Experience

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  Atharagalla secondary school

  Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

  Voluntary teacher

  Worked as a Voluntary Teacher for Mathematics & Science in community service project “Arunella” organized by the Engineering Student Union.

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  Sri lanka telecom

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  Electrical & electronic engineering intern

  Completed 10 weeks of in-plant training as an Electrical & Electronic Engineer in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC. Obtained theoretical knowledge and practice at Outside Plant Maintenance Centre Kurunegala including CDMA, switching & transmission sections. - Worked in government initiated “SLT Public Wi-Fi Project” in Kurunegala district and conducted the preliminary site surveys and the preparation of site deployment documents.

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  Ceylon electricity board (ceb)

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

  Electrical engineering intern

  Completed 10 weeks of in-plant training as an Electrical Engineer in Ceylon Electricity Board. Obtained theoretical knowledge and practice in power generation, transmission and distribution by taking hands on experience in following places.• Projects and Heavy Maintenance DD2 - Proposed a method to calculate the minimum approach distance for Hot line tools according to IEEE 516-2009 standard for usage in Sri Lanka.• Transmission, operation & maintenance Kandy Region - Proposed a solution to the faulty capacitor bank arrangement at Kiribathkumbura Grid Substation. • Thermal Complex• Distribution maintenance and construction unit Western Province North.• System Control Center Show less

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  Department of electrical & electronic engineering - uop

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  In Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring for Flexible Demand Estimation and Management under a research grant from National Science Foundation • Modelling power consumption profile of household appliances under severe voltage fluctuations using Echo State Networks. • Using Reinforcement learning algorithms for Demand Side Management applications. EE 254: Electronic Instrumentation

  • Research Engineer

    Sept 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Voluntary Student Instructor

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
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  Gunma university

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2017

  Visiting student - next generation mobility solutions

  Completed Science & Technology Experience Program on “Next Generation Mobility Solutions – Autonomous Driverless Vehicles, Electric Vehicles & Robotics” held at Gunma University, Japan.• Experience on electric and hybrid vehicle design at Gunma University & manufacturing at Think Together Inc.• Examined the ongoing research on Level 4 Autonomous Driverless Car and involved in Auto Brake System testing. • Conducted experiments in mechanical vibrations laboratory. • Examined manufacturing automation at Subaru Yajima Plant. • Workshop on mobile robot programming & Computer Aided Control System Design. Show less

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  Rensselaer polytechnic institute

  Aug 2018 - now

  Developing heuristic-based methods for trajectory planning for autonomous agents.Using optimal control and machine learning methods to estimate heuristics for fast trajectory planning. Full-time TA for Embedded Control, System Analysis Techniques, Signals and Systems

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
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  Ibm

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Research intern

  Investigating ways to reduce the resources needed to find the optimal actions within the context of reinforcement learning by exploiting side information about the optimal control problem.

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  Anti capital

  Sept 2022 - Mar 2024

  Quantitative researcher

  • Deep Learning based Statistical Arbitrage Using Transformer Neural Networks- Constructed arbitrage portfolios using PCA and Ornstein–Uhlenbeck processes- Implemented and trained a convolution multi-head attention model in live trading• Mid-frequency Long-Short Portfolio- Constructed arbitrage portfolios using formulaic alphas- Implemented correlation-based alpha selection and asset allocation• Optimal Bid-Ask Quotes using Hawkes Arrival Intensities- Reformulated the Guéant-Lehalle-Fernandez-Tapia’s formulas with Hawkes intensity process• L2 Order-flow based ARIMAX Fair Price Predictor for High-frequency Market Making• Automated Online Post Trade Analysis Generation• Order Execution Latency Predictor with Deep Learning with Order Book Data Show less