Suranga Nanayakkara
| Suranga Nanayakkara | |
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Suranga Nanayakkara working with EyeRing
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| Born |
10 October 1981 Piliyandala, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater |
National University of Singapore(B.Eng.) National University of Singapore(PhD) MIT Media Lab(Postdoc) Royal College, Colombo(Secondary) |
| Known for | Inventor of EyeRing, SPARSH, StickEar and HapticChair |
| Website | suranga.info |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Singapore University of Technology and Design |
| Doctoral advisor | Lonce Wyse, Elizabeth Taylor and SH Ong |
| Other academic advisors | Pattie Maes |
Suranga Nanayakkara (born 1981) is a Sri Lankan computer scientist and Inventor. As of 2014[update], he was the head of Augemented Human Lab and Assistant Professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design. He is best known for his work on EyeRing and Haptic Chair. His research interests include Wearable Computing, Assistive Technology, Ubiquitous computing, AI, Collective intelligence and Robotics. MIT Technology Review honored Nanayakkara as one of the Innovators Under 35 for Asia Pacific Region 2014.
Suranga is from Piliyandala, which is situated in Colombo District in Sri Lanka. Having received his secondary education from Royal College, Colombo, he completed bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore in Singapore. He holds a PhD in Engineering from National University of Singapore. Suranga spent half a year at University of Birmingham and half a year at University of Southern California under student exchange program. Later he was a postdoctoral researcher with Pattie Maes’s Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab.
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