Researcher

Biography

I am a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at UNSW. I am the joint Director of Studies (Computer Science) and coordinator of the Elite Students Program. I teach algorithms and competitive programming.

I am the UNSW coach for extracurricular competitive programming, having earned the ICPC Coach Award for taking seven UNSW teams to ICPC World Finals (winning a Silver Medal in 2018). I serve as the Vice President of...view more

I am a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at UNSW. I am the joint Director of Studies (Computer Science) and coordinator of the Elite Students Program. I teach algorithms and competitive programming.

I am the UNSW coach for extracurricular competitive programming, having earned the ICPC Coach Award for taking seven UNSW teams to ICPC World Finals (winning a Silver Medal in 2018). I serve as the Vice President of the South Pacific Competitive Programming Association. I am one of the convenors of the UNSW High Schools Programming Competition (ProgComp).

My research is in the field of computing education, focusing primarily on assessment and metacognition.

I completed my PhD with the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW in 2020. My thesis was on maximum generalised roundness properties of metric spaces arising from graphs. My undergraduate degree was in computer science and mathematics, also at UNSW.


My Qualifications

PhD (Mathematics), UNSW Sydney, 2016-2020

BSc (Hons) (Pure Mathematics), UNSW Sydney, 2015

BSc (Computer Science) / BSc (Mathematics), UNSW Sydney 2011-2014


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


My Teaching

COMP4128: 15S1, 16S1, 17S1, 20T3, 21T3, 22T3, 23T3, 24T3, 25T2

COMP3121/9101: 21T3, 22T1, 22T2, 23T1, 24T1, 25T3

COMP3821/9801: 24T1

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Location

K17 202

Contact

+61-2-9348-1197

Publications

by Dr Raveen Daminda De Silva

ORCID as entered in ROS