Nimesha Ranasinghe (Postgraduate Research Scholar)

Accepted/Published papers


Book Chapters

  • Nimesha Ranasinghe, Owen Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, Sharing Experiences through Physically Extended Social Networking, Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting with Information, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6772, pgs: 66-74, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21669-5_9, 10.1007/978-3-642-21669-5_9, 2011
  • Adrian David Cheok, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kening Zhu, Chamari Edirisinghe, Khoo Eng Tat,  Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Culture Computing: Interactive Technology to Explore Culture: Media Me, BlogWall and Confucius Computer,  Arts and Technology, pgs: 195-220, Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84996-136-3.
  • Adrian David Cheok, Timothy Merritt, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Yukihiro Morisawa, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Isuru Sawbagya Godage, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma,Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kenning Zhu, Miyuru Dayarathne, Makoto Danjo, Marc Tuters, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Michelle Narangoda, Kawaii/Cute Interactive Media,  Arts and Technology, pgs: 223-253, Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84996-136-3
  • Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kening Zhu, and Chamari Edirisinghe, “BlogWall: Promoting Social Communication through Mobile Technology in Sri Lanka”, Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications, pgs: 205-217, 2011, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-818-6.ch014 ISBN13: 978-1-61692-818-6

Journals

  • Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kening Zhu, Kasun Karunanayaka, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, and Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Petimo: Children’s companion for social networking, Journal of Japan society of Kansei Engineering, pgs: 86-90, Vol: 10, No: 2, 2011.
  • Chamari Edirisinghe, Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Eng Tat Khoo, Janaka Prasad Wijesena,  Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, “Modeling literary culture through interactive digital media”, Special Issue on Springer Virtual Reality Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s10055-009-0147-9
  • YAP, K.Y.L. and CHUANG, X. and LEE, A.J.M. and LEE, R.Z. and LIM, L. and LIM, J.J. and NIMESHA, R., “Pharmaco-Cybernetics as an Interactive Component of Pharma-Culture: Empowering Drug Knowledge through User-, Experience-and Activity-Centered Designs”, International Journal of Computer Science Issues, Vol. 3, 2009, ISSN (Online): 1694-0784 ISSN (Print): 1694-0814 1

Conference Papers

  • Nimesha Ranasinghe, Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Hideaki Nii, Gopalakrishnakone Ponnampalam, Electronic Taste Stimulation, In proceedings of the 13th ACM international conference adjunct papers on Ubiquitous computing, Ubicomp ’11, ACM, 2011
  • Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, Food internet communication, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, pgs: 49-52, ACM, 2010, doi>10.1145/1971630.1971645
  • Nimesha Ranasinghe, Adrian David Cheok, Poetry Mash-up: Poetry communication for digital youth, In proceedings of the Young Investigators’s Forum on Culture Technology 2009 (Korea January 29-30, 2010). YCT2009, pg. 41-49, KAIST, Korea
  • Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou, Wei Wang Thang, petimo: Safe Social networking robot for Children, (Demo) Siggraph Asia 2009, Yokohama, Japan (16 – 19 Dec. 2009), ACM, New York, NY, pages 80-80.
  • Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kasun Karunanayaka, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Yukihiro Morisawa, Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children, International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Athens, Greece, October 29 – 31, 2009), Poster session, ACE’ 2009
  • Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Chamari Edirisinghe, Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando and Yan Yan Cao, Poetry Mix-up: The 10th Muse, International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Athens, Greece, October 29 – 31, 2009), Demo, ACE’ 2009
  • Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Yukihiro Morisawa, Kasun Karunanayaka, Makoto Danjo, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Michelle Narangoda, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Miyuru Dayarathna, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kris Hoogendoorn, Junsong Hou and Wei Wang Thang, Petimo: Children’s tangible social networking platform, International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Athens, Greece, October 29 – 31, 2009), ACE’ 2009
  • Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Kening Zhu, Chamari Edirisinghe, Poetry Mix-up: A poetry generating system for cultural communication, International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Athens, Greece, October 29 – 31, 2009), ACE’ 2009
  • Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Adrian David Cheok, Tim Merritt, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Inosha Wickrama, Kasun Karunanayaka (2009): “Babbage Cabbage: Biological Empathetic Media”, VRIC Laval Virtual Proceedings, April 22-26, 2009, Laval, France. pp. 363-366.
  • Adrian David Cheok, Owen Noel Newton Fernando, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kening Zhu, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Michelle Narangoda, Isuru Sawubhagya Godage, Roshan Lalintha Peiris, James Keng Soon Teh, Chamari Priyange Edirisinghe, Kasun Karunanayaka, Timothy Merritt, Dilrukshi Abeyrathne, Yukihiro Morisawa, Miyuru Dayarathna, Anusha Indrajith Withana, Nancy Lan-Lan Ma, Makoto Danjo, Junsong Hou, Wei Wang Thang 2009. “Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children.”   8th International Conference on Interaction design and children (Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009). IDC ’09.
  • K. Zhu, R. A. N. Ranasinghe, J. P. Wijesena, S. Makino, O. N. N. Fernando, A. D. Cheok, “BlogWall: A Public Display Promoting Social Communication and Entertainment “, ACE 2008: International Conference on Advances in computer entertainment Technology,p. 439, Yokohama, Japan, 3-5 December 2008.
  • R.A.N. Ranasinghe, D.D.I.D.S. Abeyrathne, M.D.D. Udara, L. Ranathunga, “iMTracer – Intelligent Mobile Route Tracer with Map Guide”, ICIIS 2007 (Second International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems), p. 92, Sponsored by IEEE, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, August 8-11, 2007.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

  • Babbage Cabbage – featured in the NUS Annual Report 2008 (pg. 45)
  • Babbage Cabbage: World’s First Vegetable Media Connected to Internet – featured in Business Week, Published on April 11

Demos and Exhibitions

  • Invited Exhibition of Poetry Mix-up by Art Center Nabi in South Korea (01st – 31st July 2011)

  • Petimo: Safe Social networking robot for Children at Siggraph Asia 2009, Yokohama, Japan (16 – 19 Dec. 2009)

  • Poetry Mix-up at the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Athens, Greece, October 29 – 31, 2009), ACE’ 09

  • Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children at the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (Athens, Greece, October 29 – 31, 2009), ACE’ 09

  • Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09.

  • “Babbage Cabbage”, demonstrated at the Laval Virtual Revolution 2009 under the “Welcome” catergory  in Laval, France April 2009

Awards prizes and nominations

  • Nimesha Ranasinghe, Adrian David Cheok, Poetry Mash-up: Poetry communication for digital youth. In the proceedings of the 2009 Young Investigators’s Forum on Culture Technology (Korea January 29-30, 2010). YCT2009, pg. 41-49, KAIST, Korea.
  • Babbage Cabbage, nominated for the LAVAL VIRTUAL AWARDS 2009, in the Interfaces and Materials Category
  • Poetry mix-up – The 10th Muse, nominated for the LAVAL VIRTUAL AWARDS 2009, in the Architecture, Art and Culture; Interfaces and Materials Category
  • Babbage Cabbage, Winner of the Laval Virtual Revolution 2009 Competition which honors the world’s finest virtual Reality projects, held in Laval, France April 2009
  • Petimo: Safe Social Networking Robot for children, short listed at the Como for Children (C4C) Competition at the  8th International Conference on Interaction design and children in Como, Italy, June 3 – 5, 2009. IDC ’09.

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