Education & Experience

Education

  • PhD in Computer Science, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University, USA (2010 - present).
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Honors (Special), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2004 - 2008).

Professional Work Experience

  • Senior Research Engineer at Samsung Research America, USA. June 2017 - present.
  • Graduate research assistant at Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University. June 2010 to 2017.
  • Graduate teaching assistant, Wright State University. 2010, September 2015 - present.
  • Research intern at IBM Almaden Research Center, USA. June 2015 - August 2015.
  • Research intern at National Library of Medicine (NLM-NIH), USA. June 2014 - August 2014.
  • Visiting researcher (intern) at Insight Center for Data Analytics, Ireland. January 2013 to May 2013.
  • Software Engineer at CodeGen Int. Pvt. Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Head quarters in London, United Kingdom). September 2008 to June 2010.
    • J2SE programming, Oracle 10g and XML schema. Flight related developments relevant to Amadeus and Galileo Global Distribution Systems (GDS). I played a senior role in the project where I travelled overseas for client on-site knowledge transfer and training purposes. The product is a collection of tools for the travel industry where some of the clients are Quantas, Virgin Holidays, and Saga.
  • Intern at Virtusa Corporation Pvt. Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Head quarters in Westborogh, MA, USA). February 2007 to June 2007.
    • IBM Mozart project - developing user interface platforms using low level Java graphics and SWT.

Teaching Experience

Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms

  • Fall 2015

Introduction to Programming

  • Fall 2010
      • Computer Programming I
      Computer Programming II

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