Thomas Westfechtel
Assistant Professor at The University of Tokyo
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolThomas Westfechtel is an Assistant Professor at The University of Tokyo specializing in machine intelligence and robotics, with eight years of research experience spanning academia and industry. He earned a Ph.D. in Robotics from Tohoku University after studies in electrical and communications engineering in Germany, and has held research positions at both Tohoku University and UTokyo since 2015. His work bridges theoretical machine intelligence and practical robotic systems, informed by early industry training at BENTELER Group. Based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, he maintains an active Google Scholar presence and brings a cross-cultural engineering perspective shaped by education and research in Japan and Germany.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2.8, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2.8 at Paderborn UniversityMaster, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 1.7, Master, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 1.7 at Universität PaderbornDoktor (Ph.D.), Robotics Technology/Technician, Doktor (Ph.D.), Robotics Technology/Technician at Tohoku University
Chinese, Japanese, German, English
Github Skills (2)
computer-vision7
object-detection6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ThomasWestfechtel/StairwayDetectionGUI
Mar 2018 - Aug 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
ThomasWestfechtel/StairwayDetection
Mar 2018 - Sep 2022
Repository for Stairway Detection using PointCloud Data
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 4 years 6 months
object-detectioncomputer-visionpointcloud
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