Professor Sanjeewa Perera

PROFESSOR & CHAIR

Director | Centre for Mathematical Modeling

Center for Mathematical Modelling
Department of Mathematics
University of Colombo
Colombo 00003
Sri Lanka

Office: 101, FM Building , Department of Mathematics
Email: ssnp@maths.cmb.ac.lk

Tel: +94 11 2507010, +94 11 2058139

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=teITP8gAAAAJ&hl=en

AD Scientific Index: https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/ssn-perera/404980

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shyam-Perera

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Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD 2008

    PhD in Optimal Control

    University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (DAAD Sandwich PhD Scholarship Program with TU Kaiserslautern, Germany)

  • MSc 2004

    MSc (Thesis) in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation

    ICTP/SISSA, Trieste, Italy

  • PG Diploma 2003

    PG Diploma (GPA = 3.92) in Modeling & Complex Realities

    ICTP, Trieste, Italy

  • BSc 1999

    BSc (Hons) – (First class) in Mathematics

    University of Colombo

  • CTHE 2005

    Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education

    SEDA, UK

  • CTHE 2005

    Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education

    University of Colombo

  • Part Qualified

    Society of Actuaries, USA

  • Member

    Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka

Professional Affiliation

  • Life Member: International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
  • Life Member: Life Member IAENG Society of Industrial Engineering
  • Life Member: IAENG Society of Operations Research
  • Life Member: IAENG Society of Scientific Computing
  • Life Member: Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka (IASSL)
  • Life Member: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)
  • Life Member: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

Research Interests

  • Mathematical Modeling

    Epidemiological Modeling/Infectious Diseases Modeling/Dengue ModelingComputational BiologyEpidemiological Models application in Actuarial and Financial fieldsOptimization / Optimal Control/Fuzzy Logic based Modeling

Research Publications

  • Publications Refereed Journal

    94 Journal Publications (54 indexed Journal Publications)

  • Conference Proceedings Full Papers

    57 Publications

  • Conference Proceedings Abstracts

    108 Abstracts

  • Books Author

    5 Books

  • Book Chapters

    17 Book Chapters

  • Edited Books

    1 Book

  • Magazine General

    4 Articles

  • Thesis M.Sc. & P.hD.

    2 Theses

Research Projects/Grants

  • P.hD. Students/Projects Completed

    10 Ph.D.s

  • P.hD. Students/Projects On Going

    5 Students

  • M.Phil. Students/Projects Completed

    3 M.Phil.s

  • M.Phil. Students/Projects On Going

    4 Students

  • M.Sc. Students/Projects Completed

    40 M.Sc.s

  • Undergraduate Students/Projects

    108 Projects

    Completed

  • Grants Research

    10 Research Grants - Completed, 2 Research Grants - On Going

  • Other Grants

    5 Grants

Conferences/Symposiums/Workshops

  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER Conferences

    12

  • PLENARY SPEAKER Conferences/Symposiums

    5

  • INVITED SPEAKER Conferences/Symposiums

    30

  • RESOURCE PERSON Conferences/Symposiums/Workshops

    18

Teaching

  • POSTGRADUATE MSc in Financial Mathematics

    MFM 5021 Applied Finance (2010 to Present)
    MFM 5028 Corporate Finance (2010 to Present)
    MFM 5031 Financial Decision Theory (2010 to Present)

    Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Actuarial Science

    MACS 5101 Financial Mathematics Core Technical (2015 to Present)

    Department of Statistics, University of Colombo

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics

    MA 5115 Corporate Finance (2011 to 2017)
    MA 5116 Economics for Finance (2011 to 2017)

    Department of Mathematics, University of Moratuwa

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Financial Economics

    MFE 11 Financial Statistics (2013 to 2017)
    MFE 03 Econometrics & Mathematics (2011 to 2017)

    Department of Economics, University of Colombo.

  • POSTGRADUATE MA in Economics

    MECON 503 Mathematics for Economics (2012 to 2013)

    Department of Economics, University of Colombo.

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Mathematics Education

    MME 5007 Laboratory on Mathematical Software and Manipulative (2010 to Present)

    Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Mathematics Education

    MME 5007 Laboratory on Mathematical Software and Manipulative (2010 to Present)

    Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

  • POSTGRADUATE PG Diploma in Actuarial Science

    ACS 531-4 Economics for Actuarial Science (2009 to 2010)
    ACS 523-4 Actuarial Models (2009 to 2010)
    ACS 561-2 Introduction to MATLAB and Project Management (2009 to 2010)

    Faculty of Actuarial Science, UwaWellassa University

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Industrial Mathematics

    Mathematical Modeling (2017)

    Department of Mathematics, University of Sri Jayawardenapura

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Environment Science

    Risk Assessment Methods (2010 to 2011, 2017 to Present)

    Department of Zoology, University of Colombo

  • POSTGRADUATE M.Sc. in Environment Science

    Risk Assessment Methods (2010 to 2011, 2017 to Present)

    Department of Zoology, University of Colombo

  • UNDERGRADUATE Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

  • FM 1001 Financial Mathematics (2008 to Present)
  • FM 2002 Actuarial Mathematics I (2008 to Present)
  • MS 3001 Introduction to Game Theory (2008 to 2013)
  • FM 4003 Case Studies in Financial Mathematics (2009 to Present)
  • AM 4013 Case Studies in Mathematical Modeling (2009 to Present)
  • AM 4005 Theory of Interest & Cooperate Finance (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018)
  • AM 2002 Linear Programming (2008 to 2009)
  • AM 2003 Numerical Analysis (2005)
  • AM 2004 Optimization (2004)
  • UNDERGRADUATE Department of Statistics and Computer Science, University of Kelaniya

  • STAT 44044 Actuarial Mathematics (2011 to 2016, 2018 to Present)
  • STAT 44045 Selected Topics in Statistics (Decision and Utility Theory) (2014)
  • UNDERGRADUATE Department of Mathematics, University of Jaffna

  • MMT 402XS3 Actuarial Mathematics (2015 to Present)
  • UNDERGRADUATE Department of Mathematics, South Eastern University

  • Financial Mathematics (2018 to Present)
  • UNDERGRADUATE Faculty of Management, Uwa Wellassa University

  • IAC 321-2 Introduction to Insurance & Actuarial Science (2009 to 2011)
  • IAC 312-2 Financial Mathematics (2009 to 2011)
  • IAC 325-2 Financial Risk Management I (2009 to 2011)
  • EXTERNAL/ONLINE DEGREES B.Sc. in Financial Engineering

    FE 1005 Applied Finance (2015 to Present)
    FE 2004 Corporate Finance (2016 to Present)
    FE 2008 Investment Analysis I (2016 to Present)
    FE 3001 Investment Analysis II (2017 to Present)

    Open Distance Learning Centre, University of Colombo

  • EXTENSION COURSES Diploma in Corporate Finance

    DEF 01 Introduction to Financial Mathematics (2011)
    DEF 10 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics (2011)

    Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo

  • EXTENSION COURSES Diploma in Shipping Transport & Logistics Management

    DTLM 1009 Business Statistics (2015)

    IHRA, University of Colombo

  • EXTENSION COURSES Diploma in Labour Education

    Mathematics (2008)

    IHRA, University of Colombo