Professor Dr. Ajith Jayasekare

Biography

Ajith Jayasekare is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney. He holds a PhD from the University of Wollongong, specializing in urban analytics. Before pursuing his PhD, Ajith served as a GIS remote sensing analyst at the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka. He also obtained a Master of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics from Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. His research interests lie in spatial modeling, machine learning applications, image analysis, and predictive modeling. Ajith has a skilled background in various analytics sub-domains including remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems, simulation modeling, data visualization, and hedonic price modeling.

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