PhD. Student at UIUC (5th year)
Compilers/Optimizations for ML and vice-versa.
Email: damitha2 (at) illinois.edu
About Me
I’m a PhD student in Computer Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working in the intersection of machine learning and optimizations/compilers. My thesis is focused on GALA: a GNN Domain Specific Language (DSL) and Compiler that can combine and explore optimizations at multiple granularities.
I’m advised by Prof. Charith Mendis and am part of the ADAPT group. I got my BSc. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Research Interests
- Optimizations
- Compilers
- Machine Learning
- Sparse Tensor Operations
Education
PhD in Computer Science (Expected graduation date: January 2027)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering (2020)
University of Moratuwa
News
- Feb 2026 - Presented our work on GRANII at CGO’26!
- May 2024 - I’ll be interning this summer at Samsung Semiconductor as a Compiler Research Intern!
- Oct 2025 - Presented our work on GALA at OOPSLA’25!
- Aug 2021 - Started a PhD at UIUC!
Contact
Feel free to reach out via email at damitha2@illinois.edu.
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