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Student Openings (Apply Anytime)

We are are always looking for enthusiastic students to join our group. Please go through our research, publications and if you come across a topic that you would like to work on, feel free to contact us.


If you are a/an

  • ee.pdn.ac.lk fourth year undergraduate hoping to work on a final year project.

  • ce.pdn.ac.lk or sci.pdn.ac.lk/scs/ fourth year undergraduate hoping to work on a final year project.

  • ee.pdn.ac.lk, ce.pdn.ac.lk or sci.pdn.ac.lk/scs undergraduate hoping to work on a project that counts for a requirement on their degree program.

  • Any pdn.ac.lk undergraduate hoping to work on an extra curricular project.

  • Any graduate (with a degree in a related field) hoping to pursue a PG Dip (with research), MPhil or PhD on a topic of interest to the research group.

You should

  • Contact the Principal Investigator.

  • Contact Dr. Roshan Godaliyadda (for computer vision based topics) or Dr. Vijitha Herath(for data science based topics). Once you have a common interest, contact the PI through an advisor of your department.

  • Contact Dr. Roshan Godaliyadda (for computer vision based topics) or Dr. Vijitha Herath(for data science based topics). Once you have a common interest, contact the PI through the specific course coordinator from your department.

  • Write to any member of the research group, meet and come up with a project plan.

  • Contact Dr. Vijitha Herath (the director of CERPS).

You can find all the contact information in people or contact pages. Following is a non exhaustive list of oppurtunities.

  • We are looking for one or more students to explore the validity of the R0 (reproductivity number) as a parameter to characterize the spread of COVID. We hope to do this study through simulations. We are looking for someone with at least one of the following skills. Computer programming, probability/statistics.
  • We are looking for student or a professional with Android development skills to develop a mobile application for tracking contacts. The application should record user movements by GPS and accelerometer data. If you are a student seeking a research oppurtunity, you can collaboarte on the data analytics done by the app. If you are seeking financial compensation, we can discuss a budget for this work. Please contact Dr. Vijitha Herath if you are interested.
  • We are looking for a student with a good background in web development and data visualization to help us with building a dashboard to visualize the predictions generated by our algorithms. Even though it is not mandatory, the student is expected to get an exposure about the mathematics behind the predictions in the long run if (s)he wants to get into data science. Please contact Dr. Roshan Godaliyadda is you are interested.