Vijini G. Mallawaarachchi
Research Fellow in Bioinformatics
Hi, I’m Vijini Mallawaarachchi, a researcher working at the intersection of computer science and microbial genomics. My research focuses on developing computational methods and software tools to analyse complex biological data and advance our understanding of microbial systems.
My Erdös Number is 4.
My Background
I completed my PhD in Computer Science at the ANU Computational Genomics Group at the Australian National University, under the supervision of Dr Yu Lin. My PhD thesis focused on graph-based computational models and algorithms for metagenomic binning.
I also hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. My final year research project (equivalent to an Honours project) focused on computational methods for change detection and notification in web pages.
Interests
I enjoy developing algorithms, writing code, reading, blogging, photography, music, art, nature, and travel. I started writing online to share technical ideas and connect with people interested in science and computing.
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Current Work
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Flinders Accelerator for Microbiome Exploration, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. My work focuses on algorithms and computational models to recover genomes from metagenomes.
Along the way, I have also explored computational geometry, algorithm optimisation, distributed systems, image processing, computer vision, machine/deep learning, web development, web analytics and other areas of computer science and software engineering to come up with solutions to solve biological problems.
In Memory of Dr Yu Lin
In loving memory of my PhD advisor, Dr Yu Lin, whose guidance, wisdom, and encouragement continue to inspire me.
