Dr. MAC Akmal Jahan

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Senior Lecturer, Grade I in Computer Science
Dept. of Computer Science
Faculty of Applied Sciences

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Basic Information

Dr. MAC AKMAL JAHAN

Designation Senior Lecturer, Gr-I in Computer Science
Department Dept. of Computer Science
Faculty Faculty of Applied Sciences
Mobile No.
Email akmaljahan@seu.ac.lk

Qualifications

  • Ph.D (QUT-Australia)
  • M.Sc (UPDN)
  • B.Sc.sp.(Hons.)

Teaching Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • Language Processors & Natural Language Processing
  • System Analysis, Design & Software Engineering
  • Data Communication, Networking & Server side Web Programming
  • Python, Matlab, Java Programming & Algorithms
  • Computer Systems, Architecture & Organization
  • Advanced DBMS

Positions Held

PRESENT
  • Coordinator, Advanced Certificate in AI& Data Science, FAS (2025)
  • Web Coordinator, FAS (2025)
  • Coordinator, Industrial Training Cell (ITC), FAS (2023 to 2025)
  • Faculty Coordinator, University Business Linkage, SEUSL (2022 to 2024)
  • Faculty Representative, Office of International Affairs, SEUSL (2022 to 2023)
  • Member, SEUSL Web Committee, SEUSL (2022 to present).
  • Member, Faculty Research Management Committee (2020 to 2025)
  • Member, Curriculum Development Committee, FAS, SEUSL (2022 to 2025)
  • Secretary, Science Research Center, SEUSL (2022 to 2024)
  • Senior Academic, Science Education Centre, FAS, SEUSL(2022 to 2024)
  • Co-Editor, Journal of Science (JSC), FAS, SEUSL (2020 to 2024)
  • Editor, FAS News Letter (2022 to 2023)
  • Member, Curriculum Development of M.Sc in Environmental Science & Technology (2022 to 2025)
  • Web Coordinator, FAS, SEUSL(2020 to present)
  • Member, Board of Study (Computer Science), Postgraduate Unit, FAS, SEUSL (2021 to date)
    • PAST
  • Student Counselor, FAS, SEUSL (2020-2022)
  • Career Guidance Coordinator FAS, SEUSL (2020-2021)
  • Member, FAS Web Development Committee, FAS, SEUSL (2021)
  • Member, Curriculum Revision Committee, FAS, SEUSL (2021-2022)
  • Member, Programme Review, FAS, SEUSL (2020-2021)
  • Mentor, FAS, SEUSL (2014 - 2015).
  • Member, QIG Project Proposal Writing committee, FAS, SEUSL (2012)

Research Interest

  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neural Computing and Data Science
  • Computer Vision, Image processing and Pattern Recognition
  • Natural Language Processing-Language Summarisation, Speech Recognition
  • Biometrics, Biomedical Image Applications
  • OCR and Document Image Analysis
  • Parallel Computing using GPUs

Editorial Work

  • Journal of Scientific Reports (Indexed-Q1)-Reviewer (2024, 2025).
  • Journal of Scientific Data (Indexed-Q1)-Reviewer (2024).
  • Journal of Sensors (Indexed-Q1)-Reviewer (2022,2023).
  • Journal of Sustainability (Indexed-Q1)-Reviewer (2023).
  • Journal of Remote Sensing (Indexed-Q1)-Reviewer (2023).
  • Journal of IEEE Access (Indexed-Q1)-Reviewer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA (2019, 2020).
  • International Journal of Image and Graphics (Indexed-Q3)-Reviewer (2024).
  • Journal of Applied Sciences (Indexed-Q2)-Reviewer (2022-2023).
  • Journal of Symmetry (Indexed-Q2)-Reviewer (2023).
  • Journal of IET Biometrics (Indexed-Q2)-Reviewer, The Institution of Engineering & Technology, UK (2019, 2020).
  • Reviewer-18th IEEE International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Applications, Malaysia (2022).
  • Co-Editor-Journal of Science-Faculty of Applied Sciences, SEUSL.
  • Reviewer- IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-based Surveillance,(AVSS 2019), Taiwan.
  • Technical Programme Committee Member-Biomedical Engineering, Computer and Information Technology for Health (BECITHCON2021), Bangladesh.
  • Reviewer-IEEE 9th International Conference on System Engineering and Technology,(ICSET-2019), Malaysia.
  • Special Session Organiser and Chair-IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS21), Sri Lanka.
  • Reviewer-IEEE 10th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS21), Sri Lanka.
  • Session Chair-Women In Engeneering Symposium (WIESymp2020), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Reviewer-Ruhunu International Science And Engineering Conference (RISTCON2022), University of Ruhunu, Sri Lanka.
  • Reviewer-International Conference on Science and Technology (ICST2021), Faculty of Technology, SEUSL, Sri Lanka.
  • Reviewer-Annual Science Research Session (2020,2021), Faculty of Applied Sciences, SEUSL, Sri Lanka.
  • Session Chair-ASRS-2020, Faculty of Applied Sciences, SEUSL, Sri Lanka.
  • Technical Programme Committee Member-(ASRS2020, ASRS2021), Faculty of Applied Sciences, SEUSL, Sri Lanka.
  • Editor, FAS NewsLetter (2022), SEUSL.

Journal Articles

  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Quality assessment of degraded Palmprints using enhancement filters, International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing (IJIGSP) IJIGSP Vol. 16, No. 5, 8 Oct. 2024.
  • Jiffriya M.A.C, MA Hakim Newton, Julia Rahman, Akmal Jahan, Abdul Sattar, Ensembling methods for protein-ligand binding affinity prediction, Journal of Scientific Reports, Vol. 14 (1), pg. 24447, 2024.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Jasmine Banks, and Vinod Chandran. Invariant Feature Encoding for Contact Handprints Using Delaunay Triangulated Graph, Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(19), 10874; View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Jasmine Banks & Vinod Chandran, Fingerprint Systems: Sensors, Image Acquisition and Interoperability, Journal of Sensors, Special issue in Advances in Biometrics: Sensors, Algorithms, and Systems, 2023, 23(14), 6591. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Jasmine Banks, Kien Nguyen Thanh & Vinod Chandran, HOS-FingerCode: Bispectral invariants based contactless multi-finger recognition system using ridge orientation and feature fusion, Journal of Expert Systems with Applications, 2022. View
  • MAC Jiffriya, MAC Akmal Jahan, Hasindu Gamaarachi & RG Ragel, Optimization of Plagiarism Detection using Vector Space Model on CUDA Architecture, International Journal of Innovative Computing and Applications (IJICA), 2022. View
  • M.N.F. Fajila, M.A.C. Akmal Jahan, The Effect of Evolutionary Algorithm in Gene Subset Selection for Cancer Classification", International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science (IJMECS), Vol.10, No.7, pp. 60-66, 2018. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, RG Ragel, Reproducing tables in scanned documents, Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2016 44 (4). View
  • MAC Jiffriya, MAC Akmal Jahan & RG Ragel, Plagiarism detection tools and techniques: A comprehensive survey, Journal of Science-FAS-SEUSL (2021) 02(02) 47-64. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan & AM Razmy, Decision tree based automated prediction of infant low birth weight, Journal of Science-FAS-SEUSL (2020) 01(02) 10-17. View

Conference Publications

    IEEE CONFERENCE
  • Thanh Nhat Huy Nguyen; Kien Nguyen Thanh; Akila Pemasiri; Akmal Jahan; Clinton Fookes; Sridha Sridharan, AG-VPReID.VIR: Bridging Aerial and Ground Platforms for Video-based Visible-Infrared Person Re-ID, IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics, Osaka, Japan, 2025
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, K.M.N. Kalansuriya, Nameboard Detection and Text Recognition in OPDs of Public Hospitals, 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (IWAIIP 2023), Indonesia, December 2023.
  • Performance Analysis of Human Detection Algorithms for OPDs in Public Hospitals, 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (IWAIIP 2023), Indonesia, December 2023.
  • Akmal Jahan MAC, Niranjana J, Vithusa B, Jumani SF, Zulfa RF, HOG and Dimensional Feature based VehicleClassification for Parking Slot Allocation, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Information, Communication and Systems (SPICSCON 2021), December 2021, Bangladesh.view
  • Akmal Jahan MAC, Watcharapong Chaidee, Jasmine Banks & Vinod Chandran, Minutiae Triangle Graph: A New Fingerprint Representation with Invariance Properties. IEEE Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ)-December, 2019, New Zealand View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Jasmine Banks, Kien Nguyen Thanh & Vinod Chandran, Rotation and Scale Invariant Key Line-based Contactless Palmprint Recognition System. IEEE Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ)-December, 2019, New Zealand. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Jasmine Banks, Kien Nguyen Thanh & Vinod Chandran, Contactless Multiple Finger Segments based Identity Verification using Information Fusion from Higher Order Spectral Invariants - 15th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-based Surveillance, November, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Jasmine Banks, Inma Tomeo Reyes & Vinod Chandran, Contactless Finger Recognition using Invariants from Higher Order Spectra of Ridge Orientation Profiles - IEEE International Conference on Image Processing- October, 2018, Athens, Greece. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan & RG Ragel, Separating Tables from Text and non-Text Objects in Printed Documents for Digital Reconstruction - 11th IEEE International Conference on Industrial & Information Systems (ICIIS- 2017), Sri Lanka. View
  • MAC Jiffriya, MAC Akmal Jahan & RG Ragel, Accelerating Text Based Plagiarism Detection using GPUs - 10th IEEE International Conference on Industrial & Information Systems (ICIIS- 2015), Sri Lanka. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, & RG Ragel (2014). Locating Tables in Scanned Documents for Reconstructing and Republishing. 7th IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS14).Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20th - 22nd December, 2014. View
  • MAC Jiffriya, MAC Akmal Jahan, & RG Ragel (2014). Plagiarism Detection on Electronic Text based Assignments using Vector Space Model. 7th IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS14).Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20th -22nd December, 2014. View
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, MAC Jiffriya, RG Ragel & S Deegalla (2013). AntiPlag: Plagiarism Detection on Electronic Submissions of Text Based Assignments. 8th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS13). Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 17-20th December, 2013. View
    • OTHER CONFERENCE
  • Akmal Jahan MAC, Subodha Rathnayake, Madhureka Kalansuriya & Faarija Subair, OPD-PMMAS: Patient Management and Mobile Alert System for OPDs in Sri Lankan Hospitals-A Prototype, ICST2021, SEUSL. View
  • B.Vithisa, MAC Akmal Jahan, Prediction of Depression in Social Network Posts using machine learning algorithms, IntSymp,SEUSL,2023.
  • R.D.R.M Gunathilaka, MAC Akmal Jahan, Extractive Text Summarization of Online Scientific Articles For Digital Library Repository, IntSymp,SEUSL,2023.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Image Quality Estimation of Contactless Infant footprints using Enhancement Filters, ASRS, 2022.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, SF Jumani, Impact of machine learning algorithms on disease prediction using microbiome data, ASRS, 2022.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, R.D.R.M Gunathilaka, Automated text summarization of scientific documents, ASRS, SEUSL, 2022.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, Quality Estimation of Enhancement Filters in Contact-based Palmprints, ASRS, 2020.
  • AF, Rifaza, MAC Akmal Jahan, Traffic management system using Air quality Index, Annual Science Research Session (ASRS), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka-2020.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, MAC Jiffriya & RG Ragel (2014). Locating Tables in Scanned Documents with Heterogeneous Layout. 3rd Annual Science Research Session-(ASRS-2014), Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, November, 2014.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, MAC Jiffriya & MNM Nawfan (2014). Authorship Identification of Instant Messages. 3rd Annual Science Research Session-(ASRS-2014), Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, November, 2014.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, AM Razmy, RG Ragel & S Deegalla (2013). Performance Analysis of Supervised Learning Classifiers for the Prediction of Child Birth Weight. 2nd Annual Science Research Session-(ASRS-2013), Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, 2nd December, 2013.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, MAC Jiffriya, RG Ragel & S Deegalla (2013). Cluster Based Natural Language Question Answering for e-Resources in a Library. Peradeniya University Research Session-(PURSE-2012), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 4th July, 2013.
  • MAC Jiffriya, MAC Akmal Jahan, RG Ragel & S Deegalla (2013). Plagiarism Detection on Electronic Submissions of Text Based Assignments. Peradeniya University Research Session-(PURSE-2012), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 4th July, 2013.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, MAC Jiffriya, Roshan G Ragel and Sampath Deegalle, “Cluster Based Natural Language Question Answering for E-Resources in a Library”, Book of Abstracts of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions (PURSE), Sri Lanka – 2012, Vol. 17.
  • MAC Jiffriya, MAC Akmal Jahan, RG Ragel and S. Deegalle, “Plagiarism Detection on Electronic Submissions of Text Based Assignments”, Book of Abstracts of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions (PURSE), Sri Lanka – 2012, Vol. 17.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan and Roshan G Ragel, Classification of Resources in an e-Library using Machine Learning Algorithms, Annual Science Research Session (ASRS), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka-2012, Vol. 1.
  • MAC Akmal Jahan, A.M Razmy and RG Ragel and S.Deegalle, Performance Analysis of Supervised Learning Classifiers for the Prediction of Child Birth Weight, Annual Science Research Session (ASRS), South Eastern University of Sri Lanka-2013, Vol. 2.

Fellowships, Awards & Distinctions

FELLOWSHIP
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
    (UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Learning)
  • QUT Momentum Visiting Fellowship, QUT-Australia (2021 to present)
AWARDS
  • Vice Chancellor Award-Outstanding Senior Researcher in FAS-1st Place (2025)
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE, International Joint Conference on Biometrics, Japan (2025)
  • Senate Honours Award for High Impact Publication (2025)
  • Senate Honours Award for High Impact Publication (2023)
  • Senate Honours Award for High Impact Publication (2022)
  • Faculty Write Up (FWU) Scholarship-Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2019).
  • Queensland University of Technology Postgraduate Award (QUTPRA), Australia (2015).
GRANTS
  • University Research Grant-South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (2022)
  • UBL Project Grant (2021)

Membership in Professional Bodies

  • IEEE Member
  • IEEE Signal Processing Society
  • IEEE Women in Engineering (WEI)
  • Australian Computer Society(ACS)
  • ACM
  • NSF-National Science Foundation-Sri Lanka
  • IACSIT(International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology )
  • Internet Society-Sri Lanka Chapter
  • YSF(Young Scientist Forum)-Sri Lanka
  • Computer Science Society-South Eastern university of Sri Lanka