Chatura Seneviratne

Dr. Chatura Seneviratne

Senior Lecturer

PhD (Calgary, Canada), MEng. (AIT, Thailand), BScEng (Hons) (Ruhuna)

Member IEEE

Contact info

+94912245765-6 (3221)

chatura@eie.ruh.ac.lk

Room 3305

About

Dr Chatura Seneviratne is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering,University Ruhuna, Sri Lanka since March, 2018. He received his B.Sc. Eng. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Ruhuna and the M.Eng. degree in Information and Communications Technologies from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Calgary, Canada.He subsequently completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the University of Calgary and worked on a chaos-based covert signaling project funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), USA.

Dr Chatura has gained industrial experience as a software engineer in IFS R&D International Limited and a telecommunication engineer in ZTE Lanka Telecommunication (Private) Limited. He also has worked as a Research Scientist in Complex System Inc., Calgary, Canada. Dr Chatura has served on numerous international conference and workshop organizing committees.

Research Interests and Collaborations

Research Interests

Teaching

EE 3305: Signals and Systems
EE 4301 : Communication Systems 1

Publications

Thesis

Peer Reviewed Journals

Fernando, P., Dadallage, K., Gamage, T., Seneviratne, C., Braeken, A., Madanayake, A., & Liyanage, M. (2023). Distributed-Proof-of-Sense: Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms for Detecting Spectrum Access Violations of the Radio Spectrum. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking.
Fernando, P., Dadallage, K., Gamage, T., Seneviratne, C., Madanayake, A., & Liyanage, M. (2022). Proof-of-Sense: A Novel Consensus Mechanism for spectrum Misuse Detection. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

Indexed Peer Reviewed Full Length Conference Papers

K. Senarathne, A. Hatharasinghe, W. Seram, D. Herath, C. Seneviratne and A. Madanayake (2024)”AI-Enabled RF-Sensing for Radar Detection of Body-Worn IEDs,” IEEE SoutheastCon 2024, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Thennakoon R., Wanigasundara A., Weerasinghe S., Seneviratne C., Siriwardhana Y., and Liyanage M. (2024) “Decentralized Defense: Leveraging Blockchain against Poisoning Attacks in Federated Learning Systems”, IEEE 21st Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Madawalage N., Thalgahagoda N., Gunatilake I., Fernando P., Wijesiri G., Seneviratne C., and Liyanage M., (2024) Blockchain-Enabled RF Radiation Exposure Level Measurement in Wireless Mobile Networks, IEEE 21st Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Kumudu Senarathne, Ashan Hatharasinghe, Wathsala Pushparanga, Dilshara Herath, Chatura Seneviratne and Arjuna Madanayake, (2023)”Deep Learning RF-AI Sensing for Detecting On-Body Suicide Bomb Threats” AI+X Symposium, USF, Florida, USA.
Silva, T., Bamunuge, M., Dissanayake, D., Seneviratne, C., Gamage, T., & Liyanage, M. (2023) Proof of Equation: A Novel Consensus Algorithm for Dynamic Spectrum Access,” IEEE Africon 2023, Nairobi, Kenya.
R.M.T.D.B Rajapaksha, S.W. Seneviratne, C.K.W. Seneviratne (2021), “Towards a Better Ambulance Service: An Optimization Study in Galle, Sri Lanka”, 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (ICSECM) 2021, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Chatura Seneviratne I.B.Hewanayake, A. K. U. Ranasinghe, A.M.A.L. Gunaratne, W.N.B.A. Geeth Priyankara (2019) An Intelligent Traffic Sign Recognition System for Sri Lankan Drivers. IET 26th Annual Technical Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (2nd Best Paper Award)

Abstracts

Kumudu Senarathne, Ashan Hatharasinghe, Wathsala Pushparanga, Dilshara Herath, Chatura Seneviratne and Arjuna Madanayake, (2023)”Deep Learning RF-AI Sensing for Detecting On-Body Suicide Bomb Threats” AI+X Symposium, USF, Florida, USA.
Hasalanka Nagahawatta and Chatura Seneviratne, (2023). Return to zero Patchwork method in the Audio Watermarking System. 20th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna.
Chatura Seneviratne, Pasidu Padma, Nuwan Madhawa, Ashika Hansini J. Gamage (2021), Non-Contact Heart Rate Monitoring using Impulse – Radio Ultra-Wideband (IR-UWB) Radar Technology, 18th Academic Sessions, University of Ruhuna.(Best Presenter Award)
Chatura Seneviratne, Samanthi Seneviratne, Tharindu Rajapakshe (2021), Optimization for locations of ambulances in 1990 – Suwaseriya emergency ambulance service in Galle district, 18th Academic Sessions, University of Ruhuna.

Talks and Presentations

Contributions and Awards

Local Contributions

Assistant Secretary (2024)– IEEE Signal Processing Society Sri Lanka Chapter
Vice President (2022/2023)– IEEE Signal Processing Society Sri Lanka Chapter
Chairmen, Faculty Quality Assurance Center (2022/2023)
University Baseball Coordinator (2021-2022)
Faculty Baseball Coordinator (2021-2022)
Faculty Student Counsellor (2020-2022)

Grants

TRCSL Grant (Rs. 500000.00) for the project “Blockchain-enabled RF Radiation Exposure Level Measurements in Wireless Mobile Networks” (2023/2024).
TRCSL Grant (Rs. 500000.00) for the project Fast Uplink Grants – Blockchain and AI empowered Cryptographic Dynamic Spectrum Access for 5G and Beyond (2021/2022).
TRCSL Grant (Rs. 500000.00) for the project Fast Uplink Grants – An adaptation of artificial intelligence system for machine type communications (2019/2020).
TRCSL Grant (Rs. 500000.00) for the project “EO/IR based Maritime Surveillance System for Sri Lanka” (2018/2019).

Awards

Pasidu Kahawewidana, Nuwan Bandulasena, Ashika Hansini, Dr. Chatura Seneviratne, Dr. Amaranath Karunanayake (Faculty of Medicine, UoR) and Dr. Jagath Gamage (Novelda, Norway), “IR UWB Radio Sensing Platform for Non-Contact Vital Sign Monitoring”, 3^rd place of the university category all island “Health Innovation Awards 2021” organized by Sri Lanka Medical Association.
Pasidu Kahawewidana, Nuwan Bandulasena, Ashika Hansini, Dr. Chatura Seneviratne, Dr. Amaranath Karunanayake (Faculty of Medicine, UoR) and Dr. Jagath Gamage (Novelda, Norway), “IR UWB Radio Sensing Platform for Non-Contact Vital Sign Monitoring, Best Innovative Product – University Category – Southern Province” at the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2021.
Departmental funding for PhD studies, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada (2010- 2015).
Productivity Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary (2011/2013).
Conference Travel Grant, Schulich Student Activity Fund, University of Calgary (2011).
Conference Travel Grant, University Research Grants Committee (URGC), University of Calgary (2011).
Government of Finland scholarship for master studies, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (2007 –2009).

Projects

EO/IR based Maritime Surveillance System for Sri Lanka. (Funding Source: TRCSL (Rs.500000))- ongoing.
Fast Uplink Grants – An adaptation of artificial intelligence system for machine type communications. (Funding Source: TRCSL (Rs.500000)) – ongoing
AI Enabled Radio Sensors for Body Borne Object Detection and Classification (Funding Source: AHEAD funds through TTO, University of Ruhuna. (Rs.1075000))-ongoing.