Profile Overview

Mr. A.W.A.T. Dilhan is a Lecturer (Probationary) in the Faculty of Technology, University of Ruhuna. He holds a First Class B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Computer Science and is reading for a master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Colombo. His professional experience encompasses software engineering, school and university teaching, computer programming and instructional work. His research interests include bioinformatics, natural language processing, computer architecture, generative artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning and database technologies.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Education

  • Reading for Master in Computer Science, University of Colombo 01/2019 – Present
  • B.Sc(Hons)(First Class) in Computer Science University College of Dublin in 2017.
  • Successfully completed Higher Diploma in Computer Based Information Systems (HDCBIS) at NIBM in 2015.
  • Successfully completed Diploma in Computer system Design (DCSD) at NIBM in 2013.

Professional Experience

  • Software Engineer Infosurv Lanka(Pvt).Ltd,Colombo 10/2017 – 05/2018
  • National School Teacher Rajapaksha Central College,Weeraketiya 06/2018 – 02/2020
  • Visiting Academic Open University,Matara 09/2018 – 02/2020
  • Computer Programmer University of Sri Jayewardenepura 02/2020 – 11/2020
  • Instructor in Computer Technology University of Ruhuna 11/2020 – 12/2023
  • Lecturer (Probationary) University of Ruhuna 01/2024 – Present

Publications

Conference Publication

  1. Asanthi, H. B., Atapaththu, K. S. S., Herath, S. S., Wijewardene, L. N., A.W. A. T. Dilhan and T. N. D. S. Ginige, “An Improvement of the Block Nested LoopAlgorithm with Multiple Block Transfers,” 2022 International Conference forAdvancement in Technology (ICONAT), Goa, India, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi:10.1109/ICONAT53423.2022.9726082.
  2. Asanthi, H. B., Atapaththu, K. S. S., Herath, S. S., Wijewardene, L. N., A.W. A. T. Dilhan and T. N. D. S. Ginige, “An Improvement of the Block Nested LoopAlgorithm with Multiple Block Transfers,” 2022 International Conference forAdvancement in Technology (ICONAT), Goa, India, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi:10.1109/ICONAT53423.2022.9726082.

Research Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Computer Architecture
  • Generative AI
  • Data mining & Machine Learning
  • Database Technologies
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