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

  • Journal Publications 2013

    On the influence of topological characteristics on robustness of complex networks

    Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, Gnanakumar Thedchanamoorthy, “Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Research” , pp. 89-100

  • Journal Publications 2018

    Cyclic preferential attachment in complex networks

    Dharshana Kasthurirathna, Mahendra Piraveenan, “Procedia Computer Science” , pp. 2086-2094

  • Journal Publications 2013

    Centrality and composition of four-node motifs in metabolic networks

    Mahendra Piraveenan, Kishan Wimalawarne, Dharshana Kasthurirathn්a, “Procedia Computer Science” , pp. 409-418

  • Conference Proceedings 2011

    Architectural description based Overlay Networks

    D. Kasthurirathna ; C. Keppetiyagama , (International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer))

  • Conference Proceedings 2018

    Mobile based GIS for dynamic map generation and team tracking

    Deneth Karunarathne, Thanushka Gunasekara, Dileeka Dias, Dharshana Kasthurirathne , ( 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs))

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