About Me

If you are a student who is interested in working with me in a research project, please check the Signal Insights Lab's page.

I'm a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science in University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC), Sri Lanka. I did my PhD in the field of security and digital forensics from University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland in the year 2020. During my PhD studies, I worked with the Forensic & Security Research (ForSec) group and Artificial Intelligence Solution for Cyber Security, Digital Forensics and Smart Systems (ASEADOS) lab of UCD. Before starting my PhD research, I worked with the Sustainable Computing Research (SCoRe) group until the year 2017. I obtained my bachelors degree from the University of Colombo School of Computing in the year 2013.

My research interests revolve around Internet of Things, digital forensics, and security with a special interest towards side channels and covert channels. I'm an admirer of open-source movement and a heavy user of the GNU/Linux operating system. I love reading books on any topic that grabs my attention from science, history, fiction, politics, philosophy to everything else. If you are an avid reader too, follow me on BookWyrm, a decentralised social network for readers. I'm occasionally writing a blog as well, which you can access in Blogspot.

Useful Links:

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n8BELL8AAAAJ&hl=en
• UCSC Web: https://ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/profile/asa
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Asanka-Sayakkara
• ORCID:
  orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-7913
• Mastodon: https://mas.to/@asayakkara

"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers." --- Carl Sagan

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Contact:

• Email: asa[at]ucsc[dot]cmb[dot]ac[dot]lk