Biography
I'm a Senior Research Scientist at the Architecture and Analytics Platforms (AAP) team of the CSIRO's Data61. I'm also a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW). My research expertise is in the areas of Distributed Systems (Blockchain, Cloud, and P2P), Computer Security, Software Architecture, Internet of Things (IoT), and Data Engineering. I'm particularly interested in multi-disciplinary applications of those technologies, and some of my work is related to supply chains, fleet management, and weather monitoring. I also have over 8-years of industry and consultancy expertise in Security, Cloud, Data Centre, and Performance Engineering of FinTech and Enterprise Systems.
Academic Qualifications
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2012
PhD
Colorado State University, USA -
2008
MS
Colorado State University, USA -
2004
BSc Eng. (Hons)
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Achievements and Awards
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2021-2021
Software and Computational Systems program Collaboration Award (as team member)
CSIRO -
2015-2018
Award of Excellence – Outstanding Research Performances
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka -
2018-2018
Student Paper Award (Merit)
2018 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI 2018)
Current Roles
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Research Scientist
Research and consultancy projects on blockchain, security, cloud, and data analysis
Grants
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2017-2018
Title: Real-Time Control Centre Data Integration and Forecasting. Agency: Metro Colombo Urban Development Project, Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, Sri Lanka (Funding agency – World Bank)
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2018-2019
Title: Integration Platform for Smart Cities. Agency: Senate Research Grant, University of Moratuwa
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2016-2017
Title: Descriptive and Predictive Data Analytics Platform for Vehicular Sensor Data. Agency: Senate Research Grant, University of Moratuwa
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2014-2015
Title: Distributed, Infrastructure as a Service Cloud Computing Platform for High Performance Computing Requirements of the Sri Lankan Scientific Community. Agency: Senate Research Grant, University of Moratuwa
Professional Experiences
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03/2019-Present
Research Scientist
CSIRO's Data61 -
12/2019-Present
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW) -
12/2012-02/2019
Senior Lecturer
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka -
09/2012-02/2019
Senior Consultant (part-time)
TechCERT -
10/2017-01/2019
Consultant (part-time)
99X Technology (Pvt) Ltd. (part-time) -
07/2015-07/2018
Director, Engineering Research Unit
Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka -
08/2016-07/2018
Co-Founder/Director
VaticHub (Pvt) Ltd. -
05/2005-12/2012
Lecturer (Probationary)
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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08/2019-Present
Health and Safety Representative (HSR)
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