Charith Mendis

Charith Mendis
Charith Mendis
Assistant Professor
4118 Siebel Center for Comp Sci

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Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020
  • S.M., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
  • B.Sc., Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, 2013

Academic Positions

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science, Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
  • Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science, Aug 2021 - present

Other Professional Employment

  • Visiting Faculty Researcher, Google Brain, New York, Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

Research Interests

  • Compilers
  • Machine Learning for Systems
  • Programming Languages

Honors

  • William A. Martin Thesis Award for Outstanding SM thesis, MIT (2015)
  • MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship (2013)
  • Sri Lanka Telecom Gold Medal, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2012)

Research Honors

  • Best Student Paper Award, IEEE BigData (2017)
  • Best Paper Award, ML for Systems Workshop at ISCA (2019)

Recent Courses Taught

  • CS 526 - Advanced Compiler Construction
  • CS 591 ACT - Advanced Compiler Technology
  • CS 598 CM - ML for Compilers & Architect.