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IEEE/RSJ IROS Conference Paper Presentation - 2022

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is one of the most impacting robotic research conferences, and it is annually organized by the Robotics and Automation Society of IEEE and the Robotic Society of Japan (RSJ). According to the core conference ranking, this conference has an "A" rating. The conference has the second highest h5-index in the category 'Robotics'. I have presented two papers in this conference,

IEEE WCCI 2022: Paper Presentation

IEEE WCCI 2022 is the world’s largest technical event on computational intelligence, featuring the three flagship conferences of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) under one roof: the 2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2022), the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2022), and the 2022 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2022).

I presented the paper entitled “Global and Local Area Coverage Path Planner for a Reconfigurable Robot” under the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2022). The conference has the second highest h5-index in the category 'Evolutionary Computation' (h5- index: 75, Source: Google Scholar Metrics). The paper is coauthored by me, Dr. Viraj Muthugala, and Dr. Mohan Rajesh Elara.


Bhagya Samarakoon Secured 3rd Place in 3MT SUTD

SUTD 3MT Competition 2021

Bhagya Samarakoon secured 3rd place in SUTD 3MT competition held on 23th June 2021. Her presentation was about "Reconfigurable Robots for Improving Cleaning Coverage". 

Bhagya Samarakoon

IEEE WIE Singapore Team Field Visit to Schneider Electric 2020

IEEE WIE visit Schneider Electric Innovation Hub Singapore. Schneider Electric hosted this interesting visit and shared their innovative technologies such as smart building management and green energy as with our team.

Invited Speaker for Panel Discussion 2020 IEEE WIE

Invited speaker for the panel discussion  on “Technology for Public Safety”. 

Event Coverage on IEEE R10 News Letter 

Bhagya Samarakoon, IEEE Singapore, IEEE WIE

Moderator: IEEE Singapore Festival 2020 in the event "Identifying Carrier Crossroads"

Moderator of the event "Identifying Career Crossroads " held on 7th Oct 2020 under IEEE Singapore Festival organized by IEEE WIE SG and IEEE Young Professionals SG. The speaker of the event is Mr. Ivan Choong an Engineer turned management consultant turned career coach.

Bhagya Samarakoon, IEEE R10

IEEE R10 WIE web panel on “Technology Innovation, Disruption and COVID 19” 

Speaker in R10 (APAC) IEEE Women in Engineering web panel series  which discussed how tech innovation has transformed to tackled the pandemic and what we gained from this pandemic and how to adapt for a sustainable new normal.

Bhagya Samarakoon, Sophia Robot, ROMAN

IEEE RO-MAN Conference Paper Presentation - 2019

A research paper titled “An Exploratory Study on Proxemics Preferences of Humans in Accordance with Attributes of Service Robots ’’ was presented at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) held from Oct 14 - 18 in New Delhi, India.

Bhagya Samarakoon

SUTD Matriculation Day - Sept 2019 

Postgraduate matriculation day held on 11th of Sept 2019 at Singapore university of Technology and Design. Started PhD in Engineering Product Development Pillar (EPD).  

Bhagya Samarakoon

MSc Convocation 2019

Graduated M.Sc. (by research) from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka with effect from 01 st of November 2018.

Thesis title: Replicating Human-like Proxemics Behavior in Approaching Mechanisms of a Domestic Service Robot (Link)

Bhagya Samarakoon

IEEE SMC Conference Paper - 2018 

A research paper titled “Identifying Approaching Behavior of a Person During a Conversation: A Human Study for Improving Human-Robot Interaction”  was presented at the 2018 IEEE International Conference on System, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) held from Oct 07 - 10 in Miyazaki, Japan by Dr. A. G. B. P. Jayasekara which is co authored  by Bhagya Samarakoon, Dr. M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala, and Dr. A. G. B. P. Jayasekara of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
Bhagya Samarakoon, Viraj Muthugala, IROS

IEEE/RSJ IROS Conference Paper Presentation - 2018

A research paper titled ‘Proxemics and Approach Evaluation by Service Robot Based on User Behavior in Domestic Environment’’ was presented at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) held from Oct 01 - 05 in Madrid, Spain by myself and Dr. M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala  in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa.

Bhagya Samarakoon, Viraj Muthugala, Mathlab Mini Drone Competition, Mathworks

MathWorks Mini Drone Competition - 2018

Team 'Bathkoora' secured the 2nd place at the MathWorks Mini Drone Competition held on 3rd and 4th October 2018 in Madrid, Spain as a part of IEEE/RSJ IROS 2018 conference. Viraj Muthugala, Chamika Perera, Bhagya Samarakoon and Isuru Ruhunage are the winning team members of University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. 

Bhagya Samarakoon, ROMAN

IEEE RO-MAN Conference Paper Presentation - 2018

Presenting a paper entitled, “Replicating Natural Approaching Behavior of Humans for Improving Robot's Approach toward Two Persons During a Conversation” in 27th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) held from Aug 27-31 in Nanjing, China. The paper won the Nanjing city prize for its originality, usefulness, and scientific and technical soundness of the contribution.

Bhagya Samarakoon

General Convocation - 2017

Graduates from the department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa with second class upper division. Vice chancellor Prof. Ananda Jayawardane congratulate by offering the garland.