Name: Dr. Kaneeka Vidanage
Position: Senior Lecturer Grade II
E-mail: vidanage_bvki@kdu.ac.lk
Qualifications
Publications
Research Interest
Teaching Areas
Achievements
Memberships
Industrial Experience
Other
Qualifications
- PhD – Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 2022 (In Ontological Modelling and Expert Systems)
- M.Phil. – University of Colombo, School of Computing, 2018 (Semantic Web and Computational Process Enforcement)
- MSc in IT – University of Colombo, School of Computing, 2012 (General IT and Management)
- BSc In Information Systems, National University of Ireland – 2nd Class Upper, 2010
- Professional Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Software Engineering, Charted Institute for IT, UK, 2008
Publications
Books
- Vidanage, K. (2023). A Framework of Collaborative Consensus Enforcement for Ontology Construction. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. National Library of Malaysia, MALRep
Book Chapters
- Vidanage, K., Noor, N.M.M., Mohemad, R., Bakar, Z.A. (2020). Semantic Web-Based Knowledge Extraction: Upper Ontology Guided Crime Knowledge Discovery. In: Vasudevan, H., Michalas, A., Shekokar, N., Narvekar, M. (eds) Advanced Computing Technologies and Applications. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3242-9_30.
Online ISBN 978-981-15-3242-9
Journal Publications [Scopus / Web of Science Indexed / Indexed]:
- Vidanage, K., Noor, N.M., Mohemad, R., & Bakar, Z.A. (2022). Collaborative Ontology Construction Framework: An Attempt to Rationalize Effective Knowledge Dissemination. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications.
- Vidanage, K., Noor, N. M. M., Mohemad, R., & Bakar, Z. A. (2021). Verifying Ontology Increments through Domain and Schema Independent Verbalization. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, 21(1), 34–39. https://doi.org/10.22937/IJCSNS.2021.21.1.6
- Vidanage, K., Mohamad Noor, N.M., Mohemad, R., & Abu Bakar, Z. (2022). Ontology specific visual canvas generation to facilitate sense-making-an algorithmic approach. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE).
- Kaneeka Vidanage, Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Rosmayati Mohemad and Zuriana Abu Bakar, “Arbitrary Verification of Ontology Increments using Natural Language” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 12(7), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2021.0120742
- Vidanage, K., Noor, N.M., Mohemad, R., & Bakar, Z.A. (2021). Visualisation for ontology sense-making: A tree-map based algorithmic approach. Computer Science and Information Technologies
- Kaneeka Vidanage, Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Rosmayati Mohemad and Zuriana Abu Bakar, “Domain and Schema Independent Semantic Model Verbalization: A Conceptual Overview” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 10(5), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100527
- Weerathunga, H., & Vidanage, K. (2022). Remote Reading of Surgical Monitor`s Physiological Readings: An Image Processing Approach. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, 22(7), 308–314. https://doi.org/10.22937/IJCSNS.2022.22.7.37
- Kaneeka Vidanage, Rosmayati Mohemad, Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor and Zuriana Abu Bakar, “Fully Automated Ontology Increment`s user Guide Generation” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 12(6), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2021.0120624
- Vidanage, K., Noor, N. M. M., Mohemad, R. and Bakar, Z. A. (2020). Domain and Schema Independent Question – Answering on Linked Data (QALD): First Order Logic-Based (FOL), Non – SPARQL Knowledge Discovery on Lexical Ontologies. International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 11(4): 474–485.
- Kaneeka Vidanage, Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Rosmayati Mohemad, Zuriana Abu Bakar. (2020). Applied Ontology Construction Framework: A methodical approach to enforce collaborative consensus whilst preserving transparency and traceability. International Journal of Modern Agriculture, 9(3), 1893 – 1919. Retrieved from https://www.modern-journals.com/index.php/ijma/article/view/376
- Vidanage, K., Jayaratne, L. Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing Usage for Psychological Consultation. GSTF J Comput 4, 17 (2015). https://doi.org/10.7603/s40601-014-0017-5
Conference Publications:
- W. A. R. Harshani and K. Vidanage, “Image processing based severity and cost prediction of damages in the vehicle body: A computational intelligence approach,” 2017 National Information Technology Conference (NITC), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2017, pp. 18-21, doi: 10.1109/NITC.2017.8285649.
- Narawita, C. R.,Vidanage, K. (2017). UML generator – use case and class diagram generation from text requirements. International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (icter), 10(1), 1-10.DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/icter.v10i1.7182
- L. Gunasekara and K. Vidanage, “UniOntBot: Semantic Natural Language Generation based API approach for Chatbot Communication,” 2019 National Information Technology Conference (NITC), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2019, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/NITC48475.2019.9114440.
- C. R. Narawita and K. Vidanage, “UML generator – an automated system for model driven development,” 2016 Sixteenth International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), Negombo, Sri Lanka, 2016, pp. 250-256, doi: 10.1109/ICTER.2016.7829928.
- K. Kumaresan and K. Vidanage, “HateSense: Tackling Ambiguity in Hate Speech Detection,” 2019 National Information Technology Conference (NITC), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2019, pp. 20-26, doi: 10.1109/NITC48475.2019.9114528.
- N. L. Liyanage and K. Vidanage, “Site-ability: A website usability measurement tool,” 2016 Sixteenth International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), Negombo, Sri Lanka, 2016, pp. 257-265, doi: 10.1109/ICTER.2016.7829929.
- A. Ifthikar and K. Vidanage, “Valuation of Used Vehicles: A Computational Intelligence Approach,” 2018 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018, pp. 7-10, doi: 10.1109/ISMS.2018.00011.
- D. Wijesinghe and K. Vidanage, “Review On Approaches for Theme Extraction and Sentence Ordering For Prioritization Of Journalistic Notes,” 2020 International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics (ICIP), Negombo, Sri Lanka, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICIP48927.2020.9367344.
- Vidanage, K. and De Silva, O. 2016. An Application of Context Assured Ontology for Rule Based Cluster Selection in Psychotherapy. Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computing and Technology (KICACT – 2016), Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 72-73.
- Vidanage, K. I., & Jayaweera, P. M. Aligning Business Inspirations with Business Processes: A Computational Approach.
Research Interest
- Ontological Modelling
- Computerized Process Enforcement
- Computer Vision
- Chatbots
- Deep Learning
- Goal Modelling
- Semantic Web
- Expert Systems
Teaching Areas
- Semantic Web
- Ontological Modelling
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Agent Systems
- Nature Inspired Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Databases
- E-Commerce
- Research Methods
- Requirement Engineering
- Professional Issues in ICT
- Programming
- Object Orientation
Achievements
- Copy Right Protection for the Doctoral Research work has been granted from The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism, Malaysia
IP Number: – LY2021E02179 - Generation Catalyst Innovation Competition [ SIJIL PENGHARGAAN – 2022]– Silver Award.
- Sustainable Catalyst Innovation Competition [ MINGGU PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI – 2021]– Silver Award
- IGOT Award for timely PhD research completion
- 3MT Semi-finalist for the M.Phil. Research, 2018 – National Science Foundation
- Award winning Postgraduate Project Supervisions
- “SuiciPredictor” – Machine Learning based Human Suicidal Behaviour Predicter – Best Postgraduate Research, MSc in Advanced Software Engineering, University of Westminster, UK [2017].
- Thunder – NBQSA, Bronze Award, MSc in Advanced Software Engineering, University of Westminster, UK [2019].
Memberships
- BCS Membership
Industrial Experience
- Head of Research, OREL Co-operation [2022-2023]
- Research Assistant, UMT, Malaysia [2020-2022]
- Senior Lecturer, IIT [2014 – 2020]
- Lecturer, Charted Accountants of Sri Lanka [ 2012 – 2014]
- Software Engineer, Virtusa [2010-2012]
- Visiting Lecturer – University of Moratuwa, Institute of Technology
- Visiting Lecturer – University of Kelaniya
Other
Other Qualification / Experiences
- Reviewer International journals / conferences,
– Smart Computing and Systems Engineering, University of Kelaniya, 2023
– ICTer, University of Colombo, 2018 - Technical Panellist,
— International Conference on Innovation & Emerging Technologies, 2022, USJP - Technical Trainer / Consultant,
– Camoplast Solideal , Unilink International – Knowledge Engineering
– National Institute of Plantation Management – IT Strategy & Training. - NBQSA Judge – [2019]