Madhukara Kekulandara
Assistant Professor at Rhode Island College
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
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Top SchoolMadhukara Kekulandara is an Assistant Professor and software engineer with a decade of experience building backend systems and teaching software engineering, currently pursuing advanced studies in computer science at the University of Rhode Island. He has strong hands-on expertise in Java (J2EE/Spring/Hibernate), REST API design, Python, PHP, and database-backed enterprise systems, having implemented secure tokenized APIs for mobile wallets and managed student codebases as a graduate teaching assistant. His background spans industry roles from RFID-enabled admin portals to senior backend engineering for fintech-like mobile wallets, giving him practical production experience alongside academic research. Known for translating classroom instruction into real-world engineering practices, he combines mentorship with a pragmatic focus on secure, maintainable APIs and developer workflows.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Rhode IslandBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 2nd Class Upper Division, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 2nd Class Upper Division at University of KelaniyaProfessional Graduate Diploma, Information Technology, Professional Graduate Diploma, Information Technology at British Computer SocietyG.C.E A/L, Mathamatics, G.C.E A/L, Mathamatics at Dharmaraja college
Sinhalese, English
Github Skills (7)
python1
machine-learning1
caffe1
deep-learning1
tensorflow1
chainer1
uri1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mkekulandara/ChatBotProlog
Feb 2019 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
mkekulandara/Datascience_workshops
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
Notebooks from my python datascience workshop series
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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