Puripant Ruchikachorn
Assistant Professor at Punch Up
Bangkok, Thailand
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Top SchoolPuripant Ruchikachorn is an assistant professor and entrepreneur in Bangkok with 11 years of experience at the intersection of information visualization, visual computing, data analytics, and HCI. He teaches and conducts research at Chulalongkorn University while co-founding Punch Up and Boonmee Lab to bring research ideas into frontend products and prototypes. His academic training includes an MSc from The University of Tokyo and a PhD from Stony Brook, giving him deep technical grounding alongside practical design and development skills. Puripant contributes to open-source visualization tooling—improving PyVista examples, documentation, and rendering features—showing a knack for making complex 3D visualization APIs more usable. Past industry and research roles include UI and mobile prototyping at IBM Watson and visualization work on GIS-based 3D reconstruction for cultural heritage, a thread that highlights his blend of technical rigor and real-world impact. He balances rigorous scholarship with hands-on product development, often translating visualization research into accessible tools and demos.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BEng, Computer Engineering, BEng, Computer Engineering at Chulalongkorn MahawitthayalaiUniversity of TokyoPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Stony Brook University
English, Thai, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
visualization10
python10
plot10
3d10
scientific-visualization10
visualizations10
documentation10
mesh9
wimp6
audio6
xcode6
photoshop6
multi-touch6
graphic6
algorithm6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
pyvista/pyvista
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
3D plotting and mesh analysis through a streamlined interface for the Visualization Toolkit (VTK)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Puripant contributed primarily by adding and improving examples and documentation for the Pyvista library. They added examples for using the `add_volume` function and for different view functions. The user also implemented features such as enabling and disabling stereo rendering. They also updated documentation to specify optional parameters, improving usability and clarity.
visualizationmesh3dpythonmesh-analysis
puripant/responsive-timeline-media
Aug 2018 - Aug 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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