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Staff Profile

Mr. G. Vijayakanthan

B.Sc [Hons.] in Computer Science (Jaffna, SL), M.Sc in Computer Science (Peradeniya,SL)

Lecturer (Prob.)

g.vijayakanthan@vau.ac.lk

Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Academic Records
  • M.Sc in Computer Science (Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
  • B.Sc [Hons.] in Computer Science (Jaffna, Sri Lanka)

Previous Positions

  • Assistant Network Manager Gr.II (June 2019 – Mar 2022), Information Technology Centre, University of Vavuniya.
  • Lecturer (Permanent) (Feb 2018 – June 2019), Department of ICT, Sri Lanka-German Training Institute (SLGTI).
  • Instructor (Permanent) (May 2016 – Feb 2018), Department of ICT, Sri Lanka-German Training Institute (SLGTI).
  • Instructor (On Contract) (May 2013 – April 2016), Computer Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna.
Admin Roles
  • Member of IEEE (2021-2022)
  • Member of Vavuniya University International Research Conference – 2021
  • Member of Development of Management Information System at Faculty of Business Studies – 2021
  • Member of Web Committee, Faculty of Business Studies – 2020-2021
  • Member of Subcommittee, ITDC of Vavuniya Campus for the requirements gathering for the Integrated Management System of Vavuniya Campus.
Activities

Resource Person

  • Advanced Excel Workshop for All Management Assistants at Vavuniya Campus, UoJ – 2021
  • Zoom Training Workshop for the students at the Faculty of Business Studies in 2020
  • Seminar for all school students of Jaffna district about website development in 2011

Institutional Development

  • Design and developed the University website – 2021
  • Developed the Online Lecture Reporting System for Department of English Language and Teaching Units – 2021
  • Developed the Online Student Enrolment System – 2021
  • Design and developed the departments(ELTU, Project Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Management) websites of the Faculty of Business Studies – 2021
  • Design and developed the Information Technology Centre website – 2019

 

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Fundamentals of Web Programming (2022 to date)
  • Advanced Web Programming (2022 to date)
  • Advanced Networking Technologies I (Routing) (2022)
  • Advanced Networking Technologies II (Switching) (2022)
  • Web Services and Server Technologies (2022 to date)
Publications

  • Vaishali, R. & Vijayakanthan, G., 2024.  “Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Sri Lanka”,  4th International Conference on Science and Technology (ICST 2024), Faculty of Technology, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. October 16th,2024.

  • Vijayakanthan, G.,Vaishali, R., Vahid Abolghasemi. “Detection of Tea Leaf Diseases Using Deep Transfer Learning”, IEEE 2024 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 8th  to 10th August 2024.
  • Vaishali, R. & Vijayakanthan, G., 2024.  “Optimizing CatBoostClassifier for threat detection in Edge cloud environment”, Paper #329, Abstract in the Proceedings of the 28th Annual Technological Advances in Science, Medicine, and Engineering (TASME 2024) Conference (Hybrid Conference). Toronto, Canada. July 6-7.
  • Vijayakanthan, G. & Vaishali, R., 2024.  “Early Detection of Tea Leaf Diseases Using Deep Learning”, Paper #330, Abstract in the Proceedings of the 28th Annual Technological Advances in Science, Medicine, and Engineering (TASME 2024) Conference (Hybrid Conference). Toronto, Canada. July 6-7.
  • Vijayakanthan, G., Suthakaran, A., Vaishali, R., “Enhancing Prediction of Heart Failure Using Feature Selection Techniques” Paper presented at 14th Applied Science Business & Industrial Research Symposium 2022 (ASBIRES – 2022), April 4th, 2023.
  • Vijayakanthan, G., Kokul, T., Pakeerathan, P., A., Pinidiyaarachchi, U.A.J. “Classification of Vegetable Plant Pests Using Deep Transfer Learning” IEEE 10th International Conference on Information & Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFS), pp. 167-172, Sri Lanka. 2021. [paper] [code] [dataset]
  • Vijayakanthan, G. “Feature Selection Techniques Via Support Vector Machine”, Vavuniya Campus International Research Symposium (VCIRS 2017), August 9, 2017.
Awards