Manuel Nunes
PHD Student at Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa)
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolManuel Nunes is a PhD student and robotic learning researcher based in Lisbon with a decade of experience blending research and production-grade C++ development. He has contributed to applied robotics research at ISR-Lisboa while bringing industry experience from Critical TechWorks, where he focused on software development for complex systems. His background in electrical and computer engineering (Instituto Superior Técnico and Aalto) underpins strengths in systems thinking, real-time software, and ML pipeline optimization from internships like Jungle AI. Manuel has also led small engineering teams for large public events (TEDxULisboa), demonstrating an ability to translate technical vision into delivered products under time pressure. Comfortable switching between academic rigor and pragmatic engineering, he’s comfortable prototyping ML solutions and hardening them for deployment. Colleagues describe him as a curious maker who pairs deep technical foundations with hands-on delivery across research and industry contexts.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário Ciência e Tecnologia, Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário Ciência e Tecnologia at Escola Secundária Rainha D. LeonorEletrical Engineering and Computers, Eletrical Engineering and Computers at Aalto UniversityMaster's degree Electrical Engineering and Computers, Master's degree Electrical Engineering and Computers at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (3)
robotics5
reinforcement-learning3
nextjs1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
m-serra/action-inference-for-video-prediction-benchmarking
Sep 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:21 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
m-serra/Behind_RGBD_Eyes
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:23 commits in 1 month
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