Thesis:
Hettiarachchi S., Distributed Evolution for Swarm Robotics. 2007 Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Refereed Journal and Conference Publications

Tyler, J. and S. Hettiarachchi (2015). A comparative analysis of three algorithms for uniform coverage. In The Journal of Computing Science in Colleges, Volume (To appear). Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges.

Kleczynski, S., M. Rayner, and S. Hettiarachchi (2014). Autonomous search and retrieval. In J. Meinke (Ed.), The Journal of Computing Science in Colleges, Volume 29-5, pp. 164-170. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges.

Hettiarachchi, S. (2012). Physicomimetics for mobile robot obstacle avoidance. In The 13th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Network- ing and Parallel/Distributed Computing, Volume 978-1-4673-2120-4, pp. 444-450. IEEE Computer Society.

Riddle, J., R. Hughes, N. Biefeld, and S. Hettiarachchi (2012). A user friendly software framework for mobile robot control. In S. Visa (Ed.), The 23rd Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference, Volume 0074-841-4, pp. 44-49. CEUR.

Hettiarachchi S., An Evolutionary Approach to Swarm Adaptation in Dense Environments. IEEE-International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems 2010, IEEE Press

Hettiarachchi S., Improving Swarm Survival Using DAEDALUS. The 21st Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference, 2010.

Hettiarachchi S., Spears W., Distributed Adaptive Swarm for Obstacle Avoidance. International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics - Special Issue in Swarm Robotics, Emerald Group Publishing, 2009.

Hettiarachchi S., Maxim P., Spears W., Spears D., Connectivity of Collaborative Robots in Partially Observable Domains. International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems 2008, Seoul, Korea, IEEE Press

Maxim Paul., Hettiarachchi S., Spears W., Spears D., Hamann J., Kunkel T., and Speiser C., Trilateration Localization for Multi-Robot Teams. International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 2008. Madeira, Portugal, ISI Proceedings

Hettiarachchi S., Cohen E., Willey T., Schmidt N., Simulating Mobile Robots for Undergraduate Research. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, CCSC-SW-08, 2008. NorthRidge, CA.

Hettiarachchi S., Spears W., DAEDALUS for Agents with Obstructed Perception. 2006 Proceedings of the IEEE Mountain Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. pp.195 - 200, 2006.    (Best Paper Award)

Hettiarachchi S., Distributed Online Evolution for Swarm Robotics. Presented to AAMAS06, Doctoral Mentoring Program, Hakodate, Japan. 2006.

Hettiarachchi S., Spears W., Green D., and Kerr W., Distributed Agent Evolution with Dynamic Adaptation to Local Unexpected Scenarios . GSFC/IEEE WRAC 2006, Springer-Verlag, LNAI 3825, pp. 245 -256

Hettiarachchi S. and Spears W., Moving Swarm Formations Through Obstacle Fields. Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Volume 1, 97-103, CSREA Press.

Spears W., Spears D., Heil R., Kerr W. and Hettiarachchi S. An Overview of Physicomimetics. Lecture Notes in Computer Science - State of the Art Series Volume 3342, 2004.

Spears, W., D. Zarzhitsky, S. Hettiarachchi, W. Kerr. Strategies for Multi-Asset Surveillance. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 2005, 929-934.

Book Chapters

Hettiarachchi, S., Maxim, P., and Spears, W. (Invited, 2008). An architecture for adaptive swarms. In Robotics Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Hettiarachchi, S. (Invited, 2011). Adaptive Learning of Robot Swarms in Unfamiliar Environment. In Physics-based Swarm Intelligence: From Theory to Practice. Springer.

Presentations by My Students

Ryan Compton, Adam Striegel, and Kuan-Yi Wu : Toxic Gas Warning Robot: Robotics with Practical Application, Presented at 2015 - 11th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference. Best Oral Presentation.

Harry Lane, Bryan Forbis, and Cory Hurst : Robot for Environmental Mapping and Localization, Presented at 2015 - 11th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference.

Stephanie Hatton, Shawn Pixley, and James Warth: Autonomous Flame-Detecting Robot, Presented at 2015 - 11th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference.

Nolan Pruett, Ryan Webb, and Erica Wright: Security Robot for Perimeter Defense, Presented at 2015 - 11th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference.

William Reilly: Neural Network for Handwritten Digit Recognition, Presented at 2015 - 11th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference.

Adam Streigle and Nolan Pruett: Efficient Distributed Algorithm for a Batch Spell Shecker in a Supercomputer, 2014-2015. Presented at 2015 Annual IU Southeast Student Conference.

Sage Kleczynski and Matthew Rayner: Autonomous search and retrieval using X80Pro robot. Spring'13 Published in the The ACM Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2014.

Jeramey Tyler, Richard Garuccio, Alan Laffoon: Autonomous Navigation and Mapping of Unknown Environment. 2013, 9th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference. Spring'13 Best Oral Presentation.

Andrei Escartin, Erik George, Austin Hall: An Implementation of Marco Polo Using Heuristic Profiling on Autonomous Mobile Robots - Presented at the 9th Annual IU Southeast Student Conference. Spring'13

Jeramey Tyler: Physicomimetics Navigation using Pyroelectric Sensors for Search and Rescue, Summer and Fall '12. Presented at 2013 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference.

Jenkins, C. Neural Networking Minesweepers, IU Southeast 7th Annual Student Conference & Showcase, 2011.

Phillips, N. Technological Research: Machine Training and Adapting Algorithms, IU Southeast 7th Annual Student Conference & Showcase, 2011.

Biefeld N., Reinhardt G., Heidorn R., and Hughes R. Intelligent Robots: Recognizing Objects, IU Southeast 7th Annual Student Conference & Showcase, 2011.

Riddle J., Borrego R., and Reinhardt S., Robot Pac Man, IU Southeast 7th Annual Student Conference & Showcase, 2011.

Presentations

Presenter at ACM SIGCSE 2014 Special Session: Engaging Mathematical Reasoning Exercises. Topic "Simple Mathematical Simulations for Event Driven Programming," Atlanta, Georgia.(March 2014).

Presenter at Eastern Kentucky University Research Symposium. Topic: ”Physics-based swarm intelligence” , Richmond, Kentucky, USA. (March 2013).

Autonomous Distributed Control of X80Pro Robots. IU Southeast SARC Series, New Albany, Indiana, 2010.

Improving Swarm Survival Using DAEDALUS. The 21st Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference, IU South Bend, Indiana, 2010.

An Evolutionary Approach to Swarm Adaptation in Dense Environments. International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems 2010, Gyeonggi-do, Seoul, South Korea.

Publications In Progress

Hettiarachchi, S(201?). Using scouts to improve robot survival in dynamic environments.

Dr.Suranga Hettiarachichi
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