yasas = {
    "degree"    : "B.Sc. (Hons) Statistics & Operations Research",
    "university": "University of Peradeniya 🇱🇰",
    "focus"     : ["Data Analytics", "Forecasting", "Optimization"],
    "tools"     : ["Python", "R", "SQL", "Power BI", "Excel"],
    "goal"      : "Turning raw data into decisions that matter",
    "open_to"   : "Internships · Collaborations · Data Projects"
}

I'm a statistics undergrad who lives at the intersection of math, data, and real-world problem solving. I build end-to-end analytics pipelines, optimize business processes with Operations Research techniques, and turn messy datasets into clear, actionable insights.

Python Power BI Prophet EDA

End-to-end tourism analytics system for Sri Lanka — from raw data to forecasted insights.

• Cleaned and explored multi-year tourism datasets; identified key seasonal and regional patterns
• Built interactive Power BI dashboards with DAX-driven KPIs for trend monitoring
• Deployed a Facebook Prophet time-series model to forecast tourist arrivals

Linear Programming Operations Research Excel Solver

Applied LP optimization to a real-world tea production planning problem.

• Formulated multi-constraint LP models for production and resource allocation
• Identified optimal production mix to maximize profit under land, labor, and cost constraints
• Demonstrated measurable improvement in decision quality vs. heuristic approaches

R PCA Factor Analysis LDA

Dimensionality reduction and classification on banking customer data.

• Applied PCA and Factor Analysis to reduce a high-dimensional feature space
• Used LDA to classify churners vs. retained customers with interpretable discriminant functions
• Surfaced key behavioral drivers of churn for strategic targeting

Android OCR Forecasting Business Intelligence

Full-stack Android application integrating analytics and automation for hotel operations.

• Building OCR pipeline for automated document digitization
• Integrating forecasting module for occupancy and revenue prediction
• Embedding currency conversion and BI dashboards within the app

📈 Forecasting & Time Series        🔢 Operations Research & Optimization
📊 Data Analytics & Visualization   🤖 Machine Learning & Classification