DR. JEEWIKA RANAWEERA
Principal Hardware Engineer, Oracle
California , United States.
Biographical Profile:
Jeewika Ranaweera is a principal hardware engineer working on high-speed microprocessors at Oracle. She received her Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering from ISPJAE in Havana, Cuba and her Master’s and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada. She is an IEEE Senior Member and a steering committee member for IEEE Future Directions and Digital Reality Initiatives.
Jeewika authored an eBook about her engineering journey for IEEE Women in Engineering to inspire others to follow STEM careers and illustrated the 1stchildren’s book published by IEEE.
During the COVID19 shelter in place, she delivered a Tech Talk as a Virtual panelist on “Use of Gaming Devices to stay connected” for IEEE. At the AWE2020, she was a panelist for Predicting Future Tech Trends for an Immersive Intelligent Digital World through AR, VR, AI, and ML.
In Feb 2020, she delivered a Keynote on “Successful Leadership Development in STEAM Careers,” at the IEEE LAEDC 2020, Women in Engineering/Young Professional Networking session in Costa Rica. She is passionate about delivering talks on Quantum Computing, and the need to have a diverse environment to eliminate “Bias in AI” that discriminates minority. She also shared her unique insight via a podcast on areas where immersive technologies benefit humanity. In addition, she has been a speaker at the Drive World Conference, ChipChat, IEEE VTS, IEEE CCNC, AWE, IEEE TTM, Grace Hopper Conference, IEEE WIC Summit, and FB Developer Circle.
As a Program Evaluator for ABET, she helps guide the content, quality and delivery of ECE degree programs around the world. She volunteers as a female technologist through the Oracle Education Foundation.
In 2020, she received the “Outstanding member who promoted women in engineering” award from IEEE WIE SCV. She has authored and co-authored many papers published in technical journals, or presented at international conferences. Jeewika holds five US Patents.