University of Colombo School of Computing

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The University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The University of Colombo School of Computing seeks to be a centre of international repute in training in ICT. It was established in 2002 by a merger of the Institute of Computer Technology and The Department of Computer Science, both within the University of Colombo. UCSC was the first centre of higher learning of computing in Sri Lanka, offering master's and PhD degrees in Computer Science.

They begin to use e-learning services in 2003,using learning management facilities. THe project of implement and develop it was collaborative with the Stockholm University and Department of Computer and Systems Sciences. It was conducted as a pilot project to identify the applicability of e-learning.

They use several tools, but the most important are:

• Moodle
• Own wiki, where you can find all the information related with the university,courses,etc.
• Radio programme, this began in 1997.

The UCSC web site is at http://www.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/

UCSC was a participant in the PANdora project, which ran from 2005-2008.

More details

As noted on the UCSC web site:

The UCSC is involved in many research areas such as, Natural & Local Language Processing, Human Computer Interfaces, Image Processing and Vision, Cryptographic Systems, Multi Media and Virtual Reality, Intelligent Agent Systems, Pattern Recognition, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Process Broker Modeling Systems, Web Based Business Services, Multi Media Database Systems, e-Learning, Strategic Planning & Management of IT, IT Policy and Multi Database Systems.

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