I’m a second year Computer Science PhD student working with Prof. Immanuel Trummer in the College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University.

Before that, I was a Software Engineer at WSO2 developing language server features for the compiler backend of Ballerina Programming Language for 2 years. In 2021, I completed my Bachelors (honours) in Computer Science from University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka.

News

• Mar 2024 : GRASSHOPR Fellow - Graduate Student School Outreach Program at Cornell University.
• Jan 2024 : Attended WELEAD (Spring 2024) - A Cornell Engineering Leadership Program supporting Cornell engineers on their path to becoming powerful and inclusive future leaders.
• Aug 2023 : Awarded a Cornell University Fellowship for the Academic Year 2023/2024.
• Aug 2023 : Started my PhD in Computer Science at Cornell University!
• Nov 2022 : Published the book chapter “A Comprehensive Analysis of Aspect-Oriented Suggestion Extraction from Online Reviews” in Deep Learning Applications, Volume 4. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1434. Springer, Singapore.
• Oct 2022 : Awarded the ICT Student Award in Undergraduate Category at the National ICT Awards 2022 organized by Computer Society of Sri Lanka. Link
• Aug 2022 : Attended the Cornell, Maryland, Max-Planck Pre-Doctoral Research School (CMMRS) 2022 in Saarbruecken, Germany. Link
• Jul 2022 : Graduated from University of Colombo School of Computing with the following awards. Link
  1. Student of the Year Award 2020, University of Colombo - For excellence in academics, sports, aesthetic and cultural, leadership, conduct and character.
  2. Prof. Mohan Munasinghe Award in Computer Science 2020 - For achieving the highest GPA (3.98/ 4.0) in the Computer Science degree programme.
  3. Prof. V. K. Samaranayake Memorial Medal 2020 - For the Most Outstanding Graduate of the UCSC.
• Dec 2021 : Presented the research paper “Aspect Oriented Suggestion Extraction from Online Reviews” at 20th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) 2021.
• Nov 2021 : Presented “Improving Python Tools for Suricata: My Outreachy Internship” at SuriCon 2021, Boston, USA. Link
• May 2021 : Started working as a Software Engineer at WSO2.

Publications

1. Jayasekara, T.K., Weerasinghe, A.R., Welgama, W.V. (2023). A Comprehensive Analysis of Aspect-Oriented Suggestion Extraction from Online Reviews. In: Wani, M.A., Palade , V. (eds) Deep Learning Applications, Volume 4. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1434. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6153-3_5

2. T. Jayasekara, R. Weerasinghe and V. Welgama, Aspect Oriented Suggestion Extraction from Online Reviews, 2021 20th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2021, pp. 1561-1568, doi: 10.1109/ICMLA52953.2021.00250.