Tharindu Ranathunga

Projects

Applied research case studies focused on secure data exchange, decentralized trust, and operational AI.

Mar 2026 - Present

Agentic Cognitive Firewall: Zero-Trust Security SDK for Agentic AI

Open-source zero-trust security SDK that applies policy-driven controls to LLM-based agentic systems, developed under the C2SI open-source organization.

PythonGoOpen Policy AgentRego

Feb 2026 - Present

Cobot Claw: Agentic Control for Collaborative Robots

Multi-agent AI system for natural-language control of UR collaborative robot arms and end-effectors, designed for smart factory and industrial automation environments.

PydanticAILlamaIndexROS 2FastMCPOllamaOpenAI SDKAnthropic SDK

Jan 2026 - Present

CyberUnite Ireland

AI-driven, zero-trust, cyber-digital-twin research program to improve critical infrastructure resilience across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Zero TrustCPS SecurityAI Threat DetectionDigital TwinPolicy Enforcement

Sep 2025 - Oct 2025

Yadam MCP: Blockchain-Powered Data Sharing Platform

Blockchain-powered platform for secure, ethical, and monetizable data exchange for AI systems using smart contracts and MCP servers.

Model Context ProtocolLangChainAlgorand SDK

Jan 2023 - Jan 2026

CORDS: Collaborative Data Space for Manufacturing

Federated learning platform on International Data Space protocol for self-sovereign, cross-party model orchestration in manufacturing.

PythonJavaEESPARQLApache CamelOPCUADockerKubernetesPyTorchFLOWER.AIMLFlowKafkaIDSA DSP

Apr 2021 - Sept 2023

SmartQC: Smart Contracts for Automated Batch Release

Blockchain-enabled supply chain platform for medical device manufacturing, improving traceability and reducing reconciliation overhead.

JavaHyperledger FabricChaincodeBigchainDBAlgorandVue.js

Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

DigiBlocks: DLT for Smart Energy Communities

DLT platform for smart energy communities, enabling multi-stakeholder transaction consolidation and decentralized application workflows.

DLTSmart ContractsEnergy DataDApps

Dec 2018 - Jan 2023

A DLT-based Trust Framework for IoT Ecosystems

Architecture and trust-reputation framework for IoT edge-cloud ecosystems using DLT and off-chain ML trust computation.

Hyperledger FabricEthereumPyTorchScikit-learnTensorFlowGoRaftPBFT

Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

RADAR: Code Quality Metrics Aggregation Platform

Central platform for aggregating static and dynamic code analysis metrics and computing quality scores across engineering workflows.

ElasticsearchPythonMachine LearningBambooValgrindSonar

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

ASSET: Adaptive Sensor Actuator System for Elephant Tracking

Adaptive sensor-actuator system for elephant detection and early warning using low-cost flying robotics and wireless sensor networks.

WSNDigital Signal ProcessingScikit-learn