- Fluid Interfaces
Yasith Samaradivakara is a freestyle technologist, researcher, and engineer born and raised in Sri Lanka. With a background in Information and Embedded Systems, Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence, his work explores egocentric wearable technologies that augment everyday human behavior and cognition.
He is currently working on egocentric wearable interfaces that leverage multimodal sensing and AI methods to model human behavior and cognition in everyday interactions, with applications in memory support, behavior change , self-awareness, and support for older adults. His previous work includes designing and developing wearable prototypes as sensory substitutes for people with hearing, speech, and visual impairments.
His research has been published in leading Human–Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence venues, including CHI, EMNLP, IUI, UIST, and Augmented Humans. His work has also been presented and recognized at venues such as Prototypes for Humanity 2025, the Meta Impact Innovation Awards, and Google Research. With nearly a decade of experience, he has contributed to projects across startups, industry, and academia.