Message from the Chair, ESCaPe 2020
With great pleasure, I welcome you to the 5th Engineering Students Conference at Peradeniya (ESCaPe)
2020. This year, the presented work by final year undergraduates of the Department of Computer Engineering,
University of Peradeniya (DCE, UoP) covers the main disciplines of Computer Networking, Embedded Systems,
Intelligent Systems, Computer Security and Computational Biology. We had 21 research articles submitted and
after the review process, 13 articles were accepted for presentation at the symposium. There will be 3 presentation
sessions and two keynote speeches are to be delivered. The symposium also includes a discussion session
with professionals from industry and academia allowing the participants, especially the undergraduate students
to interact with them. Abstracts of all the work presented at the symposium will be published in a proceedings
booklet in citable format.
I make this an opportunity to thank the panel of editors, and the program committee for their immense support
in the review process. Further, I am grateful to the Association of Computer Engineering Students (ACES)
for their dedication in making this event a success. A special note of thanks to ACES editor, Ms Kaveesha Dilshani
for her assistance in handling the event logistics. I am also thankful to Prof. Roshan Ragel, DCE, UoP, and Dr.
Kamalanath Samarakoon, the Head of Department, DCE, UoP for their encouragement. This event which is held
in the form of a webinar would not have been possible if not for the support from the Lanka Education and Research
Network (LEARN). Thank you all.
We are delighted to have the presence of Prof. Upul B. Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor, University of Peradeniya,
Prof. Gemunu Herath, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Prof. C. Pandu Rangan,
Professor at Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, and
Mr. Mano Sekaram, CEO and Co-Founder at 99X, at the symposium this year.
Finally, I thank all the participants of ESCAPE 2020. Your active participation made this event a reality.
We hope to see you in future editions of ESCaPe.
Dr. Damayanthi Herath,
Chair,
ESCaPe 2020.
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