Takamasa Horibe
Research Manager at Tier IV
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolTakamasa Horibe is a research manager and autonomous driving software engineer with eight years' experience building and integrating core vehicle and planning systems. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, he leads research efforts at Tier IV after a stint in R&D at Sony, bringing an aerospace and mechanical engineering background from Nagoya University and the University of Michigan. He is an active contributor to the high-profile Autoware.Universe open-source project, improving modules like raw_vehicle_cmd_converter, interpolation utilities, and multiple planners to strengthen system integration and testing. Known for bridging academic rigor with production-focused engineering, he combines domain expertise in vehicle dynamics and planning with hands-on debugging and refactoring to accelerate safe autonomous driving features.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical engineering, Mechanical engineering at University of MichiganMaster's degree, Aerospace Engineering, Master's degree, Aerospace Engineering at 名古屋大学
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
planning10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
testing9
interpolation9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
autowarefoundation/autoware_universe
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:852 reviews, 76 commits, 548 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:The user, Takamasa Horibe, consistently contributed to the Autoware.Universe repository, primarily focused on core functionalities and system integration. Their work included adding and refactoring code within the `raw_vehicle_cmd_converter` module, improving the interpolation library, and implementing testing. Furthermore, they made significant contributions to various planners, including the `obstacle_stop_planner` and `behavior_path_planner`, enhancing their functionality and debugging capabilities.
autowareros23d-mapcalibrationros
tier4/rclcpp
Oct 2022 - May 2024
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year 7 months
client-librarycpprosrclcpp
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