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Framework for Ethical Governance of Autonomous AI Systems: Balancing Innovation, Accountability, and Risk Management
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025-12-09) Dabare, C; Wijegunasighe, Y; Herath, H; Nethsara, R; Jayasinghe, P
The advent of rapid deployment of autonomous artificial intelligent systems is a twofold challenge: how to ensure this is happening in an ethical way, and at the same time, how to keep the innovative power. These are already outdated models of governance that render many of these models inadequate in accommodating the risk landscape as well as the applied complexity of autonomous artificial intelligent systems. This paper suggests a new conceptual model of governance that combines ethical standards, risk stratified regulatory feedback and allowing innovation via regulatory sandboxes. Based on a qualitative synthesis of worldwide AI policies, scholarly sources, and background information, the framework provides a hierarchical, modular paradigm that can be applied in different domains and jurisdictions. It focuses on transparency, accountability, fairness and incorporates flexibility of changing technology. The proposed model would play the role of a policymaker, industry practitioners, and researchers strategic road map in finding balanced and operationally feasible solutions in deploying ethical AI.
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Technology-Enabled Flood Disaster Management: Lessons from Malaysia and a Context-Aware Adaptation Framework for Sri Lanka
(Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2026-05-21) Dabare, C; Herath, H; Wijesinghe, K.I
Flooding remains one of the most recurrent and socio-economically damaging natural hazards in South and Southeast Asia. Sri Lanka experiences frequent flood events, particularly in low-lying urban regions such as Colombo, where flood risk is intensified by wetland encroachment, drainage limitations, and fragmented institutional responsibilities. Malaysia, which faces similar monsoonal flood patterns, has developed comparatively mature flood disaster management practices integrating early warning systems, centralized coordination, and technologyenabled decision support. This paper presents a practitioneroriented and technology-focused comparative analysis of flood disaster management approaches in Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Governance structures, early warning mechanisms, data integration, infrastructure maintenance, and public communication strategies are examined. Based on documented practices and limitations, the study extracts transferable lessons and proposes a multi-layered, technology-enabled adaptation framework tailored to Sri Lanka. The framework emphasizes decision support systems, real-time data integration, and community-aware communication mechanisms to enhance preparedness and response capabilities.