Summary
Amila Muthunayake is a Senior Data Scientist and 4th-year Ph.D. candidate in Computational Mathematics with six years of experience blending academic research and industry practice. Based in Ogden, Utah, she balances roles as a Senior Data Scientist at Beacon Data and an Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics at Weber State, translating advanced numerical methods and statistical theory into production analytics. Her background includes research faculty experience at the University of Miami and a long teaching record at UNC Greensboro, where she also pursued a doctorate with a statistics minor. Known for bridging rigorous mathematical modeling with applied data science, she brings both pedagogy and hands-on deployment experience to cross-disciplinary teams. An international scholar who began her studies at the University of Peradeniya, she often applies research-grade techniques to real-world inference and predictive problems that benefit from provable mathematical foundations.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of Peradeniya
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Mathematics at University of North Carolina at Greensboro