P Chamikara
Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO's Data61
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolP Chamikara is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO’s Data61 with a decade of research and teaching experience spanning Sri Lanka and Australia, focused on data privacy, distributed privacy-preserving ML, explainable AI, and human-centric cybersecurity. He earned a PhD from RMIT and was recognized during his doctorate with top research awards, later collecting multiple CSIRO excellence and industry recognition awards, including NSW iAwards merit. Chamikara combines rigorous academic publication record in top venues (AAAI, WWW, CIKM, AsiaCCS, IEEE) with practical impact in collaborative, customer-facing projects at Data61 and the CSCRC. Formerly a lecturer at the University of Peradeniya, he brings classroom experience and mentorship to applied research teams, often bridging theory and deployable solutions. Notably, his career progression from PhD researcher to senior scientist within Data61 underscores a consistent trajectory of translating privacy-preserving research into nationally recognised outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science, Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science at University of PeradeniyaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at RMIT University
English, Sinhalese
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Github contributions (4)
chamikara1986/PABIDOT
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes in 9 months
chamikara1986/LDPFL
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:30 commits, 11 pushes in 9 days
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