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Journal Articles

Gu, A, De-Silva, V, Caine, M (2023) A machine learning framework for quantifying in-game space-control efficiency in football, Knowledge-Based Systems, 283, 111123, ISSN: 0950-7051. DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2023.111123.

Alqtati, N, Wilson, JAJ, De Silva, V (2022) Mining Arabic Twitter conversations on health care: a new approach to analysing Arabic language on social media, Journal of Islamic Marketing, 13(12), pp.2649-2671, ISSN: 1759-0833. DOI: 10.1108/JIMA-12-2020-0355.

Tibebu, H, De-Silva, V, Artaud, C, Moreira-Pina, R, Shi, X (2022) Towards interpretable camera and LiDAR data fusion for autonomous ground vehicles localisation, Sensors, 22(20), 8021, DOI: 10.3390/s22208021.

Alsaghir, E, Shi, X, De-Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2022) Understanding dilated mathematical relationship between image features and the convolutional neural network’s learnt parameters, Entropy, 24(1), 132, DOI: 10.3390/e24010132.

Shi, X, De-Silva, V, Aslan, Y, Ekmekcioglu, E, Kondoz, A (2021) Evaluating the learning procedure of CNNs through a sequence of prognostic tests utilising information theoretical measures, Entropy, 24(1), 67, DOI: 10.3390/e24010067.

Pina, R, Tibebu, H, Hook, J, De Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2021) Overcoming Challenges of Applying Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Vehicle Control, Sensors, 21(23), pp.7829-7829, DOI: 10.3390/s21237829.

Roche, J, De-Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2021) A multimodal perception-driven self evolving autonomous ground vehicle, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 52(9), pp.9279-9289, ISSN: 2168-2267. DOI: 10.1109/tcyb.2021.3113804.

Roche, J, De-Silva, V, Hook, J, Moencks, M, Kondoz, A (2021) A multimodal data processing system for LiDAR-based human activity recognition, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 52(10), pp.10027-10040, ISSN: 2168-2267. DOI: 10.1109/tcyb.2021.3085489.

Tibebu, H, Roche, J, De-Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2021) LiDAR-based glass detection for improved occupancy grid mapping, Sensors, 21(7), 2263, DOI: 10.3390/s21072263.

Hook, J, El-Sedky, S, De-Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2020) Learning data-driven decision-making policies in multi-agent environments for autonomous systems, Cognitive Systems Research, 65, pp.40-49, ISSN: 1389-0417. DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2020.09.006.

Na, J, Tibebu, H, De Silva, V, Kondoz, A, Caine, M (2020) Probabilistic approximation of effective reproduction number of COVID-19 using daily death statistics, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 140, ISSN: 0960-0779. DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2020.110181.

Hook, J, De-Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2020) Deep Multi-Critic Network for accelerating Policy Learning in multi-agent environments, Neural Networks, 128(August 2020), pp.97-106, ISSN: 0893-6080. DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2020.04.023.

Tian, C, De-Silva, V, Caine, M, Swanson, S (2019) Use of Machine Learning to Automate the Identification of Basketball Strategies Using Whole Team Player Tracking Data, Applied Sciences, 10(1), pp.24-24, ISSN: 2076-3417. DOI: 10.3390/app10010024.

Inder, K, De-Silva, V, Shi, X (2019) Learning control policies of driverless vehicles from UAV video streams in complex urban environments, Remote Sensing, 11(23), 2723, ISSN: 2072-4292. DOI: 10.3390/rs11232723.

De Silva, V, Caine, M, Skinner, J, Dogan, S, Kondoz, A, Peter, T, Axtell, E, Birnie, M, Smith, B (2018) Player tracking data analytics as a tool for physical performance management in football: A case study from Chelsea Football Club Academy, MDPI Sports, 6(4), ISSN: 2075-4663. DOI: 10.3390/sports6040130.

De Silva, V, Roche, J, Kondoz, A (2018) Robust fusion of LiDAR and wide-angle camera data for autonomous mobile robots, Sensors (Switzerland), 18(8), ISSN: 1424-8220. DOI: 10.3390/s18082730.

Danish, E, De Silva, V, Fernando, A, De Alwis, C, Kondoz, A (2014) Content-aware resource allocation in OFDM systems for energy-efficient video transmission, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 60(3), pp.320-328, ISSN: 0098-3063. DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2014.6937314.

Ekmekcioglu, E, De Silva, DVSX, Pesch, PT, Kondoz, A (2014) Visual attention model-aided non-uniform asymmetric coding of stereoscopic video, ISSN: 1932-4553. DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2014.2313717.

De Silva, V, Arachchi, HK, Ekmekcioglu, E, Kondoz, A (2013) Toward an impairment metric for stereoscopic video: a full-reference video quality metric to assess compressed stereoscopic video, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 22(9), pp.3392-3404, ISSN: 1057-7149. DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2013.2268422.

Ekmekcioglu, E, De Silva, V, Nur, G, Kondoz, AM (2012) Immersive 3D media, Media Networks: Architectures, Applications, and Standards, p.347.

De Silva, V, Nur, G, Ekmekcioglu, E, Kondoz, AM (2012) QoE of 3D Media Delivery Systems, Media Networks: Architectures, Applications, and Standards, p.275.

De Silva, D, Fernando, W, Kodikaraarachchi, H, Worrall, S, Kondoz, A (2011) A Depth Map Post-Processing Framework for 3D-TV Systems based on Compression Artifact Analysis, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, pp.1-1, ISSN: 1932-4553. DOI: 10.1109/jstsp.2011.2165274.

De Silva, V, Fernando, A, Worrall, S, Arachchi, HK, Kondoz, A (2011) Sensitivity Analysis of the Human Visual System for Depth Cues in Stereoscopic 3-D Displays, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13(3), pp.498-506, ISSN: 1520-9210. DOI: 10.1109/tmm.2011.2129500.

De Silva, V, Ekmekcioglu, E, Fernando, WAC, Worrall, ST (2011) Display-dependent preprocessing of depth maps based on just-noticeable depth difference modeling, Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE Journal of, 5(2), pp.335-351, ISSN: 1932-4553. DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2011.2108113.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Worrall, S (2010) Intra mode selection method for depth maps of 3D video based on rendering distortion modeling, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 56(4), pp.2735-2740, ISSN: 0098-3063. DOI: 10.1109/tce.2010.5681163.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Kodikaraarachchi, H, Worrall, ST, Kondoz, AM (2010) Adaptive sharpening of depth maps for 3D-TV, Electronics Letters, 46(23), pp.1546-1546, ISSN: 0013-5194. DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.2320.

Yasakethu, SLP, De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Kondoz, A (2010) Predicting sensation of depth in 3D video, Electronics Letters, 46(12), pp.837-837, ISSN: 0013-5194. DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.3540.

S. X. De Silva, D and C. Fernando, W (2009) Intra mode selection for depth map coding to minimize rendering distortions in 3D video, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 55(4), pp.2385-2393, ISSN: 0098-3063. DOI: 10.1109/tce.2009.5373814.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Yasakethu, SLP (2009) Object based coding of the depth maps for 3D video coding, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 55(3), pp.1699-1706, ISSN: 0098-3063. DOI: 10.1109/tce.2009.5278045.

Silva, VD A Critical Analysis of Patch Similarity Based Image Denoising Algorithms, arxiv.



Conferences

Artaud, C, Moreira-Pina, R, Shi, X, De-Silva, V (2023) Policy generation from latent embeddings for reinforcement learning. In Bennour, A, Bouridane, A, Chaari, L (ed) The International Conference on Intelligent Systems & Pattern Recognition; Intelligent Systems and Pattern Recognition, Hammamet, Tunisia,ISBN: 9783031463372. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46338-9_12.

Alsaghir, E, Shi, X, De-Silva, V (2023) A model selection algorithm for complex CNN systems based on feature-weights relation. In 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies; 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET), London, UK,ISBN: 9798350331790. DOI: 10.1109/GlobConET56651.2023.10150024.

Farooq, M, De-Silva, V, Tibebu, H, Shi, X (2023) Conversational emotion detection and elicitation: a preliminary study. In 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET); 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET), London, United Kingdom,ISBN: 9798350331790. DOI: 10.1109/GlobConET56651.2023.10149922.

Pina, R, De Silva, V, Artaud, C (2023) Learning Independently from Causality in Multi-Agent Environments. In , International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, pp.467-481, ISBN: 9789897586262. DOI: 10.5220/0011747900003411.

De-Silva, V, Wang, X, Aladagli, A, Kondoz, A, Ekmekcioglu, E (2018) An agent-based modelling framework for driving policy learning in connected and autonomous vehicles. In Bhatia, KASKR (ed) 2018 Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys 2018); Intelligent Systems and Applications: Proceedings of the 2018 Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys), London, pp.113-125, ISBN: 9783030010560. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01057-7_10.

Roche, J, De Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2018) A cognitive framework for object recognition with application to autonomous vehicles. In , London,ISBN: 9781538613504. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01174-1_50.

De Silva, V, Roche, J, Shi, X, Kondoz, A (2018) IoT driven ambient intelligence architecture for indoor intelligent mobility. In The 3rd IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress, Athens, Greece,ISBN: 9781538675182. DOI: 10.1109/DASC/PiCom/DataCom/CyberSciTec.2018.00090.

De Silva, V, Chesnokov, V, Larkin, D (2016) A novel adaptive shading correction algorithm for camera systems. In Digital Photography and Mobile Imaging XII, San Fransisco, California, USA. DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.18.DPMI-249.

Galkandage, C, Calic, J, De Silva, V, Dogan, S (2015) A full-reference stereoscopic image quality metric based on binocular energy and regression analysis. In 3DTV Conference (3DTV-CON 2015), Lisbon, Portugal. DOI: 10.1109/3DTV.2015.7169375.

Danish, E, De Silva, V, Fernando, A (2014) Application of Genetic and Greedy Algorithms for Power Efficiency in Adaptive Sub-channel and Bit Allocation. In Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN), 2014 Sixth International Conference on, Tetova.

Danish, E, De Silva, VD, Fernando, A, De Alwis, C (2014) Content aware resource allocation in OFDM systems for energy efficient video transmission. In 2014 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV.

Haddad, N, Dogan, S, Arachchi, HK, De Silva, V, Kondoz, A (2014) A disocclusion replacement approach to subjective assessment for depth map quality evaluation. In 3DTV-Conference 2014 (3DTV-CON 2014), Budapest, Hungary. DOI: 10.1109/3DTV.2014.6874733.

Ekmekcioglu, E, De Silva, V, Dogan, S, Kondoz, A (2014) Perceptual performance analysis for visual attention model-based asymmetric stereoscopic 3D video coding. In International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2014), Singapore, pp.65-66, ISBN: 9781479965366. DOI: 10.1109/QoMEX.2014.6982295.

Perera, GCV, De Silva, V, Kondoz, A, Dogan, S (2014) An improved model of binocular energy calculation for full-reference stereoscopic image quality assessment. In IEEE International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2014), Florence, Italy, pp.594-598, DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2014.6853665.

de Alwis, C, Arachchi, HK, Fernando, A, De Silva, V, Danish, E, Kondoz, A (2014) On the multicast of delay sensitive data in erasure networks using practical network coding. In 2014 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE). DOI: 10.1109/icce.2014.6776091.

Carreira, J, Ekmekcioglu, E, Kondoz, A, Assuncao, PAA, Faria, SMM, De Silva, DVSX (2014) Selective motion vector redundancies for improved error resilience in HEVC. In Image Processing (ICIP), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, pp.2457-2461, ISBN: 9781479957514.

De Silva, V, Shi, X, Evans, B, Trufero, JP, Peters, G (2013) Designing a QoE aware intelligent home gateway for future smart homes. In , 2013 Future Network and Mobile Summit, FutureNetworkSummit 2013,ISBN: 9781905824373.

Politis, I, De Silva, V, Dogan, S, De Alwis, C, Dagiuklas, T, Kondoz, AM (2013) Objective measurement of transmission losses and compression artefacts in stereoscopic 3D video. In 2013 ICC - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop (ICC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC). DOI: 10.1109/iccw.2013.6649317.

de Alwis, C, De Silva, V, Arachchi, HK, Fernando, A, Kondoz, A (2013) Network coding for error resilient transmission of stereoscopic 3D video. In 2013 ICC - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop (ICC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC). DOI: 10.1109/iccw.2013.6649305.

Hewage, CTER, Martini, MG, Brandas, M, De Silva, DVSX (2013) A study on the perceived quality of 3D video subject to packet losses. In 2013 ICC - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop (ICC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC). DOI: 10.1109/iccw.2013.6649316.

De Silva, V, Ekmekcioglu, E, Dogan, S, Kondoz, A, Akman, A, Blanco, FP, Politis, I, Marques, H, Shi, X (2013) Immersive 3D media delivery for collaborating users over multiple networks. In Digital Signal Processing (DSP), 2013 18th International Conference on, pp.1-7, ISBN: 9781467358071. DOI: 10.1109/ICDSP.2013.6622761.

de Alwis, C, Kodikara Arachchi, H, De Silva, V, Fernando, A, Kondoz, A (2012) Robust video communication using Random Linear Network Coding with Pre-Coding and Interleaving. In 2012 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2012), 2012 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing. DOI: 10.1109/icip.2012.6467348.

Nur, G, De Silva, V, Kodikara Arachchi, H, Kondoz, A, Fernando, W, Martinez-Rach, MO, Dogan, S (2012) Sensitivity of the HVS for Binocular Disparity Cue in 3D Displays under Different Ambient Illumination Conditions. In IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2012), Las Vegas, NV, USA.

De Silva, DVSX, Arachchi, HK, Ekmekcioglu, E, Fernando, WAC, Dogan, S, Kondoz, A, Savas, SS (2012) Psycho-physical limits of interocular blur suppression and its application to asymmetric stereoscopic video delivery. In Packet Video Workshop (PV), 2012 19th International, pp.184-189, ISBN: 9781467303019. DOI: 10.1109/PV.2012.6229734.

Ekmekcioglu, E, Worrall, S, De Silva, D, Fernando, A, Kondoz, AM (2012) Depth Based Perceptual Quality Assessment for Synthesised Camera Viewpoints. In , pp.76-83, ISBN: 3642351441.

Yasakethu, SLP, Worrall, ST, De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Kondoz, AM (2011) A compound depth and image quality metric for measuring the effects of packet loss on 3D video. In 2011 17th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP). DOI: 10.1109/icdsp.2011.6004998.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Worrall, ST, Kondoz, AM (2011) A novel depth map quality metric and its usage in depth map coding. In 2011 3DTV-Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON 2011), 2011 3DTV Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON). DOI: 10.1109/3dtv.2011.5877203.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Kodikaraarachchi, H, Worrall, ST, Kondoz, AM (2011) Improved depth map filtering for 3D-TV systems. In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE). DOI: 10.1109/icce.2011.5722787.

Shi, Z, Fernando, WAC, De Silva, DVSX (2010) A motion estimation algorithm based on Predictive Intensive Direction Search for H.264/AVC. In 2010 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2010 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. DOI: 10.1109/icme.2010.5582997.

Dissanayake, MB, De Silva, DVSX, Worrall, ST, Fernando, WAC (2010) Error resilience technique for multi-view coding using redundant disparity vectors. In 2010 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2010 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. DOI: 10.1109/icme.2010.5583188.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Worrall, ST (2010) 3D Video communication scheme for error prone environments based on motion vector sharing. In 3DTV-Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON 2010), 2010 3DTV-Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video. DOI: 10.1109/3dtv.2010.5506476.

De Silva, DVSX, Fernando, WAC, Arachchi, HK (2010) A new mode selection technique for coding Depth maps of 3D video. In 2010 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. DOI: 10.1109/icassp.2010.5495093.

De Silva, DVSX, Ekmekcioglu, E, Abdul-Hameed, O, Fernando, WAC, Worrall, ST, Kondoz, A (2010) Performance evaluation of 3D-TV transmission over WiMAX broadband access networks. In Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), 2010 5th International Conference on, pp.298-303, ISBN: 9781424485512. DOI: 10.1109/ICIAFS.2010.5715677.



Chapters

Pei, Y, De Silva, V, Caine, M (2024) Passing Heatmap Prediction Based on Transformer Model Using Tracking Data for Football Analytics. In Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.162-173, ISBN: 9783031463341. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46335-8_13.

Pina, R, Artaud, C, Liu, X, De Silva, V (2024) Staged Reinforcement Learning for Complex Tasks Through Decomposed Environments. In Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.141-154, ISBN: 9783031463372. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46338-9_11.



Patents

De Silva, VD, Chesnokov, V, Larkin, D (Accepted for publication) Adaptive shading correction.



Other

Silva, VD, Roche, J, Kondoz, AM (2018) Fusion of LiDAR and Camera Sensor Data for Environment Sensing in Driverless Vehicles.

De Silva, VD, Kondoz, A, Chesnokov, S (2018) From Statistics of Structural Similarity to No-Reference Quality Evaluation: An Experimental Review of Patch Similarity based Image Denoising Algorithms.



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