- Faculty of Information Technology
- Department of Computational Mathematics
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Computational Mathematics
Faculty of Information Technology
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Member of the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee - (2023 To date)
Research Activities
Statistical Machine Learning
Computational Statistics
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Machine Learning Interpretability
Applied Statistics
Anomaly Detection
High dimensional data visualization
Streaming data mining
Statistical Machine Learning
Computational Statistics
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Machine Learning Interpretability
Applied Statistics
Anomaly Detection
Functional data analysis
High dimensional data visualization
Streaming data mining
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Sri Jayewardenepura ,2013 BSc (Hons) Special Degree in Statistics, Batch first and Professor R A Dayananda Gold Medalist
PhD, Monash University, Australia ,2019
Statistical Society of Australia.(2016 To date)
Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (IASSL).(2014 To date)
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (2016 To date)
American Statistical Association(2021 To date)
International Institute of Forecasters(2016 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Professor R. A. Dayananda Gold Medal for the best academic excellence in Statistics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. (Received 2012)
Highest overall GPA in B.Sc. Special Degree Batch (2007/2008), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. (Received 2012)
MIND Scholarship, Munasinghe Institute for Development, Sri Lanka. (Received 2011)
Staff and Education Development Association (SEDA) accreditation for Learning, Teaching and Assessment, UK. (Received 2014)
Monash Graduate Scholarship, Monash University, Australia (Received 2016)
Faculty Graduate Research Scholarship, Monash University, Australia (Received 2016)
Publications*
Wijesinghe, N., Perera, R., Sellahewa, N., Talagala, P.D. ,".Early identification of Deforestation Using Anomaly Detection.",8th International Conference on Information Technology Research,University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2023,
Chandrasiri , D.N., Talagala, P.D. ,".Cross-ViT: Cross Attention Vision Transformer for Image Duplication Detection.",8th International Conference on Information Technology Research,University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2023,
Priyanga Dilini Talagala,".Anomaly Detection in Image Time Series Using Explainable AI (XAI).",43rd International Symposium on Forecasting,Charlottesville, United States - Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia,2023,
Amila Thibbotuwawa; Achala Hasini Perera; H.Niles Perera; Priyanga Dilini Talagala,".Unfulfilled Demand For Promotional Items In Online Retail: Investigating The Connection Between Backroom Inventories And Retail Shelves Using Efficient Forecasting Techniques.",43rd International Symposium on Forecasting,Charlottesville, United States - Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia,2023,
Priyanga Dilini Talagala, Rob J Hyndman, Catherine Leigh,".Detecting Technical Anomalies in Water-Quality Data From River Networks.",Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting Statistical Association,Grand Rapids, Michigan ,2022,
Priyanga Dilini Talagala, P.D.N.T. Wijesinghe, N.S. Sellahewa, B.R.C. Perera,".Anomaly Detection in Image Streams with Explainable AI.",OCTAVE Advanced Analytics Symposium,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2022,
F. Petropoulos, D. Apiletti, V. Assimakopoulos, M. Z. Babai, D. K. Barrow, C. Bergmeir, R. J. Bessa, J. E. Boylan, J. Browell, C. Carnevale, J. L. Castle, P. Cirillo, M. P. Clements, C. Cordeiro, F. L. C. Oliveira, S. D. Baets, A. Dokumentov, P. Fiszeder, P. H. Franses, M. Gilliland, M. S. Gonul, P. Goodwin, L. Grossi, Y. Grushka-Cockayne, M. Guidolin, M. Guidolin, U. Gunter, X. Guo, R. Guseo, N. Harvey, D. F. Hendry, R. Hollyman, T. Januschowski, J. Jeon, V. R. R. Jose, Y. Kang, A. B. Koehler, S. Kolassa, N. Kourentzes, S. Leva, F. Li, K. Litsiou, S. Makridakis, A. B. Martinez, S. Meeran, T. Modis, K. Nikolopoulos, D. Onkal, A. Paccagnini, I. Panapakidis, J. M. Pavia, M. Pedio, D. J. Pedregal, P. Pinson, P. Ramos, D. E. Rapach, J. J. Reade, B. Rostami-Tabar, M. Rubaszek, G. Sermpinis, H. L. Shang, E. Spiliotis, A. A. Syntetos, P. D. Talagala, T. S. Talagala, L. Tash- man, D. Thomakos, T. Thorarinsdottir, E. Todini, J. R. T. Arenas, X. Wang, R. L. Winkler, A. Yusupova, and F. Ziel.,".Forecasting: Theory and Practice.",International Journal of Forecasting,,2022
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