Shanaka A
Collaborative Researcher
Kawasaki, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolShanaka A is an innovative researcher and systems engineer with nine years of experience blending IoT, drone OS security, edge computing, and digital-twin research across Japan, the US, and Sri Lanka. Currently a collaborative researcher at Keio University, he contributes to IEEE P2992 and partnered with NIST to build proof-of-concept digital twins based on IEEE 1451 standards. At ACSL he architected secure firmware flows, secure-boot integrations for Nvidia and Qualcomm controllers, and production-grade CI/CD and DevOps for robotics and drone platforms while driving ISO27001 practices. His PhD work pioneered containerized DPDK-based edge platforms for smart cities, and earlier roles include custom assembler and ML work for many-core dataflow processors. Certified in cloud security and machine learning and holder of PMP and CISSP, he pairs deep research rigor with hands-on product delivery and a knack for translating academic standards into deployable systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0, Master’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0 at University of MoratuwaCCNP, Routing and switching, CCNP, Routing and switching at Winsys Sri LankaRoyal College ColomboDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering at Keio University
Github Skills (11)
tcp8
userspace8
docker-container8
ubuntu7
dpdk7
rhel7
circular-buffer6
coroutines6
freebsd6
simulation2
energyplus2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
shanakaprageeth/gprof_sprof_profiling
Jun 2019 - Mar 2025
software profiling example through gprof and sprof tools
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 9 months
shanakaprageeth/cpp_playground
Aug 2019 - Mar 2025
Cpp techniques
Contributions:4 PRs, 30 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 8 months
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