Dr. Uthayasanker Thayasivam

Dr. Uthayasanker Thayasivam

Dr. Uthayasanker Thayasivam is a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of Computer Science & Engineering. He currently serves as the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. His academic journey began with a Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, followed by a doctoral degree in semantic computing from the University of Georgia, USA. With extensive industrial experience at leading technology companies including Google, Microsoft, Ask.com, and Glassdoor, Dr. Thayasivam brings a unique blend of academic excellence and practical industry knowledge to his research and teaching.

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Research Interests

Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Data Science
Information Retrieval
Artificial Intelligence

Recent Highlights

Latest Publications

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

    SN Computer Science • 2024

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

    ICDSA 2023, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 819, Springer, Singapore • 2024

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

    in Proc. Int. Stat. Conf. (ISC 2024), Colombo, Sri Lanka • 2024

  • Keynote Speaker for the Technical Session of Institution of Incorporated Engineers

    Publication • 2024-06

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

    Publication • 2024-02

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Program Committee Member

International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer)
Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon)
International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS)

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Minors in Statistics

Thesis: Scalable and Complex Alignment of Large Ontologies

University of Georgia, Athens GA. USA

2008 – 2013

B.Sc.(Eng)Hons. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

University of Moratuwa

2002 – 2006

Service

Journal Reviewer

  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
  • Springer Journal of Supercomputing

Conference Reviewer

  • AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • International Conference on Web Services (ICWS)
  • International Conference on Service Computing (SCC)

Teaching Highlights

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Advanced Machine Learning

CS4681 • Eng CSE

In-depth study of advanced machine learning algorithms, deep learning architectures, ensemble methods, and their application to complex, real-world problems.

Big Data Analytics Technologies

CS5229 • Master of DS & AI

Scalable technologies and frameworks for processing, storing, and analyzing massive datasets, such as Hadoop, Spark, and distributed systems.

Natural Language Processing

CS5616 • MSc / PG Dip in CS

Study of computational methods for processing and understanding human language, covering syntax, semantics, and sentiment analysis.

Honors & Awards

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Best Paper Award – Multimodal Supported Chatbot Framework for People with Aphasia

MERCon 2024 • 2024

Best Paper Award

Best project selected as pilot project for National Council for Road Safety

Sri Lanka Inventors Commission • 2024

Project Recognition

Best Paper Nominee

MERCon 2024 • 2024

Best Paper Nominee

Research Grants

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Metaphor Detection for Low Resource Languages – Tamil

SRC Short Term Grant 2024, UoM

Role: Principal Investigator

Speech to capability mapping framework for Sinhala language

SRC Long Term Grant 2018, UoM

Role: Co-Investigator

Neural Machine Translation for Low-Resourced Languages: Sinhala & Tamil

SRC Long Term Grant 2019, UoM

Role: Principal Investigator