{"id":23,"date":"2024-08-23T03:32:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:35:19","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23\" class=\"elementor elementor-23\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4deb9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4deb9d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d708ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d708ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prof. B.W.R Damayanthi<\/strong><\/p><p>Head of the Department<br \/>BA (Hons);<br \/>PGD in Economic Development (Colombo),<br \/>MSSc (Kelaniya); PhD (UBD)<\/p><p><strong>Other Responsibilities<\/strong><br \/>Director CDEPD USJ FHSS<br \/>LMS Administrator USJ FHSS<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Econometrics, Poverty, Entrepreneurship, SME<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: bwrdam@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bf7504 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0bf7504\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f134187 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f134187\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9feef0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9feef0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/Lecturers\/dhashantha\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01673b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b01673b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ec5ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46ec5ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Maheesha Dhashantha<\/strong><\/p><p>Senior Lecturer<br \/>BSc (Hons) (UoR), MSc (UoM), PhD (NUIST)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Computer and Mobile Networks<br \/>Cybersecurity<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: maheesha@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9d8a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca9d8a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcd18b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcd18b4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca8ca0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ca8ca0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca01c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca01c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/v1737523184\/Samitha_fz9e4c.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a397e26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a397e26\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da22cb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da22cb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mr. Samitha Nanayakkara<\/strong><\/p><p>Lecturer (Confirmed)<br \/>BSc (Hons) (Comp. Sci.) (USJ),\u00a0 MPhil in Comp. Sci. (USJ), MBCS (UK), MIEEE (USA),<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Image Processing<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: san@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5710274 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5710274\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3e19e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f3e19e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8b926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c8b926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/v1737523184\/Pasangi_hujhxg.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d5d97f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d5d97f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebd7b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebd7b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mrs. Pasangi Perera<\/strong><\/p><p>Lecturer (Confirmed)<br \/>BSc (Hons) (Comp. Sci.) (USJ), MSc in Comp. Sci.<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Data Science, Big Data<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: pasangiperera@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e7fa7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07e7fa7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fe04f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7fe04f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7b453 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e7b453\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4af833a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4af833a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/14FH4DL\/ig-indurangala-192x247.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9586adc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9586adc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f28f445 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f28f445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miss. Isiri Indurangala<\/strong><\/p><p>Lecturer (Contract)<br \/>BSc (Hons) (Comp.Sci.) (UCD), MSc in IT (SLIIT), PgD in IT (SLIIT), MCSSL, MIEEE (USA)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>AI and Robotics, Digital Ethnography<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: isiriindurangala@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32659c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32659c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7693a36 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7693a36\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37907ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37907ed\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a07f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1a07f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/Lecturers\/zuwnxmooyjlfp2joo0rk\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e0250 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74e0250\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e037a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65e037a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mr. Sandaruwan Dahanake<\/strong><\/p><p>Temporary Assistant Lecturer\u00a0<br \/>BSc (Hons) (IT) (USJ)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Deep Learning<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: sandarudahanake@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762e610 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"762e610\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c503a02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c503a02\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f317ae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f317ae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/zWjX78Nf\/sasanthi.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d84ac3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d84ac3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85518ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85518ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miss. Sasanthi Ranagala<\/strong><\/p><p>Temporary Assistant Lecturer<br \/>BSc (Hons) (IT) (USJ)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Deep Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), GIS and Remote Sensing<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: sasanthiranagala@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057ffdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"057ffdc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e39e53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e39e53\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea43f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ea43f6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fab431 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fab431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/Lecturers\/ishara\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcac8eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcac8eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab6e1ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab6e1ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miss. Ishara Madushani<\/strong><\/p><p>Instructor (Temporary)<br \/>BSc in Applied Sciences(Computer Science)(RUSL), MSc in Computer Science(USJ)(Reading)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Immersive Technologies and Game Development<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: isharamadushani@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f29501 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f29501\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a56957 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a56957\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e58f07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e58f07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/fYw1YnN8\/sanjana1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83be846 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83be846\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04cc841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04cc841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miss. Sanjana Solanga Arachchi<\/strong><\/p><p>Instructor (Temporary)<br \/>BSc (Hons) (IT) (USJ)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<br \/><\/strong>Deep Learning, Image Processing<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: sanjanasolangaarachchi@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bcb863 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0bcb863\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3e6f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c3e6f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7fbe33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7fbe33\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e2e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4e2e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/cVVT5Qb\/ishini.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71add20 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71add20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79fc595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79fc595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miss. Ishini Siriwardena<\/strong><\/p><p>Instructor (Temporary)<\/p><p>Bsc (Hons)(IT)(USJ)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Deep Learning, Image Processing, Big Data<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: ishinisiriwardena@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-726360c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"726360c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3325394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3325394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visiting Staff<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c07530 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5c07530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-bullseye\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M248 8C111.03 8 0 119.03 0 256s111.03 248 248 248 248-111.03 248-248S384.97 8 248 8zm0 432c-101.69 0-184-82.29-184-184 0-101.69 82.29-184 184-184 101.69 0 184 82.29 184 184 0 101.69-82.29 184-184 184zm0-312c-70.69 0-128 57.31-128 128s57.31 128 128 128 128-57.31 128-128-57.31-128-128-128zm0 192c-35.29 0-64-28.71-64-64s28.71-64 64-64 64 28.71 64 64-28.71 64-64 64z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e1c25 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6e1c25\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9956bc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9956bc3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bbe8bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8bbe8bc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a4ba43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a4ba43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/v1737523184\/Prasad_ryvttu.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f33c31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f33c31\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca34fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dca34fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prof. Prasad M. Jayaweera<\/strong><br \/>Dean &#8211; Faculty of Computing, USJ<br \/><br \/>Professor of Information Systems Engineering and Informatics<br \/>B.Sc.(Hons)(Comp. Sci.) (UOC, Sri Lanka), Ph.L. and Ph.D. (Stockholm)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Information Systems Engineering, Standards, and eCommerce Systems Designing, Motivation\/Service\/Process and Conceptual Modeling<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: pja@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfcb3f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bfcb3f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c71f91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c71f91\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a9d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63a9d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/v1737523184\/sanjeewa_cegmui.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b24cd51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b24cd51\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16c7818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16c7818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. R Sanjeewa<\/strong><\/p><p>Senior Lecturer<br \/>B.Sc. (USJP), M.A.,<br \/>Ph.D.(Oakland, USA)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Group Theory, Mathematical Concepts<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: sanjeewa@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cef2e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cef2e4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d07d09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d07d09\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534507e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"534507e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c8743 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21c8743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/Dg9vtwdJ\/Dulan-SDias-Sir.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f6d96 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5f6d96\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f509b42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f509b42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Dulan S. Dias<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PhD (Belfast, United Kingdom), BSc (Sri Jaywardenepura, Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n<p>Founding Engineer, Tellme AI Limited, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>Founder, EchonLabs (Private) Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br>Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science<\/p><p><strong>Contact<br><\/strong>Email: dulan@echonlabs.com<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785d5a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"785d5a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4f43f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a4f43f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4dae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e4dae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/f_auto,q_auto\/Saman_rje7cj\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b05dfbe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b05dfbe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29b421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b29b421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mr. Saman Abeywickrama<\/strong><\/p><p>Senior Computer Instructor<br \/>B.Sc. (Bus. Admin.) (USJP), M.Sc. (MIS) (USJP)<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><br \/>Computer Networks, IoT and Cloud Computing<\/p><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>Email: saman@sjp.ac.lk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcfce8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dcfce8a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc1b30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3dc1b30\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01c6a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e01c6a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e7ccf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e7ccf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dsre1lfde\/image\/upload\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/Lecturers\/Shyamali\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e85674 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e85674\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb31cd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb31cd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miss. Shyamali De Silva<br \/><\/strong>Senior UI\/UX Lead at Surge Global<\/p><p>BA(Hons) Graphic Design (UK)<\/p><p><strong>Contact<br \/><\/strong>Email: shyamali.amalka@gmail.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Staff Prof. B.W.R Damayanthi Head of the DepartmentBA (Hons);PGD in Economic Development (Colombo),MSSc (Kelaniya); PhD (UBD) Other ResponsibilitiesDirector CDEPD USJ FHSSLMS Administrator USJ FHSS Research InterestsEconometrics, Poverty, Entrepreneurship, SME ContactEmail: bwrdam@sjp.ac.lk Dr. Maheesha Dhashantha Senior LecturerBSc (Hons) (UoR), MSc (UoM), PhD (NUIST) Research InterestsComputer and Mobile NetworksCybersecurity ContactEmail: maheesha@sjp.ac.lk &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/ict\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}