Lasal Jayawardena
37/2, 1/1 Wijayangalarama Road Kohuwala, Colombo 10250 | +94 76 667 9727
[email protected] | Website | LinkedIn | Kaggle | Github
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Problem Solving
Object-Oriented Programming
Data Analytics/Visualization
Big Data - PySpark, Hadoop, Hive
Mathematics - Calculus, Matrix
Algebra, Statistics, Bayesian Statistics
Cloud Services - GCP (limited), AWS
(limited)
Web Scrapping - BeautifulSoup,
Selenium
Automation and Scripting
Web Development - MERN Stack,
ReactJS, Redux
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB,
SQLITE3
Programming Languages: Python, R,
JavaScript, Java
IDE/Editors: Jupyter, VS Code,
InteliJ, Google Colab, Vim
Version Control: Git, Github, Gitlab
SKILLS &
PROFICIENCIES
Enthusiastic, Highly motivated Honors
AI/Data Science Undergraduate
passionate about Data Science, Deep
Learning, and Mathematics. Eager to
learn and adapt to different
environments as well as cultivate
leadership qualities.
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
World Top 100 and Sri Lanka No.1 Dataset Expert
Notebook Expert
Discussion Expert
Kaggle Expert X 3
www.Kaggle.com
January 2021 to Present
AI and Data Science Campus Ambassador
Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)
November 2020 to Present
Represent IIT's all AI/Data Science batches, and deal
with students from many backgrounds and cultures.
Director of PR
Mozilla and FOSS Community of IIT
December 2021 to Present
Advocating and Promoting, open source software and
software freedom.
WORK EXPERIENCE
First Year GPA - 4.0/4.0 (All As)
Campus Ambassador for AI and Data Science
Recipient of Cambridge High Achiever Award.
Cambridge A-Levels 3A stars for Mathematics,
Computer Science, and Physics.
Counselor Recommendation for School Career.
Sports Captain for Chess. Involved in Athletics,
Swimming, and Karate.
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, Scotland
BSc(Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
2020 - Present
Lyceum International School
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
High School Diploma
2008 - 2019
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Lasal Jayawardena
37/2, 1/1 Wijayangalarama Road Kohuwala, Colombo 10250 | +94 76 667 9727
[email protected] | Website | LinkedIn | Kaggle | Github
Ayush the AI Stethoscope -
Intelligent AI System used in Early
Diagnosis of Respiratory and Cardiac
Diseases.
Live COVID-19 Dashboard -
Real-Time Data Analytics project
built with Dash and Streamlit.
Aurora (Ongoing) -
MultiModal Depression Detection
and Treatment System.
English to French Translator -
AI application built to translate
English to French using a Deep LSTM
model architecture.
Piano Music Generator -
Application that generates piano
music notes using a Deep RNN
model architecture.
Space Radio Signal Classifier -
Classifier built on top of a CNN
architecture which analyzes the
Spectrogram of Signals from space.
Online Retail Recommender System -
Hybrid Recommendation system
with Matrix factorization and RNNs.
Cornell Movie Dialog Chatbot -
Chatbot developed using fictional
conversations from the Cornell
movie Dialog Corpus.
Udemy Course Recommender -
Course Recommender for Udemy
courses built with streamlit and ML.
Molecule Descriptor Application -
App built to calculate Molecular
Descriptors that can be used for
computational drug discovery.
PROJECTS
Cambridge High Achievers Award
Sri Lanka Chess - 2019/2020 National A Team
Member
Best Software Engineering/Artificial Intelligence/
Computer Science Project - Cutting Edge 2021
Most Creative Engineering/Artificial Intelligence/
Computer Science Project - Cutting Edge 2021
Hack IT 2021 Winner - Individual Hackathon
Organized by IET Club of Informatics Institute of
Technology (IIT)
PY-Hack 2021 2nd Place - Individual Hackathon
Organized by IEEE WIE Affinity Group of IIT
IET Hack 2021 3rd Place - Individual Hackathon
Organized by the IET club of IIT
Thinkwave 3.0 2nd Place - Team Ideathon
Organized by University of Moratuwa AIESEC Sri
Lanka.
TadHack 2021 3rd Place - Team Ideathon
Organized by hSenid and Dialog Axiata.
OpenHack 2021 3rd Place - Team Ideathon
Organized by FOSS and Mozilla Campus Club of
IIT.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sri Lanka Vehicle Prices Dataset
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35445.09448/1
The Dataset contains data about vehicle prices in Sri
Lanka collected from 2021. The dataset contains
attributes such as vehicle type, brand, model, condition,
manufacture year, etc. The data was obtained from Sri
Lanka's biggest online vehicle marketplaces.
PUBLICATIONS
Lasal Jayawardena
37/2, 1/1 Wijayangalarama Road Kohuwala, Colombo 10250 | +94 76 667 9727
[email protected] | Website | LinkedIn | Kaggle | Github
JPMorgan Chase & Co - Software
Engineer Virtual Experience
Goldman Sachs - Software
Engineering Program
KPMG - Data Analytics Virtual
Program
GE Aviation - Data Analytics Program
ANZ - Data@ANZ Virtual Program
Quantinum - Data Analytics Virtual
Experience
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EXTRACURRICULARS
Technical Writer and Compère for
the FOSS and Mozilla Campus Club
of IIT
Microsoft Edge and Windows Insider
Google Crowdsourcer
IBM Advocate
Member of IIT Toastmasters Club
and Former member of Serendib
Toastmasters Club
VOLUNTEERING &
AFFILIATIONS
Machine Learning by Andrew Ng - Certificate
Advanced Machine Learning Specialization by
HSE Russia - Certificate
Deep Neural Networks with PyTorch by IBM -
Certificate
Advanced Machine Learning on GCP by Google -
Certificate
TensorFlow 2 for Deep Learning Specialization
by Imperial College London - Certificate
Practical Deep Learning by Intel Corporation -
Certificate
Python Data Products for Predictive Analytics
Specialization by UC San Diego - Certificate
Applied Data Science with Python Specialization
by University of Michigan - Certificate
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate by
Google - Certificate
Google IT Automation Professional Certificate by
Google - Certificate
Analyzing and Visualizing Data in Looker by
Google Cloud - Certificate
Mathematics for Machine Learning Specialization
by Imperial College London - Certificate
Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data
Analysis by UCSC - Certificate
Integral Calculus through Data and Modeling
Specialization by John Hopkins University -
Certificate
Matrix Algebra for Engineers by HKUST Hong
Kong - Certificate
Data Science Maths by University of Duke -
Certificate
Cloud Computing Basics by LearnQuest -
Certificate
Object-Oriented Programming in Java
Specialization by UC San Diego - Certificate
Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed
Programming in Java Specialization by the
University of Rice - Certificate
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CERTIFICATIONS
Mr. Guhanathan Poravi
Senior Lecturer - Grade 1
Informatics Institute of Technology
57, Ramakrishna Road,
Colombo 06.
Email: [email protected]
Contact Number: 0775913330
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