Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara

Primary: Primary School, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka (Grade 0-5); Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Grade 5 till A/L); the National University of Singapore - BioEngineering (2005) and Ph.D. (2010); Postdoctoral Degree at MIT Media Lab, USA

2020 Co-Founder Of Kiwrious Ltd Auckland New Zealand; 2020 Co-Founder Maia Ltd Auckland New Zealand; 2020 Co-Founder Of Spark Academy Colombo Sri Lanka; 2018 Associate Professor Aukland, New Zealand; Director Of The Augmented Human Lab At Auckland Bioengineering Institute. 2018 Co-Founder Say Hello Pvt Ltd Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2016 Co-Founder Dt@Sl; 2014 Singapore Academic Advisor Createlab Pte Ltd; 2011 2018 Singapore Assistant Professor Singapore University Of Technology & Design Founding Faculty Member Of The 4th Public University In Singapore, 2019 Singapore Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellow Nanyang Technological University School Of Computer Science And Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. 2013 2018 Singapore External Examiner Ngee Ann Polytechnic Automation & Mechatronic Systems Course. 2012 2014 Singapore Associate Faculty Sim University School Of Science And Technology. 2011 2012 Visiting Assistant Professor MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group Cambridge, Boston. 2011 2011 Singapore Research Fellow National University Of Singapore Interactive And Digital Media Institute; 2011 2010 Visiting Postdoctoral Associate Cambridge, Boston MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group; 2010 2009 Singapore Research Engineer National University Of Singapore Marine Mammal Research Laboratory

Augmented Human Lab

WasmAndroid: A Cross-Platform Runtime for Native Programming Languages on Android Wen, E., Weber, G. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. WasmAndroid: A Cross-Platform Runtime for Native Programming Languages on Android (WIP Paper). In Proceedings of the 22nd ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED International Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES ’21); StressShoe: A DIY Toolkit for just-in-time Personalised Stress Interventions for OficeWorkers Performing Sedentary Tasks; Elvitigala, D.S., Scholl P.M., Suriyaarachchi, H., Dissanayake, V. and Nanayakkara, S. 2021. StressShoe: A DIY Toolkit for just-in-time Personalised Stress Interventions for Office Workers Performing Sedentary Tasks. In MobileHCI ’21: The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction, September 27–30, 2021, Touluse, France; Sensor-Based Interactive Worksheets to Support Guided Scientific Inquiry Cao, J., Chan, S.W.T., Garbett, D.L., Denny, P., Nassani, A., Scholl, P.M. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. Sensor-Based Interactive Worksheets to Support Guided Scientific Inquiry. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’21), June 24–30, 2021, Athens, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. Best Short Paper Award; OM: A Comprehensive Tool to Elicit Subjective Vibrotactile Expressions Associated with Contextualised Meaning in Our Everyday Lives Cortés, J.P.F., Suriyaarachchi, H., Nassani, A., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. OM: A Comprehensive Tool to Elicit Subjective Vibrotactile Expressions Associated with Contextualised Meaning in Our Everyday Lives. In MobileHCI ’21: The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human Computer Interaction, Sept. 27- Oct. 1, 2021, Touluse, France; mobiLLD: Exploring the Detection of Leg Length Discrepancy and Altering Gait with Mobile Smart Insoles Matthies, D.J.C., Elvitigala, D.S., Fu, A., Yin, D. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. mobiLLD: Exploring the Detection of Leg Length Discrepancy and Altering Gait with Mobile Smart Insoles. In The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference (PETRA 2021), June 29-July 2, 2021, Corfu, Greece; Jammify: Interactive Multi-Sensory System for Digital Art Jamming Muthukumarana, S., Elvitigala, D.S., Wu, Q., Pai, Y.S. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. Jammify: Interactive Multi-sensory System for Digital Art Jamming. In Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT 2021, Springer, Bari, Italy; GymSoles++: Combining Google Glass with Smart Insoles to Improve Body Posture when Performing Squats; Elvitigala, D.S., Matthies, D.J.C, Weerasinghe, C. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. GymSoles++: Combining Google Glass with Smart Insoles to Improve Body Posture when Performing Squats. In The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference (PETRA 2021), June 29-July 2, 2021, Corfu, Greece. Best Student Paper Award; ClothTiles: A Prototyping Platform to Fabricate Customized Actuators on Clothing using 3D Printing and Shape-Memory Alloys Muthukumarana, S., Messerschmidt, M.A., Matthies, D.J.C., Steimle, J., Scholl, P.M. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021. ClothTiles: A Prototyping Platform to Fabricate Customized Actuators on Clothing using 3D Printing and Shape-Memory Alloys. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan; CapGlasses: Untethered Capacitive Sensing with Smart Glasses Matthies, D.J.C., Weerasinghe, C., Urban, B. and Nanayakkara, S., 2021

His heart and hard work mainly focus on people who are facing challenges due to sensory deficits in hearing or vision and therefore unable to live a normal life. His great contributions are applicable to anyone and not just to specific communities as his emphasis is very clear on "enabling" rather than "fixing"; Has organized charity events for Children with Autism with the tag line " Bringing communities together through Sports"

2021 ABI Awards Excellence In Graduate Supervision Auckland Bioengineering Institute, the University Of Auckland 2021 ABI Awards Excellence In Research Translation Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University Of Auckland 2020 Velocity 100k Challenge Social Entrepreneurship Category Winner Velocity 100k Challenge, University Of Auckland 2020 Best Design Awards Gold Award (Lighting Design) Designers Institute Of New Zealand, Best Design Awards 2020 Best Design Awards Gold Award (Exhibitions & Temporary Structures) ;Best Design Awards Gold Award (Student Digital) Best Design Awards 2020 Innovation By Design Awards Winner (Best Design Apac) Innovation By Design Awards By Fastcompany 2019 Best Design Awards Gold Award (Public Good); Best Design Awards 2018 IWOAR '18 Best Short Paper Award IWOAR '18 2016 SUTD Awards Excellence In Research Singapore University Of Technology & Design 2016 Ink Fellow Ink India Awarded by INK 2016 Innovefest Unbound Most Promising Technology Award Innovefest Unbound Awarded South East Asia's largest innovation festival. 2016 Singapore Design Awards Singapore Design Award (Product - Gold Category) Design Business Chamber Singapore Awarded for the Project FingerReader by Design Business Chamber Singapore OZCHI'16 Steve Howard Award For Best Paper Annual Chisgi Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference 2015 TOYP'15 The Ten Outstanding Young Persons Of Sri Lanka (TOYP) Junior Chamber International Sri Lanka 2014 Mit Tr35 Young Innovator Under 35, Asia Pacific Region Junior Chamber International Sri Lanka 2005 2009 NUS Research Scholarship NUS 2008 NUS Cricket Most Valuable Player (MVP) Of The Year National University of Singapore 2002 NUS Dean's Office Engineering Dean's List Of Excellence NUS 2001 - 2005 NUS Undergraduate Scholarship NUS 2000 Royal College Awards Best Student Of The College (Academic) Royal College, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

President of Lanka Lions Cricket Club; Speaker and Senior Member of ACM; 2019 Auckland, New Zealand Trustee Linked Horizons Charitable Organization Committed To Advance Education For Underprivileged Children In New Zealand

President S.R. Nathan Meets the Lanka Lions on one of the events; Best known for his work with the Deaf and Blind communities, his work has given a ray of light to the blind, and a rhythm to the lives of the deaf. Inventor of FingerReader, SPARSH, StickEar and HapticChair

English, Singhalese

Cricket; Go for a walk

A strong determination and ‘challenge for the game’ attitude that got the best out of me, and still does; Passion and Perseverance

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