Nadeesha Sandamali

Research Interests

• Optimization Methods
• Air Traffic Flow Management
• Stochastic Programming
• Intelligent Transportation
• System Modelling and Simulation
• Communication Systems

Thesis

• Gammana Guruge Nadeesha Sandamali, “Real-time flight scheduling for optimal air traffic flow management,” Thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2020 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140363.

Peer Reviewed Journals

• G. G. N. Sandamali, R. Su and Y. Zhang. “Flight Routing and Scheduling Under Departure and En-route Speed Uncertainty,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1915-1928, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2019.2907058.
• G. G. N. Sandamali, R. Su and Y. Zhang “A Safety-Aware Real-time Air Traffic Flow Management Model Under Demand and Capacity Uncertainties,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, September 2021, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2021.3083964.
• G. G. N. Sandamali, R. Su, Y. Zhang and Y. Zhang, ” Two-stage Scalable Air Traffic Flow Management Model Under Uncertainty,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, July 2020, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3001000.
• Zhang, R. Su, G. G. N. Sandamali, Y. Zhang, C. G. Cassandras and L. Xie, “A Hierarchical Heuristic Approach for Solving Air Traffic Scheduling and Routing Problem with a Novel Air Traffic Model,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 3421-3434, Sept. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2018.2874235.
• Zhang, R. Su, Y. Zhang, and G. G. N. Sandamali, “A multi-bus dispatching strategy with loading process,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, January 2021, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2020.3046285.
• G. G. N. Sandamali, K. L. K. Sudheera, W. Sandaruwan, N. D. Jayasundere, “Optimized Data Transmission Protocol And Bulk Data Analyzation Based On Mapping For Low Memory Devices,” in International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, 2015, ISSN:2278–0181

Indexed Peer Reviewed Full Length Conference Papers

• G. G. N. Sandamali, R. Su, and Y. Zhang, “Short-term En route Air Traffic Flow Management Under Departure and Wind Uncertainty with a Heuristic and Greedy Solution Approach,” 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), Philadelphia, USA, 2019, pp. 2121-2126, doi: 10.23919/ACC.2019.8814968..
• G. G. N. Sandamali, R. Su, Y. Zhang, and Q. Li, “Flight Routing and Scheduling with Departure Uncertainties in Air Traffic Flow Management,” 13th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA), Ohrid, 2017, pp. 301-306, doi: 10.1109/ICCA.2017.8003077.
• G. G. N. Sandamali, R. Su, and K.L.K. Sudheera, “Flow-based Flight Routing and Scheduling under Uncertainty,” 21st IFAC World Congress, Vol. 53, Issue 2, pp. 15011-15016, ISSN 2405-8963.
• Zhang, R. Su, G.G.N. Sandamali, Y. Zhang and C.G. Cassandras, “A Hierarchical Approach for Air Traffic Routing and Scheduling,”IEEE 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Melbourne, VIC, 2017, pp. 6277-6282, doi: 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264605.
• K. L. K. Sudheera, G. G. N. Sandamali, W. N. D. C. Sandaruwan, and N. D. Jayasundere, “Offline tracking system for deep sea going vessels using GPS and GPRS,” UMEDIA, 2015, pp. 55-60. doi: 10.1109/UMEDIA.2015.7297428.
• K. L. K. Sudheera, and G. G. N. Sandamali, “Warning System for Southern Expressway, Sri Lanka,” IEEE ICAEIE International Journal of Conceptions on Computing and Information Technology Vol. 2, Issue. 4, June 2014; ISSN: 2345 – 9808.

Papers in Local Research Forums

• K. L. K. Sudheera, G.G.N. Sandamali, Sandaruwan W.N.D.C., and N.D. Jayasundere, “GPS Tracking System for Sea Going Vessels,” [abstract], 12th Academic Sessions – 2014, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
• K. L. K. Sudheera, G.G.N. Sandamali, Sandaruwan W.N.D.C., and Cyril Kariyawasam, “Warning System for Accident Prone Areas in the Southern Expressway,” [abstract], 1^st Academic Research Symposium, 18th January, 2014, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
• K. L. K. Sudheera, Sandamali G.G.N., Sandaruwan W.N.D.C., Chathuranga K.H.L., and D.S. De Silva, “Ground Surveillances through Autonomous Quadcopter,” [abstract], 1st Academic Research Symposium, 18th January, 2014, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.

Talks and presentations:

• G. G.N. Sandamali, “Real-Time Air Traffic Flow Management for Optimal Air Traffic Flow Management”, Graduate Research Show Case, EEE,NTU, Singapore, 2019.

• K. L.K. Sudheera, G.G.N. Sandamali , W.N.D.C. Sandaruwan , and N.D. Jayasundere, “GPS Tracking System for Sea Going Vessels”, Annual Technical Conference IET-YP, 2015, Sri Lanka.

International Contributions

• Contributed as a reviewer in IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation System (TITS), IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), and IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation Robotics, and Vision (ICARCV).
• Master of Ceremony in IEEE ICARCV 2018.
• Co-chaired the IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation Robotics, and Vision (IEEE ICCA) 2017 session “System Modelling and Identification”.
• Volunteered in PIERS 2017 and IEEE ICARCV 2018 conferences.

Scholarships

• NTU Research Scholarship for PhD studies from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• “Most Ven: Madihe Panyasiha Mahanayaka Thero Memorial” scholarship
• “Sujatha Guruge Foundation” scholarship offered by University of Ruhuna

Awards

• Achieved the titles of “Outstanding Student in Research and Development” in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2015.
• Was a member of the best final year undergraduate project in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, 2015.
• Received the certificate “University Teaching for Teaching Assistant” from NTU, Singapore upon the completion of Teaching Assistant Programme, 2017.