Profile Brief

Ms. W.A.S.C. Perera is a Lecturer in ICT at the Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Vavuniya. She has over 11 years of experience in teaching across the domains of Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology, and Computer Science. Anne holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Colombo and a BSc (Hons) in ICT from the University of Jaffna. She is actively engaged in research in the fields of Computer Science and ICT, with particular interests in areas such as Natural Language Processing, and Data Mining.

Educational Qualifications

• Mphil in Computing (Reading)
• MSc. in Computer Science (UoC)
• BSc (Hons) in ICT (UoJ)

Previous Academic Position

1. Temporary Lecturer, 2015-2017, Department of Physical Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of
   Jaffna.
2. Temporary Demonstrator, 2014 – 2015, Department of Physical Science, Vavuniya Campus of the
   University of Jaffna

Research Supervisions

• Optimizing Sri Lankan Cricket Team for ODI Matches-A Data-Driven Approach Using DBSCAN
  Clustering and Association Rule Mining – 2024
• A data mining approach to identify the factors affecting lessen the G.C.E Ordinary Level ICT
  results in rural areas in Sri Lanka – 2020
• Lip-reading for the Sinhala language on isolated phoneme lip structures using CNN – 2020
• Data Mining Approach for Prediction of Diabetes in Women – 2020
• Vet My Pet-External preparation assistant for domestic animals – 2020
• iNgage-A Real-time social network – 2019
• IT Portal- An IT network among inter and intra university students – 2019
• iTraveler – A mobile and web application to get the users attention on preventing environment
  pollution – 2018
• Surgical Instrument Management System – 2018

• Senate Member, UoV, 2024
• Member of the Faculty board, FTS, since 2020
• Student Counsellor, FTS, 2024
• Academic Advisor for the batch 2022/2023
• Member of the Management committee of the Center of Gender Equity and Equality (CGEE),
  UoV, 2025
• Member of the University Research Committee, UoV, 2025
• Member of Strategic Planning and Monitoring Committee, UoV, 2025
• Member of the Cultural Center, UoV, 2025
• Member of the Research Committee, FTS, 2025
• Member of Editorial Committee for Faculty Newsletter and Students Hand book, FTS, 2021
• Member of Faculty COVID-19 Response Committee, FTS, 2021
• Member of the Action Committee of VUIRC – 2021
• Member of Web Development Committee, FTS, 2020
• Member of the Research Committee, FTS, 2020
• Member of the Anti-Ragging Committee, FTS, 2020
• Member of the Innovation and Healthy Practices Committee, Program Review, FAS, 2020
• Member of the News Letter Committee, Vavuniya Campus, 2018/2019
• Member of the Web Committee, FAS, 2018
• Member of the Career Fair organizing Committee, Vavuniya Campus, 2017

Journal Publication

1. A. Perera and A. Caldera, “Sentiment analysis of code-mixed text: a comprehensive review,” J.
   Univers. Comput. Sci., vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 242–261, 2024.
2. G. A. P. Kethmi and W. A. S. C. Perera, “Artificial Neural Network Analysis in Finance: Evidence using a
   Literature Review,” Journal of Business Analytics and Data Visualization, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 46–55,
   Jul.–Dec. 2021.
3. W. A. S. C. Perera and H. A. Caldera, “Predicting an Optimal Sri Lankan Cricket Team for One Day International Matches According to the Nature of the Game,” International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 559–571, Feb. 2020.

Publications in Local Conferences

1. W. M. U Jayarathne, W. A. S. C Perera, and T. Ketheesan, “Visual Speech recognition for Sinhala language using CNN,” Ruhuna International Science and Technology Conference, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, Feb. 2021.
2. S. Satkunarajah, D. Samarakkody, and W. A. S. C. Perera, “Comparison of single-line rate for
   dedicated protection on WDM optical network topologies,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Inf. Autom. Sustain.
   (ICIAfS), Dec. 2016.
3. S. Satkunarajah, D. Samarakkody, and W. A. S. C. Perera, “Resource Efficiency for Dedicated protection in WDM Optical Networks,” Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computing and Technology (KICACT-2016), 2016.

Publications in International Conferences

1. S. Satkunarajah, D. Samarakkody, and W. A. S. C. Perera, “Comparison of single-line rate for dedicated protection on WDM optical network topologies”, IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), Dec. 2016.

Teaching Interest

• Object Oriented Programming
• Data Structures
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• Software Engineering
• Data Mining

Undergraduate Subjects 

• TICT1133 Computer Applications
• TICT1213 Data Structures
• TICT1234/TICT1224 Object Oriented Programming
• TICT2143 Basic Web Technologies
• TICT2232 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• TICT3163 Mobile Computing
• TICT3173 Software Engineering
• TICT4133 Mobile Application Development