Kenshi Takayama
Research Scientist at 株式会社 サイバーエージェント
Setagaya, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolKenshi Takayama is a research scientist at CyberAgent AI Lab with a decade of experience at the intersection of geometric modeling, user interface design, and computer graphics. He holds a PhD from the University of Tokyo and completed postdoctoral research under Olga Sorkine-Hornung at ETH Zurich before serving as an assistant professor at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics. His work blends academic rigor with practical engineering—contributing core wallet features and localization to the widely used privacy cryptocurrency Monero and improving cross-platform blockchain explorer tooling. Known for translating complex geometry and interaction research into usable software, he focuses on both algorithmic foundations and accessible interfaces. Based in Setagaya, Tokyo, he brings a rare combination of deep research pedigree and hands-on open-source impact that emphasizes real-world usability for technical systems.
10 years of coding experience
博士（情報理工学）, 情報理工学系研究科コンピュータ科学専攻, 博士（情報理工学）, 情報理工学系研究科コンピュータ科学専攻 at 東京大学
Chinese
Github Skills (17)
c-language10
translation10
command-line-interface10
cryptocurrency10
localization10
monero10
cryptography10
blockchain10
command-line10
cprogramming-language10
cpp9
macos8
qt8
windows7
linux7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
monero-project/monero-gui
Dec 2016 - Jan 2018
Monero: the secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 30 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Kenshi's contributions primarily revolve around the localization of the Monero GUI. The commits focused on adding, updating, and translating Japanese language files for the user interface. These changes include modifying existing translations, adding new translations for UI elements, and enabling translations in various parts of the application. This work demonstrates a strong focus on making the application accessible to Japanese-speaking users.
securecryptographyuntraceablesecuritymonero
monero-project/monero
Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
Monero: the secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 46 PRs, 432 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Kenshi focused on implementing and modifying the Monero wallet CLI, specifically adding the "donate" command, which interacts with the Monero development team's donation address. They also added support for importing unportable outputs and fixed an issue with the wallet-rpc. Additionally, the user integrated portable binary serialization throughout the wallet code base for unsigned and signed transactions, as well as the handling of subaddress indices. The contributions include both core functionality and improvements to the wallet's usability.
securecryptographycmakeuntraceableprivacy
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