Champika Manel Epa Ranasinghe

Champika is a lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS). Her current teaching involves Smart Technology and Data Physicalization. 

She received a PhD  from the University of Munster in Germany and a masters degree (MPhil) in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. She also obtained another MSc. from the School of Computing, University of Colombo and a BSc in Statistics and Computer Science from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. Prior to joining the University of Twente, Champika worked as a Content Manager at Innodata (https://innodata.com) and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka (https://uom.lk).

Champika's research interests focus on cross-disciplinary research aimed at augmenting humans and society and at sustainability. She is particularly interested in bridging computer science and related technologies with other disciplines such as medical & biological sciences, behavioral science, humanities, agriculture, arts and culture to  design solutions that are more sustainable, ecological and human friendly.

She currently chairs MobileHCI 2020 (Student Competition https://mobilehci.acm.org/2020/organizers/ ) and Mobile & Ubiquitous Multimedia - MUM 2020 (Posters - http://www.mum-conf.org/2020/index.php?web=committee ).