Academic and administrative position

• present2014

  Senior Lecturer (Gr I)

  Department of Statistics, UoC

• 20142008

  Senior Lecturer (Gr II)

  Department of Statistics, UoC

• 20011995

  Statistical Officer

  Department of Statistics & Computer Science, University of Colombo

• 20112010

  Coordinator/MSc in Applied Statistics Programme

  Department of Statistics, University of Colombo

• 20172013

  Academic Mentor for undergraduate industrial internship programme

  Department of Statistics, University of Colombo

• 20132013

  Visiting Lecturer

  Department of Statistics, University of Kelaniya

• 20102008

  Academic Advisor

  Stat Circle, Faculty of Science, UoC

• 20162015

  External Examiner Undergraduate

  South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

• 20192018

  Visiting Fellow

  School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics at Western Sydney University, Australia

• 20082001

  Lecturer

  Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

• 20172010

  Coordinator, Joint Special Degree programs

  University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) and the Faculty of Science

• 20172015

  Member

  Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee, Faculty of Science

• 2013, 2015, 20172009

  Visiting Lecturer

  Department of Statistics, University of Sri Jayawardenepura

• 20132008

  Temporary Student Counselor

  University of Colombo

• 20062004

  Research Students’ Representative

  Research and Professional Development Group (RPDG) in the School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, University of Ballarat, Australia

Positions held in professional bodies

• 20182016

  Editor

  Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics

• 20132013

  President/Section E1

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

• 20142012

  Member of the council /Section E1

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

• 20112009

  Secretary

  Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka (ASASL)

• 20112011

  Chairperson/ Local Program Committee

  International Statistics Conference, 2011 (Jointly organized by the Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka, University of Colombo & University of Sydney Australia)

• 20122012

  Member

  International Program Committee of the 1st ISM INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONFERENCE, organized by the University of Technology, Malaysia

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  Memberships

  International Institute of Forecasters (IIF)

• --

  Memberships

  Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

Consultations

• --

  Team Leader/Consultant

  the project titled ‘Developing Forecasting Models for Non- Performing Loans’ (stages 1 & 2) undertaken by the University of Colombo Science and Technology Cell

• 20182015

  Member/Editorial Board

  Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics

• 20122012

  Vice President

  Section E1, SLAAS

• 20142014

  Member

  Science and Technology Advisory Committee of SLAAS

• 20182012

  Member

  Executive Committee of the Institute of Applied Statistics

• 20102010

  Chairperson

  Conference Organizing Committee: International Statistics Conference (Organized by Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka).

• 20142014

  Member

  Technical Committee, International Statistics Conference

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  Memberships

  International Institute of Forecasters (IIF)

Special projects

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  An improved probabilistic neural network model for predicting the direction of a stock market index

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  Dynamic Environment Based Clustering and Hybrid Forecasting (DEC-HyF) Model: An Application to EUR/USD Exchange Rate

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  Developing Forecasting Models for Non- Performing Loans (Stage I & II)

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  Data driven modelling and Spatio-temporal Data Analysis