Ananda Gunawardena

Associate teaching Professor of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Av.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

Office: Gates 6005
Phone: (412) 268-1559
Fax: (412) 268-5576
guna@cs.cmu.edu

Assistant : Barb Grandillo, (412) 268-5483 

• Research Interests:

My early research interest was in computational linear algebra. I studied non-negative matrices and their applications to accelerating iterative methods. Since 1994, I have been involved in projects involving creating the next generation of electronic learning environments. My current research areas include Data Mining and Human Computer Interaction and their application to creating intelligent learning systems. I am also working on ink-based domain specific applications for tablet PC's

• B.Sc (hons) (Mathematics Special)- Univ of Colombo, 1980 , M.S (Computer Science)-Ohio 1984, Ph.D(Applied Mathematics)-Ohio 1989
• Recent Conferences
• Learning Object Seminar - UC-Irvine
• MAA Meeting - Burlington, VT
• ICTCM - 2002 - Orlando, FL
• IEEE Meeting - Las Vegas, NV
• ITISE - Greece
• ICTCM - 2003
• Microsoft Faculty Research Summit - August 2004
• HP Tablet PC Conference - September 2004
• ICTCM - 2004
• MAA/AMS - 2005

• Text Books
• Interactive Linear Algebra with MapleV (English and Chinese Versions)
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• Linear Algebra - An Interactive Approach (with Matlab) - Published Date: January 2003


• Employment History
• Associate teaching Professor of Computer Science, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 1998 -
• Adjunct faculty in Computer Science, Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2000 -
• Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Houston, Downtown, Houston, TX 1989-1997
• Chief Scientist, TextCentric Technologies, Marina, California - 2002 -
• Chief Scientist, Laksoft Technologies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 2001-2002
• Management Trainee, State Bank of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka - 01/1982 - 08/1982
• Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - 04/1980 April - 01/1982

• Research Projects

Adaptive Book Project

CLO Project

PRAGMA

Advanced Programming techniques

Mathematical Foundations of CS

Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms

Data Structures

Programming Applications in Computational Finance

Computer Algorithms

• Affiliations:
• Board of Directors - TextCentric, Inc
• Advisory Board - SC-COSMIC
• Academic Advisory Committee - The University of Colombo School of Computing

• My curriculum vitae.

 
• Links to my previous courses:
• CS 410  Computer Graphics
• CS 300  Analysis of Algorithms
• CS 415   Applied Linear Algebra
• My family:
• My wife Sriya Gunawardena is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a clinical Pediatric hematologist/Oncologist at Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. We have two daughters Naomi and Naoka, ages 11 and 6, both attend Ellis School in Oakland

Last updated September 1, 2004.

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