Ninth Annual Technical Conference of IEE Sri Lanka

Saturday 28th Sept 2002, Hotel Galadari, Colombo

The Ninth Annual Technical Conference of the IEE Sri Lanka will be held on 28th September 2002, at Hotel Galadari, Colombo. Registration will take place from 12.30 pm. The first session will consist of papers of general interest, while as the remaining papers will be in in parallel sessions corresponding to the specialised sections within IEE Sri Lanka.

PROGRAMME.

INAUGURATION 1.00 pm to 1.10 pm

SESSION A 1.10 pm to 3.10 pm

A1 Development of a software package for earthing system design.

J B Ekanayake, A A I S Adikari, D M I U Dissanayake and W M T Vijayananda, University of Peradeniya

A2 A distributed genetic algorithm to optimize polygon packing and its performance analysis

K M Liyanage and Anuradha Ratnaweera, University of Peradeniya

A3 Computer based fetal monitoring system.

P T B Wijekoon, R M S Lenagala, C K Walgampaya and J V Wijayakulasooriya, University of Peradeniya

A4 A low-cost laboratory teaching kit for developing countries on automatic control.

Sanath Alahakoon, Sujeewa Godage and J A Ruwanthilaka, University of Peradeniya

A5 Real time elephant detection using infrasound calls.

H L P A Madanayake, D G G H Doluweera, Y M S S Yapa, W D C Gunasekara, L M Seneviratne and G Rossel, Project office for wild-life preservation, Colombo.

A6 Digital light intensity meter - Selected from YMS 2002 presentations.

T A Rathnayake, R A D H Senevirathna, A M S Siriwardena, J G Samarawickrema, A S A Silva and M G B Sumanasena, University of Moratuwa

SESSION B (Electrical Power) 3.30 pm to 7.30 pm

B1 Restructuring of the Sri Lankan power sector.

G A D R P Seneviratne, Ceylon Electricity Board

B2 Closed-loop speed control of a brushless dc motor via Ethernet.

L Samaranayake and S Alahakoon, University of Peradeniya

B3 End-use characteristics of the electricity demand in Sri Lanka.

Bandula S Tilakasena and K A Noel Priyantha, Ceylon Electricity Board

B4 Diagnostic of power transformer insulation using frequency domain spectroscopy.

C Ekanayake, M A R M Fernando, K Mularachchi and S M Gubanski, Univ. of Peradeniya, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and Ceylon Electricity Board.

B5 On-line leakage current monitoring system at Koggala high voltage insulator test station.

H Rajamanthri, M A R M Fernando and S M Gubanski, Ceylon Electricity Board, University of Peradeniya, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

B6 Development of a software package for calculating current rating of medium voltage power cables.

D G A K Wijeratna, J R Lucas, H J C Pieris and H Y R Perera, University of Moratuwa.

B7 Electronic governor control system of a mini-hydro power plant.

D P N Nanayakkara, D C Abeysundara and K D C N Karawita, University of Moratuwa.

B8 A compact low cost rectifier stage with an improved power factor.

D B Ekanayake and S G Abeyratne, University of Peradeniya

B9 Geographic information system for electricity distribution network of Ceylon Electricity Board, Sri Lanka.

W J K De Mel and H R P Wanniarchchi, CEB

B10 Advantages of the solar cells and LEDs for traffic signal lights for current power crisis in Sri Lanka.

M L Kalingamudali and S R D Kalingamudali, Informatics (Pvt) Ltd. and University of Kelaniya

B11 Digital energy meter with smart card module.

H J C Pieris, D A I Munindradasa, G T Wickramasinghe, R T Maldeniya and R U H Vitharana, K M Warnakulasuriya, University of Moratuwa

SESSION C (Electronics, Communications and Computers) 3.30 pm to 7.30pm

C1 Beam-forming using generalized regression neural network for Smart antennas.

C S Jayawardena and I J Dayawansa, SLT and Univ. of Moratuwa

C2 Link cost optimization through link utilization maximization.

M Shantha D Fernando and Gihan Dias, Univ. of Moratuwa

C3 Hematological disease identification system using Artificial Neural Networks.

P A T Somaratna and E C Kulasekara, Informatics (Pvt) Ltd. and Univ. of Moratuwa

C4 Telephone traffic forecast for Sri Lanka upto year 2015.

K P Kandane Arachchi and I J Dayawansa, SLT and Univ. of Moratuwa.

C5 RF-ID automated office.

S L U Asanka, N I Jazeel, M M M Ruksan, W D T Sampath and A T I K Samarasinghe, Univ. of Moratuwa

C6 Interface card for PC based PLC.

J R T Condrad, H L Chandika, K C Dalpathadu, G I R Chandraguptha and I J Dayawansa, Univ. of Moratuwa

C7 Application of software radio techniques for broadcast receivers.

B K R P Rodrigo, M C S Ranasinghe, S A D Dias, Univ. of Moratuwa

C8 Best propagation model for VHF/FM broadcast transmissions in Sri Lanka.

E N P K Ratnapala, S A D Dias and I J Dayawansa, TRC and Univ. of Moratuwa

C9 Agent based distributed management architecture for IP networks.

V Sanjeepan, M Hishokumar, K Rajeevan and D E Thamodaran, Univ. of Moratuwa

C10 Multidisciplinary application of Dempster-shafer theory

E C Kulasekara, K Premaratne and P H Bauer, Univ. of Moratuwa and Univ. of Miami, USA.

C11 Network security and its importance in the information technology world.

Jithra Adikari, DPMC Electronics Pvt. Ltd.

C12 Development of a H323 gateway for VoIP.

Prasanna Ariyaratne,S A D Dias and Gihan Dias, University of Moratuwa