CV

Academic CV for Dineth Sanjula Jayakody.

Contact Information

Name Dineth Sanjula Jayakody
Professional Title Ph.D. Student in Computer Science
Email djaya003@odu.edu
Location Norfolk, Virginia

Professional Summary

Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Old Dominion University. Research in applied machine learning, biomedical imaging, causal inference, and NLP. B.Sc. (Hons) Electrical and Information Engineering, First Class Honours, University of Ruhuna (OGPA 3.94/4.00).

Experience

  • 2026 - present

    Norfolk, VA

    Graduate School Ambassador
    Old Dominion University
  • 2025 - present

    Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
    Cross-disciplinary lab work in computer science, data science, and physics, focused on biomedical imaging, causal inference, and AI for healthcare.
    • Optical neural network designs
    • Out-of-distribution detection and trustworthy ML
    • Causal inference for biomedical imaging and NLP
  • 2026 - 2027

    Norfolk, VA

    Treasurer
    Computer Science Graduate Society, Old Dominion University
  • 2025 - 2025

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Software Engineer
    Codegen International (Pvt.) Ltd.
    • Built enterprise applications with a focus on scalability and maintainability
    • Fine-tuned LLMs with instruction tuning and LoRA
    • Implemented RAG pipelines with vector databases
    • Deployed LLM applications with prompt engineering and hallucination reduction
  • 2024 - 2025

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Trainee Software Engineer
    Codegen International (Pvt.) Ltd.
    • Worked on NLP and aspect-based sentiment analysis
    • Data preprocessing, model optimization, and evaluation on SemEval and domain datasets
  • 2024 - 2024

    Galle, Sri Lanka

    Student Instructor
    Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna
    • Taught electronics and telecommunications laboratory sessions
    • Designed experiments and assessed undergraduate performance
  • 2023 - 2023
    Vice Chairman
    IEEE Communications Society, University of Ruhuna

Education

  • 2025 - 2028

    Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Ph.D.
    Old Dominion University
    Computer Science
    • Graduate Research Assistant, Wadduwage Lab
  • 2021 - 2025

    Galle, Sri Lanka

    B.Sc. (Hons), First Class Honours
    University of Ruhuna
    Electrical and Information Engineering
  • 2024 - 2024

    Chennai, India

    Certificate
    Vellore Institute of Technology
    AR/VR and Robotics
  • 2019 - 2020

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Diploma
    E-soft Metro Campus
    Information Technology

Awards

  • 2025
    Ronnie De Mel Gold Medal
    University of Ruhuna

    Best engineering graduate with the highest overall GPA in the batch (First Class Honours).

  • 2025
    Dr. A.D.V. Premaratne Memorial Gold Medal
    University of Ruhuna

    Highest OGPA in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering.

  • 2025
    BOC Award Gold Medal
    University of Ruhuna

    Best overall student in the batch.

  • 2025
    Vice Chancellor's Award
    University of Ruhuna

    Best overall student in academics and extracurricular activities over four years.

  • 2024
    Dean's Award for Best Overall Performance
    University of Ruhuna

    Best overall student in academics and extracurricular activities (2021–2024).

Publications

Skills

Programming: Python, C, C++, MATLAB
Machine Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Hugging Face, Scikit-learn, OpenCV, causal inference, XAI
NLP and LLMs: BERT, DeBERTa, T5, GPT, RAG, LangChain, prompt engineering
Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP, Azure, FastAPI, Flask

Projects

  • Optical Neural Networks

    Compact optical neural network architectures for AI-driven perception and computation.

  • Trustworthy ML for Biomedical Imaging

    Causal and hypothesis-driven methods for robustness, including OoD detection and proof-by-contradiction.

  • Domain-Specific Sentiment Analysis

    Aspect-based sentiment analysis for textual feedback, including Instruct-DeBERTa.

References

  • Assistant Prof. Dushan Wadduwage

    dwadduwa@odu.edu — Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University

  • Dr. Chatura Seneviratne

    chatura@eie.ruh.ac.lk — Senior Lecturer, University of Ruhuna

  • Dr. Kushan Sudheera

    kushan@eie.ruh.ac.lk — Senior Lecturer, University of Ruhuna