Dr Chaminda Hewage
Associate Dean Research (Interim)
Cardiff School of Technologies
Overview
Chaminda Hewage is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Cardiff School of Technologies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK where he is also the Programme Director (PD) for Computer Security. He received a B.Sc. Engineering (First Class Honours Degree) in Electrical and Information Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna (Sri Lanka) in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Multimedia Communications from the University of Surrey (UK) in 2009. He was awarded the Gold Medal for best performance in Engineering (2014) by the University of Ruhuna for his achievements in undergraduate studies at the General Convocation held in 2004. After graduation, he joined Sri Lanka Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. (Sri Lanka) as a Telecommunications Engineer (2004). In September 2005 he was awarded the Overseas Research Scholarships (ORS) award by the Higher Education Funding Council of England (Universities UK) to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Surrey, UK. In 2014, he received a Post-Graduate Certification in HE Teaching and Learning from Kingston University – London. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK.
Research Publications
Minimum Viable Malware-image Resolution for ESP32-S3 Edge Triage
Steadman, P., Jenkins, P., Rathore, R. S. & Hewage, C., 18 Sept 2026, In: Journal of Communications. 21, 5, p. 644-655 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Secure 3D Drone Localization using Active Watermarked Ranging and Adaptive Swarm Optimization Against AI-Enabled Anchor Spoofing
Singh, V. K., Jain, N., Singh, C., Alzaben, N., Rathore, R. S. & Hewage, C., 17 Sept 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multi-Task Wearable Parkinson’s Disease Detection with a Pretrained Spatio-Temporal Graph Encoder and Task-Level Token Aggregation
Herath, H. M. K. K. M. B., Madusanka, N., Hewage, C. & Lee, B. I., 25 Jul 2026, In: Bioengineering. 13, 8, 860.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A systematic literature review of large language models in phishing attack generation and detection
Sivaneswaran, D., Hewage, C. T. E. R., Herath, H. M. K. K. M. B., Rathore, R. S., Singh, V. K. & Jiang, W., Jul 2026, In: Array. 30, 100775.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Malware Detection—A Comparative Analysis of RISC-V and ARM Architectures
Steadman, P., Jenkins, P., Rathore, R. S. & Hewage, C., 17 May 2026, Contributions Presented at the International Conference on Computing, Communication, Cybersecurity and AI - The C3AI 2025. Naik, N., Grace, P., Jenkins, P. & Prajapat, S. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 351-369 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1811 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Inclusive Education: STEM in the Age of Modern AI
Herath, H. M. K. K. M. B., Yasakethu, S. L. P., Madhusanka, B. G. D. A. & Hewage, C., 27 Mar 2026, CRC Press. 157 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue on AI-Driven Security and Efficiency in Next-Gen E-Mobility Ecosystem
Rathore, R. S., Hewage, C. & Song, H. H., 16 Mar 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 27, 3, p. 3699-3701 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Low-Cost Malware Detection with Artificial Intelligence on Single Board Computers
Steadman, P., Jenkins, P., Rathore, R. S. & Hewage, C., 11 Jan 2026, In: Future Internet. 18, 1, 46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A Multi-Modal Deep Learning Framework for Robust Polymorphic Malware Detection
Steadman, P., Jenkins, P., Rathore, R. & Hewage, C., 2026, In: Computers, Materials and Continua. 88, 3, 86.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of Deep Learning Architectures for EEG-Based Stress Detection with and Without SNR Augmentation
Hana, S., Faizabadi, A. R., Gubbi, A., Khan, A. M., Hewage, C. T. & Nadimalla, A., 2 Dec 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 359-364 6 p. (2025 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2025 - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review