Dr. K. Thabotharan
- Senior Lecturer Gr.I
- B.Sc.[Hons](Jaffna), M.Sc.(Akron), Ph.L. (Uppsala), Ph.D. (Colombo)
- thabo@univ.jfn.ac.lk
- +94212218194
Research Interests:
Opportunistic Network,
Computer Network,
Social Network Analysis,
IoT, Big Data Analysis
Academic Profile
Activities
Admin Roles
Awards
Grants
Publications
Teaching
Academic Profile
Dr. Kathiravelu Thabotharan
- Ph.D. in Computer Science (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Ph.L. in Computer Science (Uppsala, Sweden)
- M.Sc. in Computer Science (Akron, US)
- B.Sc. Special in Computer Science (Jaffna, Sri Lanka)
Activities
Admin Roles
- Alumni officer of the University of Jaffna [May 2021 – to date]
- Chairperson of the Curriculum Development, Review, and Monitoring Committee (CDRMC) of the Faculty of Science
- Patron of the CSSL Chapter of the University of Jaffna.
- Director of the Career Guidance Unit
- Deputy Director of the Well-Being (WeBe), Jaffna Centre
- Project Coordinator of the ELTA-ELSE, Faculty of Science
- Senior Treasurer of the Science Students’ Union (SSU)
- Member of the Board of Directors LEARN
- Head – Computer Unit, University of Jaffna [July 2018 – January 2021]
- Head – Department of Computer Science [2014 – 2017]
- Membership of the Board of Management of the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, 2014 to 2017
- Coordinator of the World Bank funded HETC Project for the Physical Science Study Programme.
- Students’ Counselor for the Faculty of Science since October 2012.
- Coordinator – e-learning for Staff Development Centre, University of Jaffna. 2011 – 2013
- Academic Counsellor for Computer Science, 2010 – 2016
- Coordinator for the Knowledge sharing partnership between the University of Jaffna and the World Bank.
- Senate Representative for Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna.
- Member of the Faculty Research Committee for the Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna.
- Member of the Senate Sub-Committee on IT.
- Member of the Senate Sub-Committee on Web Designing.
- Member of the Board – Faculty of Science.
- Member of IEEE
Awards
- Best Student Paper Award – “Self Similarity and Predictability of Contact Opportunities in Opportunistic Networks”, 18th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON), 12-14 December, Singapore, 2012
Grants
Publications
2022
- Dushmantha Adikari, A.A.C. and Thabotharan, K.: “A Hop-count and Neighbor-count based Routing Protocol for Flying Ad-hoc Networks ”, In International Conference on Advanced Research in Computing (ICARC’22), 23-24 February 2022. [Accepted]
2021
- Abiram, K. and Thabotharan, K.: “Congestion avoidance in data communication networks using software defined networking”, in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT’21), pp. 463–464, Germany, December 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/
3485983.3493343
2019
- Fernando, T.T.D.M. and Thabotharan, K.: “A Community Based Routing Algorithm for Mobile Opportunistic Networks”, In IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 18-20 December 2019. [Accepted]
2018
- Thabotharan, K. and Ranasinghe, N.: “Congestion-Aware Adaptive Routing for Opportunistic Networks”, in Opportunistic Networks: Mobility Models, Protocols, Security, and Privacy, pp 117-131, June 2018.
2016
- Thushika, V. and Thabotharan, K.: “A lightweight tool for learning data structures using Android smartphones”, In proceedings of the First International Research Conference on Emerging Knowledge for Sustainable Regional Development (TRInCo), p. 74, 14-15 September 2016.
- Kumaran, R. and Thabotharan, K.: “A Hop-count and Time based MANET Routing Protocol”, In IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Bangalore, India, 6-9 November 2016.
2014
- Thabotharan, K. and Ranasinghe, N.: “An Adaptive Routing Protocol with Congestion Avoidance for Opportunistic Networks”, In IEEE International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer2014), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10-14 December 2014.
2012
- Thabotharan, K. and Nalin, R.: “Self Similarity and Predictability of Contact Opportunities in Opportunistic Networks”, In Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON), 12-14 December, Singapore, 2012.
2011
- Thabotharan, K., Nalin, R., and Pears, A.N.: “An Enhanced Congestion Aware Adaptive Routing Protocol for Opportunistic Networks”, In Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS’11), pp. 210-215, 16-19 August, 2011.
- Thabotharan, K. and Sivasuthan, S.: “A Hybrid Reactive Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks”, In Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS’11), pp. 222-227, 16-19 August, 2011.
- Sakuntharaj, R. and Thabotharan, K.: “Implementing the Epidemic Routing Protocol for the Scalable Wireless Ad-hoc Network Simulations (SWANS)”, In Proceedings of the 18th Annual Sessions, Jaffna Science Association, Jaffna, pp. 18, 6 – 8 April, 2011.
2010
- Thabotharan, K. Arnold, P. and Nalin, R.: “Towards Designing a Routing Protocol for Opportunistic Networks”, In First International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer-2010), September 29 – October 01, 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Sathees, R. and Thabotharan, K.: “A Performance Comparison of Mobility Models for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks”, In 17th Annual Sessions, Jaffna Science Association, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2010.
- Thabotharan, K. and Arnold, P.: “State of the art in Modeling Opportunistic Networks”, Book chapter in the book “Mobile Opportunistic Networks: Architectures, Protocols and Applications”, edited by Mieso K. Denko, publisher Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, March 2010.
2009
- Thabotharan, K., Nalin, R. and Arnold, P.: “Evaluation of the Impact of Opportunistic Networking on Command and Control System Performance”, In proceedings of the First International Conference on Next Generation Wireless Systems (NGWS-2009), Melbourne, Australia, 12-14 October 2009.
- Thabotharan, K. and Arnold, P.: “Modeling Predictability and Connectedness in a Command and Control System”, in proceedings of the 6th Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop (SNCNW’09), Uppsala, 4-5 May 2009.
2008
- Thabotharan, K. and Arnold, P.: “Benchmarking of Opportunistic Networking Experiments”. In 5th Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop (SNCNW ’08), Karlskrona, Sweden. April, 2008.
2007
- Thabotharan, K. and Arnold, P.: “Reproducing Opportunistic Connectivity Traces Using Connectivity Models”, Student Workshop Paper, CoNext 2007, New York, USA, December 2007.
2006
- Thabotharan, K., Arnold, P. and Nalin, R.: “Connectivity Models : A new Approach to Modeling Contacts in Opportunistic Networks”, In proceedings of the 8th International information Technology Conference (IITC 2006), Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2006.
- Thabotharan, K.: “What and When?: Distributing Content in Opportunistic Networks”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC’06), Buchraest, Romania, July 2006.
2005
- Thabotharan, K., and Arnold, P.: “Approaches to P2P Internet Application Development”, In proceedings of the International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS’05), French Polynsia, October 2005.
2004
- Dang, X.-H. and Thabotharan, K.: “Performance Evaluation of an Enhanced Popularity-Aware Web Proxy Cache Replacement Algorithm”, International Conference on Internet Computing, pp.290-295, 2004.
1999
- Kesavan, K., Thabotharan, K. and Mahesan, S.: “A Glossary Management System”, 8th Annual Session, Jaffna Science Association, Jaffna, 1999.
Teaching