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  • Selected text machine translator for English to Sinhala 
    Hettige, B; Karunananda, AS; Rzevski, G [Conference-Abstract]
    Nowadays people are used to read English text online and sometimes prefer to see the meaning of the portions of text in his/her mother tongue. Some computer-based solutions enable the reader copy the desired text to a ...
  • Selecting a Usability Evaluation User Group – A Case Study the Development of a Hydro-GIS Tool Aiming Urban Flood Mitigation 
    Pradeep, RMM; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Full-text]
    Flash floods which are becoming a common occurrence due to poor planning in the urban areas need user friendly tools for land managers to arrive at suitable alternatives. These tools require incorporating spatially ...
  • Selection of aggregate suitable to produce pervious concrete for sustainable built environment 
    Godevitharana, AGDN; Jayaweera, PAPS; De Silva, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Pervious concrete is a tailored concrete to have very high water permeability. The presence of interconnected pores of different sizes and shapes allow the passage of water to flow through easily. Permeable concrete pavement ...
  • Selection of proper mode for pavement rehabilitation – a challenge for engineers 
    Wijekoon, S; Abeyruwan, H; Wickramasinghe, V [Conference-Full-text]
    The Government of Sri Lanka is investing heavily on infrastructure development which is the gateway to the economic development of the country. Accordingly, a significant number of national, provincial and rural road ...
  • Self-organization of wireless sensor networks based on severity of an emergency environment 
    Guanathillake, A; Weeraddana, DM; Walgama, KS; Samarasinghe, K [Conference-Abstract]
    Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) composed of large numbers of sensor nodes to monitor the environment and collect data. Self-organization of sensor nodes has been widely investigated to enhance the quality of service provided ...
  • Semantic video categorizing and video sharing for video n 
    Balachandran, K; Premaratne, SC [Conference-Full-text]
    “Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.”- James W. Pence. Our society is truly an information society. Today, the emergence of social software technologies transforms the Internet ...
  • Semi-automated crack detection using computer vision 
    Sujeeka, N; Lowhikan, S; Mallikarachchi, HMYC [Conference-Abstract]
    The characteristics of surface cracks reflect the health state and functional degradation level of structures. Inspection and measurement of cracks on concrete surfaces are therefore of crucial importance and considered ...
  • Semi-supervised algorithm for concept ontology based word set expansion 
    De Silva, NHND; Perera, AS; Maldeniya, MKDT [Conference-Abstract]
    Word lists that contain closely related sets of words is a critical requirement in machine understanding and processing of natural languages. Creating and maintaining such closely related word lists is a critical and complex ...
  • The sense of place and diminishing living heritage in the World Heritage site of Galle Fort 
    Rajapakse, AC [Conference-Full-text]
    The study is on the World Heritage site of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka, its authentic sense of place anddiminishing living heritage. The Galle Fort was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1988 on the basisof criterion IV of ...
  • Sense of safety and planning and design policies 
    Ratnayake, R [Conference-Abstract]
    Planning, development and design policies influence sense of safety of people to use the City centre or Central Business District (CBD) and therefore city centres can become active and vibrant during the day and night. ...
  • Sensorless contact position estimation of a mobile robot in pushing motion 
    Dayarathna, HAND; Prabuddha, LLG; Ariyawansha, KLDNJ; Chinthaka, MKCD; Abeykoon, AMHS; Branesh, PM [Conference-Abstract]
    Manipulating mobile robots on a pre-defined path is a challenging task when there are unknown objects on its path. Most of the manipulators use gripping methods to move such obstacles. In this research, an object to be ...
  • Sentiment Analysis for Social Media 
    Jayasanka, RASC; Madhushani, MDT; Marcu, ERI; Aberathne, IAAC; Premaratne, SC [Conference-Full-text]
    Sentiment analysis, the automated extraction of expressions of positive or negative attitudes from text has received considerable attention from researchers during the past decade. In addition, the popularity of internet ...
  • Sentiment analysis: Measuring sentiment strength of call centre conversations 
    Priyadarshana, YHPP; Gunathunga, KIH; Perera, KKANN; Ranathunga, L; Karunaratne, PM; Thanthriwatta, TM [Conference-Abstract]
    Measuring sentiment strength can be considered as one of the key areas of sentiment analysis. The existing sentiment word scoring functions are based on the intensity of adjectives in the sentences. To date, there is a ...
  • Sentiment negation: A novel approach in measuring negation score 
    Priyadarshana, Y; Ranathunga, L; Karunaratne, PM [Conference-Abstract]
    Sentiment negation and negation scoring can be considered as major aspects of sentiment analysis. Social media sentiment analysis can be considered as an excellent source of information in today's business. But there is ...
  • A Service Platform for Subscription-Based Live Video Streaming 
    Vithana, K; Fernando, MSD; Dias, D
    The development and expansion of broadband technologies has stimulated the multimedia streaming market for the delivery of live streaming services which can be used for a variety of applications. The design of a generic ...
  • A Service platform for subscription-based live video streaming 
    Vithana, K; Fernando, S; Dias, D [Conference-Abstract]
    The development and expansion of broadband technologies has stimulated the multimedia streaming market for the delivery of live streaming services which can be used for a variety of applications. The design of a generic ...
  • A service platform for subscription-based live video streaming 
    Vithana, K; Fernando, MSD; Dias, D [Conference-Abstract]
    The development and expansion of broadband technologies has stimulated the multimedia streaming market for the delivery of live streaming services which can be used for a variety of applications. The design of a generic ...
  • A set of surrogate parameters to evaluate harvested roof runoff quality 
    Miguntanna, NS; Egodawatta, P [Conference-Full-text]
    This paper presents the outcomes of a research project, which focused on developing a set of surrogate parameters to evaluate roof runoff quality using simulated rainfall. Use of surrogate parameters to evaluate roof ...
  • Setting up of indices to measure vulnerability of structures During a flood 
    Nandalal, HK; Ratnayake, UR [Conference-Full-text]
    Computation of flood extents and identification of vulnerable elements help to take mitigatory measures effectively and efficiently during a disaster. This is a baseline study carried out to examine how effectively ...
  • Settlement planning and regional land use outcomes for post-tsunami : the case study of the Trincomalee region Sri Lanka 
    Ratnayake, R; Butt, A; De Cotta, T [Conference-Abstract]
    The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 resulted in over 35,000 deaths and damage to almost 100,000 houses in coastal Sri Lanka. In the aftermath a significant program of international aid resulted in the reconstruction ...