- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Robot Design and Competition -Undergraduate -2020
Electronic Control Systems -Undergraduate -2020
Robotics -Undergraduate -2020
Autonomous Systems -Undergraduate -2020
Department Industrial Training Coordinator - Industrial Training Coordination (2017 To 2021)
Department Semester 6 Coordinator - (2017 To 2021)
Department QA Coordinator - Quality Assurance (2022 To date)
Department Semeseter 7 Coordinator - Semester 7 coordination (2022 To date)
EClub Staff Advisor/Senior Treasurer - (2022 To date)
Research Activities
Robotics
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, University of Tokyo ,2014
Masters, University of Tokyo ,2011
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2006
Career
Honours and Awards
Best Student Paper Award (Received 2020)
Student Best Paper Award (Received 2017)
Best Poster Paper Award (Received 2012)
Bronze Prize, Intl. Student Paper Contest (Received 2009)
Senate Research Committee (SRC) Capital Grant (Received 2018)
Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship (Received 2008)
Publications*
P. G. Jayasekara, H. Hashimoto, and T. Kubota,".Ambient Intelligence, Collective Intelligence and Genetic Intelligence.",Springer,2013
Harindu Jayarathne, Tharindu Samarakoon, Hasara Koralege, Asitha Divisekara, Ranga Rodrigo, Peshala Jayasekara,".DualCam: A novel benchmark dataset for fine-grained real-time traffic light detection.",International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA),Florida, USA,2023,1778-1783
Kalana Abeywardena, Shechem Sumanthiran, Sakuna Jayasundara, Sachira Karunasena, Ranga Rodrigo, Peshala Jayasekara,".KORSAL: Key-Point Based Online Real-Time Spatio-Temporal Action Localization.",IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE),Regina SK, Canada,2023,279-284
Shalutha Rajapakshe, Dilanka Wickramasinghe, Sahan Gurusinghe, Deepana Ishtaweera, Bhanuka Silva, Peshala Jayasekara, Nick Panitz, Paul Flick, Navinda Kottege,".Collaborative Ground-Aerial Multi-Robot System for Disaster Response Missions with a Low-Cost Drone Add-On for Off-the-Shelf Drones.",IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC),Tomar, Portugal,2023,75-80
Oshada Jayasinghe, Sahan Hemachandra, Damith Anhettigama, Shenali Kariyawasam, Tharindu Wickremasinghe, Chalani Ekanayake, Ranga Rodrigo and Peshala Jayasekara,".Towards Real-time Traffic Sign and Traffic Light Detection on Embedded Systems.",IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV),Aachen, Germany,2022,723-728
Y. Ratiyalage, D. Y. Mudunkotuwa and P. Jayasekara,".CFD based Autonomous Surveillance Vessel Design for Maritime Environments.",IEEE OCEANS,Chennai, India,2022,1-8
Oshada Jayasinghe, Sahan Hemachandra, Damith Anhettigama, Shenali Kariyawasam, Ranga Rodrigo and Peshala Jayasekara,".CeyMo: See More on Roads - A Novel Benchmark Dataset for Road Marking Detection.",IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV),Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA,2022,3381-3390
Oshada Jayasinghe, Damith Anhettigama, Sahan Hemachandra, Shenali Kariyawasam, Ranga Rodrigo and Peshala Jayasekara,".SwiftLane: Towards Fast and Efficient Lane Detection.",IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA),California, USA,2021,859-864
Bhanuka Silva, Uvindu Perera, Thilina Thilakarathna, Isuru Athapattu, Peshala Jayasekara, Thilina Lalitharatne, Navinda Kottege, and Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay,".Hybrid Wheel-Leg Locomotion in Rough Terrain.",International Symposium on Experimental Robotics,Malta,2021,95-104
N. Karunanayake, A. Wijesinghe, C. Wijethunga, C. Kumaradasa, P. Jayasekara, and R. Rodrigo,".Towards a smart opponent for board games: Learning beyond simulations.",IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC),Toronto, Canada,2020,1943–1950
S Kirubaharan, P Jayasekara, D Weerakkody ,".Low Power FPGA-based Hardware Accelerator for Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robots.",Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA),Brisbane, Australia,2020,
TS Chathuranga, M Padmal, D Bibile, P Jayasekara, N Kottege,".Sensor Deck Development for Sparse Localization and Mapping for Micro UAVs to Assist in Disaster Response.",Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA),Brisbane, Australia,2020,
A. Dias, H. Wellaboda, Y. Rasanka, M. Munasinghe, R. Rodrigo, and P. Jayasekara,".Deep learning of augmented reality based human interactions for automating a robot team.",International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR),Singapore,2020,
P. G. Jayasekara and H. Arisumi,".Surmounting Obstacles by Arm Maneuver for Unmanned Power Shovel.",ROBOMECH Journal,2,2015
P. Jayasekara, T. Sasaki, H. Hashimoto, and T. Kubota,".Simultaneous Localization Assistance for Mobile Robot Navigation in Real, Populated Environments.",SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration,5,2012