Zulfaqar Azmi
Research Engineer at TIER IV Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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RockstarZulfaqar Azmi is a research engineer based in Tokyo with four years of experience specializing in planning and control for autonomous systems. He contributes to the Autoware Foundation's autoware_universe project, where he implemented and refactored behavior path planning components—improving route handling, drivable-area extension, and object avoidance logic. Comfortable in back-end development, he focuses on turning research concepts into robust, production-ready modules that address real-world lane-change and avoidance challenges. His work reflects a pragmatic balance of algorithmic insight and maintainable software engineering, with attention to utility functions that keep larger systems reliable. Living and working in Japan, he brings international perspective to collaborative open-source development.
4 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
router10
c-language10
planning10
routing-controllers10
missionplanner10
routes10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
routers10
algorithms9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
autowarefoundation/autoware_universe
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:607 reviews, 57 commits, 532 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Zulfaqar primarily contributed to the `autoware_universe` repository by implementing and refactoring components related to behavior path planning, specifically focusing on the route handler and avoidance module. Their work involved extending drivable areas, improving object avoidance logic, and addressing issues related to lane change functionalities. They also made improvements to the implementation of various utility functions.
autowareros23d-mapcalibrationros
zulfaqar-azmi-t4/autoware_launch
Jan 2022 - Nov 2023
Contributions:101 pushes, 41 branches in 1 year 10 months
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