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Hi, I’m Mithuran Thurairatnam, a junior machine learning engineer with hands-on experience in computer vision, semi-supervised learning, and ML-backed web systems. I’ve published research on Vision Transformer-based plant disease recognition and enjoy translating ML research into deployable applications using Python, TensorFlow, React, and Node.js.…

Mithuran Thurairatnam

Web Developer, Programmer, AI Engineer, +3

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Hi, I’m Mithuran Thurairatnam, a junior machine learning engineer with hands-on experience in computer vision, semi-supervised learning, and ML-backed web systems. I’ve published research on Vision Transformer-based plant disease recognition and enjoy translating ML research into deployable applications using Python, TensorFlow, React, and Node.js.…

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Hi, I’m Mithuran Thurairatnam, a junior machine learning engineer with hands-on experience in computer vision, semi-supervised learning, and ML-backed web systems.

I’ve published research on Vision Transformer-based plant disease recognition and enjoy translating ML research into deployable applications using Python, TensorFlow, React, and Node.js.

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Work Experience

Research Assistant (Computer Vision & Deep Learning) at Academic Research Lab

February 1, 2025 - Present

Designed and evaluated computer vision pipelines for plant disease detection using Vision Transformers; trained and benchmarked models (ViT, Swin Transformer, ConvNeXt); implemented pseudo-labeling–based semi-supervised learning to improve performance with limited labeled data; contributed to dataset preparation, training optimization, and experimental evaluation for peer-reviewed publications.

Software Engineer Trainee at Smartzi Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

April 1, 2025 - Present

Built modular, reusable React components across internal modules to reduce UI duplication and improve maintainability. Developed responsive, production-ready interfaces aligned with product requirements. Collaborated with backend engineers and designers to deliver features under tight timelines.

Software Engineer Intern at Smartzi Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

August 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Implemented reusable frontend components and optimized code for scalability and long-term maintainability. Delivered production UI features using React.js with a focus on performance and user experience.

Research Assistant (Computer Vision & Deep Learning)

February 1, 2025 - Present

Designed and evaluated computer vision pipelines for plant disease detection using Vision Transformers on real-world agricultural datasets. Trained and benchmarked deep learning models including ViT, Swin Transformer, and ConvNeXt, comparing robustness and generalization. Implemented pseudo-labeling–based semi-supervised learning pipelines to improve model performance under limited labeled data. Contributed to dataset preparation, training optimization, and experimental evaluation for peer-reviewed publications.