Damith Ranasinghe

Associate Professor Damith Ranasinghe holds a position at the University of Adelaide's School of Computer Science within the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. His research focuses on Pervasive Computing, Machine Learning, Autonomous Systems (Drones), and Cybersecurity with applications in population ageing, conservation, and software security. He leads the Adelaide Auto-ID Lab, dedicated to developing innovative solutions for real-world challenges through multi-disciplinary approaches.

Ranasinghe's work emphasizes embedded systems security and adversarial machine learning defenses. His lab explores autonomous UAV-based wildlife tracking systems and wearable sensor technologies for healthcare applications like fall prevention in geriatric care. He actively supervises postgraduate students in Masters and PhD programs and has contributed to projects such as the Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM) system.

His technical contributions span firmware fuzzing methodologies (e.g., ICICLE emulator), Bayesian learning defenses against adversarial attacks, and hardware security solutions using PUF-based authentication. These innovations address critical needs in both theoretical and applied domains of computer science and engineering.