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Computer Scientist

Name
  
Sanjiva Weerawarana


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Institutions
  
Purdue UniversityIBMWSO2

Alma mater
  
Royal College, ColomboKent State UniversityPurdue University

Education
  
Purdue University, University of Moratuwa, Kent State University, Royal College, Colombo

Known for
  
Apache Software Foundation, Web Services Description Language, WSO2

Notable awards
  
Red Hat Summit Award

Dr sanjiva weerawarana shares thoughts about wso2 con 2014 happening in colombo sri lanka


Sanjiva Weerawarana is a CEO, software developer and open source evangelist. He is known for:

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  • His work on the Web Services standards including WSDL, BPEL, and WS-Addressing.
  • Founding WSO2, an Open Source middleware company.
  • His involvement with the Apache Software Foundation, including work on Apache SOAP, Apache Axis and Apache Axis2.
  • Setting up the Lanka Software Foundation.
  • Involvement with the Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System.
  • Advisory Board Member 24/7 Techies

    • He is currently Chairman and CEO of WSO2 Inc. He lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is a visiting professor and lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and a board alumnus of the Open Source Initiative.

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    Background

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    Weerawarana attended Kent State University, majoring in applied mathematics / computer science, before completing a PhD at Purdue University. He then joined IBM Research working in Hawthorne, New York, until he left to found the startup WSO2. He currently lives in Colombo.

    Open Source

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    Weerawarana has been involved with the Apache Software Foundation since 2000 when he worked on the original Apache SOAP project. Weerawarana is an elected Member of the Foundation and is a committer on several projects. A complete and current listing of Apache projects in which he is involved is available here: Apache Committers.

    In 2004 he founded the Lanka Software Foundation to encourage involvement in Open Source from Sri Lankans. And he is a director there.

    Publications

    Weerawarana has many research publications. A full list is available here: [1] Notable research publications include:

  • Colombo: Lightweight middleware for service-oriented computing IBM Systems Journal 44
  • Enterprise Services Communications of the ACM 45

    • Books

  • Sanjiva Weerawarana, Francisco Curbera, Frank Leymann and Donald F. Ferguson (2005). Web Services Platform Architecture. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-148874-0. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Maria E. Orlowska, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Michael P. Papazoglou, Jian Yang (2003). Service-Oriented Computing -- ICSOC 2003 : First International Conference, Trento, Italy, December 15–18, 2003, Proceedings. Springer. ISBN 3-540-20681-7. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

    • References

    Sanjiva Weerawarana Wikipedia
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