My research interests lie in the intersection of machine learning, intelligent transportation systems, and optimizations.
I am particularly interested in studying gradual and complex integration of
automation and AI into existing systems specifically in the mobility sphere.
Learning Corridor Clearance for Emergency Vehicles Under Mixed Autonomy
Dajiang Suo*, Vindula Jayawardana*, Cathy Wu (* = equal contribution)
Path Clearance for Emergency Vehicles Under Mixed Autonomy: An Opportunity for Low Market Penetration CAVs
Dajiang Suo, Vindula Jayawardana, Cathy Wu
Publications
Learning Eco-Driving Strategies at Signalized Intersections
Vindula Jayawardana,
Cathy Wu
European Control Conference (ECC), 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2022. Robotics for Climate Change workshop, 2022
Press: On the road to cleaner, greener, and faster driving – MIT News
@inproceedings{jayawardana2022,
title={Reinforcement Learning for Eco-Lagrangian Control at Intersections},
author={Vindula Jayawardana and Cathy Wu},
booktitle={20th European Control Conference (ECC)},
year={2022},
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{braess_paradox_zhuang, author={Zhuang, Dingyi and Huang, Yuzhu and Jayawardana, Vindula and Zhao, Jinhua and Suo, Dajiang and Wu, Cathy},
booktitle={2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC)},
title={The Braess Paradox in Dynamic Traffic}, year={2021}}
@INPROCEEDINGS{9565053, author={Jayawardana, Vindula and Landler, Anna and Wu, Cathy},
booktitle={2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC)},
title={Mixed Autonomous Supervision in Traffic Signal Control}, year={2021}, volume={},
number={}, pages={1767-1773}, doi={10.1109/ITSC48978.2021.9565053}}
@misc{mounesan2021fleet,
title={Fleet management for ride-pooling with meeting points at scale: a case study in the five boroughs of New York City},
author={Motahare Mounesan and Vindula Jayawardana and Yaocheng Wu and Samitha Samaranayake and Huy T. Vo},
year={2021},
eprint={2105.00994},
archivePrefix={arXiv},
primaryClass={eess.SY}
}
@article{Jayawardana2017DerivingAR,
title={Deriving a representative vector for ontology classes with instance word vector embeddings},
author={Vindula Jayawardana and D. Lakmal and Nisansa de Silva and A. Perera and Keet Sugathadasa and Buddhi Ayesha},
journal={2017 Seventh International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH)},
year={2017},
pages={79-84}
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{8257822,
author={Jayawardana, Vindula and Lakmal, Dimuthu and de Silva, Nisansa and Perera, Amal Shehan and Sugathadasa, Keet and Ayesha, Buddhi and Perera, Madhavi},
booktitle={2017 Seventeenth International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer)},
title={Semi-supervised instance population of an ontology using word vector embedding},
year={2017},
volume={},
number={},
pages={1-7},
doi={10.1109/ICTER.2017.8257822}}
@INPROCEEDINGS{8300343,
author={Sugathadasa, Keet and Ayesha, Buddhi and de Silva, Nisansa and Perera, Amal Shehan and Jayawardana, Vindula and Lakmal, Dimuthu and Perera, Madhavi},
booktitle={2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS)},
title={Synergistic union of Word2Vec and lexicon for domain specific semantic similarity},
year={2017},
volume={},
number={},
pages={1-6},
doi={10.1109/ICIINFS.2017.8300343}}
@article{Jayawardana2018WordVE,
title={Word Vector Embeddings and Domain Specific Semantic based Semi-Supervised Ontology Instance Population},
author={Vindula Jayawardana and D. Lakmal and Nisansa de Silva and A. Perera and Keet Sugathadasa and Buddhi Ayesha and Madhavi Perera},
journal={International Journal on Advances in Ict for Emerging Regions (icter)},
year={2018},
volume={11},
pages={1}
}
@InProceedings{Sugathadasa2019Legal,
author="Sugathadasa, Keet
and Ayesha, Buddhi
and de Silva, Nisansa
and Perera, Amal Shehan
and Jayawardana, Vindula
and Lakmal, Dimuthu
and Perera, Madhavi",
editor="Arai, Kohei
and Kapoor, Supriya
and Bhatia, Rahul",
title="Legal Document Retrieval Using Document Vector Embeddings and Deep Learning",
booktitle="Intelligent Computing",
year="2019",
publisher="Springer International Publishing",
address="Cham",
pages="160--175",
isbn="978-3-030-01177-2"
}
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 32-D631
Cambridge, MA 02139
vindula [AT] mit [DOT] edu