Charith Mendis

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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, 08/2020 - 08/2021
• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science, 08/2021 - present
• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Coordinated Science Lab, 04/2024 - present

Research Interests

• Compilers
• Programming Languages
• Machine Learning for Systems

Honors

• Outstanding Advisor Award (2024)
• MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship (2013)
• Sri Lanka Telecom Gold Medal, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2012)

Teaching Honors

• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2023)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022 )
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2021 )

Research Honors

• NSF CAREER Award (2024)
• IEEE Micro Top Picks Honorable Mention (2024)
• Best Paper Award, ML for Systems Workshop at ISCA (2019)
• Best Student Paper Award, IEEE BigData (2017)
• William A. Martin Thesis Award for Outstanding SM thesis, MIT (2015)