Naoya Muramatsu
PhD Candidate
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolNaoya Muramatsu is a PhD candidate in Biomimetic Robotics at the University of Cape Town with 11 years of software and embedded-systems experience, blending machine learning research with hands-on robot-building for competitions like RoboCupJunior. He has industry experience as a computer programmer at Pixie Dust Technologies and an intern at Fixstars Solutions, applying ML techniques to practical, resource-constrained systems. Comfortable across embedded hardware and ML model development, he focuses on bringing biologically inspired robotic ideas into working prototypes. Based in Cape Town but educated in Japan, he combines international academic training with applied engineering grit, and maintains a public CV and project portfolio online. An unusual strength is his track record of moving from competition robotics to advanced biomimetic research, bridging playful design and rigorous experimentation.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomimetic robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomimetic robotics at University of Cape TownMaster's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at University of TsukubaPre-Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pre-Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nagano National College of Technology
Github Skills (106)
benchmark10
interoperability10
toolbox10
pose10
mxnet10
human-pose-estimation10
deep-learning10
computer-graphics10
depth-estimation10
udp10
openmmlab10
onnx10
siggraph10
computer-vision10
hourglass10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DenDen047/dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:48 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 10 months
DenDen047/profile
Nov 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:6 PRs, 24 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 2 months
dotfiles
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