Biography :

Educational Qualifications :

• • PhD : Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2006)
• • BScEng : Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1998)

Professional Qualifications :

• • Associate Member, Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka.
• • Reviewer in International Journals
  

  Journal of Hydrology, Neurocomputing, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Continental Shelf research, Water Science and Technology- Water Supply, ENGINEER - Journal of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF SRI LANKA

• • Invited participant and presenter in the “Advanced Institute on The Asian Monsoon System: Prediction of Change and Variability” held at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA from 2-12 January 2008, sponsored by the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START).
• • Invited participant in the Targeted Training Activity (TTA): Seasonal predictability in tropical regions followed by Workshop on multi-scale predictions of the Asian and African Summer Monsoon. 4th August – 15 th August 2008 held at ICTP, Italy.
• • I have completed the six-weeks “Training Programme on Teaching Methodology”, January – June 2001, held at the University of Peradeniya. (Compulsory program for probationary lecturers.)
• • I participated in the workshop on “Developing Research Supervision” organized by the NORAD WaSo-Asia Project, 1st – 2nd November, 2018 at the University of Peradeniya.

• * Senior Lecturer (06/04/2006 to date), Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
• * Research Fellow (Jan 2016 to April 2016), at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong.
• * Research Fellow (April 2011 to April 2012), at the Tropical Marine Science Institute of the National University of Singapore.
• * Visiting Research Associate (01/04/2007 to 30/06/2007), Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong.
• * Research Engineer (28/10/2005 to 31/03/2006), Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore.
• * Probationary Lecturer (09/07/2000 06/04/2006), Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
• * Research Assistant (09/1998 to 07/1999), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
• * Temporary Instructor (09/1998 to06/1999), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

• 2018   President’s Award for Scientific Publication
• 2015   NRC Merit Award for Scientific Publication awarded by the National Research Council (NRC)
• 2013   President’s Award for Scientific Publication
• 2011   NRC Merit Award for Scientific Publication awarded by the National Research Council (NRC)
• 2001   Scholarship Award (4 years) by National University of Singapore for research M. Eng. upgraded to Ph.D. Degree
• •     Member, Hydroinformatics society of Singapore.
• •     Member, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society.
• •     Associate Member, Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka.

• Karunasingha, D.S.K., 2022. Root mean square error or mean absolute error? Use their ratio as well. Information Sciences, 585, pp.609-629. pdf can be downloaded here until 30 th January 2022.

• • Liong, S.Y., Doan, C.D., and Karunasinghe, D.S.K. (2005). Role of Hydroinformatics in Integrated water resources management. MTERM International Conference, 06 - 10 June 2005, AIT, Thailand.

• • Machine learning (Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Genetic Algorithms, Clustering) applications in Engineering
• • Eco-hydrological modeling
• • Time series and Data assimilation
• • Mathematical modelling of physical systems
• • Hydro-informatics