Project Computer Science

Nuwan Ishanta Senaratna

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Education

Stanford University, Stanford CA, Master's Degree program in Computer Science specializing in

Artificial Intelligence (Sep 2007 to Present) Expected Graduation Date: June 2009. GPA (thus far): 4.2 (On a scale

of 4.25)

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Bachelors Special Degree Programme in Computer Science (Aug 2002

to Aug 2006). Established a University record by scoring the highest ever aggregate in the history of the degree

program. GPA: 4.2

Computing Skills

Programming languages: Java, C++, C#, PHP

Mathematical and Statistical Software: Matlab, R

Relevant Coursework

Graduate Courses: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Probabilistic Model for AI, Computer Vision,

Natural Language Processing (NLP), Modern Applied Statistics: Learning, Data Mining

Undergraduate Coursework: Operating System and Systems Programming, Software Engineering, Database

Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Cryptography

Projects

Decision Dashboard (Sep07 - Present) - Research in progress with the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering,

Stanford University.

Technologies Used: Java, XML, JSON, MySQL

Automatic Multiple Document Summarization (April08 - July08) - Course Project for Natural Language

Processing 3-D image reconstruction from a single still 2-D image (Dec07 - July08- Independent research in

collaboration with the Stanford AI Lab).

Technologies Used: Java, Wordnet, Framenet, PERL

Stanford Little Dog Robot Project (Sep07- Dec07 - Course Project for AI - Stanford University).

Technologies Used: C, Matlab

Extending WordNet using Generalized Automated Relationship Induction (Sep07- Dec07 - Course Project

for Machine Learning - Stanford University. Done in collaboration with the Stanford NLP Group).

Technologies Used: Java, Matlab

Automatic Music Composition using a Tree of Interacting Emergent Systems (Aug05 - Aug06 - Final Year

Research Project, University of Colombo).

Technologies Used: C# .NET

Work Experience

Research Assistant. Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University. (July07 to Present).

Technologies Used: Java, XML, JSON, MySQL

Business Analyst. Millennium Information Technologies, Sri Lanka. (Aug06 to Dec06).

Trainee Software Developer. Industrial and Financial Systems R & D Ltd. (Aug05 to Dec05).

Technologies Used: C#. NET, Java, PL/SQL, Oracle, Microsoft BizTalk Server

Awards

Asia Pacific ICT Awards 2006 - Gold award for the Tertiary Student Project Category (Nov06).

National Best Quality Software Awards - Gold award for the Tertiary Student Project Category (Oct06)

Microsoft Partner Award for Best Product Developed using Microsoft Technology (Oct06)

Professor Mohan Munasinghe Award for Best Computer Science Student and CINTEC Award for the Best

Computer Science Final year project University of Colombo (Aug06)

Top International Winner 2002 - British Computer Society Professional Examinations - (Oct02)

Other Interests

Classical Music, Jazz, General Knowledge Quizzes, Public Speaking, Volunteer Service, Hiking and Dancing.

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