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IQ LabsCyber Security සමාගමක් ලංකාවේ පිහිටුවාගෙන ලෝකෙටම සේවා සපයනවා Shihan AnnonLet's talk about Cyber Security (Information Security) with Shihan Annon. He started small in Sri Lanka from his boss' garage. Under the leadership of Nabhan Akeel they established a partnership with Eguardian from Singapore and expanded globally to other countries. He is an accomplished Technocrat and entrepreneur, playing a key role as Chief Visionary Officer defining and driving global strategy of LIMRA’s IT cluster.00:58 What made you interested?04:00 using Linux (IRC)04:44 Story of your company06:07 Starting from a garage07:19 Your boss - Nabhan Akeel09:04 Milestones...
2022-03-2636 minIQ LabsHead of John Keells Research - Dr. Muditha Senarath-YapaDr. Muditha Senarath -Yapa is the head of John Keells Research and the Vice President of John Keells Holdings. Let's take a look at his story from School to Undergraduate to Post Graduate and then entering the industry. 01:12 School Days 24:54 Coming back home 28:06 Switching Research Areas 30:53 Returning to Sri Lanka 34:42 John Keels investing in Nano Tech 38:48 Listening to Ravi Fernando 41:02 How Industry works 51:32 on humility
2022-03-2054 minIQ LabsGenelabs Medical ජෛව රසායනය සහ අණුක ජීව විද්යාවෙන් ලංකාවට දෙයක් ගෙනාපු Dr. Chandanamali PunchihewaToday’s guest is Dr. Chandanamali Punchihewa. She is a Scientist with extensive experience in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Drug Discovery. Founded Genelabs Medical (Pvt) Ltd in order to perform high-complexity genetic tests that have not been available in Sri Lanka. She was one of the first batches of students who specialized in the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry program at the University of Colombo. She obtained her PhD from the University of Arizona, USA and did her postdoc at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. 00:00 Intro 00:29 Childhood and Family 05:48 First batch of Molecular Biology and Bio Chemistry 08:03 Dr. Maya G...
2022-03-2052 minIQ Labsගණිතය පෞද්ගලික සහ රාජ්ය අංශයට වැදගත්වෙන හැටි Applied Mathematics | Sanjaya AriyawansaLet's talk about the uses of Applied Mathematics with Sanjaya Ariyawansa. Sanjaya is currently following is Masters in Economics at Oxford University, UK. He graduated from the University of Colombo with a BSc in Mathematics (Hons). 00:00 About Sanjaya 01:23 Why Mathematics? 02:57 Economics/Social Science 05:43 Teaching to Commerce students 10:45 Maths in the private sector 16:55 Advice to Commerce/Arts/Tech students 21:54 Listening to discussions 24:09 Future jobs 27:00 Future plans 30:34 Game Theory
2022-03-2035 minIQ LabsUnited Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth - Jayathma WickramanayakeJayathma Wickramanayake is a Sri Lankan born international civil servant who currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. She did her undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. 00:00 About Jayathma 00:25 Jayathma's work 01:35 What is youth? 03:30 What is the UN? 08:43 Countries similar to us 13:40 How countries develop 14:58 Definition of 'developed' 19:41 America is not developed yet 21:58 Issues with GDP 25:17 Types of opportunities 35:02 Migration/Brain Drain 38:06 Is Free Education bad? 45:57 Don't limit yourself 50:23 Be willing to learn 52:41 Your vision
2022-03-2057 min
Heart ThingsEps 11 | Cinta Pertama (Bareng Suketchi Podcast)Fadli, Rofi, Fadil dan Petel adalah temen kampus gua yang tergabung dalam sebuah podcast sketsa komedi yaitu Suketchi Podcast, di episode ini mereka akan menceritakan tentang pengalaman cinta pertama mereka yang justru jarang mereka ceritakan satu sama lain.
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IQ Labsගණිතය කියන්නේ විශ්වයේ භාෂාව | Mathematics is the language of the Universe - Rusiru GambheeraIt is my great pleasure to present you Rusiru Gambheera - one of the brightest minds in the Department of Mathematics from the University of Colombo. He received his education from the Rajapaksha Central College in Weeraketiya. He is famous for being the guy who was ranked first in the Island in the 2012 GCE Advanced Level exam, but he chose to enter the Faculty of Science to pursue his dream of becoming a Scientist. He is currently reading for his PhD at the University of California San Diego - USA.
2021-07-1641 minIQ LabsThe Future of Radiation Physics විකිරණ භෞතික විද්යාව | Nirodha RanasingheNirodha Ranasinghe is currently a Scientific Officer at the Atomic Energy Board of Sri Lanka. He completed his undergraduate degree from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. His team won the 2020 "Sahasak Maha Nimawum" contest under the Physics category. In this episode we go into details about his team's contribution towards the School Science syllabus and his views on Nuclear Energy.
2021-07-1638 minIQ LabsPaleoceanography - Let's walk into the past (Fisheries & Marine Sciences) | Mudith WeerabaddanaYou might remember Mudith from our Erasmus Scholarship video and in this podcast I wanted to go into detail about his Undergraduate and Masters Research. Mudith obtained his Bachelors from the University of Ruhuna - Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Technology, later went to France, UK, USA (Louisiana State University) for his Masters. I have included videos and images to make this an immersive story - hope you like it!
2021-07-1646 minIQ LabsInternational Economics (ජාත්යන්තර ආර්ථිකය) and Global Production Sharing | Naveen WickremeratneThis time I invited an expert from the Arts and Humanities. Naveen Wickremeratne is an Economics Graduate from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Colombo and is a Fulbright Scholar. He obtained his Masters from the University of South Carolina, USA. His undergraduate research was under International Economics - in the area of Global Production sharing and I believe there are many things we can learn from it, as future Scientists, Engineers or Technologists.
2021-07-1646 minIQ LabsData Science, Statistics and it's importance (දත්ත විද්යාව සහ සංඛ්යානය) | Devini SeneratnaSpecial thanks to Devini Seneratna for accepting my invitation. She specialized in Statistics at the University of Colombo and later went for her Masters at Stanford University, USA. She is currently working as a Data Scientist.
2021-07-1645 minIQ LabsScientist exploring venoms as cures | Dr. Himaya Siddhihalu Wickrama HewageDr. Himaya is currently working at the Institute of Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland, Australia as a Researcher. Her work focusses on animal venom - (the poisonous cone snail to be precise) and their uses. She obtained her Bachelors from the University of Peradeniya and went to South Korea for her PhD.
2021-07-1630 minIQ LabsScientist, Entrepreneur, Mother | Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage (Plant Biotechnology)I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Jayeni Hitibandaralage. She specialized in Plant Biotechnology (PBT) at the University of Colombo. She has worked in the industry prior to going for her a PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her PhD was groundbreaking! Titled: PhD for Developing World’s First Meristem Based Commercial Tissue Culture Platform for Avocado. She also has her Bio Tech Lab setup in Sri Lanka and while doing research in Australia, she is running her company in Sri Lanka. I personally found this inspirational because while balancing the role of a parent she was able to...
2020-08-301h 15IQ LabsI was fascinated by Neuroscience | Roshini RandeniyaIn this Science Talks episode I wanted to share the Academic Journey of Roshini Randeniya. She is doing her PhD in Neuroscience at the Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia. She is someone who didn’t do any Undergraduate research nor a 4 Year Special Degree. She did her Bachelors at the University of Colombo and then decided to work in the private sector (Sri Lanka Family Planning Institute) for a few years and then decided to pursue a PhD. Her dissertation is on “Neural Pathways of Sensory Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder”.
2020-08-1435 minIQ LabsI have discovered two Exo Planets | Mahesh Herath (Astronomy)Mahesh Herath is currently doing his MPhil at the University of Colombo. He is also a Research Scientist at Arthur C. Clark Institute in Sri Lanka. He has discovered two exo planets using the data generated by the Kepler/K2 Satellite. He obtained his MSc in Physics from the University of Southampton, UK and Advanced MSc in Space Science at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. “Two temperate sub-Neptune’s transiting the star EPIC 212737443” Herath et al. 2019. Published by MNRAS journals
2020-08-0151 minIQ LabsMy Research is being used to conserve thousands of animals in the wild - Dr. Himali Ratnayakeසත්ව විද්යාව, එහි වැදගත්කම සහ එමගින් බිහිවෙන රැකියා අවස්ථා මෙම සංවාදය මගින් දැනගැනීමට ලැබේ. I had the privilege of interviewing a Zoologist, Dr. Himali Ratnayake. She obtained her Bachelors from the University of Colombo and her Final Year research project was on ‘Impact of parasite load on selected parameters of health status: Investigations using a Fulvous fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaulti) model’. Later on she went to the University of Melbourne, Australia to do her PhD on ‘Understanding how extreme heat events affect the heat budget of Australian flying-foxes (Pteropus spp.): Roles of morphology, physiology and behaviour’
2020-08-0149 minIQ LabsParticle Physics and CERN - Malinda Shiram De SilvaIn today’s #ScienceTalks episode Malinda De Silva will take us on a virtual tour inside CERN – the largest Science Laboratory in the world. He did his Bachelors in Physics at the University of Colombo, then went for his Masters to TUM (Technical University of Munich) and now he is doing his PhD at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany.
2020-08-0143 minIQ LabsI was always curious about the Environment - Charuni PathmeswaranI am please to invite my friend Charuni Pathmeswaran who is currently a PhD candidate at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She did her Undergraduate at the University of Colombo – specializing in Environmental Science, later doing her Masters at the University of Bristol, UK in Climate Change Science and Poilicy. Here’s her blog for further details: https://climatechai.weebly.com
2020-07-3135 minIQ LabsWhen people tried to bring us down we became stronger - Dr. Beshan Kulapala | Vega InnovationsI invited the Director of Vega Innovations – Dr. Beshan Kulapala for an interview on #ScienceTalks Get to know one of the main Engineers behind the Vega Car. The problems they had, his views on where we stand as a country in terms of innovation. Time-code of the discussion:
2020-07-3141 minIQ LabsMy Research has now made it to Industry - Malsha Udayakantha (PhD in Chemistry)I interviewed Malsha Udayakantha who is a Chemistry PhD student at Texas A&M. She was an undergrad at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Malsha worked in SLINTEC prior to receiving her PhD offer.
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