Ms. Sandaruwani Pathirage

Department of Information & Communication Technology
Lecturer(Probationary)
sandaruwani@fot.ruh.ac.lk



ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Education

MSc in Information Technology, University of Moratuwa (2025)
BSc in Management and information Technology, University of Kelaniya -First Class (2017)

Professional Experience

Lecturer, Probationary Department of information and Communication Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Ruhuna 2026 April - Present
Lecturer/Consultant National Institute of Business Management, School of Computing 2019 January – 2026 April
Data Analyst Charles Komar (pvt) Ltd, Jersy City, New Jersy, USA 2017 May – 2018 December
Temporary Demonstrator Department of industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya 2017 March – 2017 May

Professional Qualifications


Specialized Program on Mobile Application Development, Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida, India (2025)
Outcome Based Learning: Advanced Concepts and Practices, Asian Institute of Technology, Vietnam (2024)
PUBLICATIONS

Conference Publications

Sandaruwani Pathirage, “A Statistical Analysis on ChatGPT’s Evaluation Bias on Handwritten Diagram based Exam Scripts”, 9th International Research Conference on Smart Computing and Systems Engineering (SCSE), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2026
S. Pathirage and T. Thanthriwatta, "An Analysis of Readability of Sri Lankan Short Stories Generated by Large Language Models," 2024 9th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICITR64794.2024.10857742. keywords: {Analytical models;Statistical analysis;Large language models;Natural languages;Cultural aspects;Chatbots;Internet;Indexes;Information technology;Large Language Models;Automated storytelling;Prompting},
S.Pathirage and T.Thanthriwatta, “An Analysis of Short Story Generation using LLMs in the Sri Lankan Context”, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 80th Annual Sessions, 2024
G.P.M.Sandaruwani and T.D.Rupasinghe, “A Genetic Algorithm Approach to the Integrated InventoryDistribution Problem of a Retail Supply Chain of Perishables”, International Research Conference of Uwa Wellassa University, Sri Lanka, 2019, https://erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/server/api/core/bitstreams/65d2ceed-20f9-4d2a-b28d-8fba526c839b/content
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Best Oral Presenter, Section E3 – Computer Science, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 80th Annual Sessions, 2024.
First Runners Up, Simulation and Modelling Design Competition (SimDec 2016), Department of industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya and Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Second Runners Up, Best Business Article Writer, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, 2014
MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Data Science
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Technology in Education
Natural Language Processing
Text Analytics