Dr. K. Pubudu N. Jayasena

© Pubudu Jayasena

Pubudu Jayasena  received her B.Sc. degree in Computer Networking from Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology in 2010. She obtained her Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering at the Wuhan University of Technology in PR china in 2015.  In 2018, she obtained her Doctor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science from the Wuhan University of Technology in PR China. She has nearly ten years of experience as an academic lecturer at the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka Since September 2011. Currently, she is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the TU-Dresden. Her current research interests include Cloud computing  Distributed Big Data Analytics, and Confidential Computing. She has published over 50 research papers, including three high indexed SCI journal papers and papers at top-tier cloud computing conferences.

Contact Information:

•  Email:pubudu.jayasena@tu -dresden.de
•  Office:  APB/3075
• Phone:+49 351 463-38419
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pubudu-jayasena-16704834
• Google Scholor:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O7FJrFIAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interest

• Research interests (bullet list):

• Confidential Computing — TEE-based secure streaming, cross-platform attestation
• Secure Federated Learning — privacy-preserving cross-institutional model training
• Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing — resource scheduling, fog and edge computing
• Cybersecurity — online certification, network security, trust models in distributed systems

Publication

2025

• A. Cueva Mora, K.P.N. Jayasena, R. Krahn, E. Chirivella-Perez, C. Fetzer. Understanding the Latency-Security Tradeoff: TEE-Based Confidential Computing for Streaming Workloads. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2025). 
• A.V.A.N. Pradeep, K.P.N. Jayasena, P. Vigneshwaran. Integrating Federated Learning with Blockchain for Secure and Efficient V2V Communication. 24th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC 2025). 
• M. Abd Elaziz, L. Li, K.P.N. Jayasena, S. Xiong. Multiobjective Big Data Optimisation Based on a Hybrid Salp Swarm Algorithm and Differential Evolution. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 80, 929–943. (IF 4.8, Q1)
• M. Abd Elaziz, S. Xiong, K.P.N. Jayasena, L. Li. Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing Based on Hybrid Moth Search Algorithm and Differential Evolution. Knowledge-Based Systems, 169, 39–52. (IF 8.47, Q1) — President's Award 2023
• K.P.N. Jayasena, L. Li, Q. Xie. Multi-Modal Multimedia Big Data Analysing Architecture and Resource Allocation on Cloud Platform. Neurocomputing, 253, 135–143. (IF 6.79, Q1

 See Google Scholar for a full list of publications.

Current students

I am happy to currently supervise the following student(s):

Youssef, Henna          Deployment of a verifiable and confidential vulnerability scanner                                               with Kubernetes and SCONE

Hanzala Bhutto          A Confidential PCCS Operator in Kubernetes with Autonomous                                                 Policy   Generation 

Abdulaziz Musaev.     A Comparative Analysis of WebAssembly and Docker Containers for                                        Microservice Architectures in Kubernetes    

Previous students

Nazar Grynko          Quorum-Based Manifests Governance
Path Dawan              SBOM Monitor