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Dr Surangika Ranathunga PhD
Senior Lecturer - Computer Sciences and Information Technology
Doctoral Co-Supervisor School of Mathematical and Computational SciencesDr Surangika Ranathunga is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences. She holds a PhD from University of Otago. Her research interests include Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. She is particularly interested in low-resource language computing. She was a recipient of Googe Award for Inclusion Research, 2022.
Professional
Contact details
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Location: 317, SMCS
Campus: Albany
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of Otago (2014)
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Co-Supervisor, Massey University
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Natural Language Proessing
Machine Learning
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (080100):
Information And Computing Sciences (080000):
Natural Language Processing (080107):
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining (080109)
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
| Position | Current | Completed |
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| Project Leader | 0 | 2 |
Consultancy and Languages
Languages
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English
Last used: present
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent -
Sinhala
Last used: present
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent
Teaching and Supervision
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
| Position | Current | Completed |
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| Co-supervisor | 1 | 0 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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Aneesha Weerawarnakurukulasooriya Boosab
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Doctor of Philosophy
Developing Methods to Georeference New Zealand’s Biota from Text