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Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade) - Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Apr 2024 - Present)

Head of Department - Data Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (Jan 2023 - Mar 2024)

• Senior Lecturer 
  • Module owner – Artificial Intelligence (CCS 3440), Bionics (EE437) and Neural Networks (TCS400) 
• Principal Researcher - BrAIN Labs
• Researcher/Trainer - European Union Project on Strategic Support for Accreditation of Programs and Internationalisation at South Asian Higher Education Institutes

Lecturer (Contract) - Department of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (May 2021 - Nov 2021)

• Modules taught - Data Analytics (COMP517)

Research Assistant - KEDRI Labs, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (Jun 2019 – May 2020)

• Machine learning analysis for predicting success in knee arthroplasty funded by Waitemata District Health Board, New Zealand
• Machine learning analysis for predicting youth wellbeing (Youth 2000 survey) funded by Health Research Council, New Zealand

Teaching Assistant - Department of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (May 2019 - Nov 2021)

• Modules assisted - Object Oriented Programming (COMP503)

Examiner - Department of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (Mar 2021 - Jun 2021)

• Modules assisted - Distributed and Mobile Systems (COMP713)

Instructor- Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)

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Manager - Training and Development, Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC (Dec 2016 - Apr 2019)

• Researcher - Strategic Business Unit for Data Driven Decision Making 

Engineer - Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC (Mar 2012 - Dec 2016)

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Director Training and Leadership Development - Rotaract District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives, Rotary International (Jun 2016 – Jun 2017)

Charter President, Rotaract Club of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC (Jun 2013 – Jun 2014)

Doctor of Philosophy, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (May 2019 – Jul 2023)

• Thesis title: “Neuromorphic Computational Data Modelling Techniques for Spatiotemporal Brain Data”

Master of Science in Applied Electronics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka  (Nov 2012 – Jun 2016)

• Thesis title: 3D Measurement Test Bench for Luminaires

Bachelor of Engineering Honours in Electronic Engineering (First Class) , University of Sheffield Hallam, United Kingdom in affiliation with Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Jan 2009 - Jan 2012)