Namithaย Liyanage
Staff Quantum Error Correction Engineer at Riverlane
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNamitha Liyanage is a Staff Quantum Error Correction Engineer at Riverlane with seven years of experience bridging quantum research and high-performance digital design. She holds advanced degrees from Yale and Rice and completed a PhD-focused trajectory in computer science and quantum error correction, combining deep theoretical knowledge with hands-on FPGA implementation. Her background includes developing FPGA-based QEC algorithms at Qblox, leading video codec and HEVC-SCC FPGA projects, and contributing system-level kernel work to the Theseus OSโhighlighting a rare blend of quantum systems, embedded FPGA design, and OS-level reliability engineering. At Yale she translated research into practical engineering, and her contributions to restartable tasks and scheduler design in Theseus point to a strong focus on fault tolerance and performance. Based in New Haven, she pairs academic rigor with production-grade engineering and a demonstrated ability to scale low-level systems from research prototypes to robust implementations. An interesting through-line in her career is repeatedly turning algorithmic research into FPGA or kernel-level systems that improve real-time reliability and throughput.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Degree of BSc. of Engineering Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, Honours Degree of BSc. of Engineering Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering at University of MoratuwaMaster of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Yale UniversityG.C.E A/L 3A passes (Rank 14th in Sri Lanka), G.C.E A/L 3A passes (Rank 14th in Sri Lanka) at Royal College Colombo
English, Sinhalese
Github Skills (12)
kernel10
scheduling10
algorithms10
rust10
sched10
sys10
kernel-mode10
concurrency10
scheduler10
operating-system10
error-handling8
memory-management8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
theseus-os/Theseus
Mar 2019 - Sep 2020
Theseus is a modern OS written from scratch in Rust that explores ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง: closing the semantic gap between compiler and hardware by maximally leveraging the power of language safety and affine types. Theseus aims to shift OS responsibilities like resource management into the compiler.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:13 reviews, 19 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Namitha made significant contributions to the Theseus OS, focusing on core kernel functionality. Their work included implementing a new priority scheduler and related runqueue improvements, demonstrating a deep understanding of operating system internals. Further contributions included the refactoring of file and directory references, and implementing fault tolerance through restartable tasks and crate swapping. These changes highlight a focus on system reliability, performance, and architecture.
kernelshiftcompilersafetygap
NamiLiy/Helios_scalable_QEC
Mar 2021 - Mar 2023
FPGA implementation of distributed union find algorithm
Contributions:1 review, 173 commits, 16 PRs in 2 years
fpgaquantum-computing
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