Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

Hello, I am  Dommanige Chameli Dilshani Menike. I came to ODU from Sri Lanka. I am Dr. Wu ’s new Ph.D. student in the LAMP-SYS Lab . Currently, I am working on a project related to table Data extraction under Dr. Wu’s guidance, and I will be working as both a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) and a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) in Fall 2025.  I earned my BSc Honors degree in Computer Science from the University of Peradeniya . My core subjects were Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics. When I was choosing an undergraduate research topic, I realized that natural language processing (NLP) was my forte. After all, that interest and curiosity are what brought me here. My final-year research project, ' Towards Cyberbullying Identification on Social Media Using Text and Emojis ,' provided an excellent opportunity to deepen my understanding of advanced Machine Learning and NLP concepts. The abstract was presented at the 8th International Conference of the Association of...

Dr. Sampath Jayarathna welcoming the students of Governor’s STEM Academy to ODU Computer Science Department On March 16th, 9th Graders from Grassfield High School Governor’s STEM academy visited ODU Computer Science Department . The Governor’s STEM Academy operates as a school-within-a-school and features a cutting-edge curriculum especially designed for students with an interest in STEM careers, and is located in Chesapeake, VA. Students attending the Governor’s STEM Academy take core academic courses as well as STEM elective courses from one of more of the three career pathways: Engineering and Technology, Programming and Software Development, and Global Entrepreneurship and Technology.  Members of NIRDS Lab , Accessible Computing Lab , LAMP-SYS Lab, and WSDL Lab took this opportunity to showcase their research work, findings, and lab equipment to the visitors from the Governor’s STEM Academy.  They prepared hands-on activities along with presentations to keep visit...