SEMINAR ON HARNESSING GENERATIVE AI FOR DATA SCIENCE & CRAFTING YOUR CAREER BLUEPRINT On the crisp, invigorating morning of February 8th, 2024, the atmosphere within the Staff Development Center was charged with a palpable sense of expectancy and excitement. The Department of Computational Mathematics had orchestrated a seminal session titled “Harnessing Generative AI for Data Science: CraftinRead More…
FIELD VISIT TO DIALOG AXIATA PLC Embarking on a field visit to Sri Lanka’s leading telecommunications provider, Dialog Axiata PLC, revealed itself to be a deeply enlightening and transformative experience that stretched far beyond the conventional expectations one might hold for a telecommunications company. Our journey into the core of innovation at Dialog Axiata’s premises, particularly its Read More…
CSR Project Promoting IT literacy to foster SDGs Achievement In an effort to promote awareness and engagement regarding the use of Information Technology to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a workshop was conducted for Grade 10 students of H/Sooriyawewa National School on November 30, 2023, at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Southern Campus. This initiative was Read More…
4th Student Symposium Read More…
EXCITE TECH’23 IoT WORKSHOP AND EXHIBITION The Department of Information Technology organised an IoT workshop and exhibition titled “EXCITE TECH”. The keynote speakers for the workshop were Eng. Praveen Weerasinghe, NERD Centre, Sri Lanka, and Prof.Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn, Asia Institute of Technology, Thailand. The workshop covered the areas of “Introduction to Printed Circuit DeRead More…
Empowering Minds and Shaping Futures: A CSR Project at Kandawala Maha Vidyalaya – DBA Intake 40 In a bid to make a lasting impact on society, a group of 40 undergraduate students pursuing degrees in Data Science and Business Analytics in the Faculty of Computing at Kotelawala Defence University embarked on a transformative community project. This initiative took place on August 10, 2023, at KaRead More…
Inter Faculty Debate Competition -23 It is with great pleasure that we announce the achievements of our very own undergraduates at the Inter-Faculty Debating Championship for Vice Chancellor’s Trophy – 2023, where the faculty emerged as the first runners-up after an exuberant competition with the Faculty of Law. The Grand Finale held on October 12 at the University’s main auditorium was gRead More…
KDU Research Excellence Award Dr. MWP Maduranga, from the Department of Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Computing, has been honored with the KDU Research Excellence Award in the academic staff category, achieving the position of second runner-up. This award serves as a testament to his outstanding contributions to research through the dissemination of his work in peer-reviewed journals Read More…
IoT Application Design Workshop The Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University conducted a hands-on session on ‘Designing IoT Applications Using Open-source IoT Platforms’ on 6th October 2023. Mr. Praveen Weerasinghe, a Research Engineer at the NERD Center, facilitated the workshop. Over sixty undergraduates participated in Read More…
Awareness Session on UN Sustainable Development Goals
Department of Information Technology in collaboration with CSSL Gen Z Chapter and IEEE WIE Student Branch of KDU conducted an awareness session on UN SDGs titled “ Awake for Impact: Awareness session on UN SDGs”. The Keynote speaker for this session was Professor Bingunath Ingirige, Professor of Urban Resilience and Adaptation at, the UniveRead More…