Koichi Imai
System Software Team at TIER IV
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolKoichi Imai is a systems-focused software engineer with seven years of experience specializing in low-level compatibility and system software, currently working on the System Software Team at TIER IV in Tokyo. He has academic roots from the University of Tokyo (BS and ongoing MS in Computer Science) and hands-on research experience at the University of Pennsylvania’s xlab. Koichi contributed to FreeBSD through Google Summer of Code by implementing Linux binary compatibility on powerpc64—work that concentrated on signal handling and vDSO and demonstrates deep familiarity with OS internals. His background includes practical engineering roles building internal web tools and short-term projects at major firms, showing versatility across tooling and systems. Based in Japan, he blends rigorous research experience with production-focused engineering, and often operates where OS-level research meets applied software delivery.
7 years of coding experience
University of Tokyo
Github Skills (21)
publish-subscribe10
middleware10
robotics10
zenoh10
zero-copy10
kernel-module10
ipc10
autonomous-vehicles10
calibration10
self-driving-car10
request-response10
shared-memory10
pubsub10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
autowarefoundation/agnocast
Feb 2025 - Jul 2026
A rclcpp-compatible true zero-copy IPC middleware that supports all ROS message types, including message structs already generated by rosidl.
Contributions:579 reviews, 518 PRs, 1065 pushes in 1 year 4 months
ipcmiddlewareroszero-copyros2
Koichi98/autoware.universe
Jun 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 156 pushes, 63 branches in 2 years 1 month
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