Dirk Meijer
Postdoctoral Researcher at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Meijer is a postdoctoral researcher and Machine Learning specialist with 13 years of experience applying computer vision and data science to real-world problems, currently working at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and completing a PhD on automating sewer pipeline inspections. He combines pragmatic, solution-focused engineering with strong abstract reasoning and puzzle-solving skills, enabling rapid uptake of new techniques and independent research-driven development. Dirk’s background spans applied physics and computer science (TU Delft), and includes hands-on embedded/IoT work—contributing features like capacitive sensing and melody playback to a Python–Arduino library—showing he bridges low-level hardware interfaces and high-level ML systems. He thrives on challenging problems, publishes academic work, and is motivated by translating research into robust, practical tools for engineering domains.
13 years of coding experience
TU Delft
Github Skills (6)
embedded10
serial-communication10
sys10
arduino10
iot9
python8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thearn/Python-Arduino-Command-API
Apr 2013 - May 2013
A Python library for communicating with Arduino microcontroller boards
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Dirk primarily contributed to the Arduino-based project by adding features and functionality to the embedded code. Key additions include a `Melody` function for playing musical tones and a `capacitivePin` feature for capacitive sensing. The user also implemented changes to improve the overall reliability of the library, and updated the python-side of the library.
python-librarypythonserialarduinomicrocontroller
fromScratchEd/ShrimpKey_rev2
Sep 2013 - Aug 2017
Contributions:36 commits, 3 pushes, 1 comment in 3 years 11 months
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