CV

General Information

Full Name Malintha Fernando
Contact malintha-at-kth.se

Education

  • 2023
    Ph.D.
    Indiana University, Bloomington
    • Major - Intelligent Systems Engineering
    • Minor - Mathematics
    • Thesis - "Cooperative Multi-Agent Autonomy Under Communication Uncertainties for Aerial Robot Fleets"
  • 2021
    M.S.
    Indiana University, Bloomington
  • 2015
    B.Sc (Hons.)
    University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Experience

  • Sep., 2024 - Sep., 2026
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Dept. Mathematics, Division of Optimization, Systems)
  • Jan. 2024 - Jun., 2024
    Visiting Lecturer (Fulltime)
    Machine Learning for Signal Processing
  • 2019
    Intern
    Open Robotics
  • 2016-2017
    Software Engineer
    WSO2

Open Source Projects

  • 2020-now
    MavSwarm
    • A lightweight drone swarm simulator with trajectory optimization and control (150+ stars).
  • 2022-now
    ROSNS3
    • A ROS to Network Simulator bridge for real-time swarm network events processing.
  • 2017-now
    WSO2
    • Open Source Committer

Awards

  • 2024
    • Digital Futures Postdoctoral Felloship
  • 2025
    • Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (Mathematics) Scholarship