• MPhil in Mathematics (reading), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• MSc in Statistics (2025), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Sc (special) in Mathematics with Statistics (2019), Wayamba university of Sri Lanka.
• Diploma in IT (2015), Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.

• Machine Learning
• Time Series Analysis
• Mathematical Modelling

• North Western Province Chief Minister’s Gold Medal for Best Overall Performance in the Faculty of Applied Sciences of 2014/ 2015 Batch
• Dean’s List Award in Level 3 (Academic year 2016/2017).
• Dean’s List Award in Level 4 (Academic year 2017/2018).

• Lecturer in Biostatistics, Department of Research & Development, Faculty of Nursing, KIU Campus. (2023 March – 2024 October)
• Temporary Assistant Lecturer in Department of Mathematical Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. (2021 December – 2023 February)
• Temporary Tutor in Department of Mathematical Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. (2020 August – 2021 December).

Journal Publications:

• Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K., Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., & De Silva, T. M. M. (2021). The accuracy of Zernike reconstruction of ocular aberrations with measurement noise. International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 6(8), 53–56. ISSN 2455-2143

Extended Abstract (Conference Proceedings):

• Nagasinghe, N. K. C. J., & Lakshmi, M. P. D. S. (2025). Identifying key effecting factors of employee service duration in the ABC Apparel Company, Katunayake using lasso regression. Proceedings of the 17th Symposium on Applied Science, Business & Industrial Research (ASBIRES 2025), 17, 354–358. Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. eISBN 978-624-6674-14-4. eISSN 2989-0683.
• Goonerathne, G. D. N., & Lakshmi, M. P. D. S. (2025). Optimization of machine setup time during style changeovers in the ABC Apparel Company using linear programming. Proceedings of the 17th Symposium on Applied Science, Business & Industrial Research (ASBIRES 2025), 17, 364–368. Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. eISBN 978-624-6674-14-4. eISSN 2989-0683.
• Goonerathne, G. D. N., & Lakshmi, M. P. D. S. (2025). Identifying the affecting factors and predicting customer satisfaction in online food delivery services in North Western Province using machine learning techniques. Proceedings of the 17th Symposium on Applied Science, Business & Industrial Research (ASBIRES 2025), 17, 369–373. Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. eISBN 978-624-6674-14-4. eISSN 2989-0683.
• Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., & Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K. (2020). A smoothing spline approach to represent ocular aberration. In Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Applied Science, Business & Industrial Research 2020. Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. ISSN 2279-1558; ISBN 978-624-5564-00-2

Abstract Publications (Conference Proceedings):

• Lakshmi, M.P.D.S. (2025). Mathematical Modelling of Coral Reef Dynamics with Mangroves. Abstract presented at the 3rd UNCG Virtual PDE Conference 2025 (Virtual), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), USA.
• Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K., & De Silva, T. M. M. (2025). A robust approach to reconstruct ocular aberrations from measurements with noise. In Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress 2025. Postgraduate Institute of Science, Sri Lanka.12, ISSN: 3051-4622.
• Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K., & De Silva, T. M. M. (2024). Inadequacy of Zernike polynomials for accounting the variability of wavefront measurements. In Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress 2024 (RESCON 2024) (Vol. 11). Postgraduate Institute of Science, Sri Lanka. ISSN: 3051-4622
• Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., & Chandrasekara, N. V. (2024). Application of adaptive Catmull-Rom spline activation function in feedforward neural networks for forecasting noisy time series data. In Proceedings of the International Statistics Conference 2024 (ISC 2024). Sri Lanka. ISSN 3084-8288 (Print); e-ISSN 3084-8296
• Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K., & De Silva, T. M. M. (2023). Modeling the image quality on the retina with variability of wavefront measurements. In Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress 2023. Postgraduate Institute of Science, Sri Lanka. ISSN: 3051-4622.
• Lakshmi, M. P. D. S., Karunarathna, S. P. D. S. S. K., & De Silva, T. M. M. (2022). Zernike reconstruction of ocular aberrations with measurement noise. In Proceedings of the 9th Ruhuna International Science & Technology Conference 2022. University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. ISSN 1391-8796