Chanuka is a Research Intern with the Data, Algorithms, and Policy (DAP) team at LIRNEasia. He has a keen interest in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence with a specific interest in applications of computer vision. His work was recently recognized when he won 2nd place at IEEE’s Standards for secure and trusted learning systems competition held in Valencia, Spain.
At LIRNEasia, his current work involves using remote sensing for public policy-related applications and building machine learning datasets at the intersection of climate change and energy. He is a final-year undergraduate at the University of Kelaniya in Computer Science.