Faculty Profile

Dr. Chathurika S. Abeykoon

Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Statistics at Rhodes College and faculty lead of The Feature Factory, guiding undergraduate research at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and trustworthy AI.

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Her work centers on

Reliable and interpretable machine learning
Synthetic data generation and evaluation
Uncertainty quantification and robust forecasting
Generative augmentation for imbalanced learning

Research areas

Trustworthy and reliable artificial intelligence
Synthetic data generation and reliability
Generative augmentation for imbalanced learning
Uncertainty quantification in machine learning

Teaching and mentoring

Statistics and probability
Data analytics and machine learning
Research methods and scientific communication
Project-based undergraduate research

Research and mentoring highlights

Leads a faculty-guided undergraduate research lab focused on statistics, machine learning, and trustworthy AI.
Mentors students through literature review, coding, experimentation, poster development, conference presentation, and manuscript preparation.
Develops theory-driven and computational methods for evaluating reliability, robustness, and inferential validity.

Mentoring philosophy

Dr. Abeykoon views undergraduate research as a gradual process of developing confidence, independence, and scholarly ownership. Students move from structured support to designing experiments, interpreting findings, presenting their work, and contributing to publications.

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