Ravin Gunawardena
Forward Deployed Engineer at UNSW
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolRavin Gunawardena is a forward-deployed engineer and PhD candidate at UNSW with eight years of experience at the intersection of machine learning, data analytics, and cybersecurity. His research focuses on covert adversarial attacks against ML models—especially manipulations of time-series network and cyber-physical system data—and on developing defenses to harden intrusion detection systems. He has a strong teaching and mentoring track record, having taught networking and OS concepts to hundreds of students and designed hands-on kernel assignments. A First Class Honours graduate from the University of Moratuwa, Ravin combines academic rigor with applied engineering, now bringing research-led security insights into industry via NewtonRussell. He is notable for translating subtle, research-grade attack techniques into practical threat models, making him adept at both offense-aware design and resilient system engineering.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Eng Hons Computer Science, BSc Eng Hons Computer Science at University of MoratuwaHigh School Physical Sciences, High School Physical Sciences at Royal College ColomboUNSW Sydney
Sinhalese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
neural-network6
boto6
linux6
ride6
sqlite6
tensorflow6
sequence6
python6
numpy6
simulation3
cooperation2
meter2
data-driven2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
RavinSG/obsidian-cyber
Feb 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:155 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
RavinSG/Computational_Biology
Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:103 commits, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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