University of Sri Jayewardenepura secured the second place in the datathon of SLIIT CODEFEST 2019. The competition consisted of tackling a big data problem sponsored by zone24x7 technologies (pvt) ltd. The competitors were faced with the challenge of analyzing a dataset of sales over an year and fitting a predictive model to prevent problems in retail where items are out of stock. The winning team members were J.C. Wanniarachchi, U. S. Samarasinghe, A.S. Fernando, H.A. Mendis.
Applications are invited from interested candidates for the M.Sc. in Applied Statistics offered by the Department of Statistics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. This program has been designed for graduates with a basic knowledge in Statistics to provide them an opportunity to further develop their knowledge in Applied Statistics.
The online application is available from Faculty of Graduate Studies website:
http://graduate.sjp.ac.lk/students/.
Candidates need to click the Apply now button under PGD / Masters / MBE / MPhil. Post/hand in the completed application form along with the payment receipt to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
For further information
Dr. Chathuri Jayasignhe
Coordinator – postgraduate program in Applied Statistics,
Department of Statistics,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda
Tel: 011-2758905 Email: chathuri@sjp.ac.lk
The most prominent event of the Statistics Society of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, the Annual Statistics Day, ESTADISTICA 2019, is held on the 21st of November, 2019 at the University premises from 8:30 am onwards with the participation of many distinguished guests from an array of sectors, and undergraduates from state universities.
We all know, with the emerging of sophisticated technologies, billions of data flow within a blink of an eye. Statistics have developed to mess those bravely. Therefore, this year’s convention is themed under “Beyond the Orthodox” to unveil the hidden unknown routes the statistician can find his/her destination. The line-up of the day comprises of interactive sessions from different industry experts and an ESTADISTICA Challenge Trophy, an Inter-University Quiz competition to arise the curiosity of handling data wisely.
Team Bug-bytE from University of Sri Jayewardenepura emerged first runner-up at Hackstat 2.0, organised by the Stat Circle of University of Colombo in partnership with John Keells IT, Microsoft Sri Lanka and Octave, under the theme of retail. The final round of the competition took place at Finlays Colombo Limited on the 26th of October 2019. The top 20 finalists for the competition were selected from a Kaggle competition and report submission from over 90+ registered teams. The top 20 teams were given a dataset to model and pitch their results through a business perspective to a panel of judges within a span of 7 hours. The winning team comprised of Sachiki Chandradasa, Heshini Jayasekara, Kushan Pieris, Janith Wanniarachchi.
