Jack Naylor
Casual Academic at University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolJack Naylor is a PhD candidate at the Australian Centre for Robotics whose research blends physics-based learning, radiance‑based scene modelling, and computational imaging to improve robotic perception in visually extreme environments—from reflective ship interiors to rapidly changing illumination in low Earth orbit. He brings eight years of hands-on experience across research internships, tutoring and outreach at the University of Sydney, and industry work in aerial vision, with practical contributions to thin-object extraction and sub‑pixel reconstruction. A 2025 Australian Fulbright Future Scholar collaborating with CMU’s Robotics Institute, he focuses on multi-modal scene representations that bridge physical modelling and data-driven methods for autonomous systems. Beyond academia he has led student societies and developed outreach hardware and curricula—hinting at an unusual combination of rigorous research, practical prototyping, and public engagement that accelerates technology transfer.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Completed NSW HSC, ATAR of 98.55 with 5th in NSW for HSC Engineering Studies., High School, Completed NSW HSC, ATAR of 98.55 with 5th in NSW for HSC Engineering Studies. at Normanhurst Boys High SchoolHigh School, Dux of Year 10 2014., High School, Dux of Year 10 2014. at Pennant Hills High SchoolThe University of Sydney
Github Skills (25)
geometry9
intrinsics9
stereo9
homography9
structure-from-motion9
computer-vision8
ref8
colmap8
driver7
deeplab7
ros6
robotics6
ros-driver5
semantic-segmentation4
latex4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nackjaylor/formatting_tips-tricks
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Repo constructed by tutors @ ACFR with tips and tricks for formatting of formal engineering reports and assignments.
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 41 pushes in 9 months
RoboticImaging/neural_fields_for_robotics_resources
Nov 2021 - Mar 2022
A repo collating papers and other material related to neural radiance fields (NeRFs), neural scene representations and associated works with a focus towards applications in robotics.
Contributions:39 commits, 5 PRs, 22 pushes in 3 months
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