Dushan Wadduwage
Assistant Professor (tenure-track) In Data Science, Computer Science, & Physics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDushan Wadduwage is a tenure-track Assistant Professor bridging data science, computer science, and physics with a decade of expertise building computational microscopy systems that fuse optics, compressive sensing, information theory, and machine learning. He leads the Wadduwage Lab and has held research and fellowship roles at Harvard, MIT, and the Singapore‑MIT Alliance, translating advanced algorithmic ideas into bespoke optical instruments for biological and medical applications. His background spans both academic rigor (PhD and postdoc training in biomedical optics) and practical engineering, including teaching software for computational bio-imaging and early industry experience at Huawei. Notably, he consults on computational imaging for HHMI, reflecting a knack for moving prototype technologies toward real-world research and clinical impact.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Honours, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, First Class, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Honours, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, First Class at University of MoratuwaPostdoctoral Training, Biomedical Optics, Postdoctoral Training, Biomedical Optics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D. (Singapore-MIT Alliance Graduate Fellowship), Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D. (Singapore-MIT Alliance Graduate Fellowship), Biological and Biomedical Sciences at National University of Singapore
Sinhalese, English
Github Skills (5)
evolution5
modeling4
visualization3
python3
pytorch2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dushanw/MC_LightScattering
Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:33 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
dushanw/RPN_RCN_roiExtractor
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:126 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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