CV
Education
Experiences
Grants, Awards & Scholarships
Grants
- 2017–2018 Metro Colombo Urban Development Project (World Bank) — Real-Time Control Centre Data Integration and Forecasting. Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, Sri Lanka.
- 2018–2019 Senate Research Grant, University of Moratuwa — Data Integration Platform for Smart Cities.
- 2017 Industry Research Grant, Ace Vehicle Deliveries Ltd., UK — Driver Scheduling for Vehicle Delivery.
- 2016–2017 Senate Research Grant, University of Moratuwa — Descriptive and Predictive Data Analytics Platform for Vehicular Sensor Data.
- 2016 Industry Research Grant, Nimbus Ventures (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka — Optimising Fuel Efficiency and Scheduling of Vehicle Fleets.
- 2014–2015 Senate Research Grant, University of Moratuwa — Distributed IaaS Cloud Computing Platform for HPC Requirements of the Sri Lankan Scientific Community.
Awards
- 2025 Best Paper Award — 7th IEEE Int. Conf. on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2025)
- 2024 Best Paper Award — Business Process Management: Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, and Educators Forum (BPM 2024)
- 2021–2023 SCS Biannual Awards – Customer First Award (×4) — CSIRO's Data61
- 2022 SCS Biannual Awards – Engineering and Technology Award — CSIRO's Data61
- 2021 SCS Biannual Awards – Collaboration (Further Together) Award — CSIRO's Data61
- 2016 Award of Excellence – Outstanding Research Performances with Distinction — University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- 2015, 2017, 2018 Award of Excellence – Outstanding Research Performances — University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- 2018 Student Paper Award (Merit) — IEEE Int. Conf. on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI 2018), Singapore
- 2001–2004 Dean's List — Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (Semesters 2, 4, and 8)
Scholarships
- 2001–2004 Mahapola Higher Education (Merit) Scholarship — University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka.
- 2001–2004 University Education Scholarship — Cooperative Society of Academics, Sri Lanka.
University Services
- 2023–2024 Subject Specialist – BSc Hons in Computer Science Curriculum — Designed curriculum in line with ACM/IEEE-CS/AAAI CS Curricula 2023 & SLQF for Trincomalee Campus, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
- 2022 Consultant – Digital Finance Technology Module — Developed module for Digital Finance CRC, Australia, adopted for the Digital Finance MBA at DFCRC partner universities.
- 2014–2018 MBA in IT Academic Coordinator, University of Moratuwa — Proposed the Business Analytics specialisation and developed its curriculum. Programme intake and on-time completion almost doubled during tenure.
- 2015–2019 Convener/Member, Postgraduate Board of Studies — Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
- 2013–2019 Industrial Training and Relations Coordinator — Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
- 2013, 2016 Undergraduate Academic Coordinator — Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Professional Activities
Memberships
- 2022–Present Technical Expert, ISO TC 308 Chain of Custody — Standards Australia (International)
- 2018–Present Senior Member — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- 2019–Present Chartered Engineer — Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
- 2021–Present Member — BPM Association
- 2014–2016 Professional Member — Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Editorial & Program Committees
- 2021–2024 Workshop/Poster Co-Chair — Block 6GCNSM (2024) and BSEW-EASE (2021–2022), ICBC (2026)
- 2022 Guest Editor — Frontiers in Blockchain
- 2015–2018 PC Chair / Co-Chair — MERCon 2015–2018
- 2013–2024 TPC Member — EuroPLoP, IEEE DApps, SEAD-IEEE EDOC, MERCon, IEEE LCN, IEEE ICC GCSN, ICCAIS, SSCC, SAI, CoCoNet, and others
Reviewing Service
- Reviewer – Journals — IEEE TPDS, ACM TOIT, ACM Computing Surveys, IEEE Access, IEEE Trans. on Network and Service Management, ACM TOMACS, Trans. on Services Computing, Automated Software Engineering, J. of Systems and Software, Blockchain: Research and Applications, and others.
- Reviewer – Grants — National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka; National Research Council, Sri Lanka.
Training, Certifications & Skills
Training
- 2023–2024 Core Leadership — Leading Lighter
- 2022–Present Essentials of Supervision — University of New South Wales (UNSW)
- Oct 2013 HPC Architecture and Applications — Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
- Jul 2006 Grid Computing Training — Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
Certifications
- 2023 Standard Mental Health First Aider — Standard Mental Health First Aid Australia
- 2021 Project Management Fundamentals — CSIRO
- 2003 WatchGuard Certified System Professional — Firebox Systems and Server Security Expert
Skills
- Technical Expertise — Blockchain; Cloud Computing; Distributed and HPC systems; Software, Systems, and Network Security; Software Architecture; Machine Learning, Data Engineering and Analytics; Secure Architecture, Code, and Risk assessment; Performance Engineering and Testing; IoT; Wireless/Edge computing.
- Platforms & Networking — Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric; AWS and Azure; Linux/UNIX and Windows servers; SQL and NoSQL; LAN, WAN, WLAN, WSN, and IoT.
- Programming — Python, Node.js, Solidity, C/C++, R, MATLAB, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, CUDA; git; DevOps; MLOps.
- Other — Curriculum development, Project management, Proposal drafting, Budgeting, and Event organising.