I am currently a Doctoral Student at RMIT University, Australia under the supervision of Dr. Asangi Jayathilaka and Prof. Nalin Arachchilage.

Previously, I worked as a Visiting Lecturer at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), a Research Engineer at the Nanyang Technological University, and Singapore Management University under the guidance of Prof. Wang Yong, and a Lecturer (Probationary) at the University of Colombo School of Computing.

My research interests revolve around applications of Privacy and Cybersecurity, Visualization and Human Computer Interaction.

Publications

  • Proteus: Shapeshifting Desktop Visualizations for Mobile via Multi-level Intelligent Adaptation
    Can Liu, Sizhe Cheng, Feng Liang, Zhibang Jiang, Lingru Huang, Kavinda Athapaththu, Yong Wang
    Proceedings of ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, to appear. 2026.
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  • SemiConLens : Visual Analytics for 2D Semiconductor Discovery
    Kavinda Athapaththu, Shiwei Chen, Sanchali Mitra, Yuan Fang, Yee Sin Ang, Yong Wang
    Proceedings of 2026 IEEE EuroVis (EuroVis 2026), to appear. 2026.
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  • Intuit: Explain Quantum Computing Concepts via AR-Based Analogy
    Manusha Karunathilaka, Shaolun Ruan, Linping Yuan, Jiannan Li, Zhiding Liang, Kavinda Athapaththu, Qiang Guan, Yong Wang
    ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI LBW). 2025.
    DOI
  • Forecasting Better Prices for Trip Packages Based on Historical Sales Data and Related Factors: In the Context of Europe Railway Tourism
    A.M.K.B. Athapaththu, E.H. Grero, S.M. Perera, M.G.N.A.S. Fernando
    20th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer). 2020.
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