Ms. R. Yasotha
B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science (Jaffna, SL), M.Phil (Jaffna, SL)
Senior Lecturer Gr.II
yasotha@vau.jfn.ac.lk
Pattern Recognition and Machine learning Data mining, Data Engineering, Document Categorization, Text Classification. Business Information Management
Academic Records
- M.Phil in Computer Science (UoJ, 2017)
- B.Sc.(Hons). Special in Computer Science (UoJ, 2006)
Admin Roles
- Reviewer, Faculty Annual Research Session, FARS 2021
- Coordinator, Auxiliary Course Units, Faculty of Applied Science, 2021
- Member, IQAC, Faculty of Applied Science, 2021
- Member, Inquiry Committee, University of Vavuniya, 2021
- Member, Faculty Annual Research Session, FARS 2020
- Member, Wellbeing committee, 2020 to date
- Member, Covid 19 Responsible committee, 2020 to date
- Member, Board of Faculty of Applied Science, 2019
- Member, Program Review, 2019 to date
- Student Counselor, Faculty of Applied Science, 2010/2011
- Academic Tutor, Department of Physical Science, 2010/2011
Activities
- Professional Certificate
- Certificate in Teaching Higher Education, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2010
- Resource Person
- Resource Person to Cultural Food Festival at Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries & Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. 2010.
- Workshops and Short Courses Participated
- 5thNational workshop on “Scientific Writing” organized by Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya in 2013.
Teaching
Undergraduate teaching
- ICT1142 – Object-Oriented Program Design
- ICT1213 & IT2114 – Data Structures
- IT1232 – Project Management
- ICT2143 – Computer Graphics and Image Processing
- ICT2133 – Software Engineering
- ICT2243 – Computer Graphics
- ICT3142 – Human-Computer Interaction
- ICT3133 – Project
- IT3162 – Group Project
- ICT3222 – Internet Security
- ICT3242 – Internet Computing
- COS3113 – Software Engineering
- COS3213 – Internet Programing
- ICT4152 – E-Commerce
- SCOS4143 – Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Interfaculty Teaching
- Visiting Lecturer @ Faculty of Technological Studies
- TICT 3153 – Human-Computer Interaction
Publications
- Upeksha, L., and Yasotha, “Benchmarking performance of text classifiers for imbalanced data”, Second Annual research session ( 2021) at Faculty of Applied Science, University of Vavuniya, Srilanka.
- Jayasundara, M.H.E.U., and Yasotha, R., “Comparing similarity between the title and the content of news articles using deep learning”, First Annual research session ( 2020) at Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus, University of Jaffna, Srilanka.
- Yasotha, R., and Ram Ramanan. L., “Challenges in implementing ERP system in small medium manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka”, Kalaniya International Conference on Advanced in Computing and Technology (KICACT 17), 28th July 2017.
- Yasotha, R. and Charles, E.Y.A., “Automated Text Document Categorization”, Seventh IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems, pp. 522-528, Cairo, Egypt, 12-14 December 2015.
- Yasotha, R., and Charles, E.Y.A., “Multiclass Multi-Level Text Document Classification”, Sri Lanka Student Workshop on Computer Science (SL-SWCS’15), 07 November 2015.
Awards