Hajime Kato
Senior Software Engineer at Sony
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolHajime Kato is a Senior Software Engineer based in Tokyo with 11 years of experience specializing in computer vision, machine learning, video compression, and edge deployment for AD/ADAS systems. Currently at Sony, he builds imitation- and reinforcement-based behavior and motion planners, optimizes PyTorch/ONNX models for acceleration chips, and integrates multi-simulator frameworks with visualization dashboards. His background includes FPGA-accelerated video encoder design, rust-based H.266/VVC encoder development, and multiple contest wins (SIGNATE/METI) that reflect strong practical ML and systems skills. He also has a track record of turning research into production—three filed patents and a WACV paper—and routinely bridges low-level performance engineering with high-level model design.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Tokyo Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Tokyo
Github Skills (5)
encoder4
eagle3
codec3
qbcore-framework3
nim-language2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hjmkt/dotfiles
Apr 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
hjmkt/AtCoder
Apr 2019 - Oct 2024
Contributions:398 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
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