Researcher. Engineer. Builder.

Hi, I’m

Nuwantha
Ranaweera.

Intelligent ideas. Real-world systems.

Connecting computer vision, digital health and embedded engineering to build technology that understands the world.

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Curiosity in mind.
Engineering at heart.
SRI LANKA ↗ UAE
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Research StudentMohamed bin Zayed University
of Artificial Intelligence
Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Moratuwa

Curiosity drives me.
Engineering grounds me.

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I’m Nuwantha, a research student at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and a final-year Electrical Engineering undergraduate at the University of Moratuwa.

I’m drawn to problems that connect intelligent software with the physical world: helping machines interpret video, connecting wearable data to meaningful health insights, and turning an idea into a working embedded system.

My work spans research and hands-on prototypes. I enjoy the whole process — asking the question, designing the system, building it, and learning from what happens next.

01 / PERCEPTION

Vision that understands.

Computer vision, multimodal AI and explainable video understanding through structured evidence.

02 / CONNECTION

Technology for health.

Connected wearables, physiological data and practical digital-health research.

03 / CREATION

Ideas, made tangible.

Embedded systems, robotics, instrumentation and IoT — from a circuit to a connected prototype.

A few things
I’ve been building.

Research questions, working prototypes,
and ideas worth exploring.

More experiments. More things in progress.

Explore my GitHub

Different tools.
One builder’s mindset.

The technologies I work with,
from models to microcontrollers.

01

AI & perception

Python · OpenCV · YOLO · MediaPipe · Vision-language models · Neo4j · Multimodal AI

02

Hardware & robotics

Raspberry Pi · ESP32 · Arduino · STM32 · PCB design · Sensors & instrumentation

03

Connected systems

AWS IoT Core · Amazon S3 · MQTT · Node-RED · Wear OS · Spring Boot · MongoDB

04

Engineering & code

C · Java · MATLAB · Simulink · LabVIEW · NI DAQ · SolidWorks · Git

Always learning.
Always building.

A path shaped by research,
collaboration and hands-on engineering.

JUN 2025 — PRESENT

Research Student

MBZUAI · Abu Dhabi, UAE

Exploring intelligent systems at the intersection of computer vision, multimodal learning and digital health.

FEB 2023 — PRESENT

B.Sc. (Hons) Electrical Engineering

University of Moratuwa · Sri Lanka

Final-year undergraduate. GPA: 3.60 / 4.00.

AUG 2025 — PRESENT

Director of Editorial

Electrical Engineering Society

Supporting engineering communication and student-led initiatives. Broader EESOC contributions include EESPIRE 2025 and Spark Insight.

MAR 2023

Co-founder, JASPERN INNOVATIONS

Building things, together

A shared drive for robotics, engineering challenges and turning ambitious ideas into working systems.

A FEW MILESTONES 🏆

1st runner-upSLT-Mobitel TechNovation 2025 · AquaVac

1st runner-upIEEE ChallengeSphere Arduino Challenge 2024

Top 10ElectroCombat 2024

Learning never
stops.

Continued learning in research, AI,
engineering and management.

Ideas worth
sharing.

Explore my publications and research writing
on my LinkedIn profile.

View publications on LinkedIn

Good ideas start
with a conversation.

Research, collaboration, or just an interesting idea?
I’d love to hear from you. 👋

Tell me what
you have in mind.

A research question, a project to build, or an opportunity to collaborate — send a note and let’s start there.

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