Senior Technical Lead Software Engineer with solid experience in high-performance microservices, embedded graphics, database systems and IC design tools.
Skilled in C++, network protocols, databases, and system optimization. Hands-on in team management, and delivering secure, scalable solutions.
Focused on building robust systems and driving reliable project outcomes.
Keywords: Natural Language Processing | Sinhala | Big Data |
Theses: BSc
Dimuthu Upeksha, Chamila Wijayarathna, Maduranga Siriwardena, and Lahiru Lasandun, "Sinmin - Sinhala Corpus Project", University of Moratuwa, 2015
Conference Papers
Dimuthu Upeksha, Chamila Wijayarathna, Maduranga Siriwardena, Lahiru Lasandun, Chinthana Wimalasuriya, N. H. N. D. de Silva, and Gihan Dias, "Comparison Between Performance of Various Database Systems for Implementing a Language Corpus", in International Conference: Beyond Databases, Architectures and Structures, May. 2015, pp. 82--91. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-18422-7_7
Dimuthu Upeksha, Chamila Wijayarathna, Maduranga Siriwardena, Lahiru Lasandun, Chinthana Wimalasuriya, N. H. N. D. De Silva, and Gihan Dias, "Implementing a Corpus for Sinhala Language", in Symposium on Language Technology for South Asia 2015, 2015. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23035.11047
PI: Nisansa de Silva
We propose to advance natural language processing for low-resource settings by leveraging data augmentation, transfer learning, and model adaptation techniques to overcome the scarcity of annotated data and linguistic resources.
PI: Nisansa de Silva
We propose to build and analyze Sinhala language resources, datasets, and models to strengthen NLP research for this low-resource language, while connecting it to English and Tamil through bilingual lexicons, embeddings, and cross-lingual methods.