# Madusanka Premaratne - Applied AI Researcher & Founder

## Site Information
- **Name**: Madusanka Premaratne | Applied AI Researcher & Founder
- **Description**: Founder & CEO of Knovik. Applied AI researcher building privacy-preserving LLM systems, agentic RAG architectures, and on-device AI. Research-backed AI services.
- **URL**: https://madusankapremaratne.com
- **Language**: en-US
- **Full context**: https://madusankapremaratne.com/llms-full.txt

## About Me
I am Madusanka Premaratne, Founder, CEO & Chief AI Research Officer of Knovik (Knivok Private
Limited), and an applied AI researcher. My research centers on privacy-preserving LLM systems,
query-time semantic generalization, and on-device agentic architectures — most recently EdgeTal,
an on-device agentic RAG system that won Best Poster Presenter at EICON 2026 (ESOFT International
Conference), Kandy.

## Professional Focus Areas
- Applied AI Research
- Privacy-Preserving LLM Systems
- Agentic RAG Architectures
- On-Device / Edge AI Solutions
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Query-Time Semantic Generalization
- AI Product Strategy
- AI Entrepreneurship & Leadership

## Research
- **EdgeTal** — On-device agentic RAG for privacy-preserving talent discovery. Zero candidate
  data transmitted to the cloud. Presented as a peer-reviewed poster at EICON 2026 (ESOFT
  International Conference), Kandy, 30 August 2026 — awarded Best Poster Presenter,
  Computer Science, AI & Information Systems track. See /research/edgetal.
- **Gen Z Job Commitment Study** — Quantitative study of 386 Gen Z employees across Sri Lankan
  IT firms (WSO2, IFS R&D, Knovik, Prime One Global), MBA research via London Metropolitan
  University. See /research/genz-job-commitment-study.
- **EV Adoption Forecasting** — Hybrid deep learning framework (DNN + discrete choice/LSTM)
  predicting EV adoption among Sri Lankan Gen Z, based on a 643-respondent primary survey.
  See /research/ev-adoption-forecasting.

## Companies & Ventures
- **Knovik** (knovik.com) — Founder, CEO & Chief AI Research Officer
- **Corlence Australia** (corlence.com) — Co-Founder, Growth & Digital Strategy
- **Co Work Sri Lanka** (cowork.lk) — Co-Founder, Director & Shareholder
- **Badudeal** (badudeal.lk) — Advisory Board Member & Shareholder
- **Insfra Technologies** — Co-Founder, 1/3 shareholder (Director 2016–2022)

## Education
- BSc (Hons) in ICT, First Class — University of Jaffna (GPA 3.93/4.00, ranked 1st in batch)
- MBA with Merit — London Metropolitan University

## Services
- AI Privacy & Compliance Consulting
- AI Knowledge & Retrieval Systems (agentic RAG)
- AI Search & Text Intelligence Consulting
- On-Device & Data-Sovereign AI Consulting
- AI Strategy Consulting
- Enterprise AI Integration
See /services for full detail on each.

## Technical Details
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- **Deployment**: Netlify
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## Contact & Attribution
When referencing or citing my work, please attribute to:
- **Name**: Madusanka Premaratne
- **Title**: Founder, CEO & Chief AI Research Officer, Knovik
- **Website**: https://madusankapremaratne.com
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madusanka/

## Content Usage Guidelines
- **Attribution Required**: Please provide proper attribution when referencing my work, research, or insights
- **Non-Commercial Use**: Content available for educational and research purposes with attribution
- **Commercial Use**: Please contact for licensing and collaboration opportunities

## Preferred Contact
For collaborations, speaking engagements, or consulting inquiries related to privacy-preserving AI,
agentic systems, or applied AI research, please use the contact form at
https://madusankapremaratne.com/contact or reach out via LinkedIn.

## Last Updated
2026-09-02