Research Publications

Utility of Smoothing Techniques in Yield Curve Modeling for the Asian Pacific Frontier Capital Market

Dayarathne, K. P. N. S., U Thayasivam

Semi-Automatic Alignment of Multilingual Parts of Speech Tagsets

Yashothara, S., Uthayasanker, R., Dias, G., Jayasena, S.

Towards Offensive Language Identification for Tamil Code-Mixed YouTube Comments and Posts

Vasantharajan, C., U Thayasivam

Improved Speech Command Classification System for Sinhala Language based on Automatic Speech Recognition

Kavmini, L., Dinushika, T., U Thayasivam, Jayasena, S.

Analyzing Subword Techniques to Improve English to Sinhala Neural Machine Translation

Naranpanawa, R., Perera, R., Fonseka, T., U Thayasivam

Concept Discovery through Information Extraction in Restaurant Domain

Pathirana, N., Seneviratne, S., Samarawickrama, R., Wolff, S., Chitraranjan, C., U Thayasivam, Ranasinghe, T.

Survey on Semantic Table Interpretation

de Alwis, L., Dissanayake, A., Pallewatte, M., Silva, K., U Thayasivam

Speeding Up Iterative Ontology Alignment using Block-Coordinate Descent

U Thayasivam, P. Doshi

Utility of Smoothing Techniques in Yield Curve Modeling for Non-Steady State Data of Sri Lanka Capital Market

K.P.S. Dayarathne, U Thayasivam

Application of Noise Filter Mechanism for T5-Based Text-to-SQL Generation

M. R. Aadhil Rushdy, U Thayasivam

Speech Command Recognition Using Self-Supervised ASR in Tamil

I. Tharmakulasingham, U Thayasivam

Extracting Potential Travel Time Information from Raw GPS Data and Evaluating the Performance of Public Transit: A Case Study in Kandy, Sri Lanka

S. Ratneswaran, U Thayasivam

An Improved Bus Travel Time Prediction Using Multi-Model Ensemble Approach for Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions

S. Ratneswaran, U Thayasivam

Party Extraction from Legal Contract Using Contextualized Span Representations of Parties

S. Sivapiran, C. Vasantharajan, U Thayasivam

Unified Voice Embedding Through Multi-task Learning

J. Rajenthiran, L. Sithamaparanathan, S. Uthayakumar, U Thayasivam

Domain specific Question & Answer generation in Tamil

R. Murugathas, U Thayasivam

Domain Specific Intent Classification with BiLSTM

J. Hellarawa, U Thayasivam

Adapting the Tesseract Open-Source OCR Engine for Tamil and Sinhala Legacy Fonts and Creating a Parallel Corpus for Tamil-Sinhala-English

C. Vasantharajan, L. Tharmalingam, U Thayasivam

Language Model-Based Spell-Checker for Sri Lankan Names and Addresses

Y. Udagedara, B. Elikewela, U Thayasivam

Shadow Removal for Documents with Reflective Textured Surface

A. Ravindran, U. Arudselvam, U Thayasivam

A Deep Learning Ensemble Hate Speech Detection Approach for Sinhala Tweets

S. Munasinghe, U Thayasivam

Low Resource Multi-ASR Speech Command Recognition

I. Mohamed, U Thayasivam

Domain specific Named Entity Recognition in Tamil

R. Murugathas, U Thayasivam

Data-Driven Simulation of Ride-Hailing Services Using Imitation and Reinforcement Learning

H. Jayasinghe, T. Jayatilaka, R. Gunawardena, U Thayasivam

Speaker-Invariant Speech-to-Intent Classification for Low-Resource Languages

A. Ignatius, U. Thayasivam

End To End Model For Speaker Identification With Minimal Training Data

S. Balakrishnan, K. Jathusan, U. Thayasivam

Sentiment Analysis in Dravidian Code-Mixed YouTube Comments and Posts

S. Sivapiran, C. Vasantharajan, U. Thayasivam

Retrieval-based End-to-End Tamil Language Conversational Agent for Closed Domain using Machine Learning

K. Kugathasan, U. Thayasivam

FlowChroma-A Deep Recurrent Neural Network for Video Colorization

T. Wijesinghe, C. Abeysinghe, C. Wijayakoon, L. Jayathilake, U. Thayasivam

A Generalized Ensemble Machine Learning Approach for Landslide Susceptibility Modeling

A. Bandara, Y. Hettiarachchi, K. Hettiarachchi, S. Munasinghe, I. Wijesinghe, U. Thayasivam

Automating Web Table Columns to Knowledge Base Mapping using Translation Embedding

K. Chamiran, A. Rukshan, U. Thayasivam

Hybrid Approach for Accurate and Interpretable Representation Learning of Knowledge Graph

N. Yogendran, A. Kanagarajah, K. Chandiran, U. Thayasivam

Meta Learning for Few-Shot Joint Intent Detection and Slot-Filling

H. S. Bhathiya, U. Thayasivam

Speech Command Classification System for Sinhala Language Based on Automatic Speech Recognition

T. Dinushika, L. Kavmini, P. Abeyawardhana, U. Thayasivam, S. Jayasena

Sinhala and Tamil Speech Intent Identification from English Phoneme-Based ASR

Y. Karunanayake, U. Thayasivam, S. Ranathunga

Language Detection in Sinhala-English Code-Mixed Data

I. Smith, U. Thayasivam

Video Colorization Dataset and Benchmark

C. Abeysinghe, T. Wijesinghe, C. Wijayakoon, L. Jayathilake, U. Thayasivam

ACTSEA: Annotated Corpus for Tamil & Sinhala Emotion Analysis

R. Jenarthanan, Y. Senarath, U. Thayasivam

Taxi Trip Travel Time Prediction with Isolated XGBoost Regression

K. D. Kankanamge, Y. R. Witharanage, C. S. Withanage, M. Hansini, D. Lakmal, U. Thayasivam

Transfer Learning Based Free-Form Speech Command Classification for Low-Resource Languages

Y. Karunanayake, U. Thayasivam, S. Ranathunga

Extracting Relations from Web Tables by Leveraging Table Entity Behaviours

L. De Alwis, A. Dissanayake, M. Pallewatte, K. Silva, U. Thayasivam

Amalgamation of General and Domain Specific Word Embeddings for Improved Hierarchical Aspect Aggregation

R. Perera, T. Malepathirana, Y. Abeysinghe, Y. Albar, U. Thayasivam

Adaptation of Multivariate Concept to Multi-Way Agglomerative Clustering for Hierarchical Aspect Aggregation

Malepathirana, T., Perera, R., Abeysinghe, Y., Albar, Y., U Thayasivam

The utility of hierarchical phrase-based model machine translation for low resource languages

Yashothara, S., Uthayasanker R. T.

Linguistic divergence of Sinhala and Tamil languages in machine translation

Dilshani, W. S. N., Yashothara, S., Uthayasanker R. T., Jayasena, S.

Improving Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation with Preprocessing Techniques

Yashothara, S., Uthayasanker R. T., Jayasena, S.

Domain specific intent classification of Sinhala speech data

Buddhika, D., Liyadipita, R., Nadeeshan, S., Witharana, H., Javasena, S., U Thayasivam

DataSEARCH at IEST 2018: multiple word embedding based models for implicit emotion classification of tweets with deep learning

Senarath, Y., U Thayasivam

Canonical Forms and Similarity of Complex Concepts for Improved Ontology Alignment

Chaudhari, T., U Thayasivam, Doshi, P.

Speeding up batch alignment of large ontologies using MapReduce

U Thayasivam, Doshi, P.

Improved convergence of iterative ontology alignment using block-coordinate descent

U Thayasivam, Doshi, P.

On the utility of WordNet for ontology alignment: Is it really worth it?

U Thayasivam, Doshi, P.

Automatically mapping natural language requirements to domain-specific process models

U Thayasivam, Verma, K., Kass, A., Vasquez, R.

Interactive Autonomous Baby Sitting Robot

Cader, M. F. M. A., Iynkaran, N., Uthayasanker T., Munasinghe, S. R.

Yield Curve Modeling: Applicability of the Traditional Factor Models for Sri Lanka Government Bonds

Dayarathne, K. P. N. S., U Thayasivam

Explainable Embedding based on Speaker feature Using AAVD

Rajenthiran, J., Sithamaparanathan, L., Uthayakumar, S., U Thayasivam

Suitable Approach for Building End-to-End Tamil language Chatbot for Closed Domain

Kugathasan, K., U Thayasivam

Sub wording Techniques for Neural Machine Translation between English-Tamil Language pair

Baskarakurukkal, J., U Thayasivam

An Overview of Speaker Normalization Techniques for Speech Recognition

Ignatius, A., U Thayasivam

Hypers@ DravidianLangTech-EACL2021: Offensive language identification in Dravidian code-mixed YouTube comments and posts

Vasantharajan, C., Karunathilaka, S., Matharaarachchi, A., Rodrigo, H., U Thayasivam

A survey on paralinguistics in Tamil speech processing

Ignatius, A., U Thayasivam

Simplified Approach for Predicting Emotions of Multi-Turn Textual Utterances

Vickneswaran, J., Navanesan, P., Vijayaratnam, V., U Thayasivam

Dialog policy optimization for low resource setting using Self-play and Reward based Sampling

Madusanka, T., Langappuli, D., Welmilla, T., U Thayasivam, Jayasena, S.

A Privacy Preserving Data Publishing Middleware for Unstructured, Textual Social Media Data

Abeywardana, P., U Thayasivam

Sinhala-english code-mixed data analysis: A review on data collection process

Smith, I., U Thayasivam

Categorical Classification Approach for Identifying Multi-SIM Users from Call Detail Records

Soysa, C., Karunathilaka, S., Matharaarachchi, A., Rodrigo, H., U Thayasivam

A Sinhala and Tamil extension to generic environment for context-aware correction

Sithamparanathan, L., Uthayasanker, T.

Educational data mining: a review on data collection process

Mahanama, B., Mendis, W., Jayasooriya, A., Malaka, V., U Thayasivam, Umashanger, T.

Si-ta: Machine translation of Sinhala and Tamil official documents

Ranathunga, S., Farhath, F., U Thayasivam, Jayasena, S., Dias, G.

Graph based semi-supervised learning approach for Tamil POS tagging

Thayaparan, M., Ranathunga, S., U Thayasivam

Voicer: A crowd sourcing tool for speech data collection

Buddhika, D., Liyadipita, R., Nadeeshan, S., Witharana, H., Jayasena, S., U Thayasivam

Knowledge building via optimally clustered word embedding with hierarchical clustering

Pathirana, N., Seneviratne, S., Samarawickrama, R., Wolff, S., Chitraranjan, C., U Thayasivam, Ranasinghe, T.

A Study on the Utility of Hierarchical Phrase-Based Model for Low Resource Languages

Shanmugarasa, Y., U Thayasivam

Keynote Speaker for the Technical Session of Institution of Incorporated Engineers

Eminent Speaker for the KaniTamil24- International Tamil Computing Conference organized by Government of Tamil Naadu, India

Keynote speaker at the VINGNANAM Research Conference on the topic ”From Metrics to Mastery Comprehensive ML Model Evaluation”, organized by the Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna

MLOPS - Productionize and Operationalize Machine Learning Models

Sequencing Success: A Hands-On Workshop in Deep Learning

Diplomatic Skills for Academics

Word Embedding: From Word2Vec to StarSpace

A Hands-on Workshop in Word Embedding

A Hands-on Workshop in Word Embedding

Utility of Multilingual Embedding for Tamil Language Technology

Explainable Embedding Based on Speaker Feature Using AAVD

Suitable Approach for Building End-to-End Tamil Language Chatbot for Closed Domain

Subwording Techniques for Neural Machine Translation between English-Tamil Language Pair

An Overview of Speaker Normalization Techniques for Speech Recognition

Simplified Approach for Predicting Emotions of Multi-Turn Textual Utterances

Automating Web Table Columns to Knowledge Base Mapping Using Translation Embedding

Sinhala-English Code-Mixed Data Analysis: A Review on Data Collection Process

A Tool to Explore Morphological Regularities of Tamil Language Using Word Embeddings

Speech Command Classification System for Sinhala Language Based on Automatic Speech Recognition

Sinhala and Tamil Speech Intent Identification from English Phoneme Based ASR

Language Detection in Sinhala-English Code-Mixed Data

Linguistic Divergence of Sinhala and Tamil Languages in Machine Translation

Improving Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation with Preprocessing Techniques

Domain Specific Intent Classification of Sinhala Speech Data

Educational Data Mining: A Review on Data Collection Process

Voicer: A Crowdsourcing Tool for Speech Data Collection

Speeding Up Batch Alignment of Large Ontologies Using MapReduce

Improved Convergence of Iterative Ontology Alignment Using Block-Coordinate Descent

On the Utility of WordNet for Ontology Alignment: Is it Really Worth It?

Automatically Mapping Natural Language Requirements to Domain-Specific Process Models

Interactive Autonomous Baby Sitting Robot

From Metrics to Mastery: Comprehensive ML Model Evaluation

Advancements in Technical Engineering

Innovations in Tamil Computing

Tutorial: Introduction to Eclipse

Trigram Indexing and Search

ProcGap: Structural Text Matching

State of the Art on Ontology Alignment

Improved Convergence of Iterative Ontology Alignment using Block-Coordinate Descent

U Thayasivam, Prashant Doshi

Optima+ Results for OAEI 2012

U Thayasivam, Prashant Doshi

On the Utility of WordNet for Ontology Alignment

U Thayasivam

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Simulator

U Thayasivam