
Dr. Thanuja Uruththirakodeeswaran
Senior Lecturer Grade II
Department of Computer Engineering
B.Sc.Eng(Hons)(Moratuwa), PhD(Ualberta), AMIE(SL)
Research interests : Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, medical image analysis
thanuja@eng.jfn.ac.lk
+94-21-206-0160
Thanuja Uruththirakodeeswaran received the B.Sc. Eng. degree (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 2015 with second upper (GPA: 3.56/4.20). She completed her Ph.D. degree with the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Canada, in June 2025, and her thesis focused on "3D-3D rigid registration of echocardiographic images obtained from apical window". Her professional journey commenced as a Trainee Software Engineer with Virtusa (Pvt.) Ltd., from November 2013 to April 2014. Following that, she was a Software Engineer with WSO2 (Pvt.) Ltd., where she made contributions to open-source projects, from May 2015 to Feb 2017, before joining Proavos (Pvt.) Ltd. Since June 2017, she has been a Lecturer with the Department of Computer Engineering, University of Jaffna, and was on study leave from May 2021 to pursue her PhD degree. She is serving as Senior Lecturer (Grade - II) from 26th June 2025 after completion of her PhD. Her research interests include medical image analysis, software engineering, and artificial intelligence.
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- Software Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Associate Member, Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL): Jan 2016 - Present
- Member, Engineering Council Sri Lanka: Aug 2020 - Present
- Member, IEEE: Jan 2018 - Dec 2024
- Member, ACM: Jan 2021 - Dec 2022