Suranga Nanayakkara | |
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 Nanayakkara working with EyeRing | |
| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Piliyandala, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore(B.Eng.) National University of Singapore(PhD) MIT Media Lab(Postdoc) Royal College, Colombo(Secondary) |
| Known for | Inventor of FingerReader, SPARSH, StickEar and HapticChair |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Doctoral advisor | Lonce Wyse, Elizabeth Taylor and SH Ong |
| Other academic advisors | Pattie Maes |
| Website | www |
Suranga Nanayakkara (born 1981) is a Sri Lankan born computer scientist and inventor.[1] As of 2021[update], he is the director of Augmented Human Lab and associate professor at the National University of Singapore. Before moving to Auckland in 2018, he was an assistant professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design. He is best known for his work on FingerReader[2][3][4][5] and Haptic Chair.[6] His research interests include Wearable Computing, Assistive Technology, Ubiquitous computing, AI, Collective intelligence and Robotics. MIT Technology Review honored Nanayakkara as one of the Innovators Under 35 for Asia Pacific Region 2014.[7][8]
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