I’m currently working full-time in academia. In day time I work full time at Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT) School of Computing as a lecturer. At night I’m volunteer research assistant at
- AITR Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
- MARC Lab, Department of Computer Engineering at University of Peradeniya.
I do research in the areas of HCI, Computer Vision (Bio Med), 3D Computer Vision, Distributed Systems, and Multi Objective Reinforcement Learning. My current advisors are Prof. Roshan Godaliyadda, Prof. Peter Vamplew, and Dr. Thanuja Ambegoda
From 2022 - 2024, I worked at Codification, as a Consultant Platform Engineer. Previously I have also worked Open University (FT), NSBM Green University (FT), University of Kelaniya (PT), and Informatics Institute of Technology (PT) as a Lecturer. I’m also a recipient of the Most Valuable Professional(MVP) Award from Microsoft.
I have an MSc in Big Data Analytics from Robert Gordon University, UK, where I did research with Dr Sameera Viswakula’s lab. I have an MBA from PIM, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, where I did research with Dr Samantha Rathnayake. I also have a BSc(1st) in Software Engineering from University of Plymouth, where I worked with Dr Rasika Ranaweera’s lab.
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Current Affiliations
Previous Affiliations
Journal Publications
2025
- L. B. Jayasooriya, N. C. Jayasinghe, I. Ekanayake, and D. P. Rangoda, “Perceived Tendencies of Skilled Migration Amidst the Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of the Education Sector,” Migration and Development, 2025, Art. no. 21632324251343691.
Indexed Conference Proceedings
2025
- K. Gunathilake and I. Ekanayake, “K8s pro sentinel Extend secret security in kubernetes cluster” in 2024 9th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR), 2024, pp. 1–5, doi: 10.1109/ICITR64794.2024.10857769.
- M. Thariq and I. Ekanayake, “ARGO-SLSA Software Supply Chain Security in Argo Workflows” in Proc. 11th Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon 2025), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2025,
2023
- I. Ekanayake, J. Warnakula and S. Viswakula, “Reverse Engineering Piping and Instrumentation Drawings A Deep Learning Approach” 2023 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), Thrissur, India, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/PICC57976.2023.10142454.
- I. Ekanayake and R. Ranaweera, “Augmented reality to improve motor functions and cognitive abilities of early childhood education” ACM SIGCHI Winter School – South Asia, 2023, pp. 1-4.
2022
- I. Ekanayake and S. Gayanika, “Data Visualization Using Augmented Reality for Education A Systematic Review,” 2022 7th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR), Bangkok, Thailand, 2022, pp. 533-537, doi: 10.1109/ICBIR54589.2022.9786403.
Conference Review Committees
2025
2024
- Late Braking Work ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
- Workshop Interpretable, Inclusive, and Immersive Interaction for Ubiquitous AI-infused Physical Systems at UbiComp ISWC 2024
- Workshop HCI for User Wellbeing and Peace at International Conference on Architecture and Design (ICAD 2024)
Invited Talks and Presentations
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2024
2023
2022
- Awareness sessions on competitive programming - IEEEXtreme16.0
- Content Creating to Double your value
- Guest Speech, Generation Z webinar
- Getting started with DevOps
- Introductory session for Google CodeJam
- Invited speech - Wycherley International School
- Podcast Difference between teaching in Academia Vs Industry
- Workshop on Python programming
2021
- Awareness sessions on competitive programming - IEEEXtreme10.0
- Awareness Session series on Competitive Programming
- Two days Algorithms and Data Structures workshop - Codesolveur
- Guest Speech - IEEE Student Branch AGM
- Keynote at the inauguration of Microsoft Learn Student Club
- Two days Machine Learning Workshop