Profile Brief

Mr. Vijayanathan Senthooran is working as a Senior Lecturer in ICT at the Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Vavuniya and he has been 12 years’ experience in teaching in IT/ICT/CS domain. Senthooran holds MPhil in Computing from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and B. Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science from University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He is a researcher in computer science and Information Communication Technology determined to make a significant contribution in a vibrant international research community that invent solutions to real world problems.

Educational Qualifications

• B.Sc. [Hons] in Computer Science (Jaffna)
• M.Phil. in Computing (Moratuwa)

Professional Qualifications

• Certificate in Teaching Higher Education, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Previous Academic Positions

• Senior Lecturer Gr.II, Department of ICT, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.
• Lecturer(Temporary), Department of Physical Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.
• Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Physical Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.
• Instructor in Computer Technology, Computer Unit, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
• Assistant Lecturer(Temporary), Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
• Instructor(Temporary), Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Professional Memberships

• Member of IEEE
• Member of ACM
• Member of SLASS
• Member of Jaffna Science Association
• Member of Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter
• Member of Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientist
  Research
• Member of Cambridge Blockchain Society

Institutional Development

• Contributed to develop a new curriculum for the BBSTHons in Green Energy Technology degree programme, Faculty of Technological Studies, University of Vavuniya, 2022
• Contributed to develop a new curriculum for the BICTHons degree programme, Department of Inter-disciplinary Studies, Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna, 2020
• Contributed to develop a new curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree programme, Department of Physical Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.
• Contributed to develop a new curriculum for the BICTHons degree programme, Technology Stream, Department of Physical Science, Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus, of the University of Jaffna.
• Draft detailed syllabus of IIT323-2, Project Management, for Bachelor of Industrial Information Technology, Uva Wellassa University.

Resource Person

• Resource person for GCE A/L Training -Rapid programme- Online- Explores new trends and future directions of ICT, 2022.
• Resource person to teach ICT past paper revision for A/L ICT students of Vadamaradchi Zonal Division, 2022.
• Visiting Lecturer for short course in Information Communication Technology for the Public Sector Staff of Northern Province, October 2009.
• Resource Person to teach Information Technology for final year students in Arts, Management & Commerce under IRQUE project.

Key Positions

• Acting Head, Department of Information and Communication Technology. University of Vavuniya (01.09.2020- 30.09.2020)
• Head. Department of information and Communication Technology. University of Vavuniya (01.10.2020 to date)
  Coordinator, FQAC, Faculty of Technological Studies (2020 to date).
• Student Counselor, Faculty of Technological Studies (02.08.2021 to date).
• Academic Career Guidance Advisor, Faculty of Technological Studies (02.07.2020 to date).
• Chairman, Research Committee, Faculty of Technological Studies (11.03.2020-10.03.2023)
• Senior Treasurer, Faculty Student’s Union of Faculty of Technological Studies (05.03.2020 to date)
• Secretary, Section B. Applied Sciences, Sectional Committee, Jaffna Science Association (23.10.2020 to date).
• Chief Editor. Editorial committee for Faculty News Letter and Students Handbook
  Coordinator, Curriculum Development Committee for Green Energy Technology, Faculty of Technological Studies (27.08.2020 to date).
• Chairman, Industry Consultative Committee. Department of Information and Communication Technology.
  Chairman, Technical Evaluation Committee, Faculty of Technological Studies.

Memberships from University Committees

• Member, Senate, University of Vavuniya (01.08.2021 to date)
• Member, Senate. University of Jaffna (01.09.2020-31.07.2021)
• Member of Management Committee of the International Division, University of Vavuniya (24.11.2021 to date)
• Member, Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, University of Vavuniya (18.10.202 to date)
• Member. University Research and Ethics Committee. University of Vavuniya (06.09.2021 to date)
• Member, Examination Offence Committee, University of Vavuniya (06.09.2021to date)
• Member of Endowment. Scholarships, Gold Medals and Prizes Committee. University of Vavuniya
• Member of Senate Subcommittee of University of Jaffna to identify needy students for providing the Smartphones
• Member of Editorial Committee for Vavuniya University International Research Conference. 2021
• Member. Research and Education Sub-Committee for the Center for Gender Equity and Equality, University of Jaffna (04.01.2021-31.07.2021)
• Member. IT development Committee, University of Vavuniya

Faculty Level Committee

• Member, Faculty Board of Technological Studies. University of Vavuniya
• Member. Faculty of Applied Science. University of Vavuniya (09.09.2019-01.03.2020)
• Member. Program Review, Criteria 06: Learning Environment Student Support & Progression. Department of Physical
  Science, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Vavuniya.
• Member of Building Committee, Faculty of Technological Studies

Research Grants (Principal Investigator):

• 2022: University Research Grant, Adaptable Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms for Medical IoT applications.
• 2013: Competitive NSF Research Grant of worth Rs. 0.125 million for MPhil Degree programme.
• 2014: Professor V.K.Samaranayaka Travel grant to award the Conference/Workshop, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Ongoing Research Projects

• Broadcasting Steganography in the Blockchain
• Blockchain oriented Software Engineering
  Enhancing Cyber Security with data Science
• Prediction of air-writing English alphabets and digits using mobile sensors
  Paddy Leaf Disease Detection based on optimized Deep neural Network and GLCM Algorithms
• Blockchain Approach for Timestamping Near-Earth Objects
• Adaptable Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms for Medical lot Applications

Reviewer

• Ad Hoc Reviewer of the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP).
• Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers
• Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• ITUM Research Symposium, University of Moratuwa (ITUMRS 2021)
• First International Conference on Science and Technology (ICST 2021), Faculty of Technology, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
• Reviewer of Sri Lanka Student Workshop on Computer Science (SL-SWCS'21), Department of Computer Science,
  University of Jaffna-2021.
  Reviewer of Faculty Annual Research Conference (FARS) of the Faculty of Applied Science, University of Vavuniya- 2020,2021.
• Research Conference on Business Studies (RCBS) – 2022 Vavuniya University International Research Conference 2021 (VUIRS2021), University of Vavuniya, 2021.

Proposed Publications Under Review

• V.Senthooran, “Model Based JPEG Steganography”, Entropy (MDPI) Journal (Q2) Science Citation Index (Web of Science (Accepted).
• N.Venuja, V.Senthooran, Paddy Leaf Disease Detection Based on Optimized Deep Neural Network and GLCM Algorithms, Annual Research Congress, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya – 2022(Accepted)
• V.Senthooran, “A Review: Broadcasting Steganography Through Blockchain”, Computer Systems Science and Engineering (Q3) (Science Citation Index (Web of Science).
• V.Senthooran, P. Vigneswaran, “Agent Based Graph Search Algorithms”, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (Q2) Science Citation Index (Web of Science).
• J.Niroshi, V.Senthooran, “Application of Goal Programming in Project Management”, International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management (Q2)(Scopus).

Journal Articles

• V Senthooran, L Ranathunga, “An Experimental Investigation of Statistical Model based Secure Steganography for JPEG Images”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 10(27), DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2017/v10i27/111440, July 2017(Q3)(Web of Science – Zoological Records).
• V Senthooran, MT Chathuranga, T Kartheeswaran, “E-Sign Detector: Image Steganography Based Employee Identification System”, IUP Journal of Information Technology, 2016 (Referred Journal).

IEEE Conference Papers

• K. Santhanakrishnan, V. Senthooran, “A parallel distributed cluster computing model for Z-Score computation in respect of Sri Lankan University Admissions”, International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing, 2022.
• S Gopinath, V Senthooran, N Lojenaa, T Kartheeswaran, “Usability and accessibility analysis of selected government websites in Sri Lanka”, 2016 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP).
• S.Subangan, V.Senthooran, “Secure Authentication Mechanism for Resistance to Password Attacks”, 2019 International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 978-1-7281-5156-4/19/$31.00 ©2019 ΙΕΕΕ.
•  P.Vigneshwaran, V.Senthooran, “A Novel Agent Based Depth First Search Algorithm”, 2020 IEEE 5th International Conference on Computing Communication and Automation (ICCCA).
• T Kartheeswaran, V Senthooran, TDDL Pemadasa, “Multi agent-based audio steganography”, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC).
• MIM Amjath, V Senthooran, “Secure Communication Using Steganography in IoT Environment”, 2020 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC), DOI: 10.1109/ICAC51239.2020.9357260, Publisher: IEEE
•  P.Vigneshwaran, V.Senthooran, “Cluster Based Multi Agent System for Breadth First Search”, 2020 20th International
  Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), DOI: 10.1109/ICTer51097.2020.9325464, Publisher: IEEE
• V Senthooran, L Ranathunga, “An investigation of quantization table modification on JPEG steganography”, 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems.
• V Senthooran, L Ranathunga,” DCT coefficient dependent quantization table modification steganographic algorithm”, 2014 First International Conference on Networks & Soft Computing (ICNSC2014), DOI: 10.1109/CNSC.2014.6906644, Publisher: IEEE.

MPhil Thesis

• Selection of JPEG Steganography Algorithms Using a Feature Based Model

Conference Chair

• Convener of First Research Conference of Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Vavuniya-2022
• Session Chair, 3 rd South Asia Conference on Interdisciplinary Research 2021 (SAIR-21

Teaching Interests

• Cyber Security
•  Agent Technology
• Cloud Application Development
• Rapid Application Development
• Distributed Systems

Undergraduate Teaching

• TICT4152: Cloud Application Development
• TICT4122: Green Computing
• TICT3242: Information Security
• TICT3232: Project Management
• TICT3122: Rapid Application Development
• TICT2272: Social and Professional issues in IT
• TICT2242: Multimedia Design and Technologies
• TICT2252: System Analysis and Design
  Inter Faculty Teaching
• ICT4242 – Agent Technology at Faculty of Applied Science, University of Vavuniya

Postgraduate Teaching

• MED11062 – Information Communication Technology at Faculty of Graduate Studies. University of Jaffna.2022.
• PGDE 21112.9 – Methodology of Teaching ICT at Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna, 2022.

Previous Teaching Experience (Faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna)

•  ICT4242-Agent Technology
• ICT3122 – Project Management
• ICT3152 – Server Management
• ICT3232 – Multimedia and Web Development
• ICT2122 – Design and Analysis of Algorithms