Samitha Samaranayake

Samitha Samaranayake is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Management Program at Cornell University's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He holds affiliations with Applied Information Systems, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research and Information Engineering, and Systems Engineering.

Education:

• B.S. in Computer Science (MIT, 2002)
• M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (MIT, 2003)
• M.S. in Management Science and Engineering (Stanford University, 2009)
• Ph.D. in Systems Engineering (UC Berkeley, 2014)

Research Interests: Focuses on optimizing urban transportation systems through cyber-physical systems integration, stochastic network algorithms, and sustainable mobility solutions. Specializes in mobility-on-demand systems, dynamic traffic control, and real-time transportation analytics.

Awards:

• 2012 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship
• 2016 ACSF Rapid Response Grant ($20,688 with Timur Dogan)

Professional Experience: Postdoctoral Associate at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (2014-2015), researcher at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), and industry experience at Google, Oracle, Synopsys, and INRIA.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Samitha Samaranayake Group, collaborating on projects like the National Academy of Engineering's 2024 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.