The second year undergraduates of the Industrial Information Technology (IIT) degree program have organized the Marketing Day of UWU which is named as ‘Emporia 2020’ for the third consecutive time under the course unit of Principles of Marketing. The grand event was held on 09th January 2020 at Uva Wellassa University.

The purpose of organizing such event is to give the practical exposure for the undergraduates regarding the marketing mix. The undergraduates have grouped in to eight and each group has to present their own product which they have identified through a market survey. Together with the Information Technology, the undergraduates have developed their own website in order to do their promotional campaigns in a new way. The event has encouraged and refreshed the both staff and students along with the joy and the rewards for the effort.

Two- day workshop which was jointly organized by SLASSCOM and Sri Lanka Export Development Board in collaboration with Department of Computer Science and Informatics of Uva Wellssa University was successfully held on 19th and 20thDecember, 2019 at main lecture theater and E3 laboratory of Uva Wellassa University. The main objective of this program was to build awareness about the Sri Lanka IT/BPM Industry, the requirements of the industry and the future prospects.

As the first day of workshop, an awareness session was conducted for 200 and 300 level students of Department of Computer science and Informatics with the students of Vocational Training centers. As the first speaker in this workshop, Mr.Kelum from VitalHub discussed about blockchain technology. The topic of role of developer, test automation, employability skills and effective communications were explained by Mr.Nayanjith Pilapitiya from ISM APAC, Mr.Kelum from VitalHub, Mr.Dilan Rajapakse from VitalHub, Mr.Harindu Abeygoonaratne from SimCentric Technologies consecutively.

Morning session of the 2nd day, the 300 level students of department of Computer Science and Informatics, Uva Wellassa Universiy and students of Vocational Training Centers were able to expose to a hands on session with the collaboration of resource persons from IT sector. As the Initial speaker Mr. kelum from VitalHub conducted a technical session on Java/Javascripts. Mr.Nayanjith Pilapitiya from ISM APAC gave his enormous support by doing C# session and Mr.Waruna Tennakoon from SimCentric Technologies has done a valuable session regarding source control.

The evening ceremony of day two was conducted at main lecture theater with the participation of Prof.Sisira Ediriweera, Dean, faculty of Applied Sciences, Dr.Saranga Premathilake, Head, Departement of Computer Science and Informatics. In the ceremony, Mr. Haridhu Abeygoonaratne – MD/ Simcentric Technologies, Director SLASSCOM, Mr. Saman Maldeni – Director Export Services /EDB, Ms. Vajira Kularathne – Assistant Director/ EDB, Mr. Kanishka Weeramunda – Founder Paymedia, Mr. Dilan Rajapakse Managing Direct VitalHub | General Council SLASSCOM were addressed the audience and shared their valuable experiences. Panel discussion was handled by Ms. Harshini Wickramarathne, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Informatics in an effective manner and this program has become an outstanding event within the year 2019.

The project “Amba Yaluwa”- the concentration device developed by the students from Department of Computer Science and Technology has been awarded a merit under the category of Tertiary Student Projects (Technology) at National Best Quality ICT Awards (NBQSA) Night held at Hotel Galadari, Colombo on 19th of October, 2018. This event was organized by the Sri Lankan section of British Computer Society (BCS) – The Chartered Institute for IT. The project team consisted of Buddhika P. De Silva, Isuru Edirisinghe, Rajith Karunarathne, Randika Madhushan Perera, Pubudu Praneeth Jayarathna under the guidance and supervision of Mr.Ashan Rathnayake and Ms Imalka Pathirana.

The Department of Computer Science and Technology conducted a workshop on ‘Computer Networking’ strengthening its long-lasting relationship with the school community, particularly the school students. The target audience, R/Karawita Central College including those of GCE Advanced level students and teachers, was selected with a particular regard to under-resourced schools in Sri Lanka.

The workshop, organized by lecturers Mr K Charith and Ms DP Jayathunga, was held at Main Computer Lab on 15 June 2018 amidst a large gathering of lecturers and support staff under the directive of Head, Department of Computer Science, Dr Saranga Premathilake.

The workshop, expected to bridge the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) knowledge and skills gap, was acknowledged by the audience.