Research Assistant
I am currently working as a Research Assistant at the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University. (July 2007 to Present).Business Analyst
I worked as a Business Analyst at Millennium Information Technologies, Sri Lanka. (Aug 2006 to Dec 2006).Software Developer
I worked as a Software Developer Intern at Industrial and Financial Systems, Research and Development Ltd.. (Aug 2005 to Dec 2005).Student Researcher
I worked as a Student Researcher on a project for Brandix Ltd. , developing a Fabric-Utilization Optimization Application based on AI techniques (October 2004 to December 2004).
Brandix is Sri Lanka's largest manufacturer and exporter of garments to the
United States of America and United Kingdom, servicing some of the world's
premiere fashion brands such as Marks & Spencer, Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, Liz
Claiborne, Abercrombie Fitch, NEXT, Nike, Victoria's Secret, Levis and Dockers
(to name but a few). At present, Brandix Apparel has a Sales Turnover of
approximately US $ 200 million per annum, and has a work force of around 18,000
associates.
I was hired to build a system that would automatically lay out fabric markers
in a controlled and intelligent manner, so that fabric waste would be
minimized. The finished system was based on a Genetic Algorithm/Simulated
Annealing technique. To maximize its performance, the algorithm was prototyped
and refined several times, often incorporating
production-process-domain-specific constraints. Results showed a significant
improvement in fabric utilization efficiency and a drastic reduction in the
time required to plan a marker.
Software Development Consultant
I worked with Adelanka Pvt. Ltd. (Sri Lankan arm of UK based Soundmouse Ltd.) as a Software Development Consultant on a range of music related applications (May 2005 to May 2006).
Soundmouse Ltd. is a UK based music company dealing with a range of music
related applications. These range from music databases to music sharing
systems.
I was involved in developing several AI related music applications. Among these
are an evolving-search-tree based music database, a Genetic Algorithm based
musical-psycho-acoustic feature recognizer and a grammatical parser for music
files mimicking a language parser.
Assistant Lecturer
I also worked as a Assistant Lecturer at the University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka. (Jan 2007 to Aug 2007).
Stanford CIFE
MillenniumIT
Industrial and Financial Systems, Research and Development
Soundmouse Ltd.
Brandix Ltd.