Chamika Sudusinghe
Chamika is a Ph.D. student in the ADAPT@Illinois research group, advised by Prof. Charith Mendis.
Chamika is broadly interested in Compilers, Computer Architecture, Deep Learning and Performance Optimization.
His current research focuses on building data-driven cost models that guide compiler decisions across heterogeneous hardware platforms and diverse workloads.
Chamika has been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP),
the Lance Stafford Larson Award,
the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society Award,
the Richard E. Merwin Scholarship, and the
the ICT Student of the Year Award (2022).
Before joining UIUC, Chamika conducted collaborative research with the
Embedded Systems Lab at the University of Florida, working with
Prof. Prabhat Mishra, and with the
Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC) at La Trobe University, under the guidance of
Prof. Damminda Alahakoon. He also worked at
WSO2,
Nethermind Research,
LiveRoom,
Nirvana Labs, and
Aegis Studio.
Chamika is currently excited about a range of problems at the intersection of compilers, machine learning, and hardware systems, including:
- Learning data-efficient cost models that generalize across architectures
- Scalable techniques for accelerating system-level optimizations using ML
- Robust compiler decisions under input sparsity and structural variation
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Recent News
- August, 2025: Our work on ""Graph Neural Network Acceleration" was accepted to SPLASH OOPSLA 2025!
- June, 2025: Our work on ""Automated Data Selection" was accepted to EXAIT@ICML 2025!
- May, 2025: Our paper "COGNATE" was accepted to ICML 2025!
- January, 2025: Delivered a guest talk on "ML for Compilers" at University of Moratuwa.
- April, 2024: Received the NSF Graduate Student Fellowship (NSF-GRFP).
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Research
Chamika's research focuses on the intersection of compilers, machine learning, and hardware systems.
Key research work include: data-driven cost models, sparse tensor acceleration, machine learning for compiler optimization,
network-on-chip security, and hardware-assisted machine learning.
A selected representative publications are highlighted.
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COGNATE: Acceleration of Sparse Tensor Programs on Emerging Hardware using Transfer Learning
New!
Chamika Sudusinghe,
Gerasimos Gerogiannis,
Damitha Lenadora,
Charles Block,
Josep Torrellas,
Charith Mendis
ICML, 2025
Abstract
Exploiting feature homogeneity while mitigating hardware heterogeneity to efficiently fine-tune cost models for sparse tensor programs on emerging platforms.
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Building Interpretable Predictive Models with Context-aware Evolutionary Learning
Binh Tran,
Chamika Sudusinghe,
Su Nguyen,
Damminda Alahakoon
Applied Soft Computing, 2023 (Vol. 132)
Abstract
Building interpretable predictive models by leveraging unsupervised context extraction to improve both accuracy and interpretability on complex datasets.
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Eavesdropping Attack Detection using Machine Learning in Network-on-Chip Architectures
Chamika Sudusinghe,
Subodha Charles,
Sapumal Ahangama,
Prabhat Mishra
IEEE Design & Test, 2022
Abstract
Detecting eavesdropping attacks in network-on-chip architectures, achieving high accuracy with minimal runtime overhead through offline training and collective decision-making.
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Denial-of-Service Attack Detection using Machine Learning in Network-on-Chip Architectures
Chamika Sudusinghe,
Subodha Charles,
Prabhat Mishra
NOCS, 2021
Abstract
Detecting denial-of-service attacks in network-on-chip architectures, achieving high accuracy with minimal overhead even under diverse and unpredictable traffic conditions.
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Hardware-Assisted Malware Detection using Machine Learning
Zhixin Pan,
Jennifer Sheldon,
Chamika Sudusinghe,
Subodha Charles,
Prabhat Mishra
DATE, 2021
Abstract
Leveraging low-level hardware signals such as performance counters and on-chip network traffic, offering faster and more resilient detection than traditional software-based methods.
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Network-on-Chip Attack Detection using Machine Learning
Chamika Sudusinghe,
Subodha Charles,
Prabhat Mishra
Springer Book on Network-on-Chip Security and Privacy, 2021
Abstract
Detecting denial-of-service attacks in network-on-chip architectures, offering robust detection even under dynamic and unpredictable traffic conditions.
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