Chathra H Hendahewa"Genius without education is like silver in the mine" -

Benjamin Franklin

Chathra H. Hendahewa

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Department of Computer Science

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

110 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08855, USAEducation

PhD student - (Sep 2008 - Todate)

Department of Computer Science - Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, USA

B.Sc (Hons) in Information Technology - (2002 - 2007)

Faculty of Information Technology - University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Obtained a First Class with an OGPA (Overall Grade Point Average) of 4.06 (out of 4.20) securing a position at top 5% of the classAwards & Scholarships

2008 - Recipient of the prestigious International Fulbright Science and Technology Award 2008

Offered for outstanding foreign students awarded by The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to pursue PhD study in USA on full scholarship

2008 June - Gold Medal for Best Graduand

Was awarded the Gold Medal presented by Prof. Priyantha D.C.Wijeyathunga for the Information Technology graduand obtaining the highest GPAabove 3.80 in the 2002/2003 batch of B.Sc (Hons) in Information Technology at the General Convocation 2008 of University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

2003 to 2006 - Dean's List

Was selected to enter the Dean s List for all the eight academic semesters at undergradute level for the outstanding academic performance by achieving a semester GPA above 3.80

2006 February - Was selected as one of the ten scholarship winners for the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level 1 program offered by CFA institute of USA

2005 March - Multiple Gold Medalist at the CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - UK) Bi - Annual Convocation

for the Highest Aggregate in Sri-Lanka at Final Level and for obtaining the Highest Marks in Management Accounting Financial Strategy paper (FLFS)

1995 - Was awarded the trophy for Best All Round Student - Junior

At the Annual Prize Giving of Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka

Was a co-author of the research paper titled Artificial Intelligence Approach to Effective Career Guidance that was published at the third annual conference of SLAAI(Sri Lanka Association for Artificial Intelligence) along with a technical presentation

Was the co-author of the research paper titled Artificial Neural Network Approach to Credit Risk Assessment which was published at the Second International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems held at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

I presented the research paper at the technical workshop held under the category of Neural Systems and applications at the conference

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