I am a software engineer at TIER IV, focusing on the research and development of autonomous driving systems and their various related components. My current role revolves around the inter-component and external APIs of the open-source Autonomous Driving Stack, Autoware, as well as designing and implementing infrastructure-aided autonomous driving features using V2I communication.

In March 2023, I completed my masters degree at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, advised by Prof. Manabu Tsukada and Prof. Hiroshi Esaki. My research interests focused on Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS) and V2X technologies. Specifically, my area of focus was on Cooperative Perception and how we can reliably utilize cooperatively perceived information in the context of autonomous driving.

During my time in university, I was a member of the Esaki Laboratory and the Tsukada Laboratory.

I have also been part of the WIDE Project and the Industrial Cyber Security Center of Excellence (ICS CoE), focusing on R&D of IPv6 applications and cybersecurity issues for industrial control systems. At the ICS CoE of the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), our team designed and conducted cybersecurity training exercises for various companies both within and outside of Japan.

Previously, I spent quite a bit of time in the startup space in Tokyo, raising funding for iOS app development projects back in 2015 to co-founding Gracia Inc. in 2017 with our personalized gifts e-commerce service, TANP, and later developing AWS infrastructure and backend services for a few other EC startups.

Although I feel like I have been all over the place, my main focus for a while now has been on emerging connected autonomous vehicle tech, and its implementation into society.

Work Experience

  • 2023/4 - : Software engineer at TIER IV, working on Autoware enhancements and scaling, V2I/V2X solutions, and more.

  • 2021/4 - : Part-time Researcher at TIER IV, working on the integration of V2X functionalities into Autoware, and the realization of Collective Perception.

  • 2021/3 - 2022/3 : Internship at Allied Telesis, a company focusing on network hardware and software solutions. Mainly responsible for developing smarter Wi-Fi solutions and device positioning features.

  • 2018/8 - : Member of the Secure Information Society Research Group (SiSOC) of the University of Tokyo. Actively supports cyber security training programs at the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and focuses on research on IoT security and static malware analysis with machine learning.

  • 2019/10 - 2020/2 : Developed infrastructure on AWS for a startup: Parchie Inc..

  • 2017/5 - 2018/12. Co-founded Gracia Inc. as CTO. Developed and launched an e-commerce website called TANP, which specializes in unique gifts and personalized presents. Focused heavily on collaboration and teaching between members and soon expanded the enginnering team to over ten members.

  • 2017/1 - 2017/3. Through a program sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, interned in a VC fund and accelerator in Philadelphia, USA called Dreamit Ventures. Focused on conducting interviews and selecting health startups for the 2017 Health Tech Accelerator program.

  • 2016/4 - 2017/3. Interned at nLinks Inc., a Tokyo based consulting firm, focusing on marketing research and the strategic use of emerging digital solutions.

Education

  • 2016/3 - 2021/3 : The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Information and Communication Engineering

  • 2021/4 - 2023/3: The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology / Esaki Lab & Tsukada Lab

Certificates

Books

バイナリ解析の入門書を共著で出版しました。詳細

I published a book on binary analysis (it’s in Japanese though)!

Skillset

  • Python
  • C++
    • Autonomous driving software development (ex. Autoware)
    • ROS / ROS2 (C++)
  • Integration of Autoware onto vehicles (golfcart-based AVs, GoKarts, etc.)
  • Development of simualation-based environments for autonomous driving (ex. AWSIM)
    • Tools such as Unity 3D and Blender
  • Web Development: Backend
    • Python
    • NodeJS
    • PHP (CakePHP)
  • Web Development: Frontend
    • React
    • Bootstrap 5
  • IaaS
    • AWS (Heavily used with TANP)
    • GCP
  • Linux
  • Docker
  • Networking
    • Basic router/switch configurations
    • Basic AP configurations
    • Having fun with GNS3 and Cisco networking simulators
  • Other
    • Illustrator / Photoshop
    • iOS Application Development (Objective-C)

Current Interests

  • Autonomous Driving Stacks
  • C-ITS and V2X
  • Networking Technology
    • IPv6, Segment Routing
  • Cyber Security
    • Especially security of smart factories and industrial control systems (Operational Technology)

Media

Pages

Contacts

  • yuasabe[at]gmail.com