Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of British Columbia (Ongoing)
  • Research Area - Human Computer Interaction, Human Robot Interaction, Social Robotics, Personal Health Feedback
• B.Sc. in Science, University of Peradeniya (April 2013 - December 2016)
  • Specialized in Computer Science with Geology and Physics as principle subjects

Professional Experience

• November 2016 - May 2017: Software Engineering Intern
  • Osmium Pvt. Limited
  • Worked on developing an mobile based workflow management system for a UK based client using javascript based full-stack develpment platform.

Publications

A cellular automata based simulation model for flood risk assessment in Sri Lanka

Herath, Anuradha & Nawarathna, R. D. (2017). "A cellular automata based simulation model for flood risk assessment in Sri Lanka." international Peradeniya University Reseach Sessions 2017

Expanding Touch Interaction Capabilities for Smart-rings: An Exploration of Continual Slide and Microroll Gestures

Herath, Anuradha et al. (2022). "Expanding Touch Interaction Capabilities for Smart-rings: An Exploration of Continual Slide and Microroll Gestures" CHI EA '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts.

Exploring the Design of Social Robot User Interfaces for Presenting Data-Driven Stories

Anuradha Herath, Samar Sallam, Yumiko Sakamoto, Randy Gomez, and Pourang Irani. (2023). "Exploring the Design of Social Robot User Interfaces for Presenting Data-Driven Stories." Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM '23)

Presenting Data with Social Robots: An Exploration into Conveying Data Videos using an Artificial Physical Narrator

Anuradha Herath, Samar Sallam, Tanvi Vuradi, Yumiko Sakamoto, Randy Gomez, and Pourang Irani. (2023). "Presenting Data with Social Robots: An Exploration into Conveying Data Videos using an Artificial Physical Narrator." Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI '23)

How Should a Social Robot Deliver Negative Feedback Without Creating Distance Between the Robot and Child Users?

Yumiko Sakamoto, Anuradha Herath, Tanvi Vuradi, Samar Sallam, Randy Gomez, and Pourang Irani. 2023. "How Should a Social Robot Deliver Negative Feedback Without Creating Distance Between the Robot and Child Users?" Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI '23)

Professional Experiance

• Teaching Assistant - UBC - (January 2022 - Ongoing)

  • Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physiscs and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Canada.
  • Courses
    • COSC 407/ 507 - Introduction to Parallel Computing
    • COSC 310 - Software Engineering
    • COSC 315 - Operating Systems
    • CPSC 543 - Physical User Interface Design and Evaluation

• Research Assistant -​ ​AHEAD Project - February 2020 - August 2020

  • Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya.
  • Worked on developing a RFID authentication system for faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya using Arduino based hardware and python based software stack.

• Teaching Assistant - July 2017 - February 2020

  • Department of Statistics and Computer Science, University of Peradeniya.
  • Courses
    • CS 409 - Neural networks and Fuzzy logic
    • CS 406 - Foundations of distributed computing
    • CS 412 - Mobile and Pervasive Computing
    • CS 411 - Multimedia practicals
    • CS 315 - Design and analysis of algorithms
    • CS 311 - Software Engineering
    • CS 309 - Object oriented analysis and design
    • CS 307 - Computer graphics (Theory)
    • CS 206 - Computer device interfacing
    • CS 308 - Computer graphics programming
    • CS 202 - Data structures practical
    • CS 204 - Programming using database management systems
    • CS 105 - Object-Oriented Programming practical
    • IT 503 - Programming Laboratory I (Java Practicals)
    • IT 511 - Programming Laboratory II (Web Technologies Practicals)
    • IT 505 - Programming Using Database Management Systems

Service and leadership

• Secretary - Computer Society (April 2015 - April 2016)

  • University of Peradeniya (CSUP).

• Vice Captain (2016) & Member (2013 - 2016) - Chess Team

  • University of Peradeniya.

• Editor - Sports Council (2016)

  • University of Peradeniya.

• Chief Organizer - “Pera Challenge 2015”

  • All Island Inter-School Chess Championship.
  • An all Island Inter-School Chess Competition which was held over three days in the university premises with the participation of over 100 teams.

• Organizing Committee - “Industrial Day 2017 “ and “Industrial Day 2018”

  • Faculty of Science

• Active Member (Designer, Photographer) - “Perabeats”

  • Official Sports Media Partner of the University.