Dulanga Jayawardena

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Work | 31 December 2020

VBrands — Technology Consultant & Digital Operations

At VBrands, I wore multiple hats across software development, automation, and digital operations for the company’s e-commerce platform and fulfillment pipeline. The role was deeply hands-on — backend...

Education | 30 June 2020

Studying Systems Engineering at CUHK

During my time at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), I combined coursework, projects, and extracurricular activities to build a strong foundation across software engineering, data science, an...

Research | 31 May 2020

Simulating the Spread of Opinions in Social Networks

How do opinions spread through social networks? This project explored that question using two well-known models in opinion dynamics: DeGroot (linear) and Bounded Confidence (non-linear), and proposed...

Education | 1 December 2018

Doing my exchange semester at Dartmouth College

During my exchange at Dartmouth College, I studied at the intersection of health technology, materials science, and engineering design — working in advanced labs and alongside some of the brightest mi...

Engineering | 1 December 2017

Restaurant Recommender — Data-Driven Restaurant Discovery

With full control over search weightings, the tool made restaurant hunting more data-driven and personalized — and it even led us to discover some of our favorite hidden gems, including Amazing Ramen,...

Education | 31 July 2015

Excelling at Elizabeth Moir School

I completed my A-Level studies at Elizabeth Moir School in Colombo, Sri Lanka, specializing in the Math Stream — Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Further Mathematics.