Samitha Samaranayake
Associate Professor
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSamitha Samaranayake is an Associate Professor at Cornell with 13 years of experience at the intersection of algorithm design and large-scale transportation systems, specializing in integrating fixed-line public transit with demand-responsive services. He applies an Algorithm Engineering approach, translating data-driven heuristics into provable methods and vice versa, and has a strong track record of deploying and validating algorithms with transit agencies and private operators. His background spans top research and industry labs—including MIT LIDS, UC Berkeley, INRIA, and Oracle—combining deep theoretical expertise in graph algorithms, stochastic optimization, and control with practical systems-building experience. Samitha’s work is notable for calibrating models on real-world transit data and closing the loop through simulation and live deployments, a practice that sets his research apart from purely theoretical studies. Based in Ithaca, NY, he also brings international exposure from a Fulbright stint at DTU and long-term participation in IPAM programs focused on autonomous vehicles and traffic flow.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Systems Engineering, PhD, Systems Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyM.Eng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.Eng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM.Sc., Management Science and Engineering (Operations Research), M.Sc., Management Science and Engineering (Operations Research) at Stanford University
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tiagoantao/lositan
Jul 2012 - Jun 2013
Lositan/Mcheza selection detection workbench
Contributions:6 commits in 10 months
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