publications

2026

1. CVPR-W

   When Multimodal Models Stop Listening: Modality Imbalance Induces Dominant-Modality Bias in Biomedicine

   Dineth Jayakody and Dushan Wadduwage

   In MMFM-BIOMED Workshop at CVPR, 2026

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   @inproceedings{jayakody2026modality,
     title = {When Multimodal Models Stop Listening: Modality Imbalance Induces Dominant-Modality Bias in Biomedicine},
     author = {Jayakody, Dineth and Wadduwage, Dushan},
     booktitle = {MMFM-BIOMED Workshop at CVPR},
     year = {2026},
   }

2. IRI

   SentimentLens: Reconciling Sentiment and Ratings via Dual-Modality in the Hospitality Sector

   Dineth Jayakody, Pasindu Thenahandi, and Sampath Jayarathne

   In IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{jayakody2026sentimentlens,
     title = {SentimentLens: Reconciling Sentiment and Ratings via Dual-Modality in the Hospitality Sector},
     author = {Jayakody, Dineth and Thenahandi, Pasindu and Jayarathne, Sampath},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI)},
     year = {2026},
   }

3. GRC

   Beyond Perfect Scores: Proof-by-Contradiction for Trustworthy Machine Learning

   Dushan Wadduwage, Dineth Jayakody, and Leonidas Zimianitis

   In Gordon Research Conference on Optics and Photonics in Medicine and Biology, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{wadduwage2026beyond,
     title = {Beyond Perfect Scores: Proof-by-Contradiction for Trustworthy Machine Learning},
     author = {Wadduwage, Dushan and Jayakody, Dineth and Zimianitis, Leonidas},
     booktitle = {Gordon Research Conference on Optics and Photonics in Medicine and Biology},
     year = {2026},
   }

4. SDSC

   MultiSense-Pneumo: A Multimodal Learning Framework for Pneumonia Screening in Resource-Constrained Settings

   Dineth Jayakody, Pasindu Thenahandi, Chameli Dilshani Menike Dommanige, and 2 more authors

   In Springer proceedings of SDSC, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{jayakody2026multisense,
     title = {MultiSense-Pneumo: A Multimodal Learning Framework for Pneumonia Screening in Resource-Constrained Settings},
     author = {Jayakody, Dineth and Thenahandi, Pasindu and Dommanige, Chameli Dilshani Menike and Pokojovy, Michael and Han, Henry},
     booktitle = {Springer proceedings of SDSC},
     year = {2026},
   }

5. preprint

   Thinking in Groups: Permutation Tests Reveal Near-Out-of-Distribution

   Yasith Jayawardana, Dineth Jayakody, Sampath Jayarathna, and 1 more author

   Under review at ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning, 2026

   Bib

   @article{jayawardana2026thinking,
     title = {Thinking in Groups: Permutation Tests Reveal Near-Out-of-Distribution},
     author = {Jayawardana, Yasith and Jayakody, Dineth and Jayarathna, Sampath and Wadduwage, Dushan},
     journal = {Under review at ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning},
     year = {2026},
   }

6. preprint

   Differentiable Microscopy Designs an All Optical Phase Retrieval Microscope

   Kithmini Herath, Hasindu Kariyawasam, Ramith Hettiarachchi, and 7 more authors

   Under review in IEEE Access, 2026

   Bib

   @article{herath2026diffmicro,
     title = {Differentiable Microscopy Designs an All Optical Phase Retrieval Microscope},
     author = {Herath, Kithmini and Kariyawasam, Hasindu and Hettiarachchi, Ramith and Haputhanthri, Udith and Jayakody, Dineth and Ahmad, Raja Naeem and Ahmad, Azeem and Ahluwalia, Balpreet S. and Edussooriya, Chamira U. S. and Wadduwage, Dushan N.},
     journal = {Under review in IEEE Access},
     year = {2026},
   }

2024

1. PACLIC

   Enhanced Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis with Integrated Category Extraction for Instruct-DeBERTa

   D.S. Jayakody, K. Isuranda, N. Silva, and 3 more authors

   In 38th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC), 2024

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   @inproceedings{jayakody2024paclic,
     title = {Enhanced Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis with Integrated Category Extraction for Instruct-DeBERTa},
     author = {Jayakody, D.S. and Isuranda, K. and de Silva, N. and Sandamali, G.G.N. and Sudheera, K.L.K. and Rajith, S.},
     booktitle = {38th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC)},
     year = {2024},
     address = {Tokyo, Japan},
   }

2. WiNLP

   Instruct-DeBERTa: A Hybrid Approach for Enhanced Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis with Category Extraction

   D.S. Jayakody, K. Isuranda, N. Silva, and 3 more authors

   In Eighth Widening NLP Workshop (WiNLP 2024) Phase II at EMNLP, 2024

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   @inproceedings{jayakody2024winlp,
     title = {{Instruct-DeBERTa}: A Hybrid Approach for Enhanced Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis with Category Extraction},
     author = {Jayakody, D.S. and Isuranda, K. and de Silva, N. and Sandamali, G.G.N. and Sudheera, K.L.K. and Rajith, S.},
     booktitle = {Eighth Widening NLP Workshop (WiNLP 2024) Phase II at EMNLP},
     year = {2024},
     address = {Florida, USA},
   }

3. MERCon

   Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis Techniques: A Comparative Study

   D.S. Jayakody, K. Isuranda, A.V.A. Malkith, and 4 more authors

   In 2024 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2024

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{jayakody2024mercon,
     title = {Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis Techniques: A Comparative Study},
     author = {Jayakody, D.S. and Isuranda, K. and Malkith, A.V.A. and De Silva, N. and Ponnamperuma, S.R. and Sandamali, G.G.N. and Sudheera, K.L.K.},
     booktitle = {2024 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon)},
     pages = {205--210},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

4. ICTer

   Instruct-DeBERTa: A Hybrid Approach for Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis on Textual Reviews

   D.S. Jayakody, A.V.A. Malkith, K. Isuranda, and 5 more authors

   The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 2024

   Bib HTML

   @article{jayakody2024icter,
     title = {{Instruct-DeBERTa}: A Hybrid Approach for Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis on Textual Reviews},
     author = {Jayakody, D.S. and Malkith, A.V.A. and Isuranda, K. and Thenuwara, V. and de Silva, N. and Ponnamperuma, S.R. and Sandamali, G.G.N. and Sudheera, K.L.K.},
     journal = {The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer)},
     year = {2024},
   }

5. YMS

   MCQ Automated Grading Using Image Processing Techniques

   K. Isuranda, D.S. Jayakody, and A.V.A. Malkith

   In YMS Technical Conference, 2024

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{isuranda2024mcq,
     title = {MCQ Automated Grading Using Image Processing Techniques},
     author = {Isuranda, K. and Jayakody, D.S. and Malkith, A.V.A.},
     booktitle = {YMS Technical Conference},
     year = {2024},
   }

6. UoR

   GradesGo – A Comprehensive Practical Framework for Calculating Grade One Admission Marks

   G.S.S.S. Ganegoda, D.S. Jayakody, M.A.K. Isuranda, and 1 more author

   In Academic Sessions and Vice Chancellor’s Awards, University of Ruhuna, 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{ganegoda2024gradesgo,
     title = {{GradesGo} -- A Comprehensive Practical Framework for Calculating Grade One Admission Marks},
     author = {Ganegoda, G.S.S.S. and Jayakody, D.S. and Isuranda, M.A.K. and Priyankara, G.},
     booktitle = {Academic Sessions and Vice Chancellor's Awards, University of Ruhuna},
     year = {2024},
   }