2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Final Program
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability
11 – 13 August 2021
Online Virtual Conference
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Welcome from the General Chairs
Please accept our sincere welcome to the 2021 IEEE 10th Chapter of IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 2021(IEEE ICIAfS 2021). IEEE ICIAfS 2021 focuses on wireless Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies, Computing and Processing, Robotics and Control Systems, Power, Energy and Industry Applications, Signal Processing and Analysis, Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications. This conference bringing together thought leaders from industry, academia, government agencies and other institutions to exchange information and ideas on advancing the state-of-the-art under the theme “Endowing Intelligent Sustainability”. While this is the first virtual edition of this IEEE ICIAfS 2021 conference, we have received a notable amount of high-quality submissions providing a basis for an excellent technical program.
The Conference, composed of 06 tracks divided into 18 sessions, tackles important topics on ICT and related fields. Also, there are 02 interesting special sessions, and one business forum will be hosted during the conference. We are sure that each one of you will identify an interested topic/theme and will benefit from enriching discussions. The Opening keynote session on 12th August 2021 features two keynotes; a distinguish keynote is given by Dr. Peiying Zhu, Fellow, IEEE, Senior VP of Wireless Research at Huawei, and the other by Prof. Marco di Renzo, Fellow, IEEE, Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France. Next, the keynote session on 13th August 2021 features the keynote of Prof. Orla Feely, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact, UCD, Ireland & President of Engineers Ireland. Then, a keynote by Prof. Sridhar Mahadevan, Fellow of AAAI, Director of Data Science Lab at Adobe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US will conclude the keynote session.
Conference program, on 11th August 2011, is lined up with an eminent tutorial session by world leading figures. Prof. Walid Saad, Fellow, IEEE, Virginia Tech US, will offer a talk on Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Networks. Then Prof. Ioannis Pitas, Fellow, IEEE, Drone Vision for Infrastructure Inspection. Saman Halgamuge, Fellow, IEEE, University of Melbourne, Australia, will talk about AI including Unsupervised Learning focusing on applications in Mechanical and Bio-engineering. Finally, Prof. Sanjeeva Maithripala, Senior Member, IEEE, at Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka will talk about Geometric Control with Applications to Robotics.
Our program features astonishing collection of keynotes, tutorials, and plenary talks by distinguish researchers in the field, a panel on timely, important, and controversial topics as well as an industry forum highlighting the key challenges and opportunities facing Sri Lanka and the region at large. We also have a rich program for students/recent results consisting of abstract paper submission session. Other program elements include a networking events and coffee breaks as well. We look forward to meeting you virtually at IEEE ICIAfS 2021. General Co-Chairs
Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, SMIEE, FIET Sri Lanka Technological Campus, 10500, Sri Lanka Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
Sofiène Affes, SMIEE EMT Centre, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montrial, Canada
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Welcome from the TPC Chair
On behalf of the Technical Program Committee, we would like to welcome you to the 10th IEEE ICIAfS 2021 that will be organized in a virtual online format, for the sake of safety and health of all participants. This fully virtual edition of ICIAfS has been able to attract an exciting technical program ranging across the latest areas of research covering all aspects of automation, information and communications, sustainability, including wireless systems and networks, connected and autonomous vehicles, emerging applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence, well as many other emerging topics. We received around 200 papers and accepted 100, 20 of which after a major revision round. Each paper received at least 3 reviews. The conference will feature 4 tutorials delivered by the leading experts in the field, a balanced mix from industry and academia of 4 keynote speakers, business collaborative sessions and 6 special sessions.
We would like to thank the members of the ICIAfS 2021 organizing committee for their great responsiveness and support during the entire period of technical program preparation and development. We would also like to thank the technical program committee (TPC) members and reviewers for their diligent work. We also sincerely thank the keynote speakers and panelists for contributing to the ICIAfS 2021 program. Finally, we would like to thank the authors, who always stood by in difficult times, waiting for last minute changes and updates for the conference organization. We hope you are proud to have your work as part of this virtual edition, and still enjoy the virtual networking. We encourage you all to maximally dive into the program, and to engage with the many experts that will gather together virtually. Let’s learn, interact, and enjoy!
TPC Chair
Rui Dinis University of New Lisbon, Portugal Senior Member, IEEE
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Technical Program Committee
Chair Rui Dinis University of New Lisbon, Portugal Co-chairs Gamini Dissanayake University of Technology Sydney Australia Thrishantha Nanayakkara Imperial College London, United Kingdom Jun Li Nanjing University of Science and Technology China Sanjeeva Maithreepala Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Publications Chair Ruwan Weerasuriya University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Co-chairs Udesh Oruthota Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Migara Karunarathne Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Special Sessions Co-chairs Ioannis Krikidis University of Cyprus, Cyprus Keerthi Gunawickrama University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka Tutorials Co-chairs Moises Vidal Ribeiro Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Vishal Sharma Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom Industrial Program & Patronage Shamil Appathurai Sri Lanka Technological Campus Sri Lanka of P. Muthuchidambaranathan National Institute of Technology, India Student Outreach Chair Symeon Chatzinotas University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Co-chairs Ajith Pasquel Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Sumudu Edirisinghe Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Leslie Uduwawidana Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Hasitha Koralage Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Publicity Chair Madusanka Liyanage University College, Dublin, Ireland Co- chairs Yao-Win Peter Hong National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan Sanjeeva Maithreepala Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Maurizio Magarani Politecnico di Milano, Italy Vinay Kumar Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India Wyne Shurjeel COMSAT University Islamabad, Pakistan
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Organizing Committee
General Co-chairs Sofiene Affes Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Quebec City, Canada Dush Jayakody Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Finance, Registration & Tampere University, Finland Sponsorship Chair Leslie Uduwawidane Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Co-chairs Sahil Garg Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada Tharaka Samarasinghe University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Local Organizing Chairs Nadeesha Ukwattage Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Migara Karunarathne Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Co- chair Kasun Hemachandra University of Moratuwa. Sri Lanka Committee Members Hassan Hydher Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Chathuranga Basnayake Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Priyashantha Thennakoon University of Wayamba, Sri Lanka Prabodhi Mithila University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka International Liaison Partners Dinh-Thuan Do Asia University, Taiwan Ranjith Liyanapathirana Western Sydney University, Australia Moises Vidal Ribeiro Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Mohan Liyanage University of Tartu, Estonia Lakshmi Sutha National Institute of Technology, India M. Surendra National Institute of Technology, India Sangay Chedup Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Bhutan IEEE Liaison Ruwan Gopura IEEE Sri Lanka Section Windhya Rankothge IEEE Sri Lanka Section Conference Secretariat Deepika Kahatapitiya Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka Samantha Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Reviewers
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2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Tutorials
Tutorial Title: Geometric Control with Applications to Robotics
Sanjeeva Maithripala
Senior Member, IEEE Sri Lanka Technological Campus Sri Lanka
Date: 11/10/2021 Time: 08.00 am – 10.00 am (IST) Location: Stage
Tutorial Abstract
Unmanned vehicles have become ubiquitous. A few examples are Multi Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles, Wheeled Mobile Robots, and Balancing Robots. Today the sensing and computing technology has developed to a level where it is now possible to impart to these devices a certain ability to learn and some sense of intelligence at an affordable cost. Crucial to harnessing this full power of technology one must understand these systems in its most basic sense. Geometry is the key to developing this understanding. In this tutorial we will see how to look at these multitude of systems in a holistic manner using the tools of Geometric Mechanics. In the process we will see that in the most basic sense, however complicated these systems may appear, they have a simple double integrator mathematical representation. Realizing this allows us to extend and utilize simple control strategies like PID control that are for instance easily amenable to a setting that involves automatic tuning using modern learning algorithms in a much more computationally tractable way.
Bio Information
D. H. S. Maithripala started his career as a university academic in 2006 at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka. Since 2009 he has been serving as a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and as a visiting researcher and advisor at SLTC. He has also served as a visiting research scholar at the Nanotech center of Texas Tech University on several occasions and currently serves as a visiting Associate Professor of the Systems and Controls Department of IIT-Bombay. He has so far received four presidential awards in recognition for high impact scientific publications in Sri Lanka and his research interests include decision making theory, and nonlinear geometric control with a focus on autonomous navigation and control of unmanned vehicles.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Tutorial Title: Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Networks: Challenges and Opportunities
Walid Saad Fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Network science, Wireless, and Security (NEWS@VT) Laboratory, Wireless@VT, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA.
Date: 11/10/2021 Time: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm (IST) Location: Stage
Tutorial Abstract
The goal of this tutorial is to provide a holistic exposition on the topic of machine learning for wireless network design. We will first provide a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of machine learning and artificial neural networks, which are one of the most important pillars of machine learning. After providing a substantial introduction to the basics of machine learning, we introduce a classification of the various types of neural networks. For each type, we provide an introduction on their basic components, their training processes, and their use cases with specific example neural networks. Then, we overview a broad range of wireless applications that can make use of neural network designs. This range of applications includes spectrum management, multiple radio access technology cellular networks, wireless virtual reality, mobile edge computing and caching, drone-based communications, the Internet of Things, and vehicular networks. For each application, we first outline the main rationale for applying machine learning while pinpointing illustrative scenarios. Then, we overview the challenges and opportunities brought forward by the use of neural networks in the specific wireless application. We will then focus on the emerging area of distributed federated learning, while exposing its main challenges and opportunities, particularly within the context of wireless networks. We complement this overview with a detailed example drawn from the state-of-the-art. Finally, we conclude by shedding light on the potential future works within the overall area of AI for wireless networks
Bio Information
Walid Saad (S’07, M’10, SM’15, F’19) received his Ph.D degree from the University of Oslo in 2010. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he leads the Network sciEnce, Wireless, and Security (NEWS) laboratory. His research interests include wireless networks, machine learning, game theory, security, unmanned aerial vehicles, cyber-physical systems, and network science. Dr. Saad is a Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is also the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2013, the AFOSR summer faculty fellowship in 2014, and the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in 2015. He was the author/co-author of eight conference best paper awards at WiOpt in 2009, ICIMP in 2010, IEEE WCNC in 2012, IEEE PIMRC in 2015, IEEE SmartGridComm in 2015, EuCNC in 2017, IEEE GLOBECOM in 2018, and IFIP NTMS in 2019.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Tutorial Title: Drone Vision for Infrastructure Inspection Ioannis Pitas
Fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Fellow, EURASIP Department of Informatics Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Date: 11/10/2021 Time: 01.30 pm – 03.30 pm (IST) Location: Stage
Tutorial Abstract
Infrastructure inspection is one of the most important drone mission tasks. In most cases, long-range and/or local very accurate inspection of the infrastructure is needed, e.g., for bridges, road infrastructure or electrical installations. Various inspection modes are overviewed, e.g., visual inspection, thermography and 3D imaging (LIDAR), focusing on faulty object detection. Furthermore, infrastructure maintenance activities based on aerial manipulation involving force interactions are presented. Finally, aerial co-working safely and efficiently helping human workers in inspection and maintenance is overviewed. To this end, human-centered computing, e.g., human pose estimation, action recognition are needed.
Bio Information Ioannis Pitas received the Diploma and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece. Since 1994, he has been a Professor at the Department of Informatics of AUTH and Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (AIIA) lab. He served as a Visiting Professor at several Universities.
His current interests are in the areas of computer vision, machine learning, autonomous systems, intelligent digital media, image/video processing, human-centred computing, affective computing, 3D imaging and biomedical imaging. He has published over 1000 papers, contributed in 47 books in his areas of interest and edited or (co-)authored another 11 books. He has also been member of the program committee of many scientific conferences and workshops. In the past he served as Associate Editor or co-Editor of 9 international journals and General or Technical Chair of 4 international conferences. He participated in 70 R&D projects, primarily funded by the European Union and is/was principal investigator/researcher in 42 such projects. Prof. Pitas lead the big European H2020 R&D project MULTIDRONE: https://multidrone.eu/. He is AUTH principal investigator in H2020 R&D projects Aerial Core and AI4Media. He is chair of the Autonomous Systems Initiative https://ieeeasi.signalprocessingsociety.org/. He is head of the EC funded AI doctoral school of Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media (1 of the 4 in Europe). He has 31750+ citations to his work and h-index 85+ (Google Scholar
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Tutorial Title: Generative Machine Learning Models: VAEs and the GANs Saman Halgamuge
Fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Optimization and Pattern Recognition Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Date: 11/10/2021 Time: 04.00 pm – 06.00 pm (IST) Location: Stage
Tutorial Abstract
Learning from data is a key area of machine learning or AI that has had significant advancement in recent times. Generative deep learning models could generate new data that look like the real data, while discriminative deep learning models could discriminate data based on available labels. In this tutorial, I discuss the two major branches of generative deep learning models. Specifically, I focus on Variational auto encoders (VAEs) and Generative adversarial nets (GANs). Some of the successful applications of GANs and VAEs varying from biomedical engineering, image processing to mechanical engineering will also be presented.
Bio Information
Saman Halgamuge is a Fellow of IEEE, a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering and a Distinguished Speaker/Lecturer on Computational Intelligence (2019-2021). He served as Director/Head, Research School of Engineering of the Australian National University (ANU) (2016-18), a member of Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts for Engineering, Information and Computing Sciences (2016-18), the founding Director of the PhD training centre Melbourne India Postgraduate Program (MIPP) of University of Melbourne and Associate Dean (2013-15) and Assistant Dean (2008-13) in International Engagement in the Melbourne School of Engineering. He is also an honorary Professor of Australia National University.
Research: AI including Unsupervised Learning focusing on applications in Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Bio-engineering.
International Engagement: Honorary Professor of Universities ITB (Indonesia), Tong Ji and Hebei (China). Previously member of Research Advisory Committee of UTP (Malaysia), Visiting review committee of CUHK, and Honorary Professor of Universities NTU Singapore, Malaya, Colombo and Peradeniya.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 PROGRAMME – INAUGURATION CEREMONY ICIAFS 2021 12th AUGUST 2021
08:00 – 08:10 Introduction to IEEE – ICIAFS 2021.
08:10 – 08:15 Welcome Speech by Professor Sofiene Affes, General Co-Chair, ICIAFS 2021.
08:15 – 08:25 Speech by Eng. Ranjith G. Rubasinghe, Founder President & CEO, Sri Lanka Technological Campus.
08:25 – 08:30 Speech by Vidya Jyothi Professor K.K.Y.W. Perera, Chancellor, University of Moratuwa, Co Member - University Council of Sri Lanka Technological Campus.
08:30 – 08:35 Speech by Professor Dmitry A. Sednev, Rector, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia.
08:35 – 08:40 Speech by Mr. Rohan Fernando, Chairman, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC.
08:40 – 08:45 Speech by Mr. Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive, Dialog Axiata PLC.
08:50 –09:00 Speech by Hon. Minister, Professor G L Peiris, Ministry of Education.
09:00 – 09:20 Speech by Mr. Jayantha De Silva, Secretary to Ministry of Technology.
09:20 – 09:30 Vote of Thank by Professor Dush Jayakody, General Co-Chair, ICIAFS 2021.
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote speech on “Future Wireless Communication Towards 2030” by Dr. Peiying Zhu, Senior Vice President of Wireless Research, Huawei, Canada.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Keynotes
Distinguished Keynote: Future Wireless Communication Toward 2030
Peiying Zhu Fellow, Huawei Fellow, IEEE Senior Vice President of Wireless Research, Huawei Canada.
Date: 12/10/2021 Time: 09.30 am – 10.00 am (IST) Location: Stage
Keynote Abstract
On one hand 2020 is a pivotal year for 5G large scale commercial deployments. We expect that rapid increases in the number of consumer and enterprise users, number of terminals, number of services and contents. On the standard side, release 16 of the new 5G radio specification will be completed in the middle of this year, which will add features for use cases such as advanced autonomous driving and industrial Internet of Things and further improve the support for enhanced mobile broadband usage. 5G will continue evolve to add new features to support more and more use cases enabling the digital transformation of businesses and societies. On the other hand, it is not too early to start looking into future wireless system, especially on research side. In this talk, we will share a high level vision of future wireless system for the next decade, especially on potential new services, requirements, challenges and enabling technologies, concentrating on the aspects differing from 5G technologies and its evolutions.
Bio Information Dr. Peiying Zhu, Senior Vice President of Wireless Research, is a Huawei Fellow and IEEE Fellow. She is currently leading 5G wireless research and standardization in Huawei. The focus of her research is 5G new radio access technologies and beyond. She is actively involved in 3GPP and IEEE 802 standards development. She has been regularly giving talks and panel discussions on 5G vision and enabling technologies. Prior to joining Huawei in 2009, Peiying was a Nortel Fellow and Director of Advanced Wireless Access Technology in the Nortel Wireless Technology Lab. She led the team and pioneered research and prototyping on MIMO- OFDM and Multi-hop relay. Many of these technologies developed by the team have been adopted into LTE standards and 4G products. Dr. Zhu has more than 200 granted patents.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Keynote: Imagination Machines; A New Challenge for Artificial Intelligence
Sridhar Mahadevan
Fellow of AAAI Director of Data Science Lab at Adobe University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: 13/10/2021 Time: 08.00 am – 08.45 am (IST) Location: Stage
Keynote Abstract The aim of this paper is to propose a new overarching challenge for AI: the design of imagination machines. Imagination has been defined as the capacity to mentally transcend time, place, and/or circumstance. Much of the success of AI currently comes from a revolution in data science, specifically the use of deep learning neural networks to extract structure from data. This paper argues for the development of a new field called imagination science, which extends data science beyond its current realm of learning probability distributions from samples. Numerous examples are given in the paper to illustrate that human achievements in the arts, literature, poetry, and science may lie beyond the realm of data science, because they require abilities that go beyond finding correlations: for example, generating samples from a novel probability distribution different from the one given during training; causal reasoning to uncover interpretable explanations; or analogical reasoning to generalize to novel situations (e.g., imagination in art, representing alien life in a distant galaxy, understanding a story about talking animals, or inventing representations to model the large-scale structure of the universe). We describe the key challenges in automating imagination, discuss connections between ongoing research and imagination, and outline why automation of imagination provides a powerful launching pad for transforming AI.
Bio Information
Professor Mahadevan is an Associate Editor of Machine Learning and the Journal of Machine Learning Research. From 1997-2000, he was on the editorial board of the Journal for AI Research. He has been on numerous program committees for AAAI, ICML, IJCAI, NIPS, and IROS conferences. In 2001 and 2000, he served as the area chair for reinforcement learning at the ICML and NIPS conferences. In 2001, he co-authored a paper with his students Rajbala Makar and Mohammad Ghavamzadeh that received the best student paper award in the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents.
In 1999, he co-authored a paper with Gang Wang that received the best paper award (runner-up) at the 16th International Conference on Machine Learning. In 1993, he co-edited (with Jonathan Connell) the book Robot Learning published by Kluwer Academic Press. He is a co-founder of LookAhead Decisions Inc. based in Berkeley, CA. Professor Mahadevan received an NSF CAREER Award in 1995. Ph.D., Computer Science, Rutgers University (1990).
Professor Mahadevan joined the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Fall 2001. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University from 1997-2001. From 1993-1997, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He worked at the IBM T.J. Watson Laboratories in Hawthorne, NY from 1990-1993. From 1986-89, he was a visiting scholar in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Keynote: Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces How it Works, State of Research, and the Road Ahead Marco Di Renzo
Fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and IEEE ComSoc CNRS Research Director (CNRS Professor) Laboratory of Signals and Systems, CentraleSupelec, Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
Date: 13/10/2021 Time: 01.30 pm – 02.15 pm (IST) Location: Stage
Keynote Abstract
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are an emerging transmission technology for application to wireless communications. RISs can be realized in different ways, which include (i) large arrays of inexpensive antennas that are usually spaced half of the wavelength apart; and (ii) metamaterial-based planar or conformal large surfaces whose scattering elements have sizes and inter-distances much smaller than the wavelength. Compared with other transmission technologies, e.g., phased arrays, multi-antenna transmitters, and relays, RISs require the largest number of scattering elements, but each of them needs to be backed by the fewest and least costly components. Also, no power amplifiers are usually needed. For these reasons, RISs constitute a promising software-defined architecture that can be realized at reduced cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWaP design), and are regarded as an enabling technology for realizing the emerging concept of smart radio environments (SREs). In this talk, the speaker will (i) introduce the emerging research field of RIS-empowered SREs; (ii) overview the most suitable applications of RISs in wireless networks; (iii) present an electromagnetic-based communication-theoretic framework for analyzing and optimizing metamaterial-based RISs; (iv) provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research; and (v) discuss the most important research issues to tackle. Owing to the interdisciplinary essence of RIS-empowered SREs, finally, the speaker will put forth the need of reconciling and reuniting C. E. Shannon’s mathematical theory of communication with G. Green’s and J. C. Maxwell’s mathematical theories of electromagnetism for appropriately modelling, analyzing, optimizing, and deploying future wireless networks empowered by RISs.
Bio Information
Marco Di Renzo was born in L’Aquila, Italy, in 1978. He received the Laurea (cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of L’Aquila, Italy, in 2003 and 2007, respectively, and the Habilitation a Diriger des Recherches (Doctor of Science) degree from University Paris-Sud, France, in 2013. Since 2010, he has been with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), where he is a CNRS Research Director (CNRS Professor) in the Laboratory of Signals and Systems (L2S) of Paris-Saclay University – CNRS and CentraleSupelec, Paris, France. He is also a Nokia Foundation Visiting Professor at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, and was an Honorary Professor at University Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, and a Visiting Professor at University of L’Aquila, Italy. In Paris-Saclay University, he is a Member of the coordinating committee of the Ph.D. school on Information and Communication Technologies, and the Coordinator of the “Intelligent Networks” research cluster within the DigiCosme Laboratory of Excellence. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters. He served as an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Letters, and as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Keynote: Innovation and Research in Higher Education
Orla Feely Fellow, IEEE Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact University College Dublin
Date: 12/10/2021 Time: 01.30 pm – 02.15 pm (IST) Location: Stage
Keynote Abstract The need for a sustainable future is now evident, posing many challenges for governments, industry and international organizations. Universities and professional bodies have a particular role to play in meeting these challenges, through research, education and continuing professional development, advocacy, regulation and operations. This talk will consider some of the steps that universities and professional bodies can take to support the drive for sustainability.
Bio information Professor Feely is Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact and a Professor of Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin. She holds a BE degree from University College Dublin and MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where her PhD thesis won the DJ Sakrison Memorial Prize for outstanding and innovative research. While at UC Berkeley, she also won the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. Her research is in the area of nonlinear circuits and systems, and she has been awarded research grants and prizes from a number of national, international and industry sources.
Professor Feely is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Engineers Ireland and the Irish Academy of Engineering. She has served as Chair of the Irish Research Council, the EU Advisory Group on Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, and the IEEE Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, and as a member of a number of Editorial Boards.
Professor Feely is Vice-President of Engineers Ireland and Vice-President for Resources and Treasurer of CESAER (the Conference of European Schools of Advanced Engineering Education and Research). She is a director of the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition and Deputy Chair of the Higher Education Authority.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Program – Business Collaboration Session Friday, 13th August 2021
09:00-09:05 IST Introduction to the Program – Business Collaboration Session (UTC+05:30) Leslie Uduwavidane
09:05-09:25 IST Keynote speech (UTC+05:30) Madu Ratnayke, Executive Vice President, Chief Information officer & Business Process
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09:25-09:30 IST Collaborative Session Moderation (UTC+05:30) Trishantha Nanyakara: Imperial Collage London (Session Moderator)
09:30-09:40 IST Technology Enable Investments and Role of BOI (UTC+05:30) Pasan Wangisekera: DG, BOI.
09:40-09:55 IST Technology Enabled Agriculture and Future of Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) Pradeep Abeygunawrdhena : ICT Agency Sri Lanka.
09:55-10:10 IST Future of Energy Industry in Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) Ravindra Pitagala Lanka Transformers Limited
10:10 -10:25 IST Technology Innovation Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) Piyal Ariyananda: MAS Stretch line
10:25-10:40 IST Cultivating a Talent Ecosystem for Digitally Inclusive Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) Indika De Zoysa
Vice President of Enterprise Business Department, Huawei Sri Lanka Nadun Gunawardena: Solutions Director Enterprise Business Department, Huawei Sri Lanka
10:40-12:00 IST Discussion (UTC+05:30)
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Thrishantha Nanayakkara - Session Moderator
Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering Reader in Design Engineering and Robotics Imperial College London, UK
Thrishantha Nanayakkara (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Moratuwa (UM), Sri Lanka, in 1996, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in robotics from Saga University (SU), Japan, in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA, from 2001 to 2003, a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Engineering, UM, a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, USA, from 2008 to 2009, a Research Affiliate with MIT, USA, from 2008 to 2009, and a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Informatics, King’s College London, U.K., from 2012 to 2016. He is currently a Reader with the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. He has published two textbooks and more than 150 peer reviewed articles. His research interests include soft robotics, and robotic interaction with uncertain environments.
Keynote Speaker – Madu Ratnayake EVP, Chief Information Officer & Head of Business Process Excellence, Virtusa
Madu is the Executive Vice President, Global Chief Information Officer and Center Head for Sri Lanka Advanced Technology Center at Virtusa. Madu joined Virtusa at its inception and has been a member of the Global Executive Leadership team that lead Virtusa’s growth from start-up stage to $2B NASDAQ listed public company with 24,000+ team members today. Madu leads all aspects of Virtusa’s digital strategy and focus on building Virtusa’s industry leading digital platform to accelerate client service delivery with growth over 20% CAGR over last 7 years. He is an accomplished C-Suite executive leader with deep experience in envisioning digital strategy, business transformation and building global high performing teams to deliver industry leading growth in global high-tech and financial services companies.
Madu’s holds a Bachelor’s in Software Engineering (B.Eng. Honours) from City, University of London and MBA from Postgraduate Institute of Management, Sri Lanka. More recently he received an Executive Education in Digital Business Strategy from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Title: Technology Enable Investments and Role of BOI
Pasan Wanigasekara Director General of Board of Investment
Pasan Wanigasekara assumed duties today as Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, the Investment Promotion Agency of the Government of Sri Lanka. In his address to the senior staff Wanigasekara shared his vision for the BOI: a dynamic and robust outfit that is armed and competent to compete internationally with all other countries that are vying for a share of the global FDI pool. He emphasised the importance of research based targeted marketing campaigns and canvassed the support of all staff members to make the BOI a more proactive, customer-centric unit that acts with an utmost sense of urgency. He also vouched to accelerate the transformational initiatives of his predecessor and current Chairman, Sanajaya Mohottala in making the BOI a One Stop Shop for global investors. Since his last corporate engagement as a Director of a Moody’s subsidiary, Wanigasekara has been practicing as a Consultant to several Fortune 500 companies and Asia based PE Funds on investment analysis, M&A and operations optimization, while practicing as an Attorney-at-Law. Wanigasekara holds a BSc from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant, a Chartered Financial Accountant, a Chartered Marketer, as well as an Attorney-at- Law.
Title: Technology Enabled Agriculture and Future of Sri Lanka Pradeep Abeygunawardhana Director/Technology Diffusion at ICTA Professor at Department of Computer System Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Date: 13/10/2021 Time: 09.05 am – 09.25 am (IST) Location: Stage
Pradeep Abeygunawardhana is currently working as a Director/Technology Diffusion at ICTA cum Professor at department of Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. He obtained his PhD in March 2010 from Robotic Engineering from Keio University, Japan. He obtained his Masters in September 2006 from the same university. He is a graduate of University of Moratuwa from Electrical Engineering.
During his PhD studies, he worked as a researcher under Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) at Keio University and the 21st Century Center of Excellence program. During 2012-2026, he worked as a Post- Doctoral researcher at Kagawa University under the theme of life science product development for Kagawa Prefecture. He has two year experience as an Electrical Engineer at Associate Motorways Ltd and Jinasena Motors Ltd. He is currently working on development of autonomous robots for greenhouses. Further, he is working on IoT based automation of greenhouse.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Title: Future of Energy Industry in Sri Lanka Ravindra Pitigalage Deputy CEO (Finance) of Lanka: Transformers Limited (LTL) Holdings Group
Ravindra Pitigalage holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Moratuwa, Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), holds a MBA from University of Sri Jayawardanapura He is the Deputy CEO (Finance) of LTL Holdings Group. Prior to joining LTL Group, Mr. Pitigalage served ANZ Grindlays Bank-Colombo as an Assistant Manager.
Throughout his stint in LTL, Mr. Pitigalage has worked with a large number of financial institutions both in and outside Sri Lanka securing financing for expansions projects that fueled the growth of LTL. He has been involved in the financial structuring of large infrastructure projects whose total value exceeds USD 500 Mn. Some of the major financial deals spearheaded by him are the USD 325 Mn Export Credit Financing for a 300MW Combined Cycle Power Plant with HSBC-Hong Kong (2008), USD 62 Mn financing for a 100MW power plant (2003), the leveraged management buyout valued at USD 5 Mn of ABB shares in LTL Holdings (2005) and USD 25 Mn World Bank assisted 10MW Wind Power Project (2011), 52MW Comilla Power Plant in Bangladesh (2015), 10MW Hydro Power Project in Nepal (2019), 115MW Thermal Power Plant in Feni, Bangladesh (2020). Mr. Pitigalage was selected as the CFO of the year by CIMA-Sri Lanka in 2008.
Title: Technology Innovation Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka Piyal Ariyananda General Manager – Product Innovation at MAS Holdings
Piyal Ariyananda is a product of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon and he obtained his MS at the University of Louisiana at Monroe USA, and Ph.D. at the University of Delaware – USA : Both in Inorganic Chemistry. Piyal Ariyananda is an industrial scientist and academic industrialist who works in both sides in equal capacity. Currently, Piyal is the Head of Global Innovation at Stretchline Holdings. Also he is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at University of Sri Jayewardenepura and he serves as a resource person in the University of Jaffna in Industry-Academia Partnership Program. Piyal was a pioneer member in the panel who proposed the STEM Education Curriculum to Sri Lankan Education System, and he served as an advisor to the Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resource Development on formulating several key policies in the Sri Lankan Government. He held leading innovation roles in major PPE and apparel industries for over 7 years, and has 20 years research experience in various fields. He has developed and invented several key products in safety and apparel industry. Currently he holds two patents, and many are in preparation. Furthermore, Piyal also a popular figure in the science and technology arena in the country.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Title: Cultivating a Talent Ecosystem for Digitally Inclusive Sri Lanka Indika De Zoysa Vice President Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies Lanka Co (Pvt) Ltd
Indika De Zoysa is a seasoned, vibrant and result oriented professional with 27 years of rich experience covering Digital, ICT solution’s, marketing, innovation, development, integration and market development with prestigious organizations. Indika is the Vice President at Huawei Technologies Lanka Co (Pvt) Ltd. In this role Indika is responsible for the Sri Lanka Huawei Enterprise business and provides leadership to the Enterprise business group. Prior to this role Indika was the Senior Consultant at ICT Agency of Sri Lanka. At ICTA Indika was responsible for providing leadership to its team of managers and staff to drive Country’s Vision of “Transforming Sri Lanka towards a Creative Knowledge- Based Society through digitally empowered citizens”. Indika worked at Intel Corporation as the country Business Manager – Sri Lanka for 15 years. During this period Indika was responsible for executing all Intel programs and drive sales of Intel products & ramping newer technologies. He also leveraged cross functional resources to build and drive visibility for the Intel brand in Sri Lanka. Apart from these core responsibilities Indika maintained relationships with the Sri Lankan Government and relevant authorities. Prior to Intel, Indika was working for Hemas Pharmaceuticals as a Product Manager. Currently, Indika serves as a member of the Functional Committee on General Education of the Presidential Task Force and also a member of the Standing Committee on Accreditation & Quality Assurance for Higher education Sector in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, Indika is the Vice Chairman of ICT skills council of Sri Lanka, Vice Chairman of (FITIS) – Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka and a Council member of the Computer society of Sri Lanka. Indika is a past student of Dharmaraja College Kandy and he was a sportsman during his school time. In school, Indika has represented Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, athletics and Table Tennis. For Rugby and Hockey Indika has won college Colours. Indika was a college prefect and deputy house captain as well. Currently Indika is involved in many positions in sports administration in different levels. Indika is qualified in Marketing from the Charted Institute of Marketing and MBA from SMC University – Switzerland. Currently Indika is reading for Doctor of Business Administration in university of Kelaniya.
Title: Cultivating a Talent Ecosystem for Digitally Inclusive Sri Lanka Nadun Gunawardana Director for Huawei Enterprises business solutions, Sri Lanka
Nadun Gunawardana is an experienced Telecommunication and IT professional, a trusted leadership practitioner focused on delivering transformational change and outcomes that really matter. He is currently appointed as the Director for Huawei Enterprises business solutions in Sri Lanka and working on initiatives that drives the Digital Transformations of the industry. Engineer in profession he holds Bachelors and Master’s Degrees in both Engineering and business administration. His career features a wide range of Engineering, Managerial and Business Development experience and highly regarded achievements in Telecommunication and Enterprise business. He is a Past Student of Richmond college Galle and Graduated from Faculty of Engineering and University of Moratuwa.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 SPECIAL SESSIONS
Special Session I Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Computational Intelligence for Wireless communication (MDCWC 2021) Thursday, 12th August
Keynote 10:00- 11.00 IST Demystifying the Spectrum with Machine Learning for Beyond 5G (UTC+05:30) Jithin Jagannath, University at Buffalo, USA.
11:00 -11.30 Technical Discussion IST
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Technical talk 11:30 -12.30 IST Scope of Machine Learning in Wireless Communication (UTC+05:30) P. Sudharshan (Ph. D), National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
Paper Presentation 14:30 -15.00 IST Environmental Monitoring System Using USRP and Single Board Computer (UTC+05:30) Rasendram Muralitharan, University of Jaffna.
User Spatial Localization for Vision Aided Beam Tracking base Millimeter Wave Systems using Convolutional Neural Network Neema M, E S Gopi, Praveen Kumar Katoj, NIT, Trichy, India.
Technical talk 15:00 -16.45 IST Illustrations on the usage of Deep learning for wireless applications (UTC+05:30) E.S. Gopi (Ph. D), National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
Special Session I Closing Remarks
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Special session 1- Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Computational Intelligence for Wireless communication (MDCWC 2021) Keynote: Demystifying the Spectrum with Machine Learning for Beyond 5G
Jithin Jagannath IEEE senior member, Chief Technology Scientist and Director of ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo, USA
Abstract The exponential trajectory of growth of number wireless devices today and in the near future is well known to the community. Future communication networks must address the scarce spectrum to accommodate extensive growth of heterogenous wireless devices. Efforts are underway to address spectrum coexistence, enhance spectrum awareness, and bolster authentication schemes. Wireless signal recognition is becoming increasingly more significant for spectrum monitoring, spectrum management, secure communications, among others. Consequently, comprehensive spectrum awareness on the edge has the potential to serve as a key enabler for the emerging beyond 5G (fifth generation) networks. State-of-the-art studies in this domain have (i) only focused on a single task - modulation or signal (protocol) classification - which in many cases is insufficient information for a system to act on, (ii) consider either radar or communication waveforms (homogeneous waveform category), and (iii) does not address edge deployment during the neural network design phase. In this talk, the speaker will discuss how his team is leveraging the potential of deep neural networks based multi-task learning (MTL) framework to simultaneously learn modulation and signal classification tasks while considering heterogeneous wireless signals such as radar and communication waveforms in the electromagnetic spectrum. The proposed MTL architecture benefits from the mutual relation between the two tasks in improving the classification accuracy as well as the learning efficiency with a lightweight neural network model. The talk additionally touches upon experimental evaluations of the model with over-the-air collected samples and demonstrate first-hand insight on model compression along with deep learning pipeline for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices.
Bio Information Dr. Jithin Jagannath is the Chief Technology Scientist and Founding Director of the Marconi-Rosenblatt AI/ML Innovation Lab at ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC. He is also the Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Previously, Dr. Jithin Jagannath received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Kerala, India; M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; and received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Jagannath heads several of the ANDRO's research and development projects in the field of 5G and beyond, signal processing, SIGINT, applied machine learning, protocol design for ad hoc networks, Internet-of-Things, UAV automation, among others. This includes multiple Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) and several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)s with objectives of designing and developing novel solutions in the domain of intelligent wireless networking, machine learning, MIMO wireless communication, Beyond 5G networks, RF signal detection and classification, reinforcement learning-based autonomous UAV control, among others. He is an IEEE Senior member and serves as an IEEE Industry DSP Technology Standing Committee member.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
Special Session II Data Engineering for Biology and Medicine, Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications Friday,13 August
11:00- Keynote-On Recent trends in data engineering for biology and medicine 11:.30 IST (UTC+05:30) Prof.Alessandro Verri, Professor of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
11:30- Keynote-Big data engineering to unlock published metagenomes 12:.00 IST Mar Quiroga, University of Melbourne, Australia (UTC+05:30)
12:00- Discussion with audience 12:.30 IST A discussion on data engineering for biology and medicine, enabling audience to ask questions from the (UTC+05:30) invited speakers as well share their own thoughts
02:15 -03:00 Paper Presentation IST (UTC+05:30)1. Deepfakes Detection Methods: A Literature Survey MC Weerawardana, TGI Fernando, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
2. Revealing MicroRNA Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Next Generation Sequencing Data 3. Imalsha Dinuwanthi, Hasini Thilakarathna, Vidwa Sripadi, Damayanthi Herath, Roshan Ragel, University of Peradeniya
From the International Space Station to Tropical Rainforests and Polar Ice Caps: Microbial Communities Foretell the Effects of Climate Change Afira Faleel, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland; Rajith Vidanaarachchi, Australian National University, Australia; Marnie Shaw, The Australian National University, Australia; Saman K Halgamuge, The University of Melbourne & Australian National University, Australia.
4. A Data Mining Approach to Recommend Idyllic Business Opportunities Sahan Thiranjaya, Chandreen Ravihari Liyanage, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Special Session II Closing Remarks
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 Special session II- Data Engineering for Biology and Medicine Keynote: Big data engineering to unlock published metagenomes Mar Quiroga
Bio Information
Dr Mar Quiroga has degrees in mathematics and biology (computational and experimental neuroscience), and extensive additional experience in using scientific programming to solve real-world problems and enhance knowledge sharing. She focuses on computational and mathematical tools to improve the quality of research and development, support evidence-based decision-making, and automate repetitive and error-prone data processes; while sharing this knowledge to help build capacity within the research workforce.
Keynote: Big data engineering to unlock published metagenomes
Alessandro Verri
Bio Information
Alessandro Verri received the Laurea and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Genova, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Computer Science with the University of Genova. He was a Visiting Scientist and Professor with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology several times from 1986 to 2013. His scientific interests include learning theory, learning algorithms, biomedical and molecular biology data analysis, and computer vision. He coordinated and coordinates many projects of basic and applied research and technology transfer. He has authored over 120 papers and co-authored a book on computer vision with E. Trucco published by Prentice Hall.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 ICIAfS-2021 MAIN CONFERENCE
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 11:00 -12:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 1
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies-I Session Chair: Rajkumar Samikkannu Moderator: Chathuranga Basnayake
1. A Hybrid UVLC-RF and Optical Cooperative Relay Communication System Mohammad Furqan Ali, Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia; Moises Vidal Ribeiro, Federal University of Juiz de Fora & INERGE - INCT de Energia Elétrica, Brazil.
2. Iterative Joint Detection-Decoding Algorithms Using Euclidean Distance-Based Feedback Waheed Ullah, University of The Witwatersrand, South Africa; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University & Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Russia; Jun Li, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China; Yuri Chursin, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia.
3. Optimal Power Allocation in Hybrid NOMA-PLNC Network with Ambient Backscattering Samikkannu Rajkumar, Srilanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia.
4. Frequency and Bandwidth Reconfigurable Patch Antenna Loaded with PIN Diode Payal Bansal, Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur Rajasthan, India; Prem Pal Sing, Sudhir Sharma, Jaipur National University, India; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia; Abhishek Sharma, LNMIIT, Jaipur, India.
5. Comparison of Proactive, Reactive, and Hybrid Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Thasan Leenas, Trincomalee Campus & Eastern University, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 14:15 -15:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 1
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies-II Session Chair: Rajkumar Samikkannu Moderator: Chathuranga Basnayake
1. Analysis of Searching Algorithms in Solving Modern Engineering Problems Sonal Ravindu Bandara Rathnayake, Hafeez Marzuk, Isuru Senadheera, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka; Santhujan Vijeyakumar, 8B 2/3, Pereira Lane, Wellawatta & SLIIT, Sri Lanka; Pradeep Abeygunawardhana, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
2. Application Based Energy Optimization for Computation Offloading in Hierarchical MEC Network Thananjeyan Shanmuganathan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka; Chien Aun Chan, Elaine Wong, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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3. A Discussion on the Lack of Transmission Power Knowledge in the Finite Block Length Regime Yan F Coutinho, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil; Guilherme Colen, Admiral Wandenkolk Instruction Center (CIAW), Brazil; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University & Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Russia; Moises Vidal Ribeiro, Federal University of Juiz de Fora & INERGE - INCT de Energia Elétrica, Brazil.
4. Improved Wi-Fi Indoor Localization Based on Signal Quality Parameters and RSSI Smoothing Algorithm Zeeshan Hyder, Di He, Dongying Li, Wenxian Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
5. Joint NOMA and Beamforming in PNC-Coded Parallel Relay Channels Ama Paveena Bandara, School of Postgraduate Studies & Research, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Sri Lanka; Nuwan Balasuriya, The Open University of Sri Lanka & University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; Udesh Oruthota, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 16:00 -17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 1
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies-III Session Chair: M. Surendar Moderator: Priyashantha Tennakon
1. Ultra Reliable Communication in Rician/Rayleigh Fading Environment Using Type-I ARQ Supun Lahiru Fernando, Uditha L. Wijewardhana, Madushanka Nishan Dharmaweera, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
2. Simultaneous Lightwave Information and Power Transfer with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Priyashantha Tennakoon, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University & Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Russia; Sofiene Affes, INRS-EMT, Canada.
3. Performance Evaluation of Physical Layer Network Coded Relay Channels with Joint CR-MC-NOMA Chamalee Perera, Aruni Jayawardane, Ama Paveena Bandara, School of Engineering, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Sri Lanka.
4. IOT Based Smart Shopping System Vidumith Perera, Lakdinu Ekanayake, Ama Paveena Bandara, Rathnaikage D N Shakya, Udesh Oruthota, School of Engineering, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Sri Lanka.
5. Fixed-Point MIMO Detector for 5G New Radio Rahul Makkar, Kshish Ashish, Divyang Rawal, Nikhil Sharma, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, India.
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Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies-IV Session Chair: Waheed Ullah Moderator: Priyashantha Tennakon
1. Antenna Technologies and Designs for Various Wearable and Integrated Applications Reenu Tresa Jacob, Robert Salama, Syed Muzahir Abbas, Ranjith Liyanapathirana, Western Sydney University, Australia.
2. Deep Learning & Computer Vision for IoT Based Intelligent Driver Assistant System Thevendran Hirushiharan, Akshaya Nagendran, Hassaan Hydher, Ama Paveena Bandara, Udesh Oruthota, School of Engineering, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Sri Lanka.
3. Employing Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for A Dual-Hop Relaying System with FSO/RF Links Nhan Duc Nguyen, Anh-Tu Le, Van Lang University, Vietnam.
4. Improving Ergodic Capacity of Imperfect IoT System Relying on UAV and NOMA Nhan Duc Nguyen, Anh-Tu Le, Van Lang University, Vietnam.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 11:00 -12:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 2
Computing and Processing - I Session Chair: Payal Bansal Moderator: Sumali Morapitiya
1. Missing Word Detection and Correction Based on Context of Tamil Sentences Using N-Grams Ratnasingam Sakuntharaj, Eastern University, Sri lanka; Sinnathamby Mahesan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
2. Sentiment Analysis in Tamil Texts Using k-Means and k-Nearest Neighbour Sajeetha Thavareesan, Sinnathamby Mahesan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
3. Automated Categorization of Privacy Policies Based on User Perspective Thotawaththage Achintha Isuru Thotawaththa, Yogya T Gamage, Damika Gamlath, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; Wei Jie Chee, Sieve, Singapore; Dulani Meedeniya, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
4. Multi-Prime RSA Verilog Implementation Using 4-Primes Tharindu Pathirage, Dhanushi Wijewardana, Sameera Lakshan, Hassaan Hydher, Lasith Yasakethu, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
5. Wikidata Based Person Entity Linking in News Articles Abdul Lathif Fathima Shanaz, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka; Roshan G. Ragel,University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka & University of New South Wales, Australia.
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Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 14:15 -15:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 2
Computing and Processing – II Session Chair: WGCW Kumara Moderator: Sumali Morapitiya
1. Identification of Degree of Defects for the Product Quality Monitoring System Using Image Edge Filtering Hasitha Eranda Bandara, Susantha Wijesinghe, Manjula Wickramasinghe, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
2. Plagiarism Detection Tool for Sinhala Language with Internet Resources Using Natural Language Processing Lochana Rajamanthri, Samantha Thelijjagoda, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
3. kMatrix: A Space Efficient Streaming Graph Summarization Technique Oshan Ivantha Mudannayake, WSO2, Sri Lanka; Nalin Ranasinghe, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka.
4. Classification of Vegetable Plant Pests Using Deep Transfer Learning Vijayakanthan Ganesalingam, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Kokul Thanikasalam, Pakeerathan Kandiah, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Amalka J. Pinidiyaarachchi, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
5. Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Using Structural Brain Network and Convolutional Neural Network Subaramya Srivishagan, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Kokul Thanikasalam, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka; Nagulan Ratnarajah, Vavuniya Campus of University of Jaffna & Faculty of Applied Science, Sri Lanka; Amalka J. Pinidiyaarachchi, Jeyasuthan Mahadevan, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 16:00 -17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 2
Computing and Processing - III Session Chair: Dileepa Fernando Moderator: Nadeesha Ukwattage
1. Impact on JPEG Image Steganalysis Using Transfer Learning Avishka Thushan Padmasiri, Saman Hettiarachchi, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka.
2. AdaptText: A Novel Framework for Domain-Independent Automated Sinhala Text Classification Yathindra Kodithuwakku, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka; Saman Hettiarachchi (Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka.
3. Neural Architecture Search for Generative Adversarial Networks: A Review Vinula Uthsara Buthgamumudalige, Informatics Institute of Technology & University of Westminster, Sri Lanka; Torin Wirasingha, Informatics Institute of Technology & University of Westminster, Sri Lanka.
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4. A Novel Framework for Semantic Image Segmentation Using Generative Adversarial Networks and Neural Architecture Search Vayangi Ganepola, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka; Torin Wirasingha, Informatics Institute of Technology & University of Westminster, Sri Lanka.
5. Simulated Annealing and It's Application in Molecular Structure Optimizations Sajeewa Pemasinghe, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka; Pradeep Abeygunawardhana, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 11:00 -12:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 2
Computing and Processing – IV Session Chair: Barathy Mayurathan Moderator: Akila Eranda
1. Development of an Image Processing Based Driver Assistance System Priyan Mewan Jayawardena, Wihanga Anupama, Leonard Withanage, Rajendran Hirshan, W. G. C. W. Kumara, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
2. Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Vein Visualization Keshara T. B. Weerasinghe, Nithya Kularatne, Roshan G. Ragel, Isuru Nawinne, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Hiranya Jayakody, University of New South Wales, Australia, Shamal Tennakoon, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
3. Energy Efficient Adaptive Banded Event Alignment Using OpenCL on FPGAs Suneth Samarasinghe, Pubudu Premathilaka, Wishma Lakshan Herath, Hasindu Gamaarachchi, Roshan G. Ragel, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
4. Optimized Duplicate Question Detection in Programming Community Q&A Platforms Using Semantic Hashing Dehami Deshan Koswatte, University of Westminster & Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka; Saman Hettiarachchi, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 14:15 -15:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications – I Session Chair: Abhishek Sharma Moderator: Sam Wickramasinghe
1. A Semi-Supervised Deep Learning Approach for the Classification of Steel Surface Defects Mathuranathan Mayuravaani, Siyamalan Manivannan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
2. Effect of Deep Learning and Machine Learning Approaches for Brain Tumor Recognition Theevika Arumaithurai, Barathy Mayurathan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
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3. Comparative Algorithm Analysis for Machine Learning Based Intrusion Detection System Sharuka P Thirimanne, Lasitha Jayawardana, Pushpika P. Liyanaarachchi, Lasith Yasakethu (Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
4. Feature Descriptor for Sri Lankan Batik Patterns Using Hu Moment Invariants and GLCM Manuri Senarathna, Thilini Rajakaruna, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
5. Performance Analysis of Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms Applied Toward Epileptic Seizures Detection Annangi Swetha, VIT-AP, India; Arun Kumar Sinha, Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhrapradesh, India; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University & Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Russia; Abhishek Sharma, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, India.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 16:00 -17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications – II Session Chair: Kasun Hemachandra Moderator: Sam Wickramasinghe
1. Look at Both Eyes: Deep Learning Based Feature Fusion Strategies for the Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy Lesions Rajendran Nirthika, Siyamalan Manivannan, Amirthalingam Ramanan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
2. A Review on Recent Machine Learning Algorithms Used in CAD Diagnosis Geetha Pratyusha, Arun Kumar Sinha, Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhrapradesh, India; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody (Tomsk Polytechnic University & Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Russia.
3. Violence Detection of Sinhala Image Posts with Autoencoders Umanda Dikwatta, Gishantha Fernando, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
4. An Experimental Study on Convolutional Neural Network-Based Pooling Techniques for the Classification of HEp-2 Cell Images Rajendran Nirthika, Siyamalan Manivannan, Amirthalingam Ramanan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
5. A Mobile-Based Screening and Refinement System to Identify the Risk of Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia Learning Disabilities in Primary School Students Chamil Hewapathirana, Kalpani Abeysinghe, Pamodya Maheshani, Prabath Liyanage, Jenny Krishara, Samantha Thelijjagoda, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
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Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications – III Session Chair: Vishal Sharma Moderator: Nadeesha Ukwattage
1. Electricity Load/Demand Forecasting in Sri Lanka Using Deep Learning Techniques Kasun Udara Abeysinghe, Subashini Sritharan, Valluvan Ragupathyraj, Ahilan Kanagasundaram, Akila Eranda Jayasinghe, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. 2. Machine Learning Based Weather Prediction Model for Short Term Weather Prediction in Sri Lanka Srimali Anuradha Hennayake, D. M Randima Dinalankara, Dulini Mudunkotuwa, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka.
3. Vehicle Tracking Based on an Improved DeepSORT Algorithm and the YOLOv4 Framework Imalie Udesha Perera, Shehan Kaushalya Senavirathna, Aseni Chamandika Jayaratne, Shamendra Egodawela, Roshan Godaliyadda, Mervyn Parakrama Ekanayake, Janaka Wijayakulasooriya, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Vijitha Herath, PDN, Malaysia.
4. Ontology Based Semantic File Search Assistant Samantha Rajapaksha, Charith Dulanjan Jayasekara, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 14:15 -15:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 1
Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications – IV Session Chair: Valmik Tiwari Moderator: Chathuranga Basnayaka
1. Imperio: Cyber Foraging Framework for On-Device Inference Based Mobile Applications Vihanga Ashinsana Wijayasekara, Prathieshna Vekneswaran, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka.
2. Objectively Measure Player Performance on Olympic Weightlifting Anandi Karunaratne, Chamin N Jayasooriya, Sampath Deegalla, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Rajitha Navarathna, OCTAVE, John Keells Group, Sri Lanka.
3. Limited Data Forecasting for Dengue Propagation Chathurika Jayasani, Dammalage C. Pipuni, Sankani Kaushalya Sarathchandra, Roshan Godaliyadda, Mervyn Parakrama Ekanayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Vijitha Herath, PDN, Malaysia; Janaka Ekanayake, Samath Dharmaratne, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
4. Sinhala Sign Language Interpreter Optimized for Real - Time Implementation on a Mobile Device Vidushani Jayanga Dhanawansa, Thilini Rajakaruna, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 5. Univariate Time Series Forecasting Under High Volatility: A Case Study of Sri Lanka Stock Price Index Shakkya J Ranasinghe, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 16:00 -17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 1
Machine Learning Techniques for Sustainability, Information and Communications – V Session Chair: Janaka Kosgolla Moderator: Hassan Hyder
1. Predicting Movie Ratings from Audience Behaviours on Movie Trailers Shehan Janeth Jayasignhe Rathnayaka, Chiran Ranathunga, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka; Rajitha Navarathna, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; A. Kaneswaran, Yaalini Balathasan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
2. Validation of Multispectral Imaging for the Detection of Sugar Adulteration in Black Tea Nipun Wickramasinghe, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Sachinda Lakmal Bandara Ekanayake, Sri Lanka Technological Campus & University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Chamod Wijedasa, Akila Wijesinghe, Mervyn Parakrama Ekanayake, Gunawath Mudiyanselage Roshan Indika Godaliyadda, Vijitha R Herath, Terrence Madhujith, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
3. Automated Sinhala Speech Emotions Analysis Tool for Autism Children Kavini Thisara Welarathna, Veerandi Maleesha Kulasekara, Koliya Pulasinghe, Vijani S. Piyawardana, Sri Lankan Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.
4. Clustering of Major White Matter Bundles Using Tract-Specific Geometric Curve Features Logiraj Kumaralingam, Departemnt of Mathematics Faculty of Science, EUSL, Sri Lanka; Sittampalam Sotheeswaran, Eastern University, Sri Lanka; Jeyasuthan Mahadevan, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Nagulan Ratnarajah, Vavuniya Campus of University of Jaffna & Faculty of Applied Science, Sri Lanka.
5. Quantitative Analysis and Sentiment Analysis for Stock Price Forecast: The Case of Colombo Stock Exchange Dhanushki Pavithya, Shanaka Munasinghe, Shehan Perera, Suneth Karunarathna, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
6. Drone-Based Autonomous Human Identification for Search and Rescue Missions in Real-Time Kasun Jayalath, University of Moratuwa & MAS Holdings, Sri Lanka; Rohan Munasinghe, University of Moratuwa & Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 17:45 -18:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 1
Power, Energy and Industry Applications - I Session Chair: Nicoloy Gurusinghe Moderator: Priyashantha Tennakon
1. Bio-Inspired Aircraft Wing Modification Analysis in ANSYS Fluent Vinul Nuwanjith Fernando, Curtin University, Australia; Dulini Mudunkotuwa, University of SriJayawardenapura, Sri Lanka.
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2. Investigation on the Use of Natural Esters to Minimize the Creeping Discharge Propagation W. E. P. Sampath Ediriweera, K. L. I. M. Pramod B Jayarathna, Rasara Samarasinghe, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; Joseph Rohan Lucas, University of Moratuwa & General Sir John Kothalawela Defence University, Sri Lanka.
3. A Comparison Between MPPT Algorithm and DC-DC Convertor Configurations for PV Systems Dilmi Bhanuja Thilakarathna, Ramitha Dissanayake, Kavishka Dissanayake, Mervyn Parakrama Ekanayake, Gunawath Mudiyanselage Roshan Indika Godaliyadda, Janaka Ekanayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 16:00 -17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 2
Power, Energy and Industry Applications - II Session Chair: Chanakya Pannila Moderator: Akila Eranda
1. Load Scheduling for Smart Energy Management for Domestic Energy Consumers in Sri Lanka Sadeesha Sardima, Dulshan Jayaweera, Shukry Mohammad, Rathnaikage D N Shakya, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka; Prabodhi Mithila, Faculty of Technology, Sri Lanka & University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka; Hassaan Hydher, Udesh Oruthota, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
2. A Preliminary Study on the Switching Ripple of Supercapacitor-Assisted Low-Dropout Regulator Kasun Subasinghage, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; Kosala Gunawardane, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; Nihal Kularatna, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.
3. Investigation on the Synthesis of PCC Nanostructures Using a Spinning Disk Reactor: Effects of Disk Speed Kapila Elkaduwe, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka; M.R. Abeywardena, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka & University of Peradeniya; D.G.G.P. Karunaratne, H.M.T.G.A. Pitawala, R.M.G. Rajapakse, A. Manipura, M.M.M.G.P.G. Mantilaka, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
4. Finite Element Simulation Model to Predict the Formability of AA2014 T6 Aluminum Sheets at Elevated Temperatures M.L.R. Meragalge, University of Peradeniya & Wayamba University, Sri Lanka; P. Gamage, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 11:00 -12:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Robotics and Control Systems – I Session Chair: Chapa Sirithunga Moderator: Sam Wickramasinghe
1. Design Mechanism for Solar Panel Cleaning Process U.C. Laksahani, W.B.I. Udithamala, T.D.K.U. Chathurani, S.L.P. Yasakethu, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
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2. Self-Supervised Convolutional Neural Networks for Fast Gesture Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction Fotini Patrona, Ioannis Mademlis, Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
3. Real-Time Train Tracking System in Sri Lanka Uvindu Jayasinghe, Pathum Kathriarachchi, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka.
4. Two Wheeled Self-Balancing Robot Simulator for Distance Learning Experiments Randeera Liyanage, CINEC Campus, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom; Buddhika Annasiwattha, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka; Vishene De Silva, Gimhani Jayamaha, CINEC Campus, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
5. Synthesize the Effect of Intrusion and Imperfection on Networked-Connected Control System with Optimal Control Strategy Brijraj Singh, Renu Kumawat, Seshadhri Srinivasan, Manipal University Jaipur, India.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 11:00 -12:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Robotics and Control Systems - II Session Chair: Manula Pathirana Moderator: Sam Wickramasinghe
1. ROS Based Multiple Service Robots Control and Communication with High Level User Instruction with Ontology Samantha Rajapaksha, Chandimal Jayawardena, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka; Bruce MacDonald, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
2. Modeling and Simulation of 3 DOF Electromagnetic Levitated Platform with Zero-Power Control Amirthakulasingam Gogullan, Hasintha Madhushan Hewage, Buddhika Annasiwattha, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
3. Fire Detection and Extinguishing Mobile Robot for Industrial Environment Rupasinghe Arachchige Kasun Kalhara Perera, Hapuarachchige Don Nelaka Shayamal Priyankara, Achintha Madhusanka, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
4. Multi-Parameter Model for Layer Jamming Element Performance for Use in Robotic Applications Isira Awantha, Asitha L. Kulasekera, Katudampe Vithanage Damith Suresh Chathuranga, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
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Robotics and Control Systems - III Session Chair: Renu Kumawat Moderator: Akila Eranda
1. Security Robot for Real-Time Monitoring and Capturing Shashika Vijayasundara, Sachitra Udayangani, Evan Camillus, Eranda Jayatunga, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
2. PID Controlled Autonomous Urban Greenhouse Complex Kaveen Gunarathne, Danul Welihinda, Thisum Erandima, Janitha Mendis, Dulnath Vanderbona, Anupama Thabrew, Hassaan Hydher, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
3. A Path Planning Algorithm for an Autonomous Drone Against the Overuse of Pesticides Akarshani Amarasinghe, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Viraj Brian Wijesuriya, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Great Britain); Lakshman Jayaratne, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka.
4. A Novel Modular Segment Design for a Snake-Like Robotic Manipulator Akila Wijethunge, Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; Peshan Sampath, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; Nimantha Priyamal Dasanayake, Chamika Nadeeshan Wijesinghe, Jayathura Maheesan Jayasingha, Ishara Buddhika, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 14:15 -15:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Signal Processing and Analysis - I Session Chair: Hari Nair Moderator: Priyashantha Tennakon
1. In-Situ Performance Evaluation of Large Shape Memory Polymer Components via Distributed Optical Fibre Sensors Madhubhashitha Herath, Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka; Chris Emmanuel, Janitha Jeewantha, Jayantha Epaarachchi, University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
2. Fetal Movement Detection Using Long Short-Term Memory Network Eranda Somathilake, Upekha Delay, Samitha Gunarathne, Thoshara Nawarathne, Thanushi Ruwanga Withanage, Gunawath Mudiyanselage Roshan Indika Godaliyadda, Mervyn Parakrama Ekanayake, Janaka Wijayakulasooriya, Chathura Rathnayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
3. Assuring Autonomous UAS Traffic Management Systems Using Explainable, Fuzzy Logic, Black Box Monitoring Denzel Hamilton, Morgan State University, USA; Lanier Watkins, Sebastian Zanlongo, Charles Leeper, Randall Sleight, Joshua Silbermann, Johns Hopkins University, USA; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University, USA.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021 4. Improving Spectrum Efficiency in CR-NOMA over Rician Fading Channel Under Imperfection CSI Hung-Anh Tong, Hung-Anh Tong, Anh-Tu Le, Van Lang University, Vietnam.
5. Reliable Data Transmission Mechanism in Coexisting IEEE 802.15.4 Beacon Enabled Multiple Wireless Body Area Networks Kefa G Mkongwa, Chaozhu Zhang, Harbin Engineering University, China; Arjun Chakravarthi Pogaku, Asia University, China; Qingling Liu, Harbin Engineering University, China; Munyaradzi Munochiveyi, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe & Asia University, China; Anh-Tu Le, Van Lang University, Vietnam.
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 17:45 -18:45 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Abstract - I Session Chair: Lakshmi Sutha Moderator: Sam Wickramasinghe
1. Automatic Classification, Visualization and Analysis of Errors in Machine Translation Chathuri Jayaweera, Gihan Dias, University of Moratuwa.
2. Performance Analysis of the SLIPT Architectures Sumali S. Morapitiya, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka; T.W.W. Leelarathna, Sri Lanka Navy; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Sri Lanka Technical Campus, Sri Lanka & Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia; R.U.Weerasuriya, University of Moratuwa.
3. New Approach for Channel Encoding and Decoding Using (8,4) Extended Hamming Code M.M.M. Mushfick, A.Puspatheepan, Dilanka De Silva, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
Friday, 13 August 2021 - 16:00 -17:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Virtual Room 3
Abstract - II Session Chair: Valmik Tiwari Moderator: Sam Wickramasinghe
1. Fast Data Compression Using Huffman-Based Tree Structure Dilini Lakmali, Uththara Waidyarathna, Dilanka De Silva, Sayansi Sivapatham, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Sri Lanka.
2. A Deep Learning Based Approach for the Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy in Human Retina Yasodha Vimukthi, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka.
3. Survey on Energy Harvesting in Smart Grid Networks Akila Eranda Jayasinghe, University of Jaffna, Sri Lank; Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Tomsk Polytechnic University & Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Russia.
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021
2021 IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability 11 – 13 August 2021