Gavindya
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Gavindya
@Gavindya2
Postdoc @IXlab_UT @UTiSchool @UTAustin | PhD @ODUCS @ODU, Ex-RA @NirdsLab @WebSciDL, Summer Research Intern @LosAlamosNatLab, BS (CSE) @MoratuwaUni
Austin, TX เข้าร่วม Ocak 2019
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Excited to share that I passed my PhD proposal defense on April 24, 2026 -- another step closer to finishing my PhD 🎓
🛝: slideshare.net/slideshow/infr…
Special thanks to my dissertation committee: @weiglemc, @phonedude_mln, @acnwala, & @ErikaFrydenlund for their guidance & support.

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Today, I presented our paper titled "Susceptibility to High-Fidelity Misinformation: An Eye-Tracking Analysis" at GenEAI workshop @ETRA_conference.
Co-authors: @Gavindya2 @OpenMaze Dr. Enkelejda Kasneci
Workshop: geneai.edu.sot.tum.de
#ETRA26
@NirdsLab @WebSciDL @oducs @odu




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Postdoctoral Research Fellow @Gavindya2 did a beautiful job presenting our paper on "Effects of Working Memory Capacity and Search Task Complexity on Cognitive Load" at #CHIIR2026 co-authored with @lishi_ut and me. @UTiSchool @IXlab_UT

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The very first paper presentation at #CHIIR2026 conference by Dan Zhang, my doctoral student from @UTiSchool. Perspective paper co-authored with @Gavindya2 @jaceksg Congrats to Dan on her first successful conference presentation!
@ACM_CHIIR
@IXlab_UT

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Dr. Gavindya Jayawardena is now presenting “EFFECTS OF
WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY AND SEARCH TASK COMPLEXITY
ON COGNITIVE LOAD” at #CHIIR2026
@accessodu @WebSciDL

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WebMCP is coming to Chrome!
(1/5)
developer.chrome.com/blog/webmcp-epp
Here's a video of how it works.
youtu.be/xQAYZBDV5jg?si… via @YouTube

YouTube
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We built @marketrix_ai to make software self supporting.
Self resolving support. Self operating QA. Self updating docs. Self driven walkthroughs.
@yasithdev and I demo it tomorrow, Feb 13 at 4PM, at the Artifact Festival by @fdotinc at Fort Mason.
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🎉 Accepted papers for CHIIR 2026 are now live!
Take a look at the exciting research we’ll be featuring this year 👉 chiir2026.github.io/accepted-paper…
Huge thanks to the authors and reviewers!
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Two full papers accepted to @ACM_CHIIR 2016! Great work @IXlab_UT team!
@Gavindya2 @lishi_ut
@UTiSchool
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New journal paper! with my post doc @Gavindya2 and @yasithdev
Jayawardena, G., Jayawardana, Y., & Gwizdka, J. (2025). Measuring Mental Effort in Real Time Using Pupillometry. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 18(6), 70. doi.org/10.3390/jemr18…
mdpi.com/1995-8692/18/6…

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Six years, countless experiments, and many lessons, I finally wrapped up my Ph.D. journey at @ODUCS! 👨🎓
Read my story about how curiosity led to multi-user eye tracking using webcams.
@WebSciDL @NirdsLab
ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025-1…
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Hussam Hallak (@Hussam_A_Hallak) passed his candidacy exam on Thursday, 2025-07-21, and then advanced his avatar on the @WebSciDL crush board. Congrats!


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🔥 The #ETRA2026 is coming to beautiful Marrakesh, Morocco 🇲🇦 in early June!
📝 Call for Papers now released
📚 Journal publication options available (PACM CGIT/HCI)
⚠️ Note: ACM transitioning to 100% Open Access in 2026
#EyeTracking #Research #Morocco #HCI #ComputerVision



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Lecturer in Data Science (#F1048A) @ODUDataScience
non-TT position, starting Fall 2025
4+4 teaching load
reviews start on 2025-06-23
jobs.odu.edu/postings/23300
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Congratulations Dr. Mahanama! @mahanama94 🥳
Kumushini Thennakoon@KumushiniT
🎉 Congratulations to @mahanama94 on successfully defending your PhD dissertation! Your hard work and perseverance truly paid off. Wishing continued success, Dr. Mahanama. @OpenMaze @NirdsLab @WebSciDL @oducs #PhDdefense
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🚢✨ What an incredible evening at the #ETRA2025 conference banquet! Our dinner cruise in Tokyo Bay was the perfect setting to celebrate eye tracking research with colleagues from around the world. Amazing Japanese cuisine, sake, and unforgettable conversations! 🍶🗾
#EyeTracking




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This work introduces a real-time measure of the ambient/focal coefficient K, robust parametrization and an alternative estimation method, along with two real-time measures analogous to K. More information here dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.11… #etra2025



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