Research Interests

  • Robust Statistics
  • Time Series Forecasting
  • Survey and Sampling
  • Statistical Modeling

Undergraduate Research

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    • Attention mechanism based LSTM approach in forecasting the Colombo Consumer Price Index(CCPI) (Co Supervisor – 2023/2024)
    • Enhancing Portfolio Optimization Through Alternative Data Integration (Supervisor – 2024/2025)
    • Forecasting Tea, Textiles, and Apparel Exports in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study of Traditional Time Series, Machine Learning, and Hybrid Models (Supervisor – 2024/2025)
    • Enhancing Sleep Stage Classification with Vision Transformers:  A Study on Image Transformations, Data Augmentation, and Model Optimization(Supervisor – 2024/2025)
    • A Comparative Evaluation of Econometric and Hybrid Models for Inflation Forecasting during Structural Breaks (Supervisor- 2025/2026)
    • Robustness in Quantile Regression: An Influence Function Approach to Loss Function Selection (Supervisor- 2025/2026)
    • An Investigation of Residual-Based Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Heteroscedastic Neural Regression Models (Supervisor- 2025/2026)
    • Pattern Recognition and Cognitive Diversity in Agent‑Based Financial Markets: Effects on Trading Behaviour and Financial Market Dynamics (Supervisor- 2025/2026)

Postgraduate Research

  • Tourist dynamics during the economic crisis of Sri Lanka and forecasting tourist arrivals (Supervisor – 2023/2024)
  • Developing a Forecasting Model for the Electricity Consumption in CEB (Supervisor – 2024/2025)
  • Modelling and Forecasting Monthly Fuel Demand in Sri Lanka (Supervisor – 2025/2026)