Yamen Saraiji
Staff Research Scientist at SonyAI
Yokohama, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolYamen Saraiji is a Staff Research Scientist at SonyAI with 12 years of experience building high-speed computer vision and robotics systems that bridge lab-grade research and real-world products. Holding a Ph.D. in Media Design from Keio University, he has led academic and industry teams—most recently directing avatar core development for ANA Group’s avatarin—focusing on telepresence, wearable robotics, and human augmentation. His work combines ML-driven perception, simulation, and VR/telexistence to enable responsive, real-time interactions between humans and machines. A hands-on engineer as well as a researcher, he maintains open-source projects such as a Unity virtual webcam plugin that showcases his end-to-end development skills across engines, system integration, and platform compatibility. Based in Yokohama, he thrives at the intersection of human-centric design and scalable robotic perception, translating novel research into deployable systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence, Master, Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence at Damascus UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Media Design, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Media Design at Keio University
Arabic, English, Japanese
Github Skills (7)
unity3d10
directshow10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
shader9
cprogramming-language7
c-language7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mrayy/UnityCam
May 2016 - Mar 2020
Unity3D Virtual webcam plugin, streams unity viewport contents to other applications as virtual camera
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 24 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Yamen's contributions primarily focused on developing a Unity3D plugin for a virtual webcam. Their work included the initial setup and configuration of the plugin, adding necessary assets, and fixing issues such as horizontal flip. They also addressed bugs related to Skype compatibility and implemented a fix for the installation of filter GUIDs in the Windows registry. Furthermore, the user updated the project to Unity 2019.3.6f1 and included a fix for loading shaders after a build.
unity3dviewportvirtual-cameravirtual-webcam
mrayy/mrayy-Game-Engine
Jan 2015 - Jun 2024
Contributions:60 pushes in 9 years 6 months
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