Shalitha Wijethilaka is a CONNECT PhD researcher at University College Dublin.

He obtained his Bachelor’s degree (First Class Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2017. He has industrial experience in IoT and telecommunication networks from 2017 to 2020. His research mainly focuses on improving network slicing security in telecommunication networks. In addition, he is interested in blockchain and federated learning in telecommunication, metaverse realization, and IoT security.