ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) · 2026
Karunanayake Shaveen Avindra Silva
Shaveen Silva
Computer Science & Engineering
Hello there :) I'm a final-year Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate at the University of Moratuwa, with a strong foundation in mathematics and computer science and experience in both research and engineering. My fundamentals help me pick up new concepts quickly and work across different technical domains. Right now, I'm interested in doing impactful research at the intersection of machine learning and computer systems.
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Education
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Engineering
Mar 2023 - Present
University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Majoring in Computer Science and Engineering with a minor in Mathematics.
- CGPA: 3.91 / 4.0 (First Class)
GCE Advanced Level
2022
St. Joseph's College, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Distinctions in Physics, Chemistry and Combined Mathematics.
- Z-score: 2.6047 (top 0.5% in the country).
Work Experience
Software Engineer (Backend & DevOps)
FlowsXR - Singapore (remote)
Jul 2026 - Present
- Develop and maintain a microservices-based backend supporting wearable platforms.
- Manage Kubernetes deployments on GKE and supporting infrastructure on Google Cloud.
Teaching Assistant
University of Moratuwa - Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Jul 2026 - Present
- CS3501: Data Science and Engineering Project.
Visiting Scholar
Augmented Human Lab, National University of Singapore - Singapore
Dec 2025 - Jun 2026
- Worked on head-mounted wearable platforms.
- Built an SDK for a custom Android-based wearable platform to allow for rapid prototyping.
- Developed hybrid on-device and cloud ML pipelines to help blind and low-vision (BLV) users navigate and understand their surroundings.
Software Engineering Intern
Vector Agents - Colombo, Sri Lanka
May 2025 - Nov 2025
- Researched, designed, and implemented production agentic AI systems.
- Led a project from ideation to deployment for a leading bank in Sri Lanka for automating letter of credit document verification.
Publications
10th Workshop on Affective Behavior Analysis in-the-Wild (ABAW), IEEE/CVF CVPR · 2026
Two-Stage Multimodal Framework for Emotion Mimicry Intensity Prediction
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Research
Mechanistic Analysis of Factual Recall in Vision Language Models
2026 | Paper under review, ACL Rolling Review
How vision language models internally organise the facts they recall about visual entities.
- Studied how vision language models internally organise the facts they recall about visual entities.
- Built VADIS, a benchmark to evaluate interpretability methods on factual attribute disentanglement for visual entities.
- Showed that distributed alignment search (DAS) achieves selective control at intermediate depth and that attribute subspaces transfer partially between visual and textual inputs.
Vision language modelsInterpretabilityDistributed alignment search
Graph-RAG
Colombo Stock Exchange Explorer
2025
A knowledge graph over the Colombo Stock Exchange with natural-language querying.
- Engineered a knowledge graph from unstructured data to map entities and relationships within the Colombo Stock Exchange.
- Implemented a Graph-RAG pipeline allowing complex natural-language queries over the graph.
Agentic AI
Alloy: Multi-Agentic Personal Assistant
2025
A multi-agent personal assistant for task orchestration across domains.
- Built a multi-agent personal assistant leveraging LangGraph, enabling intelligent task orchestration across multiple domains.
- Sold the product IP to a private company.
LangGraphPythonReact
Programming Languages
RPAL Interpreter
2025
An interpreter with a lexical analyser, tree-based parser and CSE machine.
- Built an interpreter for the RPAL programming language, including a lexical analyser, tree-based parser, and CSE engine.
- Strengthened understanding of compiler design and programming language construction principles.
Java GitHub
Computer Architecture
FPGA Based Nanoprocessor
2023
A VHDL nanoprocessor with a custom ISA, validated on a Basys3 FPGA.
- Designed and implemented a VHDL-based nanoprocessor with core processor components and a custom ISA.
- Deployed the design on a Basys3 FPGA for hardware-level validation.
Skills
Programming Languages
PythonJavaScriptJavaC++
Machine Learning
PyTorchHugging FacePandasNumPyscikit-learnMatplotlibTensorFlow
Database Systems
MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDB
Agentic Libraries
CrewAILangGraph
Cloud Technologies
AWSGCP
Platforms
LinuxWindows
Soft Skills
LeadershipWritingPublic SpeakingEvent Management
Hackathons & Competitions
Oct 2024
IEEExtreme 18.0
Global Competitive Programming Contest
Ranked 83rd globally among 6,500+ teams and 4th in Sri Lanka.
DetailsLeadership Experience
Secretary
Gavel Club, University of Moratuwa
Student Representative
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Vice Captain
College Rowing Team, St. Joseph's College
Deputy Head Prefect
St. Joseph's College
Languages
- English - Professional working proficiency
- Sinhala - Native proficiency
Interests
TravelRunningHealth and Well-beingSci-FiFormula 1Fusion
Additional Qualifications
Chartered Financial Analyst Level I
Aug 2025
CFA Institute
Cleared CFA Level I with 1,815 points.
CIMA
Feb 2022 - Feb 2024
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Exams-passed finalist.
Contact Me
Feel free to reach out about research, collaborations or opportunities.