Dr Praboda Rajapaksha

Dr Praboda Rajapaksha

Lecturer in Health Data Science

Department of Computer Science

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Praboda Rajapaksha is a Lecturer in Health Data Science at Aberystwyth University and a Data Scientist at HDUHB, NHS Wales. After completing her PhD in Computer Science at IP Paris, she joined the same institute as a postdoctoral research fellow. She obtained her M.Eng. in Computer Science from AIT, Thailand, her M.Sc. in Communication Networks and Services from IMT, France, and her B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. With over nine years of research experience, she has established herself as an expert in data science. She has been actively involved in various European projects (ITEA, BPI, Horizon) and French national initiatives (FUI) and is currently leading a UKRI EPSRC project. Recently, she initiated an innovative collaboration with HDUHB to implement Patient Digital Twin (PDT) technology to transform healthcare delivery across West and mid-Wales. 

Her research interests include Data science, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, AI and Machine learning, and Digital Twin Technologies

Research Groups

  • Athena SWAN

Publications

Ding, L, Rajapaksha, P, Myat, AK, Farahbakhsh, R & Crespi, N 2024, Can Hallucination Reduction in LLMs Improve Online Sexism Detection? in K Arai (ed.), Intelligent Systems and Applications - Proceedings of the 2024 Intelligent Systems Conference IntelliSys Volume 1. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 1065 LNNS, Springer Nature, pp. 625-638, Intelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2024, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 05 Sept 2024. 10.1007/978-3-031-66329-1_40
Ding, L, Rajapaksha, P, Minerva, R & Crespi, N 2024, Deep Learning for Reducing Redundancy in Madrid's Traffic Sensor Network. in F Tschorsch, K Thilakarathna & G Solmaz (eds), Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2024. Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN, IEEE Press, 49th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2024, Caen, France, 08 Oct 2024. 10.1109/LCN60385.2024.10639742
Jafari, AR, Rajapaksha, P, Farahbakhsh, R, Li, G & Crespi, N 2024, 'Unveiling Human Values: Analyzing Emotions behind Arguments', Entropy, vol. 26, no. 4, 327. 10.3390/e26040327
Drobot, A, Minerva, R, Crespi, N, Benmiloud-Bechet, L, Bonomi, F, Heininger, R, Jost, TE, Lee, GM, Kovacs, E, Moreau, N, Rajapaksha, P, Savaglio, C, Song, JS & Stary, C 2023, Summary of the 2nd Workshop on Digital Twins and the Internet of Things at IEEE WF-IoT 2023. in 2023 IEEE 9th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT): The Blue Planet: A Marriage of Sea and Space. IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), IEEE Press, 2023 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, Hybrid, Aveiro, Portugal, 12 Oct 2023. 10.1109/wf-iot58464.2023.10539467
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