Carnegie Mellon University’s Auton Lab, Professor Artur Dubrawski (RTBP research partner), was invited to a speak at the University of Peradeniya Computer Engineering Department. Doctrine on data mining and applications were presented focusing on the work related to the Real-Time Biosurveillance Program (RTBP) to an audience of faculty and students. Faculty members from the department Statistics and Computer Science were quite keen in the topic as they are working on similar applications. University of Peradeniya Department of Computer Engineering will be offering a course in statistical data mining beginning April/May 2010.