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

• PhD in Genomic Biostatistics, Old Dominion University, VA, USA
• MS in Statistics, University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA
• BSc in Statistics (First Class Honours), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

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. University of Colombo Senate Award for Research Excellence - Certificate of Commendation - For years 2020, 2021, and 2025.
4. Faculty Award for Research Excellence, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo - For years 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.
5. Faculty Award for Academic Outreach and Institution Development, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo - For years 2019 to 2024.
6. Graduate Statistician - Royal Statistical Society, 2014.
7. 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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