Experience

Old Dominion University, USA (Jan 2019 - Aug 2024)
Graduate Assistant, Department of Computer Science

Developed ML methods to diagnose ASD from EEG data (w/IUPUC), perform webcam-based eye tracking (w/UCSD), and estimate cognitive load from real-time gaze data. Built statistical models to estimate change in the academic web, using archived copies of web pages. Worked as a TA for core CS courses, including Data Structures, Algorithms, Principles of Programming, and Computers in Society.

Harvard University, USA (Feb 2022 - Aug 2022)
Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Imaging

Explored robust, interpretable deep learning methods for antimicrobial resistance prediction from single-cell bacteria images. Developed a hypothesis-driven outlier detection method for reliable use of deep neural networks as classifiers.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (Jun 2021 - Aug 2021)
Summer Graduate Research Intern

Developed ML based solutions to extract URLs from PDF documents, archive their content for posterity, and generate robust links.Developed ML based solutions to extract URLs from PDF documents, archive their content for posterity, and generate robust links.

DesignBoo (PVT) Ltd, Sri Lanka (Jan 2018 - Dec 2018)
Freelance Developer

Developed a mobile app for video-based doctor consultations. Restructured cloud services on AWS to reduce costs, set up unified logging, and configured CI/CD. Co-led development for web and mobile apps.

University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (Jan 2018 - Jun 2018)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Prepared course materials, conducted lectures, and graded student assignments for the CS2963 Presentation Skills course.

WSO2 Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka (Jun 2017 - Dec 2017)
Software Engineering Intern

Created a knowledge base for WSO2 Support by scraping and vectorizing WSO2 docs. Created a document retrieval API for support questions, wrapped it with DialogFlow Conversation API, and integrated with Facebook Chat.