Ahmad Nasir
Investigator
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmad Nasir is a robotics engineer and investigator with 10 years of experience specializing in SLAM for autonomous vehicles, combining a PhD in Mobile Robotics with hands-on roles in academia and industry. He has transitioned from doctoral and postdoctoral research at Universität Siegen to faculty leadership at LUMS and now leads investigations at Ingeniarius in Coimbra, bringing both theoretical depth and applied product development experience. Ahmad’s work bridges mechatronics, research, and real-world deployment of navigation systems, with early industry experience as a product development manager that informs pragmatic design decisions. Passionate about self-driving and flying cars, he focuses on making robust localization and mapping solutions that work outside lab conditions. Notably, his career blends long-term academic research with startup-style execution, enabling rapid prototyping of advanced autonomy technologies.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mobile Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mobile Robotics at Universität SiegenMaster's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Master's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
German, English, Portuguese
Github Skills (34)
robotics10
occupancy-grid-map10
ros10
occupancy-map9
octree9
arduino9
elevation8
robot8
plane8
rover8
mavlink8
autopilot8
px47
terrain7
dronekit6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dringakn/gazebo_simulation
Aug 2020 - Oct 2024
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
dringakn/ROSExamples
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:193 commits, 234 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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