Faculty

Jay Rajasekera

Department of Digital Business & Innovation

Vice President of TIU

Professor

Email: jrr@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: December 1, 2022 5:43 pm

⬛ Education

Ph.D - North Carolina State University

⬛ Teaching and Research Interests

Digital Business, Digital Entrepreneurship, Digital Solutions in Medical and Fintech, Algorithm Design; Entropy Applications in AI and Image and Video Diagnostics, IT for Development and Sustainability, Digital Thinking Based of Big Data and Analytics.

⬛ Academic Appointments

2018 - Professor of Digital Business and Strategy; Dean Grad. Sch. of Business and Commerce; Vice President, TIU; Instrumental in establishing Digital Business and Innovation program in TIU. Instrumental in establishing TIU-Tech Mahindra Innovation Lab at TIU.
1991-2017 Graduate School of International Management, International University of Japan (Served as Professor of Digital Business Strategy, Dean of IUJ Business School, Vice President of IUJ; During the tenure as Dean, IUJ B-School became Japanโ€™s only B-School ranked in the โ€œTop 100 B-Schools of the Worldโ€ list published by prestigious Economist Ranking. )
1984-1995 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Princeton, NJ, USA (Patented the design algorithm for the construction of worldโ€™s first optical cable system TTT-8, between US and Europe. Reportedly, worldโ€™s first demonstrations of Internet too, was done using this cable. Good percent of world internet traffic carried over optical cables built using this algorithm).

⬛ Fellowships & Grants

- Business Hub to Support Local Business Entrepreneurship (Japanese Govt + Minamiuonuma City, Niigata)
- Hand-held Devices and Apps for Enhancing Nursing Care in Developing Countries (Kaken grant)
- Distance Education System to Support Development and Education of Co-medical Professionals in Developing Countries (Kaken grant)
- Internet Governance and Linguistic Diversity (Japan Science and Technology Agency โ€“ JST grant)
1990 Special Contribution Award by Bell Laboratories.
1988 Special Contribution Award by Bell Laboratories.

⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers

Rajasekera, J, Review Editor, Organizational Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Rajasekera, J., Joint Academic Editor, Sustainability MDPI Journal, 2022, 14, 1974
Kodithuwakku, J., Arachchi, D. D., & Rajasekera, J. (2022). An Emotion and Attention Recognition System to Classify the Level of Engagement to a Video Conversation by Participants in Real Time Using Machine Learning Models and Utilizing a Neural Accelerator Chip. Algorithms, 15(5), 150.
Kodithuwakku, J., Arachchi, D. D., Thiha, S., & Rajasekera, J. (2021, September). Two Optimized IoT Device Architectures Based on Fast Fourier Transform to Monitor Patientโ€™s Photoplethysmography and Body Temperature. In Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum (Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 7). MDPI.
Zhang-Zhang, Y., Rohlfer, S. & Rajasekera, J. (2020). An Eco-Systematic View of Cross-Sector Fintech: The Case of Alibaba and Tencent. Sustainability 2020 (to appear in 2020), doi:10.3390/su12218907
Rajasekera, J., Mishal, A. V., & Mori, Y. (2020). Innovative mHealth Solution for Reliable Patient Data Empowering Rural Healthcare in Developing Countries. In Big Data Analytics in Healthcare (pp. 83-104). Springer, Cham.
Myat, A. A., Sharkasi, N., & Rajasekera, J. (2019). Myanmarโ€™s tourism. Benchmarking: An International Journal.
Sharkasi, N., Rajasekera, J., & Sumita, U. (2018). Optimizing Expected Profit Under Flexible Allocation of Campaign Days and Budget for Management of Shopping Centers: A Machine Learning Approach. International Journal of Business & Information, 13(2).
Rajasekera, J., & Karunasena, H. (2015). Apparel design optimization for global market: Kansei engineering preference model. International Journal of Affective Engineering, 14(2), 119-126.
Takezawa, N., Rajasekera, J., & So, K. C. (2007). Risk hedging through forward supply contract and equity ownership in a spin-off decision. International Journal of Production Economics, 106(2), 532-543.
Rajasekera, J. R., & Yamada, M. (2001). Estimating the firm value distribution function by entropy optimization and geometric programming. Annals of Operations Research, 105(1), 61-75.
Fang, S. C., Rajasekera, J. R., & Tsao, H. S. J. (2012). Entropy optimization and mathematical programming (Vol. 8). Book by Springer Science & Business Media.
Other Recent (non-refereed articles):
Rajasekera, J. (2020). How AI Can Bring About Social Good. Development Asia (Asian Development Bank), Feb 25, 2020.
Rajasekera, J. (2019). AI AND THE DISRUPTION OF SOCIAL SECTORS. Asia Global Online (Univ of Hong Kong), Nov 7, 2019.

⬛ Institute for International Strategy

https://www.tiu.ac.jp/iis/members/rajasekera.html

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