Data-Driven and Accountable Solutions for Social Good and Sustainability

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are powerful tools with the potential to tackle some of the most pressing and complex challenges faced by our world today. At the heart of effective problem-solving lies data-an essential resource that, when harnessed correctly, can drive transformative change. Our goal is to leverage Data Science and AI to build solutions that are both data-driven and accountable, with a strong focus on social good and sustainability.

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Projects Darkness to Light Project: [SDG7, SDG10, SDG11SDG12, SDG13, SDG17]Anduren Eliyata, Solar Light Project; Funding from Sri Lankans living abroadRead More Cure for Floppy Syndrome…

Monitoring Animals on the Road to Reduce Roadkill

Environmental Monitoring and Impact on Public Health

Population Science

Environmental Impact on Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Sustainable Energy

Latest Posts

On International Women’s Day, Dr Liwan Liyanage was featured as a researcher in the NSW Smart Sensing Network.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Dr Liwan Liyanage was showcased as a distinguished researcher in the NSW Smart Sensing Network. Her work played…

Dr Liwan Liyanage visits the National Science Foundation Sri Lanka

Dr Liwan Liyange visited the National Science Foundation Sri Lanka on 8th September 2023 and held a discussion with Dr Sepalika Sudasinghe, Director General of…

Awards

OPENAIR (The Operational Network of Air Quality Impact Resources) received the Research Award at the IoT Awards in Sydney in June, 2024

June 17, 2024

OPENAIR (The Operational Network of Air Quality Impact Resources) received the Research Award at the IoT Awards in Sydney in June, 2024. The IoT Awards…

The OPENAIR project is among the finalists in two categories “Research” and Environmental Monitoring” in the 2024 Australian IoT Awards

April 17, 2024

The NSW Smart Sensing Network and the NSW Department of Environment’s OPENAIR project have been named research finalists in the 2024 Australian IoT Awards, which…

OPENAIR won the Healthy Planet, Healthy People Award at the National Banksia Sustainability Awards 2024.

April 5, 2024

We are excited to share that The Operational Network of Air Quality Impact Resources (OPENAIR) has won the esteemed Healthy Planet, Healthy People Award at…

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If you are doing similar research, we invite you to publish in Frontiers in Sustainability Journal under the “Data-Driven Accountable Applied AI and Decision-Making for Social Good and Sustainability” research topic. This research topic addresses and fosters Accountable Applied AI and Data-driven Modelling for decision-making.

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Grants

Developing an Economical Strategy for the Future Electricity Generation Procedure in Sri Lanka (Project with a national significance with Ceylon Electricity Board) – (2012 – 2019)

University of Colombo Collaborative Research GrantFunds Received: Rs 2,899,500.00

Forecasting the EUR/USD Exchange Rate Exploring Impact from News Based on Economic Indicators and Co-integration – (2015 – 2016)

University Grants Commission Research GrantFunds Received: Rs 785,500.00

A Comparison of Clustering Algorithms in Categorising economic events based on the behaviour of Exchange Rates – (2016 – 2017)

National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka Research GrantFunds Received: Rs 200,000.00

Dynamic Environment Based Clustering and Hybrid Forecasting (DEC-HyF) Model,
An Application to Forex Market – (2016 -2017)

National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka Research GrantFunds Received: USD 3,791

Novel Spatiotemporal Data Mining Ensemble Techniques for Developing a Dynamic System for Short Term Flood Forecasting in Ratnapura Area – (2019 – 2022)

University of Colombo Collaborative Research GrantFunds Received: Rs 3,000,000.00

Technology enabled best practices for equitable mathematics education

Archdiocese of ColomboTotal awarded: AUD 47,530

Investigating developmental and epileptic encephalopathies using human pluripotent stem cells

Sri-Lankan NSW Catholic Association + Liwan Liyanage, Family & FriendsFunds Received: AUD 20,000

OPENAIR (Operational Network of Air Quality Impact Resources)

NSW Department of Planning and EnvironmentTotal awarded to WSU: AUD 60,000

Total Funding: AUD 2,500,000

Optimising light-focusing human lenses for industry applications

The Ainsworth FoundationTotal awarded: AUD 57,695

AHEAD-WSU Co-Funded PhD Scholarships (3x)

University of ColomboTotal awarded: AUD 202,500

Combining Disparate Data Sources to Demonstrate Disease/Pest Status [via Dept of Agriculture & Food WA]

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (non ACRG)Total awarded: AUD 4,545

Biosecurity information sharing and data mining for building a biosecurity intelligence and decision making framework [via Uni Melb]

Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk AnalysisTotal awarded: AUD 30,000

Mobility of immigrants and settlement patterns of internal migration of foreign-born population in Australia

Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney UniversityFunds Awarded: AUD 3,360

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