Publications (Peer-reviewed)

  • 2024
    • Abirami, A. M., Leong, W. Q., Rengarajan, H., Anitha, D., Suganya, R., Singh, H., Sarveswaran, K., Tjhi, W. C., & Shah, R. R. (2024). Aalamaram: A large-scale linguistically annotated treebank for the Tamil language. In Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Indian Language Data Resource and Evaluation (WILDRE), Turin, Italy, 25 May 2024.
    • Sarveswaran, K. (2024). Morphology and syntax of the Tamil language. arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.08367.
  • 2023
    • Ehsan, T., Tehseen, A., Sarveswaran, K., & Ali, A. (2023, September). AlphaBrains@ DravidianLangTech: Sentiment analysis of code-mixed Tamil and Tulu by training contextualized ELMo word representations. In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Speech and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages (pp. 152-159).
    • Leong, W. Q., Ngui, J. G., Susanto, Y., Rengarajan, H., Sarveswaran, K., & Tjhi, W. C. (2023). BHASA: A holistic Southeast Asian linguistic and cultural evaluation suite for large language models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.06085.
    • Liyanage, C., Sarveswaran, K., Nadungodage, T., & Pushpananda, R. (2023, March). Sinhala Dependency Treebank (STB). In Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Universal Dependencies (UDW, GURT/SyntaxFest 2023) (pp. 17-26).
    • Sarveswaran, K., & Mahesan, S. (2023, January). Codification of Navalar’s Tamil grammar. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Social Sciences and Languages (ICSSL 2023) (pp. 291-295).
  • 2022
    • Parameswari, K., & Sarveswaran, K. (2022). Towards building a modern written Tamil treebank. In Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT, SyntaxFest 2021), Sofia, March 21-25, 2022. ACL.
  • 2021
    • Sarveswaran, K., & Dias, G. (2021). Building a part of speech tagger for the Tamil language. 2021 International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP), December 2021, pp. 286-291, doi: 10.1109/IALP54817.2021.9675195.
    • Dineskumar, M., Anankan, R., Sarveswaran, K., & Dias, G. (2021). Neural-based Tamil grammar error detection. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Parsing and its Applications for Indian Languages – 2021 (PAIL 2021), Online, December 16, 2021. ACL.
    • Sarveswaran, K., Dias, G., & Butt, M. (2021). ThamizhiMorph: A morphological parser for the Tamil language. Machine Translation, 35, 37–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10590-021-09261-5
  • 2019
    • Keerthana, U., Kirshika, K., Senthaalan, T., Sarveswaran, K., & Dias, G. (2019). DDSpell – A data driven spell checker and suggestion generator for the Tamil language. In IEEE International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 September 2019.
    • Sarveswaran, K., Dias, G., & Butt, M. (2019). Using Meta-Morph rules to develop morphological analysers: A case study concerning Tamil. 14th International Conference on Finite-State Methods and Natural Language Processing, Dresden, Germany, September 23–25, 2019.
    • Sarveswaran, K., & Butt, M. (2019). Computational challenges with Tamil complex predicates. In the 24th International Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) Conference, Canberra, Australia, 8-10 July 2019.
  • 2018
    • Sarveswaran, K., Dias, G., & Butt, M. (2018). ThamizhiFST: A morphological analyser and generator for Tamil verbs. 3rd International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR), pp. 1-6, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2018.
  • 2017
    • Indrajith, K., Naseer, M., & Sarveswaran, K. (2017). SATS: A computer aided translation engine. The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka. p.92, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 21 November, 2017.
    • Preethiraj, R., & Sarveswaran, K. (2017). Recognising elders using behavioural biometrics. In Proceedings of the Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computing and Technology, p.39, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 28 July, 2017.
  • 2016
    • Nifras, M. I., & Sarveswaran, K. (2016). Consumer buying pattern analysis using an efficient approach. In IEEE International Conference on Engineering & Technology (ICETECH), pp. 567-570, Coimbatore, India, 17-18 March 2016.
    • Biruntha, G., & Sarveswaran, K. (2016). Infant caretaker: A system to identify baby cry and entertain crying baby. In IEEE International Conference on Engineering & Technology (ICETECH), pp. 576-579, Coimbatore, India, 17-18 March 2016.
  • 2015
    • Achchuthan, Y., & Sarveswaran, K. (2015). Language localisation of Tamil using statistical machine translation. In proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), pp. 125-129, BMICH, Sri Lanka, 24-26 August 2015.
    • Jananie, S., & Sarveswaran, K. (2015). Contextual spell checking for Tamil language. In proceedings of the 14th Tamil Internet Conference, pp. 379-383, Singapore, May 2015.
  • Sarveswaran, K., & Mahesan, S. (2014). Hierarchical tag-set for rule-based processing of Tamil language. In proceeding of the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches (iCMA), p. 115. 2014.
  • Jananie, A., & Sarveswaran, K. (2014). Hybrid approach for spell checking of Tamil language. In Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPurse), Sri Lanka, Volume 18, p.401, 2014. [http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/1/4941]
  • Jarachanthan, R., & Sarveswaran, K. (2014). A systematic approach for the utilisation of excess hard disk memory of personal computers. In Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPurse), Sri Lanka, Volume 18, p.402, 2014. [http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/1/4942]
  • Shakila, S., & Sarveswaran, K. (2014). A hierarchical approach for publishing an electronic calendar. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Sessions, Jaffna Science Association (JSA), Jaffna, p. 25, 2014.
  • Randika, H. C., Martin, H. E., Sampath, D. M. R. R., Metihakwala, D. S., Sarveswaran, K., & Wijekoon, M. (2010). Scalable fault tolerant architecture for complex event processing systems. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer-2010), Colombo.
  • Sarveswaran, K., Nanayakkara, S., Perera, P., Perera, A., & Fernando, S. (2009). Challenges in developing MIS – Case from government sector. e-Asia 2009: Asia’s Premier ICT Event, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Sarveswaran, K., & Dias, G. (2009). Tamil localization process – A case study. Tamil Internet Conference – 2009, Germany.
  • Sarveswaran, K., & Fernando, S. (2008). Role based competency modeling for e-learning content development. International Information Technology Conference (IITC) – 2008, Colombo.
  • Sarveswaran, K., & Ratnaweera, D. (2007). An adaptive technique for Tamil handwritten character recognition. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent and Advanced Systems 2007, Malaysia.
  • Sarveswaran, K., Fernando, M. S. D., & Perera, G. I. U. S. (2007). A successful growth of the e-learning system at University of Moratuwa. ERU Symposium 2007, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
  • Balachandren, G., & Sarveswaran, K. (2007). புலம்பெயர்வால் புலம்பெயரும் தமிழ்ப் பெயர்கள். 10th World Tamil Cultural Conference, Malaysia.

Monographs

  • Author, Moodle Teacher Guide (In Tamil), University of Moratuwa publications, Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-9027-28-7, 2008.
  • Author, Moodle Student Guide (In Tamil), University of Moratuwa publications, Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-9027-29-4, 2008.
  • Co-Author, Joomla! User Manual, University of Moratuwa publications, Sri Lanka. ISBN: 978-955-9027-25-6, 2008.
  • Co-Author, Mozilla Firefox User Guide, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2008.
  • Co-Author, Mozilla Thunderbird, University of Moratuwa publications, Sri Lanka, 2008.

Editorial work

  • Editor: Proceedings of the First Workshop on Parsing and its Applications for Indian Languages (PAIL) – 2021.
  • Chief Editor: Proceeding of Jaffna Science Association – 2012, Volume 19 – No. 02. ISSN 1800 – 1300.
  • Chief Editor: Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association – 2013, Volume 20 – No. 01. ISSN 1800 – 1300.
  • Chief Editor: Pirayoga Vignana Sudar – 2013: A volume of 14 scientific essays written by university academics and leading professionals in respective fields.

Reviewer

Reviewer (Indexed Journals)
  • National Science Foundation Journal, Sri Lanka (2023)
  • Natural Language Engineering by Cambridge University Press (2023)
  • Language Sciences by Elsevier (2022)
  • Language Resources and Evaluation by Springer (2022)
  • The ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP) (2021)
Reviewer (NLP/CL Conferences)
  • COLING, EMNLP, ACL, LREC

Technical Reports

  • Iyampillai, K., Sarveswaran, K., Jesuthasan, S., & Yoganathan, S. (2022). Digitally paired twin classroom - Operational guidelines Department of Education, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
  • Contributing author. (2022). Northern Education Review Report. Ministry of Education, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran


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Department of Computer Science
University of Jaffna
Sri Lanka

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