Vishaka Basnayake
Contact Details
Work Address: Empirical Software Engineering in Software, Systems and Services, University of Oulu, Finland (Map)
Biography
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Empirical Software Engineering in Software, Systems and Services Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
from March 2024. Previously, worked as a Lecturer at Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Sri Lanka, from September 2022 to February 2024.
Obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Department of Distributed digital algorithms, mobile networks, distributed systems, verification and validation of software and embedded devices, Universite Bourgogne Franche Comte (UBFC), France, in June 2023, where she worked in from 2020 to 2021.
Continued her Ph.D. studies from 2022 to 2023 while teaching in SLTC. Prior to that, completed her M.Sc. in Wireless Communications
Engineering at the Center for Wireless Communications Research, University of Oulu, Finland, in 2019, and her B.Sc. in
Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Faculty of Engineering of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2017.
Her research interests include multi-agent based modelling, automotive system and software architecture design, 5/6G connectivity, mobile app development.
Position
Post-Doctoral Researcher in 6GVisible
Empirical Software Engineering in Software, Systems and Services, University of Oulu
Research Area
Software and System Architecture Design, Software Engineering, Autonomous Driving
Self-Reflection: Questions & Answers
What do I really care about in life?
I want to feel safe (physically, mentally, socially, financially) and live without long term regrets.
What are my daily goals?
- Never live with regrets
- Do more, advise less
- Learn to face failures with laughter
- Appreciate progress in others, thinking its a really good news!
- Do not expect others to get you out of difficult situations
What are the biggest lessons you have learnt so far?
- My biggest lession has been knowing how to develop a discipline in myself to follow a set of tasks every day so that they became habits in my life. This discipline helped me get through the difficult hurdles during my PhD.
- Learning that if I stop complaining about other people, but build habits to easily focus on my own habits, like changing my environment, or taking a quick fun 5 min break, I can recover soon from stress and avoid conflicts.
What kind of a person I want to become?
I want to become a highly disciplined person living without long term regrets.