John Long
Co-Founder, CTO at Qwake Technologies
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Long is a neuroscientist-turned-technology entrepreneur and CTO with 12 years of experience building end-to-end systems that fuse neuroscience, computer vision, and AR to improve first-responder safety. As co-founder and head of technology at Qwake Technologies he led development of C-Thru, a WiFi-enabled platform that helps firefighters see through smoke by combining neuro-inspired algorithms with real-time vision and command-and-control integration. His background as a postdoctoral researcher at NYU and Rutgers yielded a markerless 3D motion-capture system synchronized with neural recordings, informing his work on reinforcement-learning, SLAM, and embodied AI. Based in New York, he bridges rigorous lab science and product engineering, often turning curiosity-driven projects into practical tools for high-risk, real-world use.
12 years of coding experience
BA, Neurobiology and Philosophy (Double Major), BA, Neurobiology and Philosophy (Double Major) at University of California, Berkeley
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (32)
amazon-kinesis10
connected9
audiounit9
producer9
sdk9
kinesis-video-streams9
amazon9
audio9
stream9
camera9
gazebosim7
biomechanics7
robotics7
skeleton7
video-recording6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jlong29/QuadTreeGPU
Mar 2022 - Jun 2024
An implementation of a Quad Tree optimized for the GPU
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
jlong29/ORB_SLAM2
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
Real-Time SLAM for Monocular, Stereo and RGB-D Cameras, with Loop Detection and Relocalization Capabilities
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
rgb-dstereovisionintrinsicsloop
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