Data driven insights & insight driven products
I'm a technically competent full-stack data scientist & researcher with experience in leading, designing, implementing, and evaluating data science and big data systems end-to-end on-premises as well as on the cloud. I’m experienced in implementing search systems (information retrieval), recommender systems, mathematical/statistical models, and deep machine learning models. I’m comfortable in writing programs in many different programming languages, including Python, R, JavaScript, and Java, and implementing micro-service APIs. I’m familiar with software versioning, agile development practices, continuous delivery using modern DevOps techniques, and software testing techniques. I’ve managed small data science and software development teams. I focus on producing high-quality results to meet the diverse needs of the enterprise today.
Interests
Machine Learning / Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing (NLP) & Natural Language Understanding (NLU)
Search / Information Retrieval (IR) & Recommendations
Statistical Evaluation
Big Data & Cloud Platforms
Software Design & Engineering
Education
Ph.D. in computer science (statistical evaluation of information retrieval and machine learning algorithms in the presence of many uncertainties), RMIT University, Australia
B.Sc. in computer science and engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Advanced diploma in management accounting, CIMA (UK)
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
Former Cisco certified network associate