PhD Researcher · AI & Computing

Building trustworthy, efficient AI.

I research multi-agent reasoning, energy-efficient deep learning, and computer vision — with award-winning publications and accessible AI applications.

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About

Researcher in trustworthy & efficient AI

I am a fully funded PhD researcher at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, working on the Global Ontological Reasoning Layer (GORL) for semantic interoperability in multi-agent conversational AI. My work spans trustworthy multi-agent reasoning, energy-efficient deep learning, computer vision, and multimodal AI — including accessible AI applications such as sign-language recognition. I have led first-author collaborations with researchers from Oxford, Newcastle, Stirling, Swansea, Surrey, and RGU, and have authored multiple peer-reviewed publications, including a Best Paper Award.

6+
Peer-reviewed papers
1
Best Paper Award
SSL400
First large-scale Sinhala SL dataset
6+
University collaborations
Experience

Research & professional path

2025 — Present

PhD Researcher · Robert Gordon University

Aberdeen, Scotland — fully funded studentship
  • Researching the Global Ontological Reasoning Layer (GORL) for semantic interoperability in multi-agent conversational AI.
  • Developing trustworthy multi-agent reasoning frameworks with structured knowledge representation, provenance, and verifiable agent communication.
2026 — Present

Visiting Lecturer · Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT)

  • Supervise undergraduate final-year research projects.
May 2025 — Present

Voluntary Researcher · Newcastle University

England — remote research collaboration
  • Working with Dr. Oktay Cetinkaya and Prof. Rishad Shafik on ML-driven food spoilage detection.
2020 — Present

Independent Researcher

  • Led first-author collaborations across Oxford, Newcastle, Stirling, Swansea, Surrey, and RGU.
  • Built TaproQA (agentic RAG QA) and EvoAgent (evolutionary optimization) for international challenges.
  • Created SSL400 and designed lightweight models via multi-objective optimization (NSGA-II, Optuna).
May 2023 — Aug 2025

Data Analytics & Engineer · Forestpin (Pvt) Ltd

  • Led development and deployment of the Forestpin Sanctions Screening Service.
  • Implemented phonetic name-matching algorithms over large datasets.
  • Built and optimized a Node.js/React API deployed on Azure (Linux).
Selected work

Projects & research

Each project has its own page with details, photos, conference videos, and links. Open any to explore.

Let's collaborate

Open to research collaborations, talks, and supervision discussions.