Personal Information

Academic Record

• B.Sc. in Maths and Statistics (Colombo) 1978
• Postgraduate Dip. in Statistics (Colombo) 1982
• M.Sc. in Computer Science (Manchester) 1984
• Ph.D. in Computer Science (Manchester) 1989

Research Interests

• Computer Graphics
• Virtual Reality
• Image Processing
• Computer Vision

Biography

Publications

• K. Ananthakrishnan, N.D.Kodikara, Road Sign Detection and Recognition using Scale Invariant Feature Transform, in Proceedings of the 4th Annual SLIIT Research Symposium, Colombo: Dec, 2008, pp. 19-24.


• A.G.A.V. Anuradha, N.D.Kodikara, Off-Line Sinhala Handwritten Postal City Name Recognition Using Segmentation Free Algorithms, in Proceedings of the the 9th International IT Conference (IITC2008), Colombo: Oct, 2008.


• K. Ananthakrishnan, N.D.Kodikara, The Use of Colour SIFT in Road Sign Recognition, in Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, 17th Annual Session, Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Apr, 2010, pp. 9-10.


• K. Ananthakrishnan, N.D.Kodikara, Recognition of Local Traffic Signs using Color-SIFT Features, in eAsia Conference, Colombo: Dec, 2009, pp. 103.


• D.A.K.S. Gunaratna, N.D.Kodikara, H.L. Premaratne, An Intelligent Recognition System for Sri Lankan Currency Notes, in Proceedings of the the 9th International IT Conference (IITC2008), Colombo: Oct, 2008.


• W.A.P. Wickramasinghe , A.T. Dharmaratne, N.D.Kodikara, A mathematical model for computational aesthetics, in International Conference on Computational Vision & Robotics (ICCVR 2010), Bhubaneswar: Aug, 2010, pp. 130-137.


• U.M. De Soysa, N.D.Kodikara, Chamath Keppitiyagama, G. K. A. Dias , R. Rosa, K.D. Sandaruwan, Y.P. Samarasinghe, C. Perera, Challenges in Developing a Display System for a Ship Handling Simulator, in Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions Conference (ICTer 2010), Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sep, 2010, pp. 16.


• N.D.Kodikara, D.D. Karunaratne , S.T. Nandasara, G. K. A. Dias , A.H. Thalagala , Panel of writers-2009 - Information Communication Technology – Grade 11, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka: Educational Publications Department, 2009.


• D.A.K.S. Gunaratna, N.D.Kodikara, H.L. Premaratne, ANN Based Currency Recognition System using Compressed Gray Scale and Application for Sri Lankan Currency Notes – SLCRec, in Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, France: ISSN 2070-3740, Volume 35, Nov, 2008.


• W.R.M.U.K. Wickramasinghe, S.M.K.D. Arunatilake , N.D.Kodikara, Towards a Model for Computational Aesthetics, eAsia, Dec, 2009.


• G.D.S.P. Wimalaratne, N.D.Kodikara, S Selvarajan , Image Compression Using Linear Compression operators of Wavelet Compression, Journal of National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, Sep, 2009.


• Damitha Sandaruwan , N.D.Kodikara, Rexy Rosa , Chamath Keppitiyagama, Realtime Ship Motion Prediction System , in Proceedings of the Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology (CGAT2009), 2009.


• Damitha Sandaruwan, Rosa Rexy, N.D.Kodikara, Prabath Samarasinghe, M Uditha De Soysa, Chandana Perera, A Ship Simulation System for Maritime Education, in Book of Abstracts e-Asia Conference , Dec, 2009.


• A.G.A.V. Anuradha, N.D.Kodikara, Off-line Sinhala handwritten postal city name recognition using segmentation free algorithms, Oct, 2008.


• K.D. Sandaruwan , N.D.Kodikara, C.I. Keppitiyagama , R.S.D. Rosa , G. Kanchana, Perception Enhanced Virtual Environment for Maritime Application, in Proceedings of Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology (CGAT 2010), Singapore: ISBN; 978-981-08-5479-9, Apr, 2010, pp. 35-40.


• K.D. Sandaruwan, N.D.Kodikara, C.I. Keppitiyagama, R.S.D. Rosa, Perception Enhanced Virtual Environment for Maritime Applications GSTF International Journal on Computing, GSTF International Journal on Computing, SSN: 2010-2283, vol. 1, (1), 2010.


• G. K. A. Dias , Chamath Keppitiyagama, N.D.Kodikara, Sandaruwan Damitha, Rosa Rexy, Samarasinghe Prabath, De Soysa Uditha, Perera Chandana, Ship Simulation System for Maritime Education, in Book of Abstracts e-Asia Conference, Colombo: Dec, 2009, pp. 21.


• K.D. Sandaruwan, N.D.Kodikara, Chamath Keppitiyagama, R.S.D. Rosa, G. K. A. Dias , Chandima Tilakaratne, Vidusayura – Low cost Immersive VR Solution for Maritime Education: Simulation Requirements and Major Challenges, in 3D Computer Graphics Conference (GO-3D), Rostock, Germany: Aug, 2011.


• A. Subashini, N.D.Kodikara, A Novel SIFT-based Codebook Generation for Handwritten Tamil Character Recognition, in Sixth International Conference on Industrial & Information Systems, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka: Aug, 2011.


• A. Subashini, N.D.Kodikara, UCSC, A Novel Bag-of- keypoints Approach for Tamil Handwritten Character Recognition using SVM, in 2nd International Conference for Immerging Region (ICTer 2011), Colombo, Sri Lanka: IEEE Conference Publications, Sep, 2011.


• K.D. Sandaruwan, N.D.Kodikara, Chamath Keppitiyagama, R.S.D. Rosa, G. K. A. Dias , Ranjith Senadheera, Kanchana Manamperi, Algorithmic and Architectural Gaming Design: Implementation and Development- Chapter: Low cost Immersive VR Solutions for serious gaming, Simulation Requirements, Development and Challenges, in Algorithmic and Architectural Gaming Design: Implementation and Development, Ed. Ashok Kumar, Jim Etheredge and Aaron Boudreaux, USA: IGI Global, May, 2012, pp. 407-429.


• Wickramasinghe W.A.P., A.T. Dharmaratne, N.D.Kodikara, A Tool for Ranking and Enhancing Aesthetic Quality of Paintings, in International Conference on Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (SIP 2011), Jeju Island, Korea: Dec, 2011.


• N.D.Kodikara, D.D. Karunaratne , S.T. Nandasara, G. K. A. Dias , A.H. Thalagala, Information Communication Technology – Grade 11, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka:, Educational Publications Department, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka:, 2009.


• N.D.Kodikara, D.D. Karunaratne , S.T. Nandasara, G. K. A. Dias , A.H. Thalagala, Information Communication Technology – Grade 10, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka:, Educational Publications Department, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka:, 2009.


• Bhagya Niroshan Wickramasinghe, N.D.Kodikara, Single Camera Based Free Viewpoint Video Recording Mechanism for Premeditated Scenarios, in ICTer Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka: IEEE Conference Publications, Dec, 2012.


• Chethaka Uduwarage, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Rexy Rosa, N.D.Kodikara, Chathura Gunasekara, Damitha Sandaruwan, Simulating Narrow Channel Effect on Surge Motion of a Ship in a Virtual Environment, in ICTer Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka: IEEE Conference Publications, Dec, 2012.


• Chathura Jayath Gunasekara, Chamath Keppitiyagama, N.D.Kodikara, Chethaka Uduwarage, Damitha Sandaruwan, K.R. Senadheera, J.U. Gunaseela, Sensor Information Fusion Architecture for Virtual Maritime Environment, in ICTer Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka: IEEE Conference Publications, Dec, 2012.


• K.D.Sandaruwan, N.D.Kodikara, Chamath Keppitiyagama, S.R.D.Rosa, Mahen Jayawardena, Y.P. Samarasinghe, User Perception of the Physical & Behavioral Realism of a Maritime Virtual Reality Environment, in 4th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (UKSim), Cambridge, London: Mar, 2012.


• B.N. Wickramasinghe, N.D.Kodikara, Feel3D: Free Viewpoint Video Recording Mechanism for Premeditated Scenarios, Using Pre-built Models, in 4th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (UKSim), Cambridge, London: Mar, 2012.


• Thadchanamoorthy Sabaratnam, Umapada Pal, H.L. Premaratne, N.D.Kodikara, Holistic Recognition oh Handwritten Tamil Words, in Third International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT), Kolkata, India: Nov, 2012.


• Chathura Gunasekara, D.C.K.Ukuwarage, N.D.Kodikara, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Damitha Sandaruwan, K.R.Senadheera, J.U.Gunaseela, “ Low Cost 3D Immersive Telepresence for Surveillance, Planning, Manoeuvring : 3D COP, in 5th International Conference on Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technologies (CGAT), Bali, Indonesia: May, 2012.


• Deepitha M. Pathirana, N.D.Kodikara, Transform Invariant Approach to Video Fingerprinting, Dec, 2012.


• A. Liyanage, D. Sandaruwan, Chamath Keppitiyagama, R. Senadheera, N.D.Kodikara, Behaviour Detection of Fishing Boards using a GPS Enabled Device, Dec, 2012.


• P.A. Kariyawasam, K.N.M. Jayasena, W.G.D.M. Wathugala, N.D.Kodikara, SEE WITHOUT EYES: An Effort of Conceptualizing a Set of Data for Visually Impaired, Dec, 2012.

Awards and Distinctions

• Colombo Plan Technical Award - Ph.D. studies at UMIST , 1986
• Commonwealth Fellowship ? Senior Research Fellow at University of Leeds 1997-1998.

Professional Achievements and Activities

Teaching:

Undergraduate:

• Software Engineering
• Computer Graphics
• Image Processing and Vision

Postgraduate:

• Software Engineering
• Computer Graphics
• Image Processing and Vision

Other activities

• Deputy Director, University of Colombo School of Computing (from 01st Sept. 2002 to date).
• Head of the Department of Communication and Multimedia Technology University of Colombo School of Computing (from 01st Sept. 2002 to date).
• Head of the Department of Computer Science, University of Colombo (From 1st Feb. 1994 ? 1st Nov. 1996 and From 2nd Feb. 1999 to 01st Sept. 2001)
• Coordinator R & D , JICA-UCSC Multimedia Project 
• Member of the Sri Lanka Inter University Committee on Computing
• Coordinator / M.Sc. in Computer Science (university of Colombo) (from June 1990 to Feb. 1994)
• Member, Board of Management, National Design Center.
• Visiting Lecturer in Computer Science in many Sri Lankan Universities

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