Mr. LOCHANDAKA RANATHUNGA

B.Sc. Sp(Hons), M.Sc., PGDip in DEd. (IGNOU), MIPSL, MCSSL

75, New Road, Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
(Office) Faculty of IT, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Tel: +94 71 4207030, +94 47 2220386, (Office) +94 112650301-ext 1846
e-mail : lochandaka@itfac.mrt.ac.lk, lochandaka@lycos.com

Publications
  • Media Me: Body and Personal Media Interaction – Ninth International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC) 2007, Lochandaka Ranathunga, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Imiyage Janaka Prasad Wijesena, Adrian David Cheok, Ajith Parakum Madurapperuma, , Mei Gangwen, Miyuru Dayarathna, Srinivasan, Mariappan(a), and Lee Rui Jie Jerome
  • Electronic Document Management Systems for Modern Business Challenges - International Conference on Influence of Change Management of TVET Sector to Entrepreneurship Development, Ranathunga L.
  • Asynchronous E-Learning material development for the module of Visual Computing with 3D learning models – (December, 2004),Ranathunga L., Kodikara N.D - MSc Thesis
  • Impact of Three dimensional virtual environmental models on asynchronous e-Learning – (2005), 21st Technical Session of IPSL- (2005),Ranathunga L., Kodikara N.D
  • Identification of training courses at TVET institutions, which can introduce different levels of e-learning training systems and propose implementation plan to introduce e-learning system for the sector – (2005), Research Convention of TVET sector – (2005), Ranathunga L., Sugathadasa U.K.D
  • Identification of Cost Effective Techniques to Introduce Result Oriented e-Learning Systems to the Sri Lankan Technical Education and Vocational Training (TEVT) Sector – (2006), Accepted by ICEL:2006 (Unable to attend for presentation and therefore wasn’t published), Ranathunga L.
  • Study to evaluate the tendency of A/L & O/L schoolgirls being attracted towards government technical and vocational education sector - (2005), Research Convention of TVET sector – (2005), Ranathunga L. Gamini K.L, Thenabadu M.L.
  • Study of Dust Content in AIR – (1999), Ranathunga L., Careem M.A – BSc (Special) Thesis

Teaching

Undergraduate Level:

  • Computer Graphics and Animations
  • Computer Vision
  • Multimedia Technology
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Internet Programming
  • Computer Architecture
  • Visual Computer Programming
  • Intergraded Development Environments (IDE)

Postgraduate Level:

  • Multimedia Technology
  • Internet Programming
  • Visual Computer Programming
  • Human Computer Interaction

Research Interest

  • Image Processing
  • 3D Reconstruction
  • Video Content Analysis and Presentation
  • Human Performance and Interaction
  • Digital Music Production
  • e-Learning