Maheshi Dissanayake
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Biography
Prof. (Mrs.) Maheshi B. Dissanayake received the B.Sc. Engineering degree with First Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2006, and the Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom in 2010. Since 2021, she has been a professor in electrical and electronic engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. From 2013 to 2021, she was a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. Also, she has been a visiting research fellow at King's College London from 2015-2017. Her research interests include error correction codes, robust video communication, molecular communication, machine learning in communication networks, deep Learning for video/image analysis, and biomedical image/clinical data analysis. Prof. Dissanayake is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an Associate member of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL). She has served as an organizing committee member and TPC Member of many IEEE conferences, and as a reviewer in IEEE journals in the area of molecular communication and image processing. Furthermore, she served as the first female chairperson of IEEE Sri Lanka Section for the year 2021/22, and she was the founder as well as the past Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering Sri Lanka section for the years 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2020/21.
⮚ Error correction codes
⮚ Machine learning in communication networks
⮚ Deep learning for video/image analysis
⮚ Biomedical image/clinical data analysis
⮚ Molecular communication
⮚ Robust video communication
Ongoing Research & Collaborations
- Areal Image analysis: Detecting misquote breeding sites using drone images
(Collaborator: Prof. M. Niranjan, University of Southampton)
- Autonomous Driving
(Collaborators: Prof. Supavadee Aramvith, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
- Software Define Networks
(Collaborator: Eng. Anuradha Udunuwara, SLT Pvt. LTD)
Recently completed projects:
- ISI mitigation techniques for molecular communication
(Collaborator: Prof. A. Nallanathan, Queen Mary University of London)
- Design a Smart Meter
(Collaborator: Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB))
- Vehicle-to-Infastructure Communication
(Prof. Wei-Kuang Lai, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)
Grants Received
- University Research Grant -2021-2023
⮚ PhD : In Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, UK in 2010
⮚ B.Sc (Eng) : In Electrical and Electronic Engineering with First Class Honors , from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2006
⮚ Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (SMIEEE) USA
⮚ Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (AMIESL)
APPOINTMENTS
- Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2021 – to date).
- Senior Lecturer Grade I, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2018 – 2021).
- Senior Lecturer Grade II, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2013 – 2018).
- Lecturer (Probationary), Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka ( 2011 – 2013).
- Lecturer contract basis, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2010 – 2011).
POSITIONS HELD
Current:
- Director – Electronic Workshop, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya (2019 -to date).
- Member of the editorial committee of Hanthana Vision (2019 – to date).
- Member IEEE EPIC (2023)
- Adviser, Women in Engineering (WIE), University of Peradeniya (2011 - to date).
- Chairperson IEEE Central Region Subsection (2023-2024)
Past:
- Chair 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS)
- Chairperson, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sri Lanka (2021/22).
- Senior Student Counselor (2022).
- Secretary, Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumina Association (PEFAA)-(2017/18 and 2018/19).
- Senior Treasurer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society (EEES)-(2012/13).
- IEEE Humanitarian Activity Committee (HAC), Communications Committee member (2020).
- Executive Committee member of Region 10 Education Committee (2016).
- Executive Committee member of Region10 Women in Engineering (WIE)-(2019 and 2020).
- Information Manager of Region 10 Student Graduates of the Last Decade(GOLD)/ Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee (2011 and 2012).
- Founder and Chairperson, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Sri Lanka (2015/16,2016/17, and 2020/21).
⮚ Senior Member IEEE
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⮚ University Research Grant -2021-2023
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⮚ IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Leadership Award 2022
⮚ Faculty Reserach Excellence award 2022
⮚ The President’s Awards for Scientific Research – 2019.
⮚ IEEE best Women in Engineering Activity: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
⮚ Erasmus+ mobility award for “Staff Mobility For Teaching” 2020
⮚ Recipient of the Overseas Research Scholarships Award (ORSAS) by the Higher Education Funding Council of England.
⮚ CCSR studentship from 2006-2009.
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PUBLICATIONS
Please refer google scholar page at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TJ5YHPkAAAAJ&hl=en
or research gate page https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maheshi-Dissanayake for updates.
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⮚ Ananthajothy, G., Navaratnam, R., Thevarasa, N., Dissanayake, M.B. (2023). Detection of Potential Mosquito Breeding Sites Using CNN and Fewshot Learning. In: Hu, Z., Dychka, I., He, M. (eds) Advances in Computer Science for Engineering and Education VI. ICCSEEA 2023. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36118-0_41
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