Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.
— Shiv Khera
🎓 Education
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
2025 - Present
Conducting research on the applications of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare to
enhance diagnostic and treatment processes. Affiliated with the Department of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering.
University of Peradeniya
Bachelors of the Science of Engineering Honours
2019 - 2024
Specialized in Computer Engineering and Graduated with First Class Honours
with a GPA of 3.90/4.00.
📰 News
Feb 2026
The second paper from my final-year undergraduate project, titled "AI-Assisted
Radiographic Analysis in Detecting Alveolar Bone-Loss Severity and
Patterns," was
published in Nature Scientific Reports.
Jan 2026
The paper "AI-assisted radiographic analysis in detecting alveolar bone-loss
severity and patterns" was accepted for publication in the Scientific Reports
journal by Nature Publishing Group.
Dec 2025
Completed the Data or Specimens Only Research
course offered by the CITI Program.
Oct 2025
Officially started my Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at
the
University of Melbourne,
affiliated with the
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
.
Oct 2025
The first paper from my final-year undergraduate project, titled "DenPAR: Annotated Intra-Oral Periapical Radiographs
Dataset for Machine Learning," was published in Nature Scientific
Data.
Jul 2025
Attended the General Convocation of the University of Peradeniya and officially
graduated with a BSc in Engineering (Honours), specialized in Computer Engineering.
Jun 2025
Published one of my papers from my final year undergraduate project as a
preprint on arXiv.
📊 Grants & Research Support
LK Domain Registry, Sri Lanka
Prof. V. K. Samaranayake Research Grant
(Conference/Journal Publication Grant)
2025
Supported publication expenses for the associated journal article.
Paper: DenPAR: Annotated Intra-Oral Periapical Radiographs Dataset for Machine Learning
Paper: DenPAR: Annotated Intra-Oral Periapical Radiographs Dataset for Machine Learning
💼 Experience
University of Peradeniya
Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
Service Letter: View Service Letter
Attune Integration, Sri Lanka
Intern Embedded System Engineer (Part Time)
July 2024 - June 2025
Contribution: Working on projects involving Computer Vision, Full Stack
Development, and Embedded Systems.
Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Research Intern
Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
Lab: Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Computing Lab
Research Area: Computer Vision Applications in Artificial Intelligence
Certificate: View Certificate
Research Area: Computer Vision Applications in Artificial Intelligence
Certificate: View Certificate
University of Peradeniya
Casual Instructor
Sep 2022 – Jul 2024
Conducted tutorial and lab sessions for undergraduate courses including
CO327 Operating Systems, CO321 Embedded Systems,
CO325 Computer and Network Security, CO224 Computer
Architecture, CO253 Introduction to Programming and Networking for
Electrical Engineering, CO222 Programming Methodology, and
CO223 Computer Communication Networks I.
📝 Academic Service
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine —
Peer Reviewer (Springer Nature), 2026.
Verified via
ORCID.
🤝 Outreach / Volunteering
Volunteering
Instructed in the inaugural Python course under the C0de_N8s initiative by the Physics Alumni Association and Department of Computer Engineering, UoP, helping develop content and conduct online sessions.
Volunteering
Volunteered for Project Nenathambara by creating and
teaching Arduino course content
to 150+ school students from April 2021 to August
2022.
Last updated: Feb 2026