Kasun Amarasinghe
Senior Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolKasun Amarasinghe is a Senior Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University with a decade of experience applying machine learning to public policy and social good. He builds applied ML systems that prioritize transparency and equity, translating research into tools used by governments and NGOs. His background spans academic research and real-world deployments—from an NLP system that cut response times for a Ugandan legal aid nonprofit to ML projects for national labs in cybersecurity, energy, and healthcare. With a PhD in Computer Science and a track record of bridging interdisciplinary teams, he combines rigorous methodological work with practical system development that informs high-stakes decision making.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at University of PeradeniyaTrinity College KandyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University
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Github Skills (15)
prediction10
artificial-intelligence10
modeling10
data-science9
python9
science9
machine-learning9
flutter-listview6
regex6
flutter6
credentials1
blueteam1
secrets1
secrets-detection1
security1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dssg/lorax
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Speaks for the trees by providing individual feature importances from random forests.
Contributions:75 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 1 month
individualpythonmachine-learningforestsrandom-forests
dssg/donors-choose
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years
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