Sanjiva Weerawarana
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Sanjiva Weerawarana | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo Kent State University Purdue University |
Known for | Apache Software Foundation WSDL WSO2 |
Awards | Red Hat Summit Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer Scientist |
Institutions | Purdue University IBM WSO2 |
Sanjiva Weerawarana is a CEO, software developer and open source evangelist. He is known for:
- His work on the Web Services standards including WSDL, BPEL, and WS-Addressing.
- Founding WSO2, an Open Source middleware company.
- Creator of Ballerina (programming language).
- 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[1]
He is the former 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.
Background[]
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 [citation needed].
Open Source[]
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)
See also[]
- Apache Software Foundation
- Open Source Initiative
- WSO2
References[]
External links[]
- Sanjiva Weerawarana's Blog - Sanjiva Weerawarana's Blog
- W3C Working Draft - W3C Working Draft on WSDL ver 1.2
- Sanjiva Weerawarana's profile Page - Sanjiva Weerawarana's profile Page
- WSO2 home page - WSO2 home page
- Lanka Software Foundation - Lanka Software Foundation
- Open Source Initiative Board Members - Open Source Initiative Board Members
- Sanjeeva Weerawarana in Business Week
- American bloggers
- Sri Lankan computer programmers
- Apache Software Foundation members
- Living people
- Members of the Open Source Initiative board of directors
- People from Colombo
- American computer programmers