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Dr Rukshan Athauda

Senior Lecturer

School of Information and Physical Sciences (Computing and Information Technology)

Career Summary

Biography

Technology has a significant impact on society today. I am interested in exploring how technology can be used to benefit society. I have expertise in Computing and IT domain and worked in collaboration to bring about technology innovations.

I always look forward for opportunities to develop and contribute my expertise and forth come collaborations in Computing and IT domains, inter-disciplinary projects, industry-based projects, MPhil or PhD projects and other research collaborations.

I have experience in academia and industry. After completing my PhD, prior to joining academia, I worked at Microsoft Corporation, as a Software Design Engineer/Test at the SQL Server team in Redmond, WA, USA. I have co-authored 70+ publications – book, book chapters, journal articles, conference papers and a technical report. I have supervised/co-supervised PhD, Masters and Honours student projects to completion and attracted funding for both research and industry-based projects.

Research Expertise

My research expertise and interests span a number of areas with contributions in the following areas:

  • Database Systems, Database Integration, Data Analysis - including architectures for multi-databases systems, data integration and gaining insights from data
  • Educational Technology and Technology-enhanced Learning – including virtual labs, frameworks for learning analytics interventions, project-based learning and others.
  • Computer Systems Security and Trust – including determining optimal configurations of permissions, trust models and decentralised trust.
  • Cloud Computing – including cloud-based virtual labs, efficient task scheduling in fog-cloud environments
  • Collaborative Systems in Music post-production – including frameworks for DAW interoperability and online music post-production.

Teaching Expertise

The courses that I currently teach at UoN include:

  • Systems and Network Administration
  •  Advanced Databases
  • Database Management 2

Previously I have developed and taught into the following courses: The Information Resource, Database Management 1, Supply Chain Design Support, Database Management Systems.

Previously, at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), I have developed ant taught Advance Database Management Systems,  Database Management II, Database Management III, Modern IT Topics and Distributed Component-based Software Development. Also I have taught database systems courses at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka both at undergraduate and post-graduate programs.

Service Roles and Professional Activities

At UoN, I contribute(d) to a number of service roles, including:

  • Program Convenor, Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours) (Jan 2021 - Present)
  • Industry Experience Coordinator, Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours) (Feb 2023 - Present)
  • Member, Teaching and Learning Committee (School of Information and Physical Science) (Sep 2021 - present)
  • Program Convenor, Bachelor of Information Technology (Nov 2019 - Dec 2021)
  • Head of CIT Discipline (Jan 2017 - June 2018 and Jan 2019 - July 2019)
  • Head of IT Discipline (Nov 2015 - Dec 2016)
  • Deputy BIT Convenor (2015)
  • RHD Coordinator for School of DCIT (2009 - 2014)
  • Member of Research Committee - School of DCIT (2009 - 2014)
  • Member of Faculty Board - Faculty of Science and IT (2008-2010)
  • Member of BSc Review Working Party (2007)

Previously at SLIIT, I was the SLIIT-Curtin program academic coordinator, leading the development of Student Information and Management Systems (SIMS), and team member in external consultancies for the RFP for Network Rollout and Planning - MTN Networks (Pvt) (Dialog), Secondary Education Modernisation Project, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka.

Following are some of my professional activities:

Editorial Board:

  • International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (IJCIT

Expert Reviewer:

  • IEEE Transactions of Learning Technologies journal
  • Computers & Education journal
  • Education and Information Technologies journal
  • International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education (IJAIED)
  • Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS)
  • IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE)
  • Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Technical/Program/Research Committee:

  • Australasian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC 2014)
  • International Conference on Natural Computation and the International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2009 and ICNC-FSKD 2011) 

Others:

  • Plenary Speaker - The International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences (ICAPS 2021) - Software-intensive track 
  • FEBE Collaboration Award for 2019 - UON Cyber Labs Design and Implementation Team, The University of Newcastle
  • Keynote Speaker at 7th Annual Conference of the Sri Lanka Association for Artificial Intelligence (SLAAI 2010)
  • Faculty Staff Teaching and Learning Award 2009 - Innovative approach to curriculum design, professionalism and highly positive student feedback, Faculty of Science and IT, The University of Newcastle
  • Guest Speaker at SLIIT Research Symposium 2007


Qualifications

  • PhD, Florida International University - USA
  • Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), Florida International University - USA
  • Master of Science (Computer Science), Florida International University - USA
  • Graduate Certificate Practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle

Keywords

  • Applied Computing
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Management
  • Educational Technology
  • IT Security
  • Technology-enhanced Learning
  • Trust

Languages

  • Sinhalese (Mother)

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
460601 Cloud computing 20
390405 Educational technology and computing 40
460505 Database systems 20
460199 Applied computing not elsewhere classified 20

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title Organisation / Department
Senior Lecturer University of Newcastle
School of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Australia

Academic appointment

Dates Title Organisation / Department
1/1/2017 - 31/1/2022 Senior Lecturer The University of Newcastle
School of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Australia
1/1/2015 - 30/12/2016 Senior Lecturer The University of Newcastle, Australia
School of Design, Communication and IT
Australia
1/11/2006 - 31/12/2014 Lecturer in IT University of Newcastle
School of Design Communication and IT
Australia
1/1/2002 - 1/10/2006 Senior Lecturer Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Department of Information Technology
Sri Lanka

Professional appointment

Dates Title Organisation / Department
1/8/2000 - 1/12/2001 Software Development Engineer/Test Microsoft Corporation
SQL Server Team
United States

Thesis Examinations

Year Level Discipline Thesis
2015 PHD Information Systems Information Discovery in Multi-dimensional Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks
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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.


Book (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2024 Gullö J-O, Hepworth-Sawyer R, Paterson J, Toulson R, Marrington M, Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts, Focal Press
DOI 10.4324/9781003462101

Chapter (3 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2024 Stickland S, Scott N, Athauda R, '"Come together, right now : Making remote multiparty in-the-box audio mixing a reality', Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts, Routledge, London (2024) [B1]
DOI 10.4324/9781003462101
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2009 Athauda RI, Tissera M, Fernando C, 'Data mining applications: Promise and challenges', Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Real Life Applications, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia 201-213 (2009) [B1]
2005 Athauda R, 'Information Systems', (2005) [B2]

Journal article (17 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2024 Stickland S, Athauda R, Scott N, 'A new audio mixing paradigm: evaluation from professional practitioners perspectives', Creative Industries Journal, 17 (2024) [C1]
DOI 10.1080/17510694.2022.2088164
Citations Scopus - 1
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2023 Alalawi K, Athauda R, Chiong R, 'Contextualizing the current state of research on the use of machine learning for student performance prediction: A systematic literature review', Engineering Reports, 5 (2023) [C1]
DOI 10.1002/eng2.12699
Citations Scopus - 1
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2022 Stickland S, Athauda R, Scott N, 'Professional Views of Digital Audio Workstations and Collaborative Audio Mixing', Chroma: Journal of the Australasian Computer Music Association, 38 (2022) [C1]
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.6854136
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2021 Stickland S, Athauda R, Scott N, 'Design and Evaluation of a Scalable Real-Time Online Digital Audio Workstation Collaboration Framework', Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 69 410-431 (2021) [C1]
DOI 10.17743/jaes.2021.0016
Citations Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2018 Alharbi NM, Athauda RI, Chiong R, 'Empowering collaboration in project-based learning using a scripted environment: Lessons learned from analysing instructors needs', Technology Pedagogy and Education, 27 381-397 (2018) [C1]
DOI 10.1080/1475939X.2018.1473289
Citations Scopus - 8Web of Science - 4
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2017 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'Towards adaptive open learning environments: Evaluating the precision of identifying learning styles by tracking learners' behaviours', EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, 22 807-825 (2017) [C1]
DOI 10.1007/s10639-015-9458-5
Citations Scopus - 21Web of Science - 13
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2016 Alkhaldi T, Pranata I, Athauda, 'A review of contemporary virtual and remote laboratory implementations: observations and findings', Journal of Computers in Education, 3 329-351 (2016) [C1]
DOI 10.1007/s40692-016-0068-z
Citations Web of Science - 26
2016 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'Using learning styles as a basis for creating adaptive open learning environments: an evaluation', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, 11 198-217 (2016) [C1]
DOI 10.1504/IJLT.2016.079034
Citations Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2015 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'Knowledge Maps in Open Learning Environments: An Evaluation from Learners Perspectives', Journal of Information Technology and Application in Education, 4 18-29 (2015) [C1]
DOI 10.14355/jitae.2015.04.003
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2015 Pranata I, Athauda R, 'Instilling Similarity Rating Model to Combat Malicious Raters', International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering, 4 298-308 (2015) [C1]
DOI 10.17706/ijcce.2015.4.5.298-308
2013 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda RI, 'Boosting the Opportunities of Open Learning (MOOCs) through Learning Theories', GSTF Journal on Computing, 3 112-117 (2013) [C1]
DOI 10.5176/2251-3043_3.3.280
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2013 Pranata I, Athauda RI, Skinner GD, 'Modeling Decentralized Reputation-Based Trust for Initial Transactions in Digital Environments', ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 12 8:1-8:35 (2013) [C1]
DOI 10.1145/2461321.2461323
Citations Scopus - 7Web of Science - 5
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2013 Pranata I, Athauda R, Skinner G, 'Determining trustworthiness and quality of mobile applications', Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 65 LNICST 192-206 (2013) [C1]

The growth of "smart" mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, has been exponential over the past few years. Such growth was mainly attributed to the development... [more]

The growth of "smart" mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, has been exponential over the past few years. Such growth was mainly attributed to the development of mobile applications. To date, mobile applications have been increasingly used to improve our productivity and also to provide the entertainment contents. However, with a huge number of mobile applications that appear in the application stores; in particular those that provide similar functionalities, users are often confused with the selection of trustworthy and high quality mobile applications. At the current state, there is a limited research embarked to provide solutions for measuring the trustworthiness of mobile applications prior to download. Thus, the aims of this paper are to review the current research in this area and to discuss several issues in measuring the trustworthiness of mobile applications. In addition, this paper also proposes MobilTrust, a similarity trust measurement method to solve the identified issues. © 2013 ICST Institute for Computer Science, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-36660-4_14
Citations Scopus - 3
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A holistic review on trust and reputation management systems for digital environments', International Journal of Computer and Information Technology, 1 44-53 (2012) [C1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A distributed secure mechanism for resource protection in a digital ecosystem environment', Journal of Information Security, 3 25-38 (2012) [C1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A flexible authentication and authorisation mechanism for securing transactions in digital ecosystem', International Journal on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems, 2 87-101 (2012) [C1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
1996 Branly RM, Athauda R, Filingim MO, 'Light curve solutions for eclipsing binaries in NGC 188', Astrophysics and Space Science, 235 (1996) [C1]
Citations Scopus - 5Web of Science - 8
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Conference (56 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2024 Stickland S, Scott N, Athauda R, 'A Hybrid Design-Based Methodology for Cross-Discipline Research Projects Developing Software Artifacts', Peer Review Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices, Newcastle, N.S.W (Virtual) (2024) [E1]
DOI 10.18848/978-1-963049-18-3/CGP
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2022 Stickland S, Scott N, Athauda R, 'The DAW Collaboration Framework: Improving Creative Opportunities and Authenticity in Collaborative Online Audio Mixing', Stockholm (Online) (2022)
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2021 Alalawi K, Chiong R, Athauda R, 'Early Detection of Under-Performing Students Using Machine Learning Algorithms', CITISIA 2021 - IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent System and Industrial Application, Proceedings, Sydney, Australia (2021) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/CITISIA53721.2021.9719896
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2021 Alalawi K, Athauda R, Chiong R, 'An Innovative Framework to Improve Course and Student Outcomes', Sydney (2021) [E1]
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2021 Alalawi K, Chiong R, Athauda R, 'Early Detection of Under-Performing Students Using Machine Learning Algorithms', CITISIA 2021 - IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent System and Industrial Application, Proceedings, Sydney, Australia (2021) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/CITISIA53721.2021.9719896
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2020 Stickland S, Scott N, Athauda R, 'Towards a Vision for a Virtual DAW Collaboration Studio for Professional Post-Production Music Projects', Australian National University, Canberra (Online) (2020)
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2019 Abedi M, Chiong R, Athauda R, Seidgar H, Michalewicz Z, Sturt A, 'A Regional Multi-Objective Tabu Search Algorithm for a Green Heterogeneous Dial-A-Ride Problem', 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2019 - Proceedings, Wellington, NZ (2019) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/CEC.2019.8790003
Citations Scopus - 2
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2019 Stickland S, Athauda R, Scott N, 'Design of a real-time multiparty DAW collaboration application using Web MIDI and WebRTC APIs', Web Audio Conference WAC-2019, Trondheim, Norway (2019) [E1]
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2018 Stickland S, Scott N, Athauda R, 'A Framework for Real-Time Online Collaboration in Music Production', Reflecting Worlds: The Promise and Limitations of Mimesis in Electronic Music. Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2018, Perth, Australia (2018) [E1]
Co-authors Nathan Scott
2018 Athauda R, Alkhaldi T, Pranata I, Conway D, Frank C, Thorne W, Dean R, 'Design of a Technology-Enhanced Pedagogical Framework for a Systems and Networking Administration course incorporating a Virtual Laboratory', 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), San Jose, California, USA (2018) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 1
2017 Dodd C, Athauda R, Adam MTP, 'Designing user interfaces for the elderly: A systematic literature review', ACIS 2017 Proceedings - Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Hobart, Australia (2017) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 49
Co-authors Marc Adam
2015 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'A Framework to Personalise Open Learning Environments by Adapting to Learning Styles', Proceedings of the 7th International Conference in Computer Supported Education, Lisbon, Portugal (2015) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 6
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2014 Alharbi N, Athauda R, Chiong R, 'A Survey of CSCL Script Tools that Support Designing Collaborative Scenarios', 2014 International Conference on Web and Open Access to Learning Conference, Dubai, UAE (2014) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/ICWOAL.2014.7009226
Citations Scopus - 4Web of Science - 3
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2014 Jiang Y, Weise T, Lassig J, Chiong R, Athauda R, 'Comparing a hybrid branch and bound algorithm with evolutionary computation methods, local search and their hybrids on the TSP', IEEE SSCI 2014 - 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - CIPLS 2014: 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Production and Logistics Systems, Proceedings, Orlando, Florida (2014) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/CIPLS.2014.7007174
Citations Scopus - 14Web of Science - 9
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2014 Alharbi N, Athauda R, Chiong R, 'An Integrated Framework for Collaboration in Online Learning Using CSCL Scripts', The 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Application (ICITA 2014), Sydney, Australia (2014) [E1]
Co-authors Raymond Chiong
2014 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'Personalizing Open Learning Environments through the Adaptation to Learning Styles', The 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA 2014), Sydney (2014) [E1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2014 Fasihuddin H, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'Towards an Adaptive Model to Personalise Open Learning Environments using Learning Styles', Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology and Systems, Surabaya, Indonesia (2014) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 23
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2013 Fasihuddin HA, Skinner G, Athauda RI, Pranata I, 'Insights into the use of Knowledge Maps in Online Learning Environments: A Pilot Study', International Conference on Technical Education (ICTechEd), Bangkok, Thailand (2013) [E2]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2013 Pranata I, Skinner G, Athauda R, 'A survey on the usability and effectiveness of web-based trust rating systems', 2013 IEEE/ACIS 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2013 - Proceedings, Niigata (2013) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/ICIS.2013.6607882
Citations Scopus - 5Web of Science - 3
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Fasihuddin HAA, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'Open learning sky: A conceptual framework for a cloud based open elearning environment', Proceedings of IASTED International Conference Engineering and Applied Science (EAS 2012), Colombo, Sri Lanka (2012) [E1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Alharbi N, Athauda RI, Simon, 'An analysis of student's perspectives in using virtual labs in an undergraduate IT course', Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Engineering and Applied Science (EAS 2012), Colombo, Sri Lanka (2012) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 2
2012 Pranata I, Athauda RI, Skinner GD, 'Securing and governing access in ad-hoc networks of internet of things', Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Engineering and Applied Science (EAS 2012), Colombo, Sri Lanka (2012) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 16
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Fasihuddin HAA, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A holistic review of cloud-based e-learning system', IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012, Hong Kong (2012) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 25
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Fasihuddin HAA, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A theoretical framework for healthcare innovation management using wiki based Digital Ecosystem', Advanced Materials Research, Chengdu, China (2012) [E1]
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.463-464.811
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Fasihuddin HAA, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A review of contemporary cloud based e-learning intitiatives', IADIS International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2012, Perth, Australia (2012) [E1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'Architecture implementation for applying trust in digital environments (TIDE)', Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2012, Perth, Australia (2012) [E1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2012 Fasihuddin HAA, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'Taking elearning to the cloud - CALC: A framework for collaborative learning in the cloud (CALC)', 3rd Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation and Technology, Singapore (2012) [E1]
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2011 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A survey on the security requirements for a successful adoption of Digital Ecosystem environment', Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Network Technologies & Communications (NTC 2011), Singapore (2011) [E1]
DOI 10.5176/2251-2233_its11
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2011 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'TIDE: Measuring and evaluating trustworthiness and credibility of enterprises in Digital Ecosystem', MEDES '11 Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, San Francisco, CA (2011) [E1]
DOI 10.1145/2077489.2077492
Citations Scopus - 6
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2011 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A distributed mechanism for secure collaboration in Digital Ecosystems', MEDES '11 Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, San Francisco, CA (2011) [E1]
DOI 10.1145/2077489.2077495
Citations Scopus - 2
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2011 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A community based authentication and authorisation mechanism for digital ecosystem', Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, Daejeon, Korea (2011) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/dest.2011.5936618
Citations Scopus - 3
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2011 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'Distributed mechanism for protecting resources in a newly emerged digital ecosystem technology', Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing. 11th International Conference, ICA300 2011, Melbourne, Australia, October 24-26, 2011, Proceedings, Part II, Melbourne, Vic (2011) [E1]
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-24669-2_17
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2011 Summons PF, Newby DA, Athauda RI, Park M, 'Modelling a simulated pharmacy patient', 9th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2011: ISC'2011, Venice (2011) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 1
Co-authors Peter Summons, David Newby
2011 Pranata I, Skinner GD, Athauda RI, 'A distributed community approach for protecting resources in Digital Ecosystem', 2011 International Conference on Advanced Computer Science and Information Systems (Proceedings), Jakarta, Indonesia (2011) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 3
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2010 Fernando HC, Tissera WMR, Athauda RI, 'Gaining insights to the importation of food to Sri Lanka using data mining', IMECS 2010 Proceedings CD, Kowloon, Hong Kong (2010) [E1]
2009 Summons PF, Newby D, Athauda R, Park M, Shaw P, Pranata I, et al., 'Design strategy for a scalable virtual pharmacy patient', ACIS 2009 Proceedings - 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, Australia (2009) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 1
Co-authors David Newby, Peter Summons
2009 Summons PF, Newby DA, Athauda RI, Park M, Shaw PE, Pranata I, et al., 'Design strategy for a scalable virtual pharmacy patient', ACIS 2009: Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, VIC (2009) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 3
Co-authors Peter Summons, David Newby
2009 Regan BG, Pusatli OT, Lutton E, Athauda RI, 'Securing an EHR in a health sector digital ecosystem', IEEE-DEST 2009: Third IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey (2009) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/dest.2009.5276739
Citations Scopus - 4
2009 Fernando I, Henskens FA, Cohen M, Athauda RI, 'Integrating clinical knowledge for automated reasoning and synthesis: Tapping the power of information technology into psychiatry', RANZCP NZ Conference: Conference Handbook, Rotorua, NZ (2009) [E3]
Co-authors Frans Henskens
2009 Fernando I, Athauda RI, Cohen M, Henskens FA, Smith R, 'Towards data-oriented clinical information systems and data mining in psychiatry: Can they beat clinical trials?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Adelaide, SA (2009) [E3]
DOI 10.1080/00048670902940075
Co-authors Frans Henskens, Roger Smith
2009 Fernando I, Henskens FA, Cohen M, 'A framework for knowledge storing, context-sensitive retrieval and synthesis in psychiatry', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Adelaide, SA (2009) [E3]
DOI 10.1080/00048670902940075
Co-authors Frans Henskens
2008 Luo S, Xia HF, Gao Y, Jin JS, Athauda RI, 'Smart fridges with multimedia capability for better nutrition and health', Proceedings: 2008 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing, UMC 2008, Hobart, TAS (2008) [E1]
DOI 10.1109/umc.2008.17
Citations Scopus - 28Web of Science - 13
Co-authors Suhuai Luo
2008 Athauda RI, Skinner GD, Regan BG, 'A methodology to minimise excessively permissive security configurations', Recent Advances in Applied Computer Science: Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science (ACS' 08), Venice, Italy (2008) [E1]
Citations Web of Science - 2
Co-authors Geoff Skinner
2008 Fernando HC, Tissera WMR, Athauda RI, 'Gaining insights to the tea industry of Sri Lanka using data mining', International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008 (IMECS 2008). Proceedings, Hong Kong (2008) [E1]
2007 Athauda RI, 'A revision of a database course with a real-world project', Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, Nelson, New Zealand (2007) [E1]
2007 Tissera WMR, Athauda RI, Femando HC, 'Discovery of strongly related subjects in the undergraduate syllabi using data mining', 2006 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND AUTOMATION, Colombo, SRI LANKA (2007) [E1]
Citations Scopus - 9Web of Science - 1
2006 Athauda RI, Sumathipala P, 'Use of semantics for efficient translation of XML queries', Proceedings of The SLIIT Research Symposium, Malabe (2006) [E2]
2006 Tissera WMR, Athauda RI, Fernando HC, 'Experiences of a Data Mining Experiment on a Large ICT Educational Institution in Sri Lanka: Significance, Challenges, Issues and Strategy', Proceedings of The SLIIT Research Symposium, Malabe (2006) [E2]
2006 Sumathipala P, Athauda RI, Goonetillake J, 'Utilizing superclass/subclass relationship in mapping XML schema to ORDBs', Proceedings - Sixth IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2006 (2006) [E1]

XML is popularly used as the de-facto standard for exchanging data between information systems. Storage and access to such XML encoded data is needed. Many approaches have been pr... [more]

XML is popularly used as the de-facto standard for exchanging data between information systems. Storage and access to such XML encoded data is needed. Many approaches have been proposed: (i.) Storing XML data in its native form (native XML databases), (ii.)Use of existing DBMSs to store XML encoded data (XML-enabled databases). ORDBs integrate the rich object-oriented modeling capabilities as well as leverage the mature relational database technologies in storing and accessing data. Therefore, use of ORDBs to store XML encoded data enables us to exploit these rich powerful features. Extracting semantics that exists in XML schema enables us to exploit rich 00 modeling capabilities of ORDBs during mapping. This is especially beneficial when storing large amounts of structured XML data. In this paper, we outline techniques to identify superclass/subclass relationship in XML Schema and propose guidelines to map XML Schema to ORDB schema utilizing such semantic information. © 2006 IEEE.

DOI 10.1109/CIT.2006.192
Citations Scopus - 1
2005 Athauda R, Kodagoda N, Wickramaratne J, Sumathipala P, Rupasinghe L, Edirishighe A, et al., 'Integrating industrial technologies, tools and practices to the IT curriculum: an innovative course with .NET and java platforms', Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education, Newark, New Jersey (2005) [E1]
2000 Rishe N, Yuan J, Athauda R, Chen SC, Lu X, Ma X, et al., 'SemanticAccess: Semantic Interface for Querying Databases', Cairo, Egypt. (2000) [E1]
2000 Rishe N, Athauda RI, Yuan J, Chen SC, 'Semantic Relations: The Key to Integrating and Query Processing in Heterogeneous Databases', Orlando, Florida, USA. (2000) [E1]
2000 Chen SC, Vaschillo A, Yuan J, Lu X, Shaposhnikov A, Athauda R, et al., 'Semantic access: Semantic interface for querying databases naphtali rishe', Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, VLDB'00 (2000)

Semantic Binary Object-oriented Data Model (Sem-ODM) provides an expressive data model (similar to Object-oriented Data Models) with a well-known declarative query facility - SQL ... [more]

Semantic Binary Object-oriented Data Model (Sem-ODM) provides an expressive data model (similar to Object-oriented Data Models) with a well-known declarative query facility - SQL (similar to relational databases). Advantages of using Sem-ODM include (i.) friendlier and more intelligent generic user interfaces: (ii.) comprehensive enforcement of integrity constraints: (iii.) greater flexibility: (iv.) substantially shorter application programs: and (v.) easier query facility. SemanticAccess is a set of tools developed to provide a semantic interface to Semantic Binary Object-oriented Databases (Sem-ODB) as well as relational databases. This presentation focuses on the system architecture of SemanticAccess including Semantic Binary Object-oriented Data Model, Semantic SQL query language. Semantic Binary Database and a wrapper developed for relational databases.

2000 Rishe ND, Athauda RI, Yuan J, Chen SC, 'Knowledge management for database interoperability', INFORMATION REUSE AND INTEGRATION, HONOLULU, HI (2000) [E1]
Citations Web of Science - 3
1998 Rishe N, Barton D, Prabakaran N, Gutierrez M, Martinez M, Athauda R, et al., 'Landasat Viewer: A Tool to Create Color Composite Images of Landsat Thematic Mapper Data', Orlando, Florida, USA. (1998) [E1]
1997 Rishe N, Barton D, Prabakaran N, Gutierrez M, Alvarez E, Athauda R, et al., 'Landasat Viewer: Landasat Data Visualizing via the Internet', San Diego, California, USA. (1997) [E1]
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Other (2 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2004 Athauda R, 'Web Services and System Integration. IS Engineer,', : British Computer Society (BCS) - Sri Lanka Chapter (2004) [O1]
2000 Athauda R, 'Heterogeneity Resolution in MSemODB', : School of Computer Science, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. (2000) [O1]

Report (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2011 Newby DA, Jin JS, Summons PF, Athauda RI, Park M, Schneider JJ, et al., 'Development of a computer-generated digital patient for teaching and assessment in pharmacy: Final Report', 75 (2011) [A2]
Co-authors David Newby, Peter Summons, Jennifer Schneider

Thesis / Dissertation (2 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2022 Stickland S, Online Real-Time Collaborative Audio Mixing: A New Audio Mixing Paradigm, The University of Newcastle (2022)
2006 Athauda R, Integration and Querying of Heterogeneous, Autonomus, Distirbuted Database System., (2006) [T3]
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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants 19
Total funding $741,274

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20231 grants / $50,000

To validate the current technology offering and then seek to create new developments and optimise the functionality of the Wayfinder product$50,000

Funding body: Design Anthology Pty Limited

Funding body Design Anthology Pty Limited
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Doctor Alexandre Mendes, Mr Harris Saleem, Doctor Alexandre Mendes, Mr Josh Jeffress, Doctor Alexandre Mendes
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2023
Funding Finish 2023
GNo G2300706
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

20201 grants / $50,000

Optimisation of Community-Based Transportation Scheduling$50,000

Funding body: SOS Technology Group

Funding body SOS Technology Group
Project Team Associate Professor Raymond Chiong, Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Em/Prof Zbigniew Michalewiz
Scheme Linkage Projects Partner Funding
Role Investigator
Funding Start 2020
Funding Finish 2020
GNo G2000685
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

20187 grants / $246,576

Develop and optimise a novel IT based 'Interactive' customer Communications management system$57,024

Funding body: Interaction Australia Pty Ltd

Funding body Interaction Australia Pty Ltd
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Warwick Sinclair
Scheme Entrepreneurs’ Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1800857
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

Develop and optimise a novel IT based 'Interactive' customer Communications management system$50,000

Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Funding body Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Warwick Sinclair
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1800858
Type Of Funding C2200 - Aust Commonwealth – Other
Category 2200
UON Y

Automated transport work scheduling and related client/driver applications$48,679

Funding body: SOS Technology Group

Funding body SOS Technology Group
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Raymond Chiong, Associate Professor Marc Adam
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1800461
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

Automated transport work scheduling and related client/driver applications$48,679

Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Funding body Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Raymond Chiong, Associate Professor Marc Adam
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1800556
Type Of Funding C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose
Category 2100
UON Y

Research and analyse the performance and security of 360 winery data held via Azure server protocols$16,000

Funding body: Landos Pty Ltd

Funding body Landos Pty Ltd
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1800799
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

Final development, validation and testing a unique Rental System Application$13,200

Funding body: Biscit Pty Limited

Funding body Biscit Pty Limited
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Doctor Peter Summons
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1800651
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

Design and program a communication protocol between ResTrackWeb (RTWeb) and ResTrack Controller$12,994

Funding body: Banlaw Pty Ltd

Funding body Banlaw Pty Ltd
Project Team Professor Vijay Varadharajan, Doctor Uday Tupakula, Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Doctor Nasimul Noman
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Investigator
Funding Start 2018
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1701620
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

20174 grants / $194,840

Develop a novel IT based 'interactive' customer communications management system (ICCMS)$50,041

Funding body: Interaction Australia Pty Ltd

Funding body Interaction Australia Pty Ltd
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Warwick Sinclair, Ms Jenny Haidle
Scheme Entrepreneurs’ Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2017
Funding Finish 2017
GNo G1700725
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

Develop and optimise the Business’s Zambezy Intranet Portal Product$49,227

Funding body: Definiti Pty Ltd

Funding body Definiti Pty Ltd
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Marc Adam, Doctor Nasimul Noman
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2017
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1701123
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

Develop and optimise the Business’s Zambezy Intranet Portal Product$49,227

Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Funding body Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Marc Adam, Doctor Nasimul Noman
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2017
Funding Finish 2018
GNo G1701124
Type Of Funding C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose
Category 2100
UON Y

Develop a novel IT based 'interactive' customer communications management system (ICCMS)$46,345

Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Funding body Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Warwick Sinclair, Ms Jenny Haidle
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2017
Funding Finish 2017
GNo G1700754
Type Of Funding C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose
Category 2100
UON Y

20162 grants / $32,536

Automated transport work scheduling product with optimised data handling functionality $16,268

Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science

Funding body Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Marc Adam, Doctor Ilung Pranata
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2016
Funding Finish 2016
GNo G1601321
Type Of Funding C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose
Category 2100
UON Y

Automated transport work scheduling product with optimised data handling functionality $16,268

Funding body: SOS Technology Group

Funding body SOS Technology Group
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Marc Adam, Doctor Ilung Pranata
Scheme Entrepreneurs' Programme: Innovation Connections
Role Lead
Funding Start 2016
Funding Finish 2016
GNo G1700473
Type Of Funding C3100 – Aust For Profit
Category 3100
UON Y

20131 grants / $10,000

Intelligent Transportation Planning: Benchmarking of Novel Business Analytics Techniques using the Travelling Salesman Problem as a Test-Bed.$10,000

Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Science & IT

Funding body University of Newcastle - Faculty of Science & IT
Project Team Associate Professor Raymond Chiong, Associate Professor Claus Weise, Doctor Rukshan Athauda
Scheme Strategic Initiative Research Fund (SIRF)
Role Investigator
Funding Start 2013
Funding Finish 2013
GNo G1401032
Type Of Funding Internal
Category INTE
UON Y

20081 grants / $6,650

Towards identification of factors inhibiting seamless integrated data access: A health research case study$6,650

Funding body: University of Newcastle

Funding body University of Newcastle
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda
Scheme New Staff Grant
Role Lead
Funding Start 2008
Funding Finish 2008
GNo G0187713
Type Of Funding Internal
Category INTE
UON Y

20072 grants / $150,672

Development of a computer-generated digital patient for teaching and assessment in pharmacy$149,292

Funding body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council

Funding body Australian Learning and Teaching Council
Project Team Associate Professor David Newby, Professor Jesse Jin, Doctor Peter Summons, Doctor Rukshan Athauda, Associate Professor Jenny Schneider
Scheme Research Grant
Role Investigator
Funding Start 2007
Funding Finish 2008
GNo G0188332
Type Of Funding Other Public Sector - Commonwealth
Category 2OPC
UON Y

The 20th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, Nelson New Zealand, 8/7/2007 - 11/7/207$1,380

Funding body: University of Newcastle

Funding body University of Newcastle
Project Team Doctor Rukshan Athauda
Scheme Travel Grant
Role Lead
Funding Start 2007
Funding Finish 2007
GNo G0187911
Type Of Funding Internal
Category INTE
UON Y
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Research Supervision

Number of supervisions

Completed9
Current4

Current Supervision

Commenced Level of Study Research Title Program Supervisor Type
2024 PhD Development of Remote Physics Laboratory for Remote Learning PhD (Physics), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2023 PhD An Intelligent Task Scheduler to Optimize the Quality of Service and Energy Consumption in Fog-Cloud Environments PhD (Computer Science), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2023 PhD Securing Internet Of Medical Things (IOMT) Networks Using Blockchain-Related Technologies PhD (Information Technology), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2019 PhD Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Learning Analytics Intervention Framework PhD (Information Systems), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor

Past Supervision

Year Level of Study Research Title Program Supervisor Type
2022 PhD Online Real-Time Collaborative Audio Mixing: A New Audio Mixing Paradigm PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2019 PhD Design and Evaluation of a Technological-enhanced Lab Environment for a Systems and Network Administration Course PhD (Information Technology), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2018 PhD A CSCL Script-Based Technological Environment to Support Collaboration in Project-Based Learning PhD (Information Technology), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2016 PhD Enhancing Open Learning Environments (OLEs) Using Adaptive Technologies and Learning Theories PhD (Information Technology), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2014 PhD Architecture for Security and Trust in Digital Environments (SecuTIDE) PhD (Information Technology), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2006 Masters Applying Data Mining Techniques for Student Data Info Tech Not Elswhere Classfd, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Sole Supervisor
2006 Masters Applying Data Mining Techniques for Student Data Info Tech Not Elswhere Classfd, Unknown Sole Supervisor
2006 Masters Technique for mapping XML Schema into Object Relational Schema Computr Sc Not Elswhere Class, University of Colombo Consultant Supervisor
2006 Masters Reliable Data Transfer Tool for Large Amounts of Data Computr Sc Not Elswhere Class, Unknown Sole Supervisor
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Research Collaborations

The map is a representation of a researchers co-authorship with collaborators across the globe. The map displays the number of publications against a country, where there is at least one co-author based in that country. Data is sourced from the University of Newcastle research publication management system (NURO) and may not fully represent the authors complete body of work.

Country Count of Publications
Australia 38
Sri Lanka 5
United States 3
United Kingdom 2
China 1
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Dr Rukshan Athauda

Position

Senior Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences
College of Engineering, Science and Environment

Focus area

Computing and Information Technology

Contact Details

Email rukshan.athauda@newcastle.edu.au
Phone (02) 4985 4507
Fax (02) 4921 5896

Office

Room ES228
Building ES Building
Location Callaghan
University Drive
Callaghan, NSW 2308
Australia
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