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  • An automatic classifier for exam questions with wordnet and cosine similarity 
    Jayakodi, K; Bandara, M; Meedeniya, D [Conference-Full-text]
    The learning objectives, learning activities and assessment are very much interrelated. Assessment helps to evaluate students learning achievement. Poorly designed assessments usually fail to examine the achievement of ...
  • Biodegradation of natural rubber latex by a novel bacterial species isolated from soil 
    Hapuarachchi, SNS; Kariyapper, SR; Gunawardana, MBDMD; Egodage, S; Ariyadasa, TU [Conference-Full-text]
    A natural rubber degrading bacteria Paenibacillus lautus was isolated from soil samples of a rubber plantation in Sri Lanka. The strain was able to decompose natural rubber latex by adhesively growing on its surface ...
  • Biomimetic flexible robot arm design and kinematic analysis of a novel flexible robot arm 
    Deashapriya, KP; Sampath, PAG; Wijekoon, WMSB; Jayaweera, ND; Kulasekera, AL [Conference-Full-text]
    Conventional robot manipulators have singularities in their workspaces and constrained spatial movements. Flexible and soft robots provide a unique solution to overcome this limitation. Flexible robot arms have biologically ...
  • Capacitance and tan δ measuring equipment for high voltage insulation modelling and simulation modelling and simulation 
    Gamage, CM; Nupehewa, JM; Kodikara, KKCS; Chathuranga, SAD; Samarasinghe, R; Lucas, JR [Conference-Full-text]
    Capacitance and tan δ measurements are usually carried out to check the healthiness of an insulation. Measuring equipment based on different methodologies to test insulation in cables, transformer bushings etc. are ...
  • Categorizing food names in restaurant reviews 
    Prakhash, S; Nazick, A; Panchendrarajan, R; Brunthavan, M; Ranathunga, S; Pemasiri, A [Conference-Full-text]
    There are many aspects such as food, service, and ambience that a customer would look for, when deciding on a restaurant to dine in. Among these aspects, the type of food it sells and the food quality are the most ...
  • Cheap food or friendly staff? weighting hierarchical aspects in the restaurant domain 
    Panchendrarajan, R; Murugaiah, B; Prakhash, S; Ahamed, MNN; Ranathunga, S; Pemasiri, A [Conference-Full-text]
    In aspect-level opinion mining, each aspect is assigned a rating based on customer reviews. More often than not, these aspects exhibit a hierarchical relationship, and the restaurant domain is no difference. With the ...
  • Command governor adaptive control for unmanned underwater vehicles with measurement noise and actuator dead-zone 
    Makavita, CD; Nguyen, HD; Jayasinghe, SG; Ranmuthugala, D [Conference-Full-text]
    Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are being deployed in advanced applications that require precise manoeuvring close to complex underwater structures such as oilrigs and subsea installations or moving objects such ...
  • Computation of nearshore wave set-up due to wind waves generated by tropical cyclones landfalling in Sri Lanka 
    Marasinghe, CK; Wijetunge, JJ [Conference-Full-text]
    The hazard to coastal communities from a landfalling tropical cyclone includes high winds causing damage as well as coastal flooding caused by the storm surge. Of the four physical processes that contribute to the total ...
  • computer vision based fire alarming system 
    Gunawaardena, AE; Ruwanthika, RMM; Jayasekara, AGBP [Conference-Full-text]
    Fire detection system in the surveillance system monitors the indoor environment and issues alarm as part of the early warning mechanism with ultimate goal to provide an alarm at early stage before the fire become ...
  • Defining kpis to measure eco-sustainable performance at container terminals in sri lanka 
    Perera, MPA; Abeysekara, B [Conference-Full-text]
    A port or a terminal is always associated with various adverse environmental impacts. There are different tools and standards to measure environmental performance; such as ISO 14001, ISO 14031, EMAS and SDM. But ...
  • Delta-sigma noise shaping in 2d spacetime for uniform linear aperture array receivers 
    Handagala, S; Madanayake, A; Belostotski, L; Bruton, LT [Conference-Full-text]
    A multi-dimensional noise-shaping method based on delta-sigma modulation has been proposed. This method extends delta-sigma modulation into the two-dimensional (2-D) case (space, time). The proposed noise-shaping method ...
  • Dengue propagation prediction using human mobility 
    Abeyrathna, MPAR; Abeygunawrdane, DA; Wijesundara, RAAV; Mudalige, VB; Bandara, M; Perera, S; Maldeniya, D; Madhawa, K [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper discusses about predicting Dengue outbreaks in Sri Lanka using heterogeneous data sets: Mobile Network Big data and epidemiological data. Up to now, Dengue epidemiological prediction was largely done using ...
  • Design and construction of an automated test bench for mcb testing 
    Wickramarachchi, NK; Amaradasa, WGM; Amarasinghe, HKJ; Karunarathna, HKTR; Wijekoon, WM [Conference-Full-text]
    Testing of MCBs involve sending a preset current through the MCB under test until it trips or if not for a predefined period of time. The operational state of the MCB should be recorded for variable currents. Automation ...
  • Design and development of an anthropomorphic robotic head with force attentive reflex actions 
    Jayasekara, AGN; Muthugala, MAVJ; Jayasekara, AGBP [Conference-Full-text]
    Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions and intentions to non-human entities. Nowadays, development of anthropomorphic features in robotic heads is a major area of interest in the field of robotics. ...
  • Design and simulation of mems based 5-dof tactile force sensor 
    Udayanga, TDI; Jayathilaka, WADM; Amarasinghe, YWR; Dao, DV [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper describes design and simulation of five degrees of freedom (5-DOF) Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems (MEMS) based tactile force sensor. Tactile sensing involves with measuring physical parameters such as force, ...
  • Design of a human-like robot head with emotions 
    Edirisinghe, EANS; Lakmal, RAP; Lakshitha, TGG; Sirimanna, SWDTS; Jayasekara, AGBP [Conference-Full-text]
    Service robots are used in a vast range of service applications. Domestic service robots have the requirement of a human-like appearance and inevitably a human-like interactive behaviors. In this paper, a human-like robot ...
  • Developing a mud block for load bearing wall with 10% cement and low fines content 
    Suja, ACA; Halwatura, RU [Conference-Full-text]
    Mud blocks are one of the oldest and most widely used building materials and dates back to 8000 Before Christ .The development of a new type of soil cement block called Mud block with 10% cement with low fine content ...
  • Developing a technological process to weave cotton fabrics on water jet loom 
    Prasanna, MAAU; Senanayake, SS; Wijesinghe, SAKP; Fernando, EASK; Perera, SAS [Conference-Full-text]
    Water jet looms are widely used in woven fabric manufacturing especially for synthetic fabric production. Due to massive growth in synthetic fabric production, the significance of the water jet loom becomes dominant Due ...
  • Development of a numerically controlled hot wire foam cutting machine for wing mould construction 
    Abeysinghe, A; Abeysiriwardena, S; Nanayakkarawasam, R; Wimalsiri, W; Lalitharatne, TD; Tennakoon, S [Conference-Full-text]
    The foam mould making for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles should be efficient and accurate to improve research and manufacturing. Hot wire cutting is a widely used method in foam cutting. In hot wire cutting, accuracy and ...
  • Development of polymer modified asphalt using filler 
    Kajugaran, S; Weragoda, VSC [Conference-Full-text]
    The modified asphalt is used to improve the performance of pavement when traffic loads are applied with changing environmental conditions. In this study, the bitumen was modified by adding Low Density Polyethylene as ...