--- title: "Chrisantha Fernando — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Chrisantha Fernando: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2017–2023), h-index 23 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Chrisantha Fernando # Chrisantha Fernando Chrisantha Fernando has 2 papers in our library, in 2017–2023; often with [Dylan Banarse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dylan-banarse/), [Alexander Pritzel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-pritzel/), [Charles Blundell](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/charles-blundell/). 2 papers in our library · 2017–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5030271887) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1683-0385) · [**h-index 23**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5030271887) · [77 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030271887) · [3,832 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030271887&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2,625 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3047](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/31/#star-3047) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Chrisantha+Fernando) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Chrisantha+Fernando) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Chrisantha+Fernando) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Chrisantha+Fernando) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Sussex** Brighton · United Kingdom 2003–2013 · 23 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sussex/) · [🎓**Queen Mary University of London** London · United Kingdom 2012–2019 · 22 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/queen-mary-university-of-london/) · [🏢**Google DeepMind** London · United Kingdom 2016–2024 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google-deepmind/) · [🏛️**Medical Research Council** London · United Kingdom 2008–2013 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/03x94j517) · [🔬**Collegium Budapest** Budapest · Hungary 2005–2011 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/00j39nx61) · [🎓**University of Birmingham** Birmingham · United Kingdom 2007–2008 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-birmingham/) · [🎓**University of London** London · United Kingdom 2012–2014 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-london/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2017–2019 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/year/2023/) ### 2010s [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/year/2017/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[PathNet: Evolution Channels Gradient Descent in Super Neural Networks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fernando-2017-pathnet-evolution-channels-gradient-descent/)** *(2017 · 667 citations)* The paper asks how one very large neural network could learn many tasks one after another. The goal is to reuse earlier knowledge without overwriting it, which is known as catastrophic forgetting. The authors propose PathNet, a modular network of several layers, each with many small modules. A population of… 2. **[Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fernando-2023-promptbreeder-self-referential-self-improvement/)** *(2023 · 174 citations)* Hand-written prompting strategies like Chain-of-Thought help LLMs reason, but they are generic and seldom the best choice for a particular task. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**PathNet: Evolution Channels Gradient Descent in Super Neural Networks arXiv:1701.08734**Chrisantha Fernando, Dylan Banarse, Charles Blundell, et al.*2017 · 667 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fernando-2017-pathnet-evolution-channels-gradient-descent/) 2. **[Population Based Training of Neural Networks ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.09846) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Max Jaderberg et al.*2017 · 310 citations* 3. **[Hierarchical Representations for Efficient Architecture Search ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.00436) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Liu, Hanxiao et al.*2017 · 298 citations* 4. [**Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution arXiv:2309.16797**Chrisantha Fernando, Dylan Banarse, Henryk Michalewski, et al.*2023 · 174 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fernando-2023-promptbreeder-self-referential-self-improvement/) ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dylan Banarse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dylan-banarse/) ×2 - [Alexander Pritzel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-pritzel/) - [Charles Blundell](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/charles-blundell/) - [Daan Wierstra](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/daan-wierstra/) - [David Ha](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-ha/) - [Henryk Michalewski](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henryk-michalewski/) - [Tim Rocktaschel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tim-rocktaschel/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2,625 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [611 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chrisantha-fernando/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026