Dr Wathsala Karunarathne
Grant-Funded Research Associate
School of Mathematical Sciences
College of Sciences
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. Scopus2 WoS3 |
| 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). |
| 2023 | Karunarathne, W. B. M. W. (2023). Scheduling in queueing systems. Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 108(2), 349-350. |
| 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. DOI Scopus3 |
| 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. DOI Scopus3 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Karunarathne, W., Shorten, D. P., & Roughan, M. (2025). An Intelligent Conversational Agent for Querying Satellite Manoeuvre Detections: a Case Study. DOI |
| - | Karunarathne, W., Wang, J., & Koopman, K. (n.d.). Strategic timing of arrivals to a queueing system with scheduled customers Jiesen Wang. DOI |
| - | Karunarathne, W., & Li, K. (n.d.). Optimising Call Centre Operations using Reinforcement Learning: Value Iteration versus Proximal Policy Optimisation. |
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Funding Scheme Code Title Investigators Awarding Body & Amount Duration Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite Grants IG250200348 Beef-COT: Advancing Intelligent Processing from Laboratory Validation to Industry Deployment Dr Wathsala Karunarathne (PI)
Prof. Wayne Pitchford (CI)
Prof. Matthew Roughan (CI)
Dr Sean Miller (CI)
$197,057 - Department of Education
$30,000 - Meat & Livestock Australia
April 2026 - March 2027 Early-to-Mid Career Researchers Funding Optimisation and Forecasting for Food Processing Human Resources Dr Wathsala Karunarathne (PI)
Dr David Shorten (CI)
Prof. Matthew Roughan (Mentor)
$10,000 - School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences September 2025 - May 2026 Enhance business process management solution to support objective measurement of quality, yield and animal health disease status FND003772 Enhance business process management solution to support objective measurement of quality, yield and animal health disease status Prof. Wayne Pitchford (PI)
Dr Sean Miller (CI)
Dr Wathsala Karunarathne (CI)
$178,304 -Meat & Livestock Australia Limited June 2025 - December 2026 Enhance business process management solution to support objective measurement of quality, yield and animal health disease status FND000225 Enhance business process management solution to support objective measurement of quality, yield and animal health disease status Prof. Wayne Pitchford (PI)
Dr Sean Miller (CI)
Dr Wathsala Karunarathne (CI)
$288,852 - School of Animal and Veterinary Science Partnership June 2025 - December 2026 Visible Light Positioning for Industrial Safety Applications FND005409 Visible Light Positioning for Industrial Safety Applications Dr Siu Wai Ho (PI)
Dr David Shorten (CI)
Dr Wathsala Karunarathne, (CI)
$150,000 -
JBS Australia Pty LimitedNovember 2025 - May 2026 UN-Datathon travel award $1,000 - QUT Centre for Data Science October 2023 ANZIAM Travel Award $200 - ANZIAM February 2020 Melbourne Research Scholarship $115,000 - The University of Melbourne November 2018 - May 2022
MATHS 4005A Honours Project - Project supervisor
MATHS 4005C Honours Project - Project supervisor
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
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