Yamuna Kankanige

Yamuna Kankanige is a highly skilled professional with extensive experience in data science and software engineering. Currently serving as a Senior Data Scientist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre since January 2018, Yamuna also held the position of Data Scientist/Bioinformatician at the University of Melbourne from February 2013 to April 2018, where further academic development was pursued as a PhD candidate in Data Mining. Previous experience includes an internship at IBM Research in 2016 and software engineering roles at companies such as Risk Wizard, IFS, and Millennium Information Technologies, contributing to various projects including Risk, Compliance and Governance products, the development of a PL/SQL editor, and CRM solutions. Educational qualifications include a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a BSc Eng(Hons) in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Moratuwa.