Scholar
Maheshya Weerasinghe
Google Scholar ID: 79gDe7oAAAAJ
PhD in CS, HCI Researcher (AR/VR/MR)
Mixed Reality
Virtual Reality
Cognitive Augmentation
HCI
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20
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Publications
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Rewiring Perceived Doability in VR: Hand Redirection as a Subtle Cross-Sensory Support for Sustained Practice
2026
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Directing the Robot: Scaffolding Creative Human-AI-Robot Interaction
2026
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Text-to-Image Generation for Vocabulary Learning Using the Keyword Method
2025
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Resume
Academic Achievements
Honours & Scholarships:
- IDEA Scholarship for ISMAR 2022, Singapore
- Faculty reward for research work 2019, FAMNIT, University of Primorska, Slovenia
- School Scholarship for PhD in CS at University of St. Andrews 2018, UK
- Sheldon Scholarship for COST Training School 2019, Estonia
- ACM Scholarship for womENcourage 2018, Serbia
- Gold Medal for Best Performance in Industrial Training, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Awards:
- Local winner and Global nominee, NASA Space Apps Challenge, Slovenia, 2019
- Nominated for APICTA Award 2018 (China)
- Silver Award, R&D National Best Quality ICT Awards (Sri Lanka), 2018
- Gold Award, e-Health – e-Swabhimani National Best e-Content Award (Sri Lanka), 2016
- Gold Award, e-Health – Manthan Awards South Asia & Asia Pacific (India), 2015
- Multiple 2015 National Best Quality ICT Awards (Sri Lanka): Gold (e-Health), Bronze (Education & Training), Overall Bronze
- Gold Awards in e-Science & Technology: Manthan Awards (India) and e-Swabhimani (Sri Lanka), 2014
- Nominated for APICTA Award 2013 (Hong Kong)
- Overall Gold and R&D Gold, National Best Quality Software Awards (Sri Lanka), 2013
Co-authors
5 total
Matjaž Kljun
UP FAMNIT, University of Primorska
Klen Čopič Pucihar
University of Primorska
Aaron Quigley
Science and Deputy Director of CSIRO’s Data61
Chamath Keppitiyagama
University of Colombo School of Computing
Ruwan Wickramarachchi
Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence