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I’m an independent researcher, worked in academia for 5 years, and am currently working at codification.io, a cloud-native consulting firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. I’m also a recipient of the Most Valuable Professional(MVP) Award from Microsoft.

I have three primary goals* in my life;

1. Being the best educator I can be
2. Designing interactions in immersive learning environments
3. Working forefront, brain-computer interface, and the next generation of artificial intelligence.

Figure: Research interests based on ACM Computing Classification System (CCS)

* these primary goals drives my professional life. Later I will do a long writeup about personal goals as well.
† edgeML/tinyML does not have a classification in CCS as of today(26/02/2024)

Indexed Conference Proceedings

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.

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

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

• Deploying Microservice Application with Azure Kubernetes Service
• Professional Certifications in Career Advancement
• Kubernetes AI Toolchain Operator (Kaito)
• Opportunities and Challenges in Big Data Research
• Gave a voice cut for a documentary by 2nd Year Students Uva Wellassa University

2023

• Judge - Nimi Shark Tank
• Run Machine Learning Workloads on Apache Spark
• Deploying web applications on Microsoft Azure
• Host web apps with GitHub Pages technical workshop
• Mentor IEEE VoLT Program
• Introduction to Competitive Programming
• Road to Success
• Podcast LinkedIn and making Connections

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 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

2020

• Will Big Data Make Data Warehouse Obsolete