Browsing Conference Proceedings by Year "2017"

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  • Automatic creation of a word aligned Sinhala-Tamil parallel corpus 
    Mohamed, MZ; Ihalapathirana, A; Hameed, RA; Pathirennehelage, N; Ranathunga, S; Jayasena, S; Dias, G [Conference-Abstract]
    A parallel corpus aligned at both sentence and word level is an important prerequisite in statistical machine translation. However, manual creation of such a parallel corpus is time consuming, and requires experts fluent ...
  • Bangkok street food phenomenon 
    Maglumtong, M [Conference-Abstract]
    In 2016, Bangkok was voted as the world’s best destination for street food for 2 consecutive years according to CNN. It shows that street food is very popular among both local and international tourist, a s i t i s d ...
  • Behaviour distractive to pedestrians in public places 
    Udowita, UGSPB; Sewwandi, KKD; Edirisinghe, AGHJ [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
  • BIM for facilities information management 
    Wijekoon, KADNC; Manewa, A; Ross, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Successful adoption of Building Information Management (BIM) during design and construction phases is recurrent, and the benefits achieved through such adaptation had been encouraged to extend BIM in to other phases of ...
  • Bioremediation of lead-contaminated mine waste using microbially Induced carbonate precipitation 
    Mwandira, W; Nakashima, K; Kawasaki, S [Conference Full-text]
    The aim of this study was to use microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) technique to bioremediate lead using bacterium Pararhodobacter sp. Laboratory scale experiments conducted, achieved complete ...
  • Blind channel equalization in the presence of co-channel interference using higher order statistics 
    Kapilan, B; Wang, G; Razul, SG; Ting, SK; See, CM [Conference-Abstract]
    This paper proposes an improved blind channel equalization method based on the generalized eigenvector algorithm (GEA). The new method can extract the desired signal in the presence of strong co-channel interference. The ...
  • Book portal operations management system 
    Dangalla, DADJS [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper discusses a system that provides an admin system and a public website for a book store with multiple branches. The admin system allows multiple user levels of the staff members to log in and perform ...
  • Bringing water to new heights 
    Duncan, N; Masureik, J; Isola, T [Conference-Full-text]
    Several attempts have been made at supplying water into informal settlements, although none investigate bringing the water into each individual home. Our proposition is to form a pipe network connecting to node units ...
  • Building information modelling (BIM) implementation for MEP systems in buildings: a conceptual framework 
    Shittu, HA; Zainon, N [Conference-Full-text]
    The challenge in coordination of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) systems is a common problem peculiar to the MEP industry. Although the traditional Two-Dimensional Computer Aided Design (2D CAD) has been used ...
  • Carbon hotspots of office buildings in the UK 
    Victoria, M; Perera, S; Davies, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Embodied carbon of buildings is receiving substantial attention due to the increasing statutory requirements on operational carbon of buildings. Even though the embodied carbon of buildings is not regulated at present ...
  • Causes of accidents in highway construction projects in Oman 
    Umar, T; Wamuziri, S; Egbu, C. [Conference-Full-text]
    Construction workers are three to four times more likely than workers in other sectors to die from accidents at work. Construction is one of the main industries in Oman providing jobs to 18% of the total population and ...
  • Challenges associated with integrating global policies on DRR and CCA in urban development: Asian perspective 
    Dias, N; Amaratunga, D; Haigh, R; Malalgoda, C [Conference-Full-text]
    The world’s population is increasing rapidly, with more than half living in Asia, mostly in urban areas. Accordingly, it is vital to reduce the current and future vulnerabilities of disasters in Asia as a precaution to ...
  • Challenges in maintaining the green certification in Sri Lankan hotel sector 
    Bandara, NHMWWCPK; Dissanayake, DMPP; Karunasena, G; Madusanka, N [Conference-Full-text]
    Green Certification towards the sustainable concept has become a remarkable area in the hotel industry. Sustainable concept is no more new for the hoteliers and sightseers seek greener of the accommodation prior to ...
  • Change detection optimization in frequently changing web pages 
    Meegahapola, LB; Alwis, PKDRM; Nimalarathna, LBEH; Mallawaarachchi, VG; Meedeniya, DA; Jayarathna, S [Conference-Abstract]
    Web pages at present have become dynamic and frequently changing, compared to the past where web pages contained static content which did not change often. People have the need to keep track of web pages which are of ...
  • Changing role of institutional open space in the modern educational system 
    Swetha, K; Meenatchi, S [Conference-Full-text]
    In the recent technological advancement, role of institution becomes facilitator in the learning process, where knowledge and skills are acquired through guidance and self indulgence. In that process the space confined ...
  • Characteristics studies on engineering properties of river sand substitutes for conventional concrete and mortar works 
    Withanage, AK; Sugathadasa, AGMRP; Mithushan, T; Dissanayake, D; Rohitha, LPS [Conference Full-text]
    The main sand source of construction industry in Sri Lanka is river sand. However, being a developing country, the demand for river sand increases gradually. Based on engineering computations, sand demand for 2013 was ...
  • Child as the storyteller of urbanitY : Case of Gurugram, Haryana 
    Bharadwaj, A; Bhatt, JM; Saini, N [Conference-Full-text]
    Gurugram, Haryana, is the melting pot of different social and cultural stratas of the Indian population. The instant urbanization phenomenon of Gurugram, post the IT boom has resulted in a global, shimmering city with no ...
  • Cities are losing heritage values 
    Doza, SB [Conference-Full-text]
    The aim of the research paper is to focus on the diminishing ‘heritage values’ of the city which causes impact on human intellect. Whilst city is a multipart of its inherent traditional and historic manners. With the rapid ...
  • Classification of man and women home based travel behavionrs at bus to bus transits in Colombo 
    Widanapathiranage, S [Conference-Abstract]
    Men and women travel behaviours are different during the joumev to work from their home. Men travel more length of travel and tend to work more days in a week than that of women. Study on men and women travellers’ behaviour ...
  • Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Measures for Pahala Divul Wewa, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 
    Thakuri, PS; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Full-text]
    Present study was carried out to identify possible threats of various climate change scenario and suggest the possible adaptation measures for the food and water security corresponding to irrigation reservoir scale. Pahala ...