Principal Investigator
The Principal Investigator (PI) provides overall leadership and direction for the project, setting the research vision and ensuring alignment with technical, scientific, and innovation goals. The PI oversees research execution, manages resources, coordinates with advisors and stakeholders, and is responsible for delivering high-quality outcomes within the defined scope and timeline.
The Principal Investigator for the center is:
Advisors
Advisors are a group of scholars with knowledge and experience across technology, natural language processing, and entrepreneurship, drawn from both academia and industry. Their role is to provide expert advice and strategic guidance to researchers as they work toward the completion of research projects in their chosen areas of interest. The guidance may relate to technical approaches, research direction, or entrepreneurial and innovation-focused considerations.
Advisors within the center are:
- Mr. Shaseevan Ganeshananthan (Tech Entreprenuer, Xebiro Group, United Kingdom)
- Dr. Aparajithan Sivanathan (Head of Digital Technology, AMRC North-West, United Kingdom)
- Mr. Sirinivasan Prashanth (Associate Director, Cognizant, North Carolina, United States)
- Mr. Vaheesan Selvarajah (Director, Enterprise Architecture, Sun Life, Canada)
- Mr. M. K. Hari Balaji (Technology Manager, Sky, United Kingdom)
- Dr. Kanagalingam Sugumar (General Practitioner, United Kingdom)
- Dr. Vinodh Rajan (Senior Consultant, Clintworld, Germany)
- Mr. Varatharajah Kajamugan (Head of Software Development, LK Domain Registry, Sri Lanka)
- Dr. Gnani Saravanamuttu Gnaneshan (Founder and Data Scientist, QwaNTI, Canada)
- Mr. Rajan Bala (Tech Advisor, Investor, Ex-Amazon, Ex-Blackberry, Sri Lanka)
- Dr. Senthooran Rajamanoharan (AI Research Scientist, United Kingdom)
Research Team
Researchers in the team are scholars and practitioners with interests in natural language processing, knowledge engineering, and digital humanities. They actively engage in designing, developing, and evaluating research components working under the guidance of the Principal Investigator and Advisors.
Researchers within the center are:
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- AnnSinthusha Alstan (2016-2017)
- Jananie Segar (2016-2017)
- Riyafa Abdul Hameed (2016-2017)
- Maryam Ziyad (2016-2017)
- Mokanarangan Thayaparan (2016-2017)
- Praveena R. (2016-2017)
- Remmiya Devi G. (2016-2017)
- Charangan Vasantharajan (2023)
- Nilakshan Kunananthaseelan (2023-2024)
- Vaishanavi Shanmugam (2025-present)
- Sathiyalokeswaran Lingeswaran (2025-present)
- Vithyabhavan Sunthareswaran (2025-present)