Yeshan Withanage, PhD

Education

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  Ohio University

  2018 - 2022

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics (Specialized in Statistics) Current GPA: 3.978

  Activities and Societies: Former Treasurer - International Student Union, Ohio University. Former Assistant Coordinator - Graduate Writing Lab My research work is focused on analyzing Sufficient Dimension Reduction (SDR) Models in the high-dimensional setting and I work on variable selection in sparse SDR models using penalized regression functions and influence functions. Sparse SDR models are highly used in many data rich areas including Finance and Economics.

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  University of Colombo

  2006 - 2010

  BSc. (Specialized in Mathematical Finance) Mathematical Finance & Industrial Statistics GPA: 3.52

  As a capstone project, I studied the feasibility to introduce options (a financial derivative) to the Sri Lankan stock market. In this project, I was able to learn importance of different financial derivatives and their capability to do significant changes in the economy.

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  Ohio University

  2016 - 2018

  Master's degree Mathematics 4.00 GPA

  Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Tutor in Graduate Writing Lab, Department of Linguistics, Tutor in Mathematics Tutoring Lab, Primary reviewer of Research Grant Committee, Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University

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  University of Colombo

  2012 - 2015

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance GPA: 3.5

  In the completion of my MBA, I studied the impact of volatility spillovers among regional markets to the Sri Lankan capital market by using a multivariate time series model. The insights of volatility spillovers (i.e. news transmission across markets) is important in making business decisions as well as developing fiscal policies.