Sameera Viswakula

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About me

I am a senior lecturer at the Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and I like coding and carrying out research.

Interests

  • Computational Statistics
  • Genomic Biostatistics
  • Biological Data Modeling
  • Machine Learning
  • Big Data Analytics
  • R Programming

Education

Experience

I have more than 15 years of experience in research, consultancy and teaching. I like to model data and communicate to public in efficent ways.

Honors and Awards

  1. President’s Award for Scientific Research - 2018 (Awarded in April, 2021)
  2. National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Research - 2020 (Awarded in May, 2025)
  3. Faculty Award for Research Excellence - 2024, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  4. Faculty Award for Academic Outreach and Institution Development - 2024, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  5. Faculty Award for Research Excellence - 2023, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  6. Faculty Award for Academic Outreach and Institution Development - 2023, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  7. University of Colombo Senate Award for Research Excellence (Awarded in recognition of excellence in research in the year 2021) - Certificate of Commendation
  8. University of Colombo Senate Award for Research Excellence (Awarded in recognition of excellence in research in the year 2020) - Certificate of Commendation
  9. Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Outreach - 2022, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  10. Faculty Award for Research Excellence - 2021, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  11. Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Outreach - 2021, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  12. Faculty Award for Research Excellence - 2020, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  13. Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Outreach - 2020, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  14. Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Outreach - 2019, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  15. Graduate Statistician - Royal Statistical Society, 2014
  16. Department of Statistics Gold Medal for the Final Year Statistics Project, 2008 University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Grants Received

  1. Science and Technology Human Resource Development Project, Ministry of Education funded by Asian Development Bank (Inter-university collaboration with Faculty of Technology, University of Kelaniya) - 2023-2024
  2. NSF Research Grants for Health Sciences (Co-investigator) - 2016-2022
  3. University of Colombo Small Research Grant (Investigator) - 2017

Research Publications

For updated research information, visit Google Scholar.

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