- Faculty of Information Technology
- Department of Information Technology
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Information Technology
Faculty of Information Technology
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Database Management Systems -Undergraduate -2016
Database Management Systems -Undergraduate -2017
Computer Graphics and Animation -Undergraduate -2017
Computer Graphics and Animation -Undergraduate -2016
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2017
Fundamentals of Databases and Database Design -Undergraduate -2017
Fundamentals of Databases and Database Design -Undergraduate -2016
Fundamentals of Databases and Database Design -Undergraduate -2015
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2015
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2017
Advanced Database Management Systems -Undergraduate -2016
Advanced Database Management Systems -Undergraduate -2017
Data Structures and Algorithms -Undergraduate -2015
System Anaysis and Design -Postgraduate -2021
System Anaysis and Design -Postgraduate -2022
System Anaysis and Design -Postgraduate -2023
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2018
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2020
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2021
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2022
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2024
Fundamentals of Databases and Database Design -Undergraduate -2018
Fundamentals of Databases and Database Design -Undergraduate -2020
Fundamentals of Databases and Database Design -Undergraduate -2021
Big Data Analytics -Undergraduate -2023
Advanced Database Management Systems -Undergraduate -2019
Director, Undergraduate Studies Division - (2019 To 2022)
Director, Undergraduate Studies Division - (2018 To 2019)
Senior Treasurer, INTECS - (2021 To 2022)
Research Activities
Big Data Analytics
Social Network Analysis
Health Analytics
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, National University of Singapore ,2015
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2009
IEEE Member(2021 To date)
Computer Society of Sri Lanka(2022 To date)
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)(2017 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Rajapaksha, N., Ahangama, S. & Adikari, S. ,".Fine-tuning XLM-R for the Detection of Sinhala Hate Speech Content on Twitter and Youtube.",3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2023,
Hathnapitiya, S, Ahangama, S. & Adikari, S.,".Early Detection of Sinhala Fake News in Social Media.",3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2023,
Perera, S., Perera, I., & Ahangama, S.,".Influence Rank of Hate Users in Twitter: An Analysis during Sri Lanka’s Political and Economic Crisis.",3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2023,
Sivarajah, S. & Ahangama, S. ,".Review of Social Media’s Impact on Initial Coin Offerings.",3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2023,
Suresha Perera;Indika Perera;Supunmali Ahangama,".Exploring Twitter Messages during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sri Lanka: Topic Modelling and Emotion Analysis.",2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2022,
Suresha Perera;Indika Perera;Supunmali Ahangama,".The effects of Social Media User Behavioural Factors on Hate Speech Detection.",2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2022,
Madurangi Guruge;Supunmali Ahangama;Dinithi Amarasinghe,".Analyze Hate Contents on Sinhala Tweets using an Ensemble Method.",2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2022,
M. D. Madhushika;Supunmali Ahangama;D. A. Rajapaksha,".Analyzing the Impact of Social Media on Sinhala News Dissemination in Mass Media.",2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC),Belihuloya, Sri Lanka,2022,
Chinthani Sugandhika; Supunmali Ahangama; Sapumal Ahangama,".Modelling Wikipedia’s Information Quality using Informativeness, Reliability and Authority.",3rd International Conference on Advancements in Computing (ICAC),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2021,
Chinthani Sugandhika;Supunmali Ahangama,".Heuristics-Based SQL Query Generation Engine.",6th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2021,
Evangeli Silva; Maheshi Nandathilaka; Sandupa Dalugoda; Thanu Amarasinghe; Supunmali Ahangama; G. Thilini Weerasuriya,".Machine Learning-Based Automated Tool to Detect Sinhala Hate Speech in Images.",6th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2021,
Lahiru de Silva; Supunmali Ahangama,".Singlish to Sinhala Transliteration using Rule-based Approach.",16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS),Kandy, Sri Lanka,2021,
Piumi Perera;Supunmali Ahangama,".SimplyTrans: A Simplified Approach to Sinhala-Based Coding and Introductory Programming Language Localization.",IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS),Kandy, Sri Lanka,2021,
A.L.D.S. Arambewela; Supunmali Ahangama; D.M.A.K. Dissanayake,".Real-time Sinhala Writing Assistant for Kids.",16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS),Kandy, Sri Lanka,2021,
Heshan De Silva; Supunmali Ahangama; Suresha Perera,".Sinhala Text Extraction from YouTube Thumbnails using Convolutional Spiking Neural Networks.",From Innovation to Impact (FITI),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2021,
Champika HPD Wishwanath, Supuni N Weerasinghe, Kanishka H Illandara, ASTMRDS Kadigamuwa, Supunmali Ahangama,".A personalized and context aware music recommendation system.",HCI INTERNATIONAL 2020,Copenhagen, Denmark,2020,616-627
Lahiru Jayasekara, Supunmali Ahangama,".Trend Detection in Sinhala Tweets Using Clustering and Ranking Algorithms.",From Innovation to Impact (FITI),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2020,
Sashini Hettiarachchi;Chinthani Sugandhika;Ashini Kathriarachchi;Supunmali Ahangama;G. T. Weerasuriya,".A Scenario-based ER Diagram and Query Generation Engine.",4th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2019,1-5
Lasitha Uyangoda;Supunmali Ahangama;Tharindu Ranasinghe,".User Profile Feature-Based Approach to Address the Cold Start Problem in Collaborative Filtering for Personalized Movie Recommendation.",Thirteenth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM),Berlin, Germany,2019,
Weerasinghe, S N and Ahangama, S,".A Method to Identify the Current Mood of Social Media Users.", 14th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2019),Peradeniya, Sri Lanka,2019,
Maheshi Nandathilaka;Supunmali Ahangama;G. Thilini Weerasuriya,".A Rule-based Lemmatizing Approach for Sinhala Language.",3rd International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2018,
Shakthi Weerasinghe;Supunmali Ahangama,".Predictive Maintenance and Performance Optimisation in Aircrafts using Data Analytics.",3rd International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2018,
Wijenayake, S S, Ganiachchi, S C, Wijekoon, J C, and Ahangama, S,".Predicting Tie Strength between Facebook Friends to Improve Accuracy in Travel Recommendation Systems.",22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2018) ,Yokohama, Japan,2018,
Nandathilaka, M, Ahangama, S. and Weerasuriya, G T.,".A Rule-based Lemmatizing Approach for Sinhala Language.",3rd International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR 2018),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2018,
Ganiachchi, S C, Wijenayake, S S, Wijekoon, J C, and Ahangama, S,".Creation of Semantic Location Profiles using Bayes, Rule-Based, Trees and Meta Classification Approaches.",13th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2017),Guilin, China,2017,
Ahangama, S and Poo, C C D,".Improving Health Analytic Process through Project, Communication and Knowledge Management.",International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015) ,Texas, USA,2015,
Ahangama, S and Poo, C C D,".What Methodological Attributes are Essential for Novice Users in Health Analytics? – An Empirical Analysis.",17 th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CHCI 2015), Los Angeles, USA,2015,
Supunmali Ahangama,".Relating Social Media Diffusion, Education Level and Cybersecurity Protection Mechanisms to E-Participation Initiatives: Insights from a Cross-Country Analysis.",Information Systems Frontiers,,2023
Christina Sanchita Shah and Supunmali Ahangama,".A Cross-Country Examination of Internet Penetration and the Economic Participation of Women: The Influence of Social Capital and Gender Equality.",IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review,,2023
Chinthani Sugandhika; Supunmali Ahangama,".Assessing Information Quality of Wikipedia Articles Through Google’s E-A-T Model.",IEEE Access,10,2022
Piumi Perera; Geethya Tennakoon; Supunmali Ahangama; Rangana Panditharathna; Buddhika Chathuranga,".A Systematic Mapping of Introductory Programming Languages for Novice Learners.",IEEE Access,9,2021
Supunmali Ahangama, Satish Krishnan,".Are E-Participation Initiatives Related to Quality of Life of Nations Dependent on Cultural Dimensions? A Country-Level Empirical Investigation.",e-Service Journal,12,2021