva, CR; Priyanka, GPM; Seneviratne, OW; Silva, RKOH; Soysa, WVD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Fast and cost-effective production of blood count reports is of paramount importance in the healthcare industry especially during pandemic situations. The traditional method of manual count under the microscope yield ...
  • Air drying alkyd resins from seed oil of kara wi la MC43 
    Prashantha, MAB; Prernachandra, JK; Amarasinghe, ADUS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Alkyd resins are a special family of polyesters which are mainly limited in application of surface coatings. The popularity of alkyd resins in surface coating industry throughout the world is due to cost effectiveness ...
  • Advance oxidation of high strength wastewaters as a suppleme~tary treatment option for enhanced biological treatment 
    Raamshangar, K; Wijeyekoon, SLJ; Rathnasiri, PG [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    High organic strength wastewaters from food industry, distilleries, breweries etc. are conventionally treated by anaerobic digestion due to low sludge production, derivation of biogas and low operating costs. However ...
  • A successful growth of the e-learning system at University of Moratuwa 
    Sarveswaran, K; Perera, GIUS; Fernando, MSD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A successful e-Learning system primarily consists of a Learning Management system and a Content Management system. A Learning Management System addresses the user administration and related managerial requirements. This ...
  • A new mathematical model to predict the iodine value of fatty oils 
    Prashantha, MAB; Premachandra, BAJK; Amarasinghe, ADUS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Iodine value is defined as the number of centigrams of iodine per gram of oil sample. Drying property of fatty oils mainly depends on the type of unsaturated fatty acids and relative amounts of each type of fatty acid in ...
  • A mutipurpose optimized directshow filter for videomixing applications 
    Udawatte, L; De Silva, CR; Chathuranga, SAK; Danansuriya, LNP; Ganegedara, KMHS; Gunasinghe, UP [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A video mixer [1] is used to select one or many video streams from different video sources and mix them together to form a single video output. The currently available video mixers use specific hardware devices of very ...
  • A hybrid software paradigm - the extended agile process with lean integration 
    Perera, GIUS; Fernando, MSD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The role of Information Technology and associated software applications are becoming more significant in organizations as information becomes one of the Key Success Factors for any activity. Hence Software Lifecyc1e ...
  • Swift decision making for agile software paradigm - a proficient guide 
    Perera, GIUS; Femando, MSD [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Agile software paradigm was recently introduced to overcome the problems with the classical paradigms. The prime difference of the Agile process models is that it has an utterly flexible process model where anybody can ...
  • Study on drying characteristics of gliricidia 
    Kannangara, M; Amarasinghe, ADUS; Sugathapala, AGT [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    At present, gliricidia is becoming a commercialized fuel and there is a tendency to grow Gliricidia as an energy plantation to cater for the increasing demand. Gliricidia is adapted to wide-ranging agro-climatic and soil ...