Chanaka Bulathsinghalage
Research Scientist at Meta
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChanaka Bulathsinghalage is a Research Scientist based in Menlo Park with 11 years of experience building machine learning systems for recommendation, retrieval, and quality at Meta, including recent work on Instagram/Threads feed relevance. He holds an MS and a PhD in Computer Science from North Dakota State University with a perfect 4.0 GPA and a research background applying deep learning and high-performance computing to large-scale bioinformatics and cancer image analysis. Chanaka combines industry experience in production recommendation systems (Facebook Marketplace, Commerce Growth Intelligence) with academic rigor from graduate research and teaching roles. Early-career contributions to WSO2 and participation in Google Summer of Code demonstrate a strong foundation in open-source and platform engineering. Colleagues describe him as a goal-driven engineer who bridges cutting-edge research and practical, scalable production systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science & Engineering, 3.6, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science & Engineering, 3.6 at University of MoratuwaMathematics, Mathematics at Bandaranayake College - GampahaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at North Dakota State University
English, Sinhalese
Github Skills (40)
java9
wso29
gateway9
datasource9
cloud-native8
rest8
openpgp8
programming-language8
interpreter7
api7
ballerina7
compiler7
wso2-api-manager7
microservices7
kong6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ChanakaCooray/Research-Proj-NetEmb
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:5 releases, 142 commits, 139 pushes in 7 months
ChanakaCooray/carbon-kernel
May 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:53 pushes, 19 branches in 1 year 7 months
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