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Double Triumph: ED140 and ICNLP Acceptance in the Same Week!

January 21, 2025

This week has been nothing short of phenomenal! 🌟 Not one, but two major wins in the bag. Our GLOSSGPT @ ED140 got the green light, and to top it all off, our ICNLP submission was accepted too! 🙌 . The excitement is through the roof—what a thrilling week for the team! Here's to pushing boundaries and shaping the future of LLMs and NLP! 💡

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COLING 2025 : Participation and INDONLP workshop

January 20, 2025

Excited to have participated in COLING 2025, where I presented our work on "IndoNLP shared Task on Adhoc Reverse Transliteration". It was a great opportunity to explore the linguistic diversity of Indo-Aryan languages and discuss the latest advancements in NLP. A big shoutout to my co-organizers for their hard work and dedication in making this workshop a success!

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ICARC 2025 : Paper Acceptance

January 10, 2025

I am thrilled to announce that four of our co-authored papers have been accepted for presentation at ICARC 2025! Congratulations to all my supervisees for their hard work and remarkable achievements. This success is a testament to your dedication and innovation.

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NLPAICS Conference hosted by Lancaster University

July 27, 2024

Excited to have presented my paper on "Can LLMs Assist with Ambiguity?" at NLPAICS 2024 in Lancaster! It was a great opportunity to explore how large language models can tackle the challenges of ambiguity in language. Looking forward to further discussions and collaborations in this evolving field!. A big thanks to my supervisors/co-authors of the work Dr Nicholas Micallef and Dr Julian Hough for the input on this work. Thank you Lancaster university for organizing this amazing program.

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Summer Camp organized by UCREL Lancaster University

July 24-26, 2024

Had a great time with this amazing group at Infolab, Lancaster University. The well-organized summer camp has come to an end, adding tons of knowledge to our basket. Thank you for having us, and special thanks to UCREL for organizing this incredible experience!

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IndoNLP workshop accepted for COLING 2025

June 30, 2024

Excited to announce that our workshop proposal on "IndoNLP: The First Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages." has been accepted for COLING 2025! Looking forward to exploring the diverse linguistic landscape of Indo-Aryan languages and discussing the latest advancements in NLP. A big shoutout to my co-organizers for their hard work and dedication in making this happen!

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ICIIT Conclave on LLM and Generative AI

May 31, 2024

It was a great pleasure to present my ongoing research on Word Sense Disambiguation using a Large Language Model-based approach at the ICIIT Conclave 2024. This work is co-authored by Dr. Nicholas Micallef and Dr. Julian Hough. I would like to extend my gratitude to the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) for their innovative idea of conducting the conference on LLMs.

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Graduation : Master of Computer Science

January 11, 2024

I am happy to announce that I have graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the graduation ceremony as I was away pursuing my PhD studies. A special thanks to Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe and Mr. Prasan Yapa for supervising my master's research.

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Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Postgraduate Research Scholarship

October 16, 2023

I am honored to receive the Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Postgraduate Research Scholarship for my PhD at Swansea University. My research is proudly supervised by Dr. Nicholas Micallef and Dr. Julian Hough, whose guidance is invaluable in this academic journey.

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Best Paper Award - ICARC 2023

February 23, 2023

The Best Paper Award for the paper titled Swa-Bhasha: Romanized Sinhala to Sinhala Reverse Transliteration using a hybrid approach at International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC 2023) organized by Faculty of Computing, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. The paper was themed under Text Analytics and Natural Language processing track.

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Best Paper Award : Postgraduate ICIET 2022

November 27, 2022

The Best Paper Award for the paper titled A Rule-based Approach to generate low-resourced Sinhala to Romanized Sinhala Ad hoc Transliterals based on Survey Data under the Track of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. This was organized by International Conference on Innovation and Emerging Technologies 2022, Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

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Best Extended Abstract Paper Award : ICIIT 2022

February 19, 2022

The Best Paper Award for the paper titled Romanized Sinhala to Sinhala Transliteration Using a Hybrid Approach. organized by ICIIT 2022, Informatics Institute of Technology in Colombo. The paper discussed the current challenges in Transliteration approaches and proposed solutions to mitigate such challenges.

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Graduation : Bachelor in Technology Computer Science and Engineering

September 21, 2019

I am happy to announce that I have graduated from the National Institute of Technology Calicut with a major in Computer Science and Engineering, achieving first-class.

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Best Final Year Project / TCS Best project Award

September 20, 2019

Thrilled to celebrate a double victory: winning the prestigious TCS Best Project Award and the Best Final Year Project Award in Computer Science at the National Institute of Technology Calicut! 🎉 Kudos to our incredible team—Vignesh Selvaraj, Venkatesh Raju, and Uddav Raj—for their hard work and brilliance. A special shoutout to the hero behind the scenes, our amazing supervisor, Dr. Jay Prakash, for his invaluable guidance and support. Here's to teamwork and excellence!

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Group Photo at NIT Calicut

March 13, 2019

Celebrating the graduating Computer Science batch of 2019 from the National Institute of Technology Calicut! 🌟 The first row of the photo features the esteemed professors from the Computer Science Department, while the rest of the image captures the vibrant and talented batchmates of the CS class of 2019. Cheers to the memories, achievements, and bright futures ahead

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Nehru Gandhi Memorial Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies

August 23, 2015

I was honored to receive the Nehru Gandhi Memorial Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science for the 2015-16 academic year. A heartfelt thanks to ICCR India for their generous support, enabling me to pursue my Bachelor's degree in Engineering.