Nobuo Kawaguchi
Professor at NPO Location Information Service Research Agency (Lisra)
Nagoya, Japan
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Top SchoolNobuo Kawaguchi is a professor and applied computer science researcher in Nagoya with over two decades of academic leadership and a decade of broader software experience, specializing in ubiquitous computing, location information systems, and human activity sensing. He blends theoretical rigor with hands-on open source development across languages including Java, C++, Objective-C, Python, Lisp and JavaScript, and has a track record of transferring lab innovations to industry as CTO of Ubigraph and director at Tier IV. As Chief Director of Lisra he builds practical location-based services and POI exchange markets, supporting volunteer-driven geodata efforts that reflect his community-oriented approach. His work spans academia and startups—combining PhD-level research with productization of technologies like Cogma and sensor-driven systems—making him adept at turning complex research into deployable systems. Based in Nagoya, he remains active in both university research and industry collaborations, bridging next-generation communications and autonomous driving initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Dr., Engineering, Dr., Engineering at 名古屋大学Ms, Information Enginnering, Ms, Information Enginnering at Nagoya University
Japanese, English
Github Skills (63)
mobility9
node-server8
server-side8
grpc8
exchange8
testbed8
react-redux8
temporal7
meta7
java7
redux7
stateless7
react-map-gl7
mapbox-gl6
deck-gl6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
synerex/synerex_server
Sep 2019 - Jul 2024
Synerex Server
Contributions:10 releases, 9 PRs, 53 pushes in 4 years 10 months
statelesssynerexserver-sideserver
synerex/gateway_simple
Sep 2019 - Jul 2021
Simple Synerex-Gateway
Contributions:1 release, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 9 months
synerexkong-plugingateway
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