Summary
Shanaka 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 Moratuwa
CCNP, Routing and switching, CCNP, Routing and switching at Winsys Sri Lanka
Royal College Colombo
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering at Keio University