Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
NCDG/STPP Seminar with Prof. V. K. Samaranayake, Director, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka, May 5, 2003.
Following the world-wide interest in e-Commerce followed by e-Learning, e-Government has become a buzz word even in the developing world. Taking Sri Lanka as a case study, Prof Samaranayake will examine the evolution of the system of government in operation today and analyze the benefits that developing countries could derive by the systematic introduction of digital government. He will then discuss the many issues that make such a task difficult to implement and look at several strategies that could be adopted by developing countries so as to establish a sustainable system of digital government providing overall benefits to its citizens.
Prof. V. K. Samaranayake, known in Sri Lanka and internationally as the father of information Technology in Sri Lanka, is presently the Professor of Computer Science and the Founder Director of the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC). He graduated in Mathematics from the University of Ceylon and obtained in 1966 his Doctorate in Mathematical Physics from the University of London. In 1967 he pioneered the promotion of computing in Sri Lanka and has since then being involved in almost all aspects of ICT development in the country.
This event is co-sponsored by the National Center for Digital Government and Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program.
