Pramook Khungurn
Research Fellow at pixiv Inc.
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolPramook Khungurn is a research-driven software engineer and Research Fellow with nine years of industry experience, currently working at pixiv in Tokyo after a multi-year tenure building Google Maps backends. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell and an M.Eng. from MIT, and his work bridges computer graphics, machine learning, and algorithms—areas he has both taught and researched. His background includes rendering and appearance modeling research, real-time ray tracing internships at Square-Enix, and practical production engineering at Google, reflecting a rare blend of academic depth and systems experience. Fluent across research and large-scale backend systems, he brings rigorous experimental methods to product-facing infrastructure and review-quality systems. An engineer from Thailand now based in Chiyoda, he combines international research collaborations with hands-on development in mapping and visual computing.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
M.Eng., Computer Science, M.Eng., Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Cornell University
Japanese, Thai, English
Github Skills (16)
python9
gpu9
machine-learning9
deep-learning9
neural-network8
numpy8
computer-graphics8
gpu-acceleration7
tensorflow7
tensor7
computer-vision7
acceleration7
pytorch6
autograd6
ai5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pkhungurn/sheetsflash
Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
pkhungurn/coursera-test
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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