Anusha Withanage
Sri Lanka
CAREER Enrolled in September 2008; Completed master’s degree in September 2010 / Enrolled in September 2010; withdrawal from the doctoral program with the completion of course requirements in September 2013, and conferred the doctoral degree in Media Design in February 2014
Currently, I am a post-doctoral research fellow at the SUTD-MIT International Design Center at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). My research involved Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). My main research focus was in multi-modal interfaces with a focus on haptics.
I worked on the Reality Media Project at KMD. I did theoretical research to understand the human perception of space with multi-modal information, and I also collaborated with companies, such as Toyota IT, to implement aspects of the research in the real world. What I liked most about KMD was its diversity; of expertise, of cultures, and of interests. If you have an idea, you’ll find at least one expert on it at KMD who will passionately collaborate with you. The freedom to innovate at KMD is impressive. Unlike most universities, freedom is embedded in KMD as a core value. If you are doing something creative, innovative, and fun, KMD is the best place to be.
My goal is to contribute to the development process of the next big shift how humans perceive and interact with computational machines.
(This article was written in March 2015.)