Yasitha Liyanage

Yasitha Liyanage

Senior Data and Applied Scientist

Microsoft Corporation

Biography

Yasitha Liyanage is a Senior Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft.

Research Interests

  • Statistical Signal Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Cloud Computing
  • Optimization Theory

Education

  • PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, August 2017 - January 2022

    The State University of New York at Albany

  • BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, March 2013 - October 2016

    University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Senior Data and Applied Scientist

Microsoft Corporation

March 2024 – Present Redmond, Washington
 
 
 
 
 

Data and Applied Scientist–II

Microsoft Corporation

Jan 2022 – March 2024 Redmond, Washington
 
 
 
 
 

Applied Scientist Intern

Amazon Capital Services, Inc

May 2021 – Aug 2021 Seattle, WA
 
 
 
 
 

Applied Scientist Intern

Amazon Capital Services, Inc

Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 Seattle, WA
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Research Assistant

The State University of New York at Albany

Aug 2017 – Dec 2021 Albany, New York
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Peradeniya

Nov 2016 – Jul 2017 Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Recent Publications

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Interpretability in the Context of Sequential Cost-Sensitive Feature Acquisition

Yasitha Warahena Liyanage, Daphney-Stavroula Zois
DOI

Aegis: Attribution of Control Plane Change Impact across Layers and Components for Cloud Systems

Xiaohan Yan, Ken Hsieh, Yasitha Warahena Liyanage, Minghua Ma, Murali Chintalapati, Qingwei Lin, Yingnong Dang, Dongmei Zhang
DOI

Dynamic Feature Selection for Classification in Structured Environments

Sachini Piyoni Ekanayake, Yasitha Warahena Liyanage, Daphney-Stavroula Zois
DOI

Dynamic Instance-Wise Classification in Correlated Feature Spaces

Yasitha Warahena Liyanage, Daphney-Stavroula Zois, Charalampos Chelmis
DOI

Dynamic Instance-Wise Joint Feature Selection and Classification

Yasitha Warahena Liyanage, Daphney-Stavroula Zois, Charalampos Chelmis
DOI

Optimum Feature Ordering for Dynamic Instance–Wise Joint Feature Selection and Classification

Yasitha Warahena Liyanage, Daphney–Stavroula Zois
DOI

Near Real-Time Freeway Accident Detection

In this paper, the problem of detecting accidents using speed sensors distributed spatially on a freeway is considered. Due to the …
Y. W. Liyanage, D. -S. Zois, C. Chelmis
DOI

Sequential Heterogeneous Feature Selection for Multi–Class Classification: Application in Government 2.0

Herein, the problem of multi-class classification of participatory civil issue reports in crowdsourcing platforms is addressed. …
I. Nazar, Y. W. Liyanage, D. Zois, C. Chelmis
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Awards

Azure Core Champ Award

Microsoft Corporation Oct 2023

Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award

The State University of New York at Albany May 2022

Graduate Student Association Grant Award

The State University of New York at Albany Jun 2020

NSF Student Travel Grant to attend IEEE ICASSP 2020

National Science Foundation May 2020

President’s Award for Scientific Research 2019, Sri Lanka

National Research Council Aug 2019

IEEE Signal Processing Society Travel Grant to attend GlobalSIP 2018

IEEE Signal Processing Society Nov 2018

Full Colors, Colors Awarding Ceremony 2016, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

University of Peradeniya Mar 2016

Contact

  • yasithashehanliyanage (at) gmail (dot) com