Nicolas Burrus
Computer Vision Engineer And Team Lead at Arcturus Industries
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolNicolas Burrus is a computer vision engineer and team lead with 15 years of experience turning academic research into shipping 3D products and startups. He co-founded Manctl and led the open-source RGBD project that evolved into Skanect, which helped secure Microsoft/Techstars support and eventual acquisition by Occipital, where he then spent seven years driving real-time mobile and desktop 3D vision (SLAM, visual-inertial fusion, reconstruction, texturing). Now at Arcturus Industries he leads perception work for AR/VR, blending deep learning, SLAM and systems optimization while hiring senior engineers. A long-time contributor to the Point Cloud Library, he’s implemented core algorithms such as ear-clipping triangulation and global feature descriptors, demonstrating both algorithmic depth and production-grade engineering. He pairs a PhD-level research background with hands-on product leadership and a track record of shipping robust, high-performance 3D vision systems across platforms.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Computer Science, Engineer, Computer Science at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en InformatiqueMaster, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Master, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at UPMC - ENSTA - LIRIS
English, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (18)
pcl10
c-language10
point-cloud-library10
computer-vision10
cprogramming-language10
point-cloud10
data-structure9
algorithm9
algorithms9
data-structures9
jupyter-notebook6
gpu6
color-blindness6
python6
ios6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Aug 2011 - Nov 2012
Point Cloud Library (PCL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the Point Cloud Library (PCL) by implementing and modifying core algorithms. The user added an ear clipping polygon triangulation algorithm for surface reconstruction. Additionally, the user integrated a global feature point descriptor (GFPFH) and resolved issues related to Visual Studio code generation. Further contributions included fixing compilation problems and improving code stability.
pclpoint-cloud-libraryc-plus-pluscpppointcloud
rgbdemo/rgbdemo
Jan 2011 - Nov 2011
Demo of Kinect related algorithms [Not Maintained Anymore]
Contributions:169 commits in 9 months
kinect
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