Yasitha Rajapaksha
Teaching Assistant at North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolYasitha Rajapaksha is a Ph.D. student in computer science at North Carolina State University and a teaching assistant with nine years of practical experience bridging academia and industry. With a B.Sc.Eng in Computer Engineering and prior roles as a demonstrator and a software engineering intern at WSO2, he combines solid engineering foundations with classroom and research mentorship. His doctoral work focuses on improving educational games by modeling player preferences and dynamically tuning game parameters to deliver personalized learning experiences. Passionate about game design and user-centric adaptability, he brings both empirical research methods and software engineering rigor to iterative game improvement. Based in Raleigh, he leverages his background in computer engineering to translate research insights into usable systems that enhance engagement and learning outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science of Engineering(B.Sc.Eng), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science of Engineering(B.Sc.Eng), Computer Engineering at University of PeradeniyaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityPresident's College Embilipitiya
English, Sinhalese, Tamil
Github Skills (12)
discord-js5
discord-bot5
reusability5
discord-py5
tracks4
discord4
crossword3
api-management3
artifact3
science3
artifacts2
computer-science2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
qchen59/TeachersPetBot
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
TeachersPet is a Discord Bot for class instructors to streamline their Discord servers
Contributions:7 PRs, 13 pushes, 9 comments in 4 months
streamlinediscord-jsdiscordbotinstructors
Arcane94/carbon-device-mgt
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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