Takashi Nakamoto
Senior Research Engineer at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Mitaka, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolTakashi Nakamoto is a Senior Research Engineer with 10 years of experience designing and delivering software and systems for large-scale distributed control systems in astronomy and accelerator facilities. Based at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, he leads the ACA GPU spectrometer effort and manages the Total Power GPU Spectrometer project while supporting telescope control, mirror actuation, and observatory safety systems for major projects like ALMA and the Thirty Meter Telescope. His background blends software development, control systems, and mechanical engineering—from EPICS-based accelerator controls to GPU-accelerated signal processing—giving him a rare cross-disciplinary fluency. He has a track record of taking complex instrumentation from design through integration and commissioning, and he often operates at the intersection of hardware, low-latency computation, and operations. An M.S. in mechanical engineering from Kyoto University underpins a pragmatic approach to solving precision-control challenges in harsh, remote observatory environments.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Science, M.S., Mechanical Engineering and Science at Kyoto University
Japanese, English, slovene
Github Skills (39)
infrared10
imaging10
icd10
matplotlib9
qt9
python9
compile9
gtk9
data-visualization8
doxygen8
sbt-plugin8
sbt8
programming-language8
data-science7
visualization7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tmt-icd/IRIS-Model-Files
Jun 2016 - Sep 2021
InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer ICD model files
Contributions:1 review, 467 commits, 6 PRs in 5 years 4 months
icdspectrometerinfraredimaging
tnakamot/sbt-cc
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
CcPlugin: sbt plugin to compile C and C++ source files
Contributions:55 commits, 7 pushes, 3 tags in 7 days
compile-ccompilesbt-pluginscalasbt
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