Madhawa Vidanapathirana
Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Engineering at Sanctuary AI
British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMadhawa Vidanapathirana is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in machine learning engineering with 11 years of experience building production computer vision systems. Currently at Sanctuary AI, he has advanced from ML production engineering and SLAM CUDA work to senior roles on the cognitive platform and ML engineering teams. Previously at Microsoft Mixed Reality he focused on semantic segmentation and stereo depth models and optimized CV/ML models for deployment formats like ONNX and SNPE. His academic work includes a Simon Fraser University M.Sc. thesis on converting floorplans and photos into textured 3D meshes, bridging research and applied systems. An active open-source contributor, he refactored and hardened a YOLOv3 Python wrapper—adding Cython bindings, OpenCV integration, memory-leak fixes, tests, and Docker support—to make real-time vision tooling more robust. Based in British Columbia, he combines deep low-level performance engineering (CUDA, memory management) with end-to-end ML deployment experience.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B Sc. Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, B Sc. Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering at University of MoratuwaGCE Advance Level, Physical Sciences, GCE Advance Level, Physical Sciences at Ananda CollegeProfessional Qualification, Accounting and Business/Management, Professional Qualification, Accounting and Business/Management at The Chartered Institute of Management AccountantsM. Sc. in Computing Science (Thesis), Computer Vision Machine Learning, M. Sc. in Computing Science (Thesis), Computer Vision Machine Learning at Simon Fraser University
Sinhalese, English
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Github Skills (11)
object-detection10
computer-vision10
opencv10
darknet10
python10
cython10
c-language8
docker8
dockers8
cprogramming-language8
tkinter6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
madhawav/YOLO3-4-Py
Apr 2018 - Nov 2021
A Python wrapper on Darknet. Compatible with YOLO V3.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 102 commits, 29 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Madhawa primarily refactored and enhanced the core functionalities of the YOLOv3 implementation. Their contributions focused on integrating OpenCV for image processing and creating a Python wrapper for the Darknet framework using Cython. They also fixed memory leaks within the image wrapper and made adjustments to accommodate different compilation configurations. The user improved the project by adding automated tests and docker files to facilitate efficient development and deployment.
pytorchpythonyolo3python-wrapperobject-detection
madhawav/WavesSimulator
Jan 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
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