Malintha Fernando
Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellow at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolMalintha Fernando is a multi-agent systems researcher and Digital Futures Postdoctoral Fellow at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, awarded a SEK 2M fellowship to advance cooperative decision-making for heterogeneous robot teams. With a PhD and MS in Intelligent Systems Engineering from Indiana University and over a decade of experience spanning academia and industry, he bridges game theory, reinforcement learning, and robotics in both research and teaching roles. His work has practical roots—from internships at Open Robotics to software engineering at WSO2—and focuses on autonomous driving and UAV coverage control. Based in Stockholm, he combines rigorous mathematical foundations with hands-on system-building and a track record of translating theoretical multi-agent ideas into applied robotics experiments. An understated strength is his sustained engagement with student and community organizations, reflecting a commitment to mentoring and collaborative research culture.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology (Honours), Information Technology (Honours) at University of MoratuwaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Robotics at Indiana University BloomingtonRoyal College Colombo
Github Skills (67)
ros10
robotics10
dynamics10
simulation10
crazyflie10
swarm10
protobuf9
ns39
api-management9
optimization9
operating-system9
visual-studio-code9
electron9
serialization9
typescript9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Malintha/SSML
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:31 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
malintha/geo_controller
Oct 2020 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
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