Assistant Professor

CAREER SUMMARY

  • Currently working as a Senior Lecturer (HG) at the Dept. of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computing
  • Worked as a Research Engineer at LirneAsia
  • Worked as a Software Engineer for 7 years. 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD in Complex Systems, University of Sydney
  • MSc in Computer Science, University of Colombo
  • BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

  • Nework science
  • Game theory
  • Machine learning
  • Information theory
  • Distributed Systems
  • Parallel computing

Research Clusters

Software Systems & Technologies (SST)

Driving innovation in software engineering, high-performance computing, and scalable architectures to build robust, next-generation applications and systems.

 

Centre of Excellence for AI (CEAI)

A multidisciplinary initiative advancing AI research in machine learning, NLP, and big data analytics to solve complex global challenges and drive intelligent decision-making.

 

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Advancing autonomous systems and robotic technologies for industrial, healthcare, and exploratory applications through AI-driven innovation.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Conference Proceedings 2017

    Peer-to-peer distributed computing framework

    Prashan Dharmapala, Lumeshkantha Koneshvaran, Darshanun Sivasooriyathevan, Imtizam Ismail, Dharshana Kasthurirathna, ( National Conference on Technology and Management (NCTM))

  • Journal Publications 2016

    Optimising influence in social networks using bounded rationality models

    Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Michael Harre, Mahendra Piraveenan, “Social Network Analysis and Mining” , pp. 54

  • Journal Publications 2016

    Modeling networked systems using the topologically distributed bounded rationality framework

    Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Shahadat Uddin, “Complexity” , pp. 123-137

  • World Wide Web 2015

    The influence of topology and information diffusion on networked game dynamics

    Dharshana Kasthurirathna,

  • Conference Proceedings 2015

    Influence modelling using bounded rationality in social networks

    Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Michael Harre, Mahendra Piraveenan, (IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining )

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