Ralf Kaestner
Senior ML Engineer at Apple
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolRalf Kaestner is a Senior ML Engineer based in Zurich with 18 years of experience bridging academic research and industrial machine learning at institutions including ETH Zurich, IBM Research Zurich and Apple. He holds a Doctor of Sciences in Robotics, Systems, and Control from ETH Zurich and has a strong track record in robotic perception, SLAM, and applied ML, moving ideas from European research projects into production-grade software. At Apple he applies research-grade rigor to scalable ML systems, building on prior roles leading DARPA-related change-detection work at Stanford and advanced perception projects at IBM. Beyond algorithms, Ralf brings practical systems skills—Linux/cloud administration, software engineering and student supervision—enabling him to shepherd projects from prototypes to deployable services. A detail that sets him apart is his long history of cross-disciplinary contributions, from AFM tip reconstruction publications to autonomous robotics and space-flight data systems.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur (University-entrance diploma), Mathematics, Chemistry, 1.0/A+, Abitur (University-entrance diploma), Mathematics, Chemistry, 1.0/A+ at Georg-Samuel-Dörffel GymnasiumDoctor of Sciences, Robotics, Systems, and Control, Doctor of Sciences, Robotics, Systems, and Control at ETH ZurichDiploma, Computer Science, 1.2/A+ (with distinction), Diploma, Computer Science, 1.2/A+ (with distinction) at TU Ilmenau
English, German, French
Github Skills (53)
pcl10
robotics10
iterative10
rviz10
ubuntu10
grid10
terrain10
cpp10
lidar10
elevation10
ros10
occupancy10
closest10
gazebosim9
ruby9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kralf/libipc
Sep 2009 - Sep 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 5 years 1 month
kralf/libnsick
Feb 2011 - Sep 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 3 years 7 months
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