Mr. Vivnesh Prasad

Title: Tutor

Room #: C142

DIVISION: Computing Science/Informations Systems

Email: prasad_vi(at)usp.ac.fj

Phone: 323 2208

Fax: 323 1527

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Most recent research activities

MSc Candidate:
Theme: Constrained Optimization for Curriculum-Based timetabling in a Meta-Heuristic Paradigm (submission-ready)

Research Interests

1. Optimization algorithms (one-stage, two-stage, three-stage) in Meta-Heuristic paradigm (evolutionary algorithms, genetic, local searches, simulated annealing etc)
2. Automation Algorithms of Educational Context (eg. automated marking applications for C++ assignments)
3. Open Source, web development (server-side XHTML, PHP, JSP)
4. Data mining (for future research post MSc)

Selected Publications

1. "A Representation Framework of University Lecture Scheduling for a Multi-Phase Heuristic Sequential Greedy Solver " International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS10) - currently accepted paper is in the press
2. Currently Under Review (FECS10):
   - An Open-Source Framework For Automated Marking Of C++ and Microsoft Excel-Based Assignments
3. Incomplete Paper (in progress):
   - Meta-Heuristic Curriculm-Based Timetabling in a   Decomposition Model for Relaxing Demand-Driven Soft Constraints