Darshana is a PhD candidate at Singapore Management University (SMU), under the supervision of Professor Archan Misra. His research focuses on pervasive sensing and spatial computing.
Before pursuing his doctoral studies, he worked as a research engineer at the SMU-Living Analytics Research Center (LARC). He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Improving Robustness through Buffer placement in the Gate Assignment Problem: An Empirical Approach
Kevin Zimmer (MIT), Hamsa Balakrishnan (MIT), Amedo Odoni (MIT)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Conference
2024
ICRAT 2024
Optimizing Mobile Parcel Locker Operations using Learning - Augmented Column Generation
Yubin Liu (SMART), Alexandre Jacquillat (MIT), Hai Wang (SMU), Jinhua Zhao (MIT)
Transportation Science
Journal
2026
Transportation Science
Physical Human-Robot Interaction for Grasping in Augmented Reality via Rigid-Soft Robot Synergy
Huishi Huang (NUS, SMART), Jack Klusmann (TUM, SMART), Haozhe Wang (SMART), Shuchen Ji (NUS), Fengkang Ying (NUS, SMART), Yiyuan Zhang (NUS, SMART), John Nassour (TUM), Gordon Cheng (TUM), Daniela Rus (MIT), Jun Liu (A*STAR), Marcelo H Ang Jr (NUS), Cecilia Laschi (NUS)
9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics
Conference
2026
9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics
The need for an interdisciplinary approach to remote work and urban policy
Nicholas S. Caros (MIT) & Jinhua Zhao (MIT)
Nature Cities
Journal
2024
Nature Cities
NeuroLiDAR: Adaptive Frame Rate Depth Sensing via Neuromorphic Event-LiDAR Fusion
Darshana Rathnayake (SMU, SMART), Dulanga Weerakoon (SMART), Meera Radhakrishnan (UTS Australia), Archan Misra (SMU)
2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA)
Conference
2026
ICRA 2026
Strain-based Shape and 3D Force Estimation for Rod-driven Continuum Robots with Stretch Sensors
Peiyi Wang (SMART, NUS), Daniel Feliu-Talegon (TU Delft), Yuchen Sun (NUS), Zhexin Xie (SUSTech), Wenci Xin (SMART, NUS), Muhammad Sunny Nazeer (NUS), Cosimo Della Santina (TU Delft), Cecilia Laschi (NUS), Federico Renda (Khalifa University)
