Awantha Jayasiri completed his BSc degree in Engineering from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2005 and received his PhD in Robotics and Control from Memorial University, Canada in 2012. After completing a post-doctoral position in the university and working as an electrical engineer in a local company, he joined the Flight Research Laboratory, National Research Council, Canada as a research officer in 2018. His main research interests include guidance, navigation and control, real-time optimum control, deep learning and computer vision in aerospace applications.