Curriculum Vitae


Education
09/1997 - 12/2000 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Degree, PhD Optimizing the Selection and Use of Training Examples for Knowledge Refinement


08/1996 - 08/1997 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Degree, MSc Advanced Information Processing (with Distinction)


08/1991 - 08/1995 IICS, Sri Lanka in Collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints, Manchester, UK.
Degree, BSc(Hons) Computer Information Systems (First Class)



Work Experience
08/2009 - present School of Computing , RGU.
Reader Module coordinator for Data mining and Data Bases


08/2008 - 08/2009 School of Computing , RGU.
Lecturer Module coordinator for Data mining and Data Bases


01/2003 - 08/2008 School of Computing, RGU.
RDI Research Fellow Working as an independent researcher. Main research emphasis is on the application of ML techniques to ease knowledge acquisition for Textual CBR systems.


06/2001 - 12/2002 School of Computing, RGU.
Research Fellow Working on the EPSRC EKACBD Project.


09/2000 - 05/2001 Applied Computing Department, University of Dundee.
Teaching Fellow Lecturing on the AI module for the senior honours and Database module for the masters degree.
Assisted with C++ and datacoms labs.


09/1998 - 12/1998 School of computer and Mathematical Sciences, The RGU.
Ad Hoc Demonstrator Assisted with KRUST and CBR-TFS labs for MSc Computing:Information Engineering and BSc(hon) Computer Science.
Assisted with CLIPS labs for BSc Computer Science, BSc Computing and BSc Business Computing.


09/1997 - 12/1997 School of computer and Mathematical Sciences, The RGU.
Ad Hoc Demonstrator Assisted with KRUST and CBR-TFS labs for MSc Advanced Information Processing and BSc(hon) Computer Science.


08/1995 - 08/1996 Logical Systems pvt Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Analyst / Programmer Analysis and development of a student census system funded by the world bank.


08/1993 - 08/1994 Computer Information Systems, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Trainee Systems Analyst Analysis and development of a hospitality management systems.



Awards
08/2004 ECCBR'04 Best Paper award.

12/2003 The BCS-SGAI'03 distinguished paper award.

07/1998 The ORS Award for the sessions 1998/99, 1999/2000.

08/1997 Class prize for MSc Advance Information Processing.

04/1997 MSc Project Scholarship Award made possible by Dr. Ray Rowe from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Hurdsfield, Industrial Estate, Macclesfield.

08/1995 Wickramasinghe gold medal for being placed first in order of merit of the 1995 cohort.

04/1992 1st yr Class Prize by McGraw Hill Publishers, made possible by Prof. Alan Clements of Teesside University, UK.