Faculty Profile

Nirosha Dinayadura

Title
Adjunct Faculty
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
College
College of Engineering

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of North Texas, 2019. 
Major: Computer Science and Engineering





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
CSCE 5370.002, Distributed & Parallel Database Systems, Fall 2024 
CSCE 5350.004, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2024 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    CSCE 5350.002, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Spring 2024  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5430.005, Software Engineering, Spring 2024  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.005, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.006, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5430.003, Software Engineering, Summer 10W 2023  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.002, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.003, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.002, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.004, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.001, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Summer 10W 2022  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5430.002, Software Engineering, Summer 8W2 2022  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 4350.001, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.002, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.004, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.005, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5350.008, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Fall 2021  SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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					Overall
Summative Rating		
					Challenge and
Engagement Index		
					Response Rate
					
				

			
			
				

					
					
out of 5		
					
out of 7		
					%
 of 
students responded		
					
					
				

			
		


		
    
			
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
    • The course as a whole was
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    • The course content was
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    
			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
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    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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