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Tokyo, Jp

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Student in the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) Department of Space Flight Systems. Astrodynamics research as part of the Tsuda Laboratory (previously Kawaguchi Lab). Developed OrbitalTrajectories.jl, a space mission trajectory design library making contributions in differential systems modelling to the Julia programming language's open-source ecosystem.

London, United Kingdom

Research software engineer in a newly formed quantum applications team at an eminent quantum computing hardware company, joining as part of an acquisition of quantum software start-up QxBranch.- Architected and developed a high-performance GPU- and cloud-based simulation platform for applications in quantum adiabatic Boltzmann sampling and non-linear optimisation.- Developed novel quantum algorithms and prototypes, including for tomographic approximation of quantum states, and for reinforcement learning using quantum Boltzmann machines.- Led the company's business strategy and partner engagements in Japan.

Sydney, Autralia And London, Uk

Software engineer for a consulting start-up, developing quantum applications software and machine learning applications for investment banks, hedge funds, and logistics clients. Involved in various roles within the start-up lifecycle, including client engagement, proposals, and hiring, from before conception through to acquisition.- Developed software tools for quantum computing application development, including: an enterprise-grade high-performance gate model simulator, a symbolic application prototyping library, and a quantum-hybrid machine learning regularisation scheme compatible with the scikit-learn ecosystem.- Key role in the architectural design, development, and DevOps of an auto-scaling cloud-based platform for hardware-agnostic execution of quantum programs on simulators and device backends.- Published papers and presented at quantum and high-performance computing conferences, government policy roundtables, industry trade shows, and private/university-led events.- Led a team of software engineers to develop an educational platform for adiabatic and universal quantum computing technologies aimed at developers, researchers, and engineers. Architected and deployed the distributed microservices-based platform for clients on AWS and Google Cloud.- Led a team of data analysts to develop a predictive machine learning model for FX trade for a major international bank. Designed a front-end analytics interface later incorporated into a successful ML spin-off company.- Designed and delivered on-site training programs, workshops, and business applications talks, to over a dozen multinational corporations and universities.- Led technical client engagements with multinational banks to design novel quantum algorithms, and led small teams of developers in designing classical adaptive machine learning systems and quantum-hybrid applications in market making, FX pricing, and portfolio rebalancing.

Canberra, Australia

Involved in the establishment of a software research and development services spin-off company, QxBranch, including technical engagement of clients and stakeholders, design of engineering processes and quality management systems, and R&D work on software prototypes.- Lead researcher for a world-first commercial quantum computing collaboration led by Lockheed Martin, analysing the properties and relevant applications of NP-Hard problems on a D-Wave Two adiabatic quantum optimiser, later used to brief the new CTO of Lockheed Martin.- Key role in establishing the engineering processes and quality management systems for a commercially successful quantum software and applications spin-off company, QxBranch (later Rigetti).

Tokyo, Japan

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at JAXA's Chofu Aerospace Center. Developed and evaluated the performance of a C++ flight control system for micro-aerial vehicles based on motion-capture data.

Sydney, Australia

Taught and graded undergraduate courses for the School of Computer Science.* Computing 1A (6 teaching hours per week)* Software Construction (6 teaching hours per week)

Sydney, Australia

Official representative of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering at various engineering outreach programs involving interaction with public, media, high school and primary school students.

Sydney, Australia

Research engineer (part-time) in the Software Systems Research Group (SSRG) and Embedded Real-Time Operating Systems (ERTOS) group for Australia's national IT research centre.* Designed and developed the first practical operating system based on the formally-verified microkernel seL4* Linux kernel hacking on embedded platforms (OMAP3 on Gumstix and BeagleBoards)* Designed and built a circuit board (PCB design with Altium Designer) for an RFID card-reader, and developed a custom operating system to run it and associated peripherals* Development of the Software Systems Research Group website and internal tools, administration of internal Linux servers* Extensive use of C and Python - operating systems design (including device drivers, frame buffer libraries, threading, simple networking, etc.) and basic kernel build system hacking

Canberra, Australia

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

* 28th Satellite Design Contest (衛星設計コンテスト 2020) - Finalist, "ARETHUSA: Adjustable Ropeway for tETHered Underground Survey and Analysis".

Beng (Aerospace) & Bsci (Computer Science)

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) - First Class Honours Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) - High Distinction.

Aerospace Engineering (Exchange)

* Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory (S3FL) * Michigan Balloon Recovery & Satellite Testbed (MBuRST)

Education record

* Universities Admission Index (UAI / ATAR): 98.65 / 100.0 * ANU Secondary College (Mathematics, 2007) * UNSW Programming Competition 2008.