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Agro Data Scientist

Narmilan Amarasingam

Narmilan Amarasingam is an Agro Data Scientist at AnuBrain Technology. He has over 12 years of experience in R&D in agriculture, 7 years of experience in IT, and 2 years of experience in Artificial Intelligence. Narmilan has worked on several AI-based projects in the agriculture domain.

Professional Skills

Planning 80%
Consulting 95%
Management 89%
Development 90%

Experience & Activities

Narmilan Amarasingam did his master’s and bachelor’s from Eastern University, Sri Lanka (EUSL). He also did a Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) from the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC).

Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Precision Agriculture from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. It is focused on the health monitoring of sugarcane crops using UAVs, advanced sensors, and artificial intelligence. The aim of this research is to develop an AI framework to estimate the chlorophyll content and identify the pest and disease incidents in the sugarcane fields.

Awards

  • Ph.D. Scholarship from Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) and QUT

Project

  • Health monitoring of sugarcane crops using UAV, advanced sensors, and AI

Expertise

  • Precision Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing
  • Multispectral image processing
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles.
  • Biosystems Engineering

Publications

  • Narmilan, A.; Gonzalez, F.; Salgadoe, A.S.A.; Kumarasiri, U.W.L.M.; Weerasinghe, H.A.S.; Kulasekara, B.R. (2022) Predicting Canopy Chlorophyll Content in Sugarcane Crops Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Spectral Vegetation Indices Derived from UAV Multispectral Imagery. Remote Sensing
  • Narmilan, A. S. Ashan Salgadoe, K. Powell, L. F. Gonzalez, and S. Natarajan (2022) A review of UAV platforms, sensors, and applications for monitoring of sugarcane crops. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
  • Narmilan, A and Amuthenie, S. (2015). Demand for Organic food Products in the urban areas of the Batticaloa
    District, Sri Lanka Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., 3(11), 21-26.
  • Sugirtharan, M., Narmilan, A., Dasinaa, S., Amuthenie, S. (2016). Assessment of water availability and
    personal hygiene in the Vavunatheevu area of Batticaloa District: A Base line study Scholars Journal of Arts,
    Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016; 4(3A):242-248.
  • Narmilan, A. (2016). Web Based Agricultural Meteorology and Crop Evapotranspiration System. Journal of
    Information Systems & Information Technology (JISIT). Vol. 1: 33-47.
  • Narmilan, A. (2017). E-Agricultural Concepts for Improving Productivity: A Review. Scholars Journal of
    Engineering and Technology (SJET) ISSN 2321-435X (Online). Sch. J. Eng. Tech., 2017; 5(1):11-17. DOI:
    10.21276/sjet.2017.5.1.3.