Hello I'm

Sahan Sanjaya

Computer Science Researcher | Electronic & Telecommunication Engineer

About Me

I’m a first-year PhD student at the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida, researching on Pre-silicon assertions, Hardware checkers and side-channel analysis.

I'm an enthusiastic person with highly motivated and leadership skills. Eager to learn new technologies and methodologies always willing to innovate the new things which can improve the existing technology. I have good analytical, interpersonal and communication skills which help me in solving problems with outmost efficiency.

  • Verilog
  • VHDL
  • C
  • C++
  • System C
Downlaod CV

Research Interests

Hardware Security

Embedded Development

RTL Design

Education

Ph.D. in Computer ScienceUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

2023-Ongoing

Advisor: Prof. Prabhat Mishra

B.Sc. Engineering (Electronic & Telecommunication)University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

2017-2022

CGPA: 3.98/4.2

SchoolKegalu Vidayalaya

2003-2016
G.C.E Advanced Level Examination :
  •   Physical Science Stream : 3 A's
  •   Z-Score : 2.7262 | Island Rank : 17 | District Rank : 1

Work Experience

Research Assistant Embedded Systems Lab, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA

2023/01-Ongoing

Researching on Pre-Silicon assertions, Post-Silicon hardware checkers and side-channel analysis

Research and Development Engineer - 1 Synopsys Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

2022/05-2022/11

Worked as a full-time R&D engineer in Virtual Prototyping group at Synopsys Lanka. Developed hardware prototypes using Synopsys’s Virtualizer Studio platform.

Visiting Instructor University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

2022/05-2022/10

Visiting instructor for In19 EN1802 Basic Electronics module practicals and In20 EN1094 Laboratory Practice I (Electronics module).

Part-time Firmware Development Engineer Elextrone (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

2021/04-2021/12

Worked as a part-time firmware development engineer at Elextrone for eight months. During this period, I developed ACI / PMS motor controlling firmware covering functional and safety requirments.

Trainee Firmware Development Engineer Excel Tech Consulting (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

2020/10-2021/04

Worked as a trainee firmware development engineer at Excel Tech Consulting for six months. During this period, I developed a BLE enable medical chair firmware, did quality assurance testing of the medical chair .