MrAnupa De Silva

Anupa is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin, where he contributes to the National Space Subsystems & Payloads Initiative (NSSPI). His research focuses on integrating blockchain technologies into satellite communication systems to enhance their security, scalability, and fairness.

Anupa recently received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Galway, Ireland, where his doctoral research explored Payment Channel Networks as core infrastructure for next-generation digital monetary systems. He holds a First Class B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and previously worked as a Research Engineer at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

His interdisciplinary work spans cybersecurity, decentralised finance, game theory, and agent-based modeling, with contributions including digital payment protocols, and novel incentive mechanisms for blockchain networks. Anupa has published his research in leading academic venues, including ACM, Springer, and IEEE.