Gihan Jayatilaka
Graduate Teaching Assistant
College Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolGihan Jayatilaka is a PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Computer Science at the University of Maryland with a decade of experience teaching algorithms and supporting computer engineering curricula. He has blended academic research and practical instruction—from undergraduate lab facilitation in digital design and computer architecture to research internships at Futurewei and visiting work at LARC—demonstrating a strong foundation in both systems and algorithmic thinking. Gihan’s teaching portfolio includes multiple offerings of CMSC 351, signaling clear communication skills and mentorship for diverse student cohorts. His background bridging the University of Peradeniya and UMD suggests adaptability across international research and education environments, and his concise personal site (gihan.me) hints at a preference for focused, approachable technical communication.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at University of PeradeniyaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Maryland
Sinhalese, English
Github Skills (101)
displays10
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computer-science10
infer10
computer-engineering10
science10
sensor10
screen-time10
jekyll10
ranking10
contrastive-learning10
react10
representation-learning9
object-detection9
toolbox9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gihanjayatilaka/BCI-Project
May 2018 - May 2020
An attempt to infer what a person is seeing by analyzing the EEG signals from the scalp outside the visual cortex.
Contributions:46 commits, 3 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 year 11 months
analyzingcortexinferpersondeep-learning
cepdnaclk/maintenance
Jul 2022 - Nov 2024
This repository contains the scripts and instructions for cepdnaclk github organization maintainance
Contributions:47 PRs, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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