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Mrs. JDT Erandi

Lecturer (Prob.)

Computing

Email : tenushi@foc.sab.ac.lk

    Qualifications

    • B.Sc. (Hons) Special Degree in Statistics, University of Kelaniya.

     

    Profile

  • Tenushi graduated from the University of Kelaniya in 2022 with a B.Sc. Honours degree in Statistics. Alongside, she worked as a trainee at Ansell Lanka Private Limited, Biyagama and she began her academic career as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya. Following this, she was promoted to the position of Temporary Lecturer within the same department. In addition, she also serves as a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Sports & Exercise Science Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya. Currently, she holds the position of Probationary Lecturer at the Department of Data Science, Faculty of Computing, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. 

    Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

    • Young Scientist Forum (YSF), Member.

    Research Interests

    • Data mining
    • Time series analysis
    • Regression analysis
    • Sampling
    • Bayesian inference

    Recent Publications

  • Full paper Publications

    1. Erandi, J. D. T., Dilshan, L. H. K., Piyasena, K. N. T., & Chandrasekara, N. V. (2022, December). Time Series and Neural Network Approaches for Accurate Forecasting of Monthly Natural Rubber Prices in Sri Lanka. In 2022 6th SLAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SLAAI-ICAI) (pp. 1-5). IEEE. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10002480)
    2. Erandi, J. D. T., Liyanage, U. P., & Gunawardana, A. (2023). Estimating COVID-19 Prevalence in Sri Lanka: A Dynamic Sampling Model Approach. Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics, 24, 3. (https://doi.org/10.4038/sljastats.v24i3.8114 )
    3. Erandi, J. D. T., Dilshan, L. H. K., & Chandrasekara, N. V. (2024 January). Forecasting Monthly Tourist Earnings in Sri Lanka. In 12th YSF symposium.

    Abstract Publications

    1. Erandi, J. D. T., Liyanage, U. P., & Gunawardana, A. (2023). Estimating COVID-19 prevalence in Sri Lanka. ICAPS 2023. ( http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/26923).

    Undergraduate Supervision

    • Correlation Between Social Media Activity and Anxiety Levels; A Case Study for Undergraduates in Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.
    • The Influence of Generative AI on Productivity in Software Development Teams.
    • A Study on Customer Expectations through Digital Banking Systems in Sri Lanka.

    Recognized National/International awards for learning, research and teaching

    • The Gold Medal in Statistics Awarded by the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
    • 2nd Runner-up of the Best Research Awards 2022 competition organized by the Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL) under the Undergraduate Category.
    • The Senate Honours Award of University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka for Conference presentation published as a full paper indexed in Scopus.
    • The Merit Award at the 12th YSF Symposium (Virtual) for outstanding oral presentation of full paper publication.
    • The Dean’s List during the academic years 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 of Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

    Undergraduate Teaching

  • BScHons in Computing and Information Systems

    • IS1109 - Statistics and Probability Theory

    BScHons in Data Scinces

    • DS1104 - Introduction to Statistics

    BScHons in Software Engineering

    • SE1107 - Fundamentals of Statistics