Deshani Poddenige
Researcher Phd Candidate
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDeshani Poddenige is a final-year PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne with a decade of software engineering experience spanning research, R&D, and open-source maintenance. She combines applied machine learning and numerical algorithms expertise—teaching and designing coursework for engineering students—with hands-on development experience from Sysco LABS and WSO2. As a long-standing Apache Allura committer and PMC member who began via Google Summer of Code, she brings deep familiarity with collaborative open-source governance and scalable project contributions. Her work blends academic rigor with production-focused engineering practices, evidenced by leading tutoring teams, creating assessment materials, and managing LMS workflows. Based in Melbourne, she leverages cross-cultural industry experience from Sri Lanka to Australia to drive reproducible research and robust software. Notably, she pairs PhD-level research with practical mentoring and curriculum design, making complex algorithms accessible to students and engineers alike.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Engineering (Hons) Computer Science & Engineering, BSc Engineering (Hons) Computer Science & Engineering at University of MoratuwaGCE Advanced Level (2013) Physical Sciences, GCE Advanced Level (2013) Physical Sciences at Viharamahadevi Girls' SchoolDoctor of Philosophy Information Technology, Doctor of Philosophy Information Technology at University of Melbourne, Australia
Github Skills (4)
python7
java6
apache5
big-data4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Vichalana/vichalana-anomaly-benchmark
Oct 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:18 commits, 14 pushes in 3 years 10 months
deshanigtk/AutomationManager-API
Sep 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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