Lecturer
BTech(Eng)(Hons)(OUSL), MSc (Moratuwa), PhD(Moratuwa)Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Technology
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Contact:
Colombo Regional Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Second intermediate floor, Science and Technology building, Room No : E203
Office: 112881272, Ext: 272
E-mail: gsnad@ou.ac.lk gsnadeerameedin@gmail.com
Web: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadeera-meedin-bb4a2120
Holds a PhD from the University of Moratuwa, a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in Software Architecture from the University of Moratuwa and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Engineering from the Open University of Sri Lanka.
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Areas of Specialization:Computer Engineering
Research interests:Mobile Computation, Crowdsourcing, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Computation, User Experience Evaluation, Embedded Systems, Natural Language Processing
Affiliations:AMIE(SL),MIEEE, Member of SIGCHI Colombo Chapter, Member of SLAAS
Awards:Engineering Research Unit (ERU) Gold Medal for the best publication in Open University review Engineering Technology
Ongoing Research:An Analytical Framework for Social Media Content Moderation in Sri Lanka
Publications:Journal Papers
[1] N. Meedin, M. Caldera, S. Perera, and I. Perera, “A Novel Annotation Scheme to Generate Hate Speech Corpus through Crowdsourcing and Active Learning,” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, vol. 13, no. 11, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.14569/ijacsa.2022.0131146.
[2] S. Perera, N. Meedin, M. Caldera, I. Perera, and S. Ahangama, “A comparative study of the characteristics of hate speech propagators and their behaviours over Twitter social media platform,” Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 8, p. e19097, Aug. 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19097.
[3] L. Elilvany and G. Meedin, “Smartphone-Based Activity Recognition Model (SBARM),” vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, Accessed: Jun. 10, 2024. [Online]. Available: http://repository.ou.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/94ousl/1021/Paper5-%20B-JET3.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Book Chapters
[4] Shazir Shafeeque, G. S. N. Meedin, and W. Ratnayake, “Locating the Position of a Cell Phone User Using GSM Signals,” Communications in computer and information science, Jan. 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9129-3_4.
Conference Proceedings (Peer reviewed) full papers
[5] Meedin, G.S.N., Perera, I., 2014. Crowdsourcing towards User Experience Evaluation: An Intelligent user Experience Questionnaire (IUEQ), in: 14th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). IEEE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 067-073. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTER.2014.7083881
[6] Meedin, G.S.N., Perera, I., 2014. Crowdsourcing towards User Experience Design, in: National Information Technology Conference (NITC), Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 044-051
[7] Meedin, G.S.N., Waduge, Y., Basnayakege, C., 2011. Speech Recognizable Semi-Automated Wheelchair (SRSAW), in: 6th SLIIT Research Symposium, Malabe, Sri Lanka, pp. 94-99.
[8] Caldera, H.M.M., Meedin, G.S.N., Perera, I., 2020. A Peer Recommendation Model to Avoid Hate Speech Engagements in Multiplex Social Networks, in: 2020 From Innovation to Impact (FITI). Presented at the 2020 From Innovation to Impact (FITI), IEEE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 1– 6. https://doi.org/10.1109/FITI52050.2020.9424905
[9] Meedin, G.S.N., Caldera, H.M.M., Perera, I., 2020. A User Experience Measuring Technique to Moderate Social Media Content Through Crowdsourcing, in: 2020 From Innovation to Impact (FITI). Presented at the 2020 From Innovation to Impact (FITI), IEEE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 1– 6. https://doi.org/10.1109/FITI52050.2020.9424911
[10] Caldera, H.M.M., Meedin, G.S.N., Perera, I., 2020. Time Series Based Trend Analysis for Hate Speech in Twitter During COVID 19 Pandemic, in: 2020 20th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). Presented at the 2020 20th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), IEEE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 1–https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTer51097.2020.9325491
[11] Caldera, H.M.M., Meedin, N., Perera, S., Perera, I., 2022. Long-Term Trend Analysis for Social Media Content Published During COVID-19 Pandemic, in: 2022 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC). Presented at the 2022 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC), IEEE, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka, pp. 108–113. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARC54489.2022.9753776
[12] Caldera, H.M.M., Perera, S., Meedin, G.S.N., Perera, I., 2021. Classification of Trending Videos in YouTube, in 2021 From Innovation To Impact (FITI). Presented at the 2021 From Innovation To Impact (FITI), IEEE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/FITI54902.2021.9833039
[13] Perera, A.S.K., Meedin, G.S.N., 2023. Fine-tuned CNN-based Sri Lankan Currency Note Detection Method for the Visually Impaired People Using Smartphones, in: 2023 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC). Presented at the 2023 3nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC), IEEE, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka, pp. 322–327. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICARC57651.2023.10145672
Extended Abstracts
[14] Katupitiya, U.I., Ranasinghe, D.D.M., Meedin, G.S.N., 2017. Enhancing the Hyperspace of the OUSL with a Web Page Prediction Model, in: Open University Research Sessions, pp. 141-146 ISSN 2012-9916
White Paper
[15] Meedin, G.S.N., Weerasinghe, W. M. A. D., 2011. Testing for New Era of Software Web Services(SOA), in Test Fest 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Abstracts & Posters
[16] Meedin, G.S.N., Perera, I., 2016. Poster: Crowdsourcing for User Experience (UX) Evaluation, in 14th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services Companion, Singapore, pp. 058-58 https://doi.org/10.1145/2938559.2948837
[17] Premaratne, I., Meedin, G.S.N., 2016. Poster: Using Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation factors to encourage student discussions in Online Classrooms Integrating Facebook: Learner Perspective, in PCF8: Pan-Commonwealth Forum, Malaysia
[18] Meedin, G.S.N., Caldera H.M.M. & Perera, I., 2020. Hate Speech Corpus Generation using Crowd. Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 76th Annual Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanka. pp. 166 – Best Poster
[19] Wijesooriya, J.M.N., Meedin, G.S.N, 2016. Context-Aware Smart Medicine Wallet, in: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science – 72nd Annual Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanka