Wataru Takahara
Data Science Expert
Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolWataru Takahara is a data science expert with a PhD in engineering who combines hands-on materials science experience and industry practice in materials informatics (MI) with consultancy, education, and research roles at Hitachi and Kyoto University. Over 12 years he has driven materials development using MI at manufacturers, led data analysis and AI projects for diverse private-sector clients, and earned recognition as a Kaggle Competitions Master and a recipient of the Japanese Computer Chemistry Society paper award. He authors and teaches widely on practical MI—writing a handbook and contributing to technical series—while also publishing academic research from his doctoral work. Beyond domain modeling, he brings full-stack sensibilities to open-source contributions (e.g., localization and UI fixes for Craft CMS Commerce), reflecting an unusual blend of lab-to-production fluency. Colleagues value him for translating scarce experimental data into robust ML solutions and for popularizing MI through talks and training.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
博士（工学）, 先端科学技術専攻, 博士（工学）, 先端科学技術専攻 at Nara Institute of Science and Technology修士（工学）, 材料, 修士（工学）, 材料 at 名古屋大学
Github Skills (9)
internationalization10
localization10
php10
craftcms10
commerce10
template-engine9
javascript9
templater9
front-end-development8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
craftcms/commerce
Oct 2018 - May 2021
Fully integrated ecommerce for Craft CMS.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 14 PRs, 6 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Wataru primarily contributed to the localization and internationalization of the Craft Commerce plugin. They modified various templates and PHP files to enable the translation of strings related to order management, product editing, and discount settings. Additionally, the user addressed UI issues, fixing a default checkbox value and ensuring proper form field behavior, while also updating JavaScript to use a universal string.
cmsecommercecommerceintegratedcraft-plugin
watarutmnh/commerce
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
Commerce for Craft CMS
Contributions:15 pushes in 3 years 4 months
cmscommercecraft-plugincraftcraft-cms
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