Selvarajah Mohanarajah
Welcome to Mohan's home page. Mohan is a Professor of Computer Science, and currently serving as the chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Massey University, New Zealand. His current research is focused on CS Education (Teaching and Learning CS1 & Teaching Cyber Security), Self-contained Learning Objects), AI in Education, and Privacy and Equity in AI.
Teaching
Mohan has been teaching CS courses for more than 25 years. Currently, he is teaching the following courses at UNCP.
Intro. to Cyber Security
Web Programming & Security
Artificial Intelligence
Object Oriented Programming
Digital Logic
Fundametals of Computing
Caapstone Project
Database Management
He also taught the following courses elsewhere
Web Security
Software Security
Theory of Computing
Advanced Software Engineering, and more
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Research
Mohan's current research is focused on the areas of Container Based Learning Objects. He is also working on a reserach project related to using games for teaching first programming language. He has supervised many M.Sc Research Projects, and Undergraduate Honor's Research Projects. The following list includes some research projects;
Equitable Privacy Preserving Machine Learning Algorithms
Towards Self-contained Learning Objects on Cyber Security
Opening Gaming Logic for Teaching CS1
IDS in SDN- Fuzzy Logic Based Approach
Self Service Password Reset- Using Mobile Phone's Camera Finger Print
Adaptanel Feedback for MCQs
Intrusion Detection in Medical Networks
Trust Management in MANET- A Bayesean Logic Based Approach
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Selected Publication
Mohanarajah, S, Sritharan, T. “Shoot2Learn: Fix-and-Play Educational Game for Learning Programming Enhancing Student Engagement by Mixing Game Playing and Game Programming” JITE Research, Volume 21 • 2022 • pp. 639-661, USA, 2022
Mohanarajah, S, Ross, G, S. Suthaharan. “Towards Encapsulated Cyber Security Labs: A Container-Based Approach” ACMSIGCSE-2019, Minneapolis, USA
Mohanarajah, S. Increasing intrinsic motivation of programming students. Towards fix-and-play educational games. Journal of Issues in Information Science and Information Technology (IISIT), Volume 15, pg. 69-77, Informing Science Press, CA, USA, 2018.
Presentation: not peer-reviewed: Mohanarajah, S., Ross, G. “Enhancing Intrusion Detection Algorithms in Software Defined Networking: Towards A Fuzzy Logic Based Approach” Presented at the 8th International Scientific Forum- ISF 2017, Pembroke, NC, USA.
Stephanie Wyche, Selvarajah Mohanarajah, Ramaier Sriram. “Providing a Stronger Defense in Biomedical Wireless Sensor Networks” Consortium of Computer Sciences in Colleges (Poster Paper): CCSC-SE-2016: Ashville, NC, USA
Xiaohong Yuan, Kenneth Williams, Kelvin Bryant, Jinsheng Xu, Albert Esterline, Scott McCrickard, Anyi Liu, Charles Hardnett, Selvarajah Mohanarajah, Litany Lineberry, Rachel Rutledge Teaching mobile computing and mobile security, October. Erie, PA, Frontiers in Education: FIE- 2016 (IEEE)
Mohanarajah Selvarajah, Sritharan Thambithurai “ Teaching Formal Methods using Scaffolding: A Semi-automated Translation Process from UML Classes to Schemas” Journal of Science- EUSL, Sri Lanka 2015
Mohanarajah, S., Tedeschi, R. (2013). Towards a Casual Computer Game for Learning Algorithm Design. SALT(2013), Orlando, FL, USA.(not peer-reviewed)
Mohanarajah, S., Betton, S., Ikeokwu, F. & Sundaralingam, N. (2010). Towards Intelligent Test Sequencing, Enhancing Multiple Choice (MC) Tests in eLearning. In J. Sanchez & K. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 554-559). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Mohanarajah, S., R. Kemp, and E. Kemp. (2006). Adaptable Scaffolding - A Fuzzy Approach. LNCS 4053 - Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS' 6). M. Ikeda, K. Ashley, and T. W. Chan. Berlin, Springer-Verlag: 604-614.
Mohanarajah, S., R. H. Kemp, and E. Kemp. ‘Opening a Fuzzy Learner Model’, Proceedings of the Workshop (LEMORE) at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education 2005 (AIED’05), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Mohanarajah, S., R. H. Kemp, E. Kemp, and E. Heinritch. ‘Unfold the scaffold & Externalizing Learner Models”, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications 2005 (ED-MEDIA’05), Montreal, Canada.
S.Mohanarajah, S., R. H. Kemp, and E. Kemp. ‘Towards an Interactive Learning Environment for Object-Z’. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Science and IT Education 2004 (InSITE’04), Rockhampton, Australia (Best Paper Award)