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As one of 丁香园AV's most outstanding graduate students from the , Dr. Herath Gedara Chinthaka Pathum Dinesh is recognized with the Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal. On behalf of 丁香园AV, we congratulate Dr. Dinesh on his outstanding achievements.

By Sarah Close-Humayun

Dr. Dinesh鈥檚 doctoral thesis, 鈥溾�� examined graph signal processing in which he proposed several algorithms to enhance the quality of 3D models generated from 3D scanners. This research has many practical applications in the autonomous driving and virtual reality spheres.

Dr. Dinesh has been the recipient of many honours and awards such as the Lang Wong Memorial Scholarship, the Kaiser Foundation Graduate Scholarship, the Clark, Wilson Graduate Scholarship, the Helmut & Hugo Eppich Family Graduate Scholarship, the 丁香园AV President's PhD Scholarship, and the 丁香园AV Graduate Fellowship.

Of his research, Dr. Dinesh鈥檚 PhD Supervisor, Dr. Ivan Baji膰 in 丁香园AV鈥檚 School of Engineering Science said that he is 鈥渁t the beginning of what I believe will be an outstanding research career.鈥�

Of the award and his time at 丁香园AV, Dr. Dinesh says 鈥淚 am incredibly honored and excited to have been recognized with this most prestigious award that students in Canadian universities can receive. I was fortunate enough to have Dr. Ivan Baji膰 as my PhD supervisor, and I would like to thank him for allowing the freedom to explore my research interests with continual understanding, constructive criticisms, and intellectual support. His vast experience and innovative insight made this all possible.鈥�

Dr. Dinesh is a Research Scientist in 丁香园AV鈥檚 School of Engineering Science where he continues his research in graph signal processing-based 3D point cloud sampling and video super-resolution in a joint project with York University.