Manuel Zapata
Research And Development Engineer at Inria
Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolManuel Zapata is a Research and Development Engineer at Inria in Grenoble with eight years of experience focused on computer vision, robotics, and autonomous vehicle perception. He progressed from internships to a pre-doctoral role and a PhD researching AI-powered perception for self-driving cars, now applying social navigation methods on the Mirokai robot within the CHROMA team. Trained with an MSc from Université Grenoble Alpes and a mechatronics background, he blends algorithmic depth with practical robot integration. He has hands-on experience with panoptic segmentation (including a YOLO-based master’s thesis) and modern segmentation frameworks on Cityscapes. Passionate about learning and teaching, he often bridges research prototypes and deployable systems in EU-funded projects like CPS4EU and ANR SOLARNAV. Colleagues value him for turning advanced perception models into working robotic behavior in real-world social navigation scenarios.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science and Informatics at Grenoble, Graphics, Vision and Robotics, Master of Science and Informatics at Grenoble, Graphics, Vision and Robotics at Université Grenoble AlpesGrado en Ingeniería, Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Estudiante de Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Grado en Ingeniería, Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Estudiante de Ingeniería Mecatrónica at Universidad Autónoma de OccidenteDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics and Applications, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics and Applications at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
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Github Skills (83)
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
object-detection10
machine-learning10
numpy9
neural-network9
tensor9
google-music9
3d9
instance-segmentation9
gpu-acceleration9
pytorch9
autograd9
correlation8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
manueldiaz96/deep-learning-v2-pytorch
May 2019 - Sep 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
manueldiaz96/usingGrid5000
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Some guides to use the Grid5000 services
Contributions:25 commits, 3 PRs, 15 pushes in 23 days
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