Senior Lecturer in Networking & Data securityUG/PG Teaching areas: Networking, Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, Computer Graphics, Information Security Management, Information Management Software Tools, Information Systems Project Management, etc. Research interests: Cyber security, data processing and transmission, QoE evaluation, Data visualization, etc.

Member of EPSRC Peer Review Associate College

I am currently working for Wireless Multimedia & Networking (WMN) Research Group at Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University-London as a senior researcher. My current research interests are robust and efficient transmission of 2D/3D/medical video, real-time 2D/3D video quality assessment and error resilience/concealment methods for emerging 2D/3D/medical video services.

My research aimed at providing QoS support for emerging 3-D video communication application. I was a key member of VISNET II Network of Excellence (NoE) of IST FP6 programme and contributed and shared my skills/knowledge in the areas of robust immersive multimedia communications.

Responsibilities:•Trained company staff and external organizations on data communication technology (theory, equipment configuration, etc)•Evaluation of tender documents (e.g. tenders for new switching equipments/exchanges)•Overall management of the main training centre of Sri Lanka Telecom •Prepared for ISO 9000-2000 quality standardAchievements and skills gained:•Contributed to develop new training courses in the fields of data communications and telecommunications (e.g. Edexcel HND in Electronics and Telecommunications) •Gained in depth knowledge about switching (circuit switching, NGN, BT Training course on C7 Signalling for GSM Roaming and INAP), transmission technologies •Management skills•Team working experience gained through working in a large organization with multi-disciplinary departments

Coordinated Telecommunication Projects (e.g. Upgrading AT & T switch at Sri Lanka Telecom HQ, Relocating International switching gateway at Sri Lanka Telecom HQ)Prepared proposal documents for telecommunication system upgradesConducted feasibility studies and fact findingsAchievements and skills gained:Study in depth about AT & T switching systemPreparing tender documents for telecommunication projectsProject coordination skillsExperience of being in a multi-disciplinary team