Dr Wathsala Karunarathne

Grant-Funded Research Associate

School of Mathematical Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


My research interests encompass a wide range of areas, including Stochastic Modelling, Optimisation, Time Series Analysis and Deep Learning.

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Research Associate Teletraffic Research Centre

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2023 The University of Melbourne Australia PhD
2013 - 2016 University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Year Citation
2025 Bala, I., Karunarathne, W., & Mitchell, L. (2025). Optimizing Feature Selection by Enhancing Particle Swarm Optimization with Orthogonal Initialization and Crossover Operator. Computers, Materials & Continua, 84(1), 727-744.
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2025 Karunarathne, W., Shorten, D. P., & Roughan, M. (2025). An intelligent conversational agent for querying satellite manoeuvre detections: a case study. Discover Artificial Intelligence, 5(1).
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2023 Karunarathne, W. B. M. W. (2023). Scheduling in queueing systems. Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 108(2), 349-350.
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Year Citation
2024 Shorten, D. P., Karunarathne, W., & Roughan, M. (2024). How Is Starlink Manoeuvring? An Analysis of Patterns in the Manoeuvres of Starlink Satellites. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security (IoTBDS 2024) (pp. 174-184). Online: SCITEPRESS.
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2023 Wang, G., Costa, A., Karunarathne, W., Roughan, M., Miller, S., & Pitchford, W. (2023). A strategic planning model for the operation plan in lamb supply chains. In Proceedings of 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. (pp. 1003-1009). Online: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
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Year Citation
2025 Karunarathne, W., Shorten, D. P., & Roughan, M. (2025). An Intelligent Conversational Agent for Querying Satellite Manoeuvre Detections: a Case Study.
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- Karunarathne, W., Wang, J., & Koopman, K. (n.d.). Strategic timing of arrivals to a queueing system with scheduled customers Jiesen Wang.
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UN-Datathon travel award  2023

ANZIAM Travel Award - 2020

Melbourne Research Scholarship 2018-2022

STATS 1005 Statistical Analysis and Modeling - Course Coordinator and Lecturer

MATHS 7097A  Master of Data Science Research Projects - Project Supervisor

MATHS7097 B  Master of Data Science Research Projects - Project Supervisor

Date Role Membership Country
2018 - ongoing Member ACEMS Australia

Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
2023 - ongoing OPTIMA - - Australia

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