UCSC offers PhD and MPhil research degrees in many disciplines. Registrations are open throughout the year. Candidates are encouraged to identify a potential supervisor by matching their research interests with research areas/groups/interests of the UCSC/UCSC staff.

Following PhD/PhLic/MPhil graduates were supervised by the UCSC staff.

PhD

PhD Programmes (Degree from University of Colombo)

• R.A. Chaminda Ranasinghe: Emergence of Congruent Behaviour by Implicit Coordination of Innate and Adaptive Layers of Software Agents, University of Colombo, Doctoral thesis, May 2008. Supervisors: Dr. A P Madurapperuma & Dr. N D Kodikara.

Split Phd Programmes (Degree from Overseas University)

Halmstad University and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

• H. Lalith Premaratne: Recognition of Printed Sinhala Characters by Direction Fields, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Halmstad University and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Doctoral thesis,  2005 . Supervisor: Prof. Josef Bigun, Prof. Bertil Svensson; Local Supervisors: Dr. A R Weerasinghe & Dr. N D Kodikara.

Stockholm University, Sweden

• T.N. Kasun De Zoysa: A Model of Security Architecture for Multi-Party Transaction, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Doctoral thesis, 2003-005. Supervisor: Prof. Sead Muftic; Local Supervisors: Prof. V.K. Samaranayake & Dr. D N Ranasinghe.
• Prasad M. Jayaweera: A Unified Framework for e-Commerce Systems Development: Business Process Patterns Perspective, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Doctoral thesis, Sept 2004-011. Supervisor: Dr. Paul Johannesson; Local Supervisors: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.
• Ananda Edirisuriya: Design Support for e-Commerce Information Systems using Goal, Business and Process Modelling, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Doctoral thesis, Nov 2009-009. Supervisor: Prof. Paul Johannesson; Local Supervisors: Dr. G N Wikramanayake & Dr. P M Jayaweera.
• Tharaka Ilayperuma: Improving E-Business Design through Business Model Analysis, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Doctoral thesis, 2010-009.Supervisor: Prof. Paul Johannesson; Local Supervisors: Dr. G N Wikramanayake & Dr. P M Jayaweera.

Uppsala University, Sweden

• Mahen Jayawardena: An e-Science Approach to Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Traits, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Doctoral theses, Feb 2010-708. Supervisor: Dr. S Holmgren; Local Supervisor: Dr. A R Weerasinghe.
• Manivasakan Sabesan: Querying Data Providing Web Services, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Doctoral theses, Oct 2010-755. Supervisor: Prof. Tore Risch; Local Supervisor: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.

University of Western Sydney, Australia

• Shiromi M.K.D. Arunatilaka: , School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Doctoral thesis, 2006. Supervisor: Prof. Athula Ginige; Local Supervisor: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.
• K. Lakshman Jayarathne:  Enhancing retrieval of images on the web through effective use of associated text and semantics from low-level image features, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Doctoral thesis, 2006. Supervisors: Prof. Athula Ginige & Dr. Zhuhan Jiang;Local Supervisor: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.
• H. Amithalal Caldera:  Effectively capturing user sessions on the Web using Web server logs, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Doctoral thesis, 2007. Supervisors: Dr. Yogesh Deshpande & Prof. San Murugesan; Local Supervisor: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.
• Indra Seher: A personalised query expansion approach using context, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Doctoral thesis, 2007. Supervisors: Prof. Athula Ginige & Dr Seyed A. Sharestani; Local Supervisor: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.

MPhil/PhLic

MPhil Programmes (Degree from University of Colombo)

• Manjula L.M. Karunanayake: , University of Colombo, MPhil thesis, Jan 2007. Supervisor: Dr. N D Kodikara.
• Saminda C. Premaratne: Improving Face Recognition in Video Key-Frames for e-Learning Systems, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo, MPhil thesis, May 2008. Supervisor: Dr. D D Karunaratna.
• H.E.M. Hiran B. Ekanayake: Cognitive-Emotional User Correction for Multimedia Interactions Using Visual Attention and Psychophysiological Signals, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo, MPhil thesis, July 2009. Supervisors: Dr. D D Karunarathna & Dr. K P Hewagamage.
• Kandasamy Ganeshamoorthy: Development of Parallel Algorithms on Configurable Hybrid UPC/MPI Clusters, University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Colombo, MPhil thesis, April 2011. Supervisors: Dr. D N Ranasinghe & Prof. Richard Wait.

Split PhLic Programmes (Degree from Overseas University)

Halmstad University and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

• H. Lalith Premaratne: A Printed Sinhala Script Recognition System, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Halmstad University and Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Licentiate thesis, May 2002 . Supervisor: Prof. Josef Bigun, Prof. Bertil Svensson; Local Supervisors: Dr. A R Weerasinghe & Dr. N D Kodikara.

Stockholm University, Sweden

• T.N.K. De Zoysa: The Concept of a Secure WWW System Based on Smart Cards and Certification Technologies, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, Dec  2000 . Supervisor: Prof. Sead Muftic; Local Supervisors: Prof. V.K. Samaranayake & Dr. D N Ranasinghe.
• Prasad M. Jayaweera: A Methodology to Generate e-Commerce Systems: A Process Pattern Perspective (P³), Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, Mar  2002 . Supervisor: Dr. Paul Johannesson; Local Supervisors: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.
• S.J. Paheerathan: Repository Support to Enterprise Application Integration Based on Business Scenarios, Contracts and Commitments, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, Dec 2002.Supervisor: Benkt Wangler; Local Supervisors: Dr. A P Madurapperuma.
• Tharaka Ilayperuma: Reference Ontology - Towards the Interoperability between Business Modelling Ontologies, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, Feb 2007-011. Supervisor: Prof. Paul Johannesson; Local Supervisors: Dr. G N Wikramanayake & Dr. P M Jayaweera.
• Ananda Edirisuriya: On the Alignment of Business Models and Process Models, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, Feb 2007-012. Supervisor: Prof. Paul Johannesson; Local Supervisors: Dr. G N Wikramanayake & Dr. P M Jayaweera.
• Rasika Dayarathne: Towards comparing personal information privacy protection measures, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, 2007-018. Supervisors: Prof Louise Yngström & Prof Simone Fischer-huebner; Local Supervisor: Dr. T N K de Zoysa.
• Thushani A Weerasinghe: Learner satisfaction, learning effectiveness and instructional design, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Licentiate thesis, Dec 2009-004.Supervisor: R. Romberg; Local Supervisor: Dr. K P Hewgamage.

Uppsala University, Sweden

• Munasinghe A.L. Kalyani: On Using Mobile Agents for Load Balancing in High Performance Computing, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Licentiate theses, Jun 2002-006. Supervisor: Dr. Richard Wait; Local Supervisor: Dr. D N Rasaninghe.
• Manivasakan Sabesan: Querying Mediated Web Services, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Licentiate theses, Feb 2007-001. Supervisor: Prof. Tore Risch; Local Supervisor: Dr. G N Wikramanayake.
• Thabotharan Kathiravelu: Towards Content Distribution in Opportunistic Networks, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Licentiate theses, Jun 2007-003. Supervisor: Arnold Pears; Local Supervisor: Dr. D N Ranasinghe.
• Mahen Jayawardena: Parallel Algorithms and Implementations for Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Traits, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Licentiate theses, Sept 2007-005. Supervisor: Dr. S Holmgren; Local Supervisor: Dr. A R Weerasinghe.