• March - University of Ruhuna fiber cabling tender offered (Related news article). Participants of of the event:

Standing L to R: Mr. Jayamana (Coordinator, SIDA-IT), Mr. Aruna Lorensuhewa, (University of Ruhuna), Dr.Nalin Ranasinghe, (University of Colombo), Dr. Leslie Jayasekara, (University of Ruhuna), Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe, (Director, ICT), Prof. V.K. Samaranayake, (Chairman, CINTEC), Mr. Sunil Wijesinghe (Managing Director), Mr. Kithsiri Gunasakera, (Manager, IT Projects & Consultancy), Mr. Wimal Jesuthasan, Mr. Nilan James, Mr. Dexter de Lima, (all of BC Software Systems).

• May - Impact of ICTs on Development in Sri Lanka : Past, Present and Future, presentation made by Prof. V.K. Samaranayake at the SIDA/BELLANET seminar on Information and Communication Technologies for Development : Promoting Communication Between People and Nations, SIDA, Stockholm 5th May 2000.(PowerPoint slide set available here)

• May - Project aspects and progress was discussed at a meeting, which was held at DSV. SIDA Participants Dr. Afzal, Prof. Samaranayake, Associate Prof. Love, Swedish supervisors and Ph.D. students attended. After the discussion Ph.D. students presented their current activities and study plains.

• June - Prof. Benkt Wangler of DSV, University of Stockholm visited Sri Lanka as part of the Sida-IT project and spent the entire day on Tuesday 13th June 2000 at the Uiversity of Colombo.

• July - Progress of split Ph.D. program discussed at the metting held at ICT.

• August - The new facilities provided through the Sida/SAREC grant have now made it possible to have two way video conferencing between campuses. This was demonstrated at a meeting in the presence of the Vice-Chancellors, their nominees, the Members of LEARN Management Committee and the Members of Sri Lanka Inter Universities Committee for Computing. (Press Release).(Pictures).

• December - Kasun De Zoysa has obtained the degree of Licentiate of Philosophy in Computer and System Sciences.
  Title of the Thesis:
  The Concept of a Secure WWW System Based on Smart Cards and Certification Technologies

2001

• March - The Research Network Infrastructure Project was formally commissioned on the 23rd of March at the BMICH under the auspices of the University Grants Commission and the Swedish Embassy.

• March- The ICT Project is being evaluated by Dr Allan Greenberg and Prof Sam Lanfranco.
  
• March- Peradeniya Univerisity newtwoek started. It is the largest and most modern network in Sri Lanka.
  
• March - Prasad Jayaweera has obtained the degree of Licentiate of Philosophy in Computer and System Sciences.
  Title of the Thesis:
  A Methodology to Generate e-Commerce Systems: A Process Pattern Perspective (P³)
  
• May- Workshops on UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology and ebXML specifications
  Dr. Gihan, Colombo University-Sri Lanka, has been invited to DSV by the Open ebXML Laboratory May 7-17, In parallel to his visit during May 7 to May 17 of 2002, the Open ebXML Laboratory at DSV has arranged a series of workshops and seminars with the intention of strengthening research collaboration between Sweden and Sri Lanka. All parties interested in working within such research collaboration framework and related topics are welcome to join. (For further information contact Prasad M. Jayaweera at prasad@dsv.su.se)
  
• May - Lalith Premaratne has obtained the degree of Licentiate of Engineering in Computer and Electrical Engineering.
  Title of the Thesis:
  A Printed Sinhala Script Recognition System
  
• June - Kalyani Munasinghe has obtained the degree of Licentiate of Philosophy in Information Technology
  Title of the Thesis:
  On Using Mobile Agents for Load Balancing in High Performance Computing
  
• September - With the signing of the Order by Hon Kabir Hashim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Training on 20.8.2002, and its subsequent publication in the government gazette, the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) was established with effect from 1.9.2002 as a Center for Higher Learning attached to the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The UCSC was created by the merger of the existing Department of Computer Science(DCS) and the Institute of Computer Technology(ICT), both of the University of Colombo. (Full Story)

• October- Workshops on UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology and ebXML specifications
  The Open ebXML Laboratory at DSV has arranged a series of workshops and seminars with the intention of strengthening research collaboration between Sweden and Sri Lanka in parallel to the IITC'02 conference in Sri Lanka.
  
• December - Sebamalai Jeronius Paheerathan has obtained the degree of Licentiate of Philosophy in Computer and System Sciences.
  Title of the Thesis:
  Repository Support to Enterprise Application Integration Based on Business Scenarios, Contracts and Commitments