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Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Sirani K. M. Perera has received BSc(Hons.) in Mathematics from the University Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka in 2004. She was the first Sri Lankan to attend the Center for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK with full Shell Centenary Scholarship, and obtained Hons. Part III Mathematical Tripos in 2006. Under the supervision of Prof. Vadim Olshevsky, Perera received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut, USA in 2012. 
 
Perera works as an assistant professor in Mathematics Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University while working in the field of numerical linear algebra and scientific computing. Her research focus is to derive fast, stable, and exact algorithms and use those in signal processing, image processing, solving systems of equations, theories of interpolations, approximations, orthogonal polynomials, and eigenvalue problems. Perera(Co-PI) was recently awarded NSF grants(NSF Award numbers 1711625 and 1711395) for the project entitled ``Collaborative Research: Wideband Multi-Beam Antenna Arrays Low-Complexity Algorithms and Analog-CMOS Implementations" (2017-2020). The algorithms that she derives through the NSF grants will be utilized to solve the longstanding beam squint problem. Her dedication as an adviser has led her research students to obtain several external and internal awards from 2017 until today.

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Sirani K. M. Perera has received BSc(Hons.) in Mathematics from the University Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka in 2004. She was the first Sri Lankan to attend the Center for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK with full Shell Centenary Scholarship, and obtained Hons. Part III Mathematical Tripos in 2006. Under the supervision of Prof. Vadim Olshevsky, Perera received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut, USA in 2012. 
 
Perera works as an assistant professor in Mathematics Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University while working in the field of numerical linear algebra and scientific computing. Her research focus is to derive fast, stable, and exact algorithms and use those in signal processing, image processing, solving systems of equations, theories of interpolations, approximations, orthogonal polynomials, and eigenvalue problems. Perera(Co-PI) was recently awarded NSF grants(NSF Award numbers 1711625 and 1711395) for the project entitled ``Collaborative Research: Wideband Multi-Beam Antenna Arrays Low-Complexity Algorithms and Analog-CMOS Implementations" (2017-2020). The algorithms that she derives through the NSF grants will be utilized to solve the longstanding beam squint problem. Her dedication as an adviser has led her research students to obtain several external and internal awards from 2017 until today.

Present	Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ‐ Department of Mathematics
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	Fellow, University of Connecticut ‐ Department of Mathematics
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	Faculty Member, Daytona State College ‐ School of Mathematics
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Signal Processing, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, and Algebra

2017 - 2020	Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems(ECCS) Grant
	National Science Foundation
	Role: Co-PI
2016 - 2017	Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology Grant
	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
	Role: PI
2016	Early Career Travel Grant
	20th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society
2016	Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology Grant
	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
	Role: Co-PI
2013	Travel Grant
	Laurier Center for Women in Science
2012	Advanced Doctoral Fellowship in Mathematics
	University of Connecticut
2012	Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics
	University of Connecticut
2012	Doctoral Travel Grant
	University of Connecticut
2010	Summer Predoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics
	University of Connecticut
2008	Industrial Research Scholarship
	City University London
2005 - 2006	Shell Centenary Scholarship, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
	The University of Cambridge

2017 - Present	Adviser, Kappa Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2016 - Present	Co-Adviser, SIAM Student Chapter, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univeristy
2015 - Present	Member, Activity Group on Linear Algebra, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
2014 - Present	Organizer, Mathematics Faculty Seminar, Daytona State College
2017	Co-Adviser, SeaPearch Competition, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2015 - 2017	Member, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
2016	Chair, Session II-C, 36th SE Atlantic Regional Conf. on Differential Equations, Florida Gulf Coast University
2016	Co-Chair, The Int'l Industrial Mathematics Conference, University of Sri Jayewardenepua, Sri Lanka
2015	STEM Mentor, Spring 2015 cohort of the STEM Community Scholars Program, Daytona State College
2015	Chair, Contributed Session III, 39th Annual SIAM SE Atlantic Section Conf., University of Alabama