Jhony Pontes
AI ML Engineer at General Motors
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJhony Pontes is an AI/ML engineer with 9 years of experience specializing in 3D perception for autonomous vehicles, currently working on perception systems at General Motors. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Vision from QUT and has progressed from postdoctoral research to senior research roles at Argo AI and Latitude AI, bringing deep research rigor to production-focused perception stacks. His background spans industry research at Meta/Reality Labs and algorithm engineering at Renault, reflecting a rare blend of academic depth and vehicle-scale deployment experience. Based in Pittsburgh, he focuses on 3D object detection and unified perception models, and maintains a personal webpage showcasing his work and publications. Notably, his career path shows a consistent thread of translating cutting-edge 3D vision research into real-world autonomous platforms.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Master of Science - MS, Computer Vision, Master of Science - MS, Computer Vision at Universidade Federal do ParanáErasmus Mundus Programme, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Erasmus Mundus Programme, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Czech Technical University in PraguePontifical Catholic University of ParanáTechnical, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Technical, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Ensitec
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (4)
3d-object-detection10
autonomous-driving8
autonomous-vehicles7
3d-reconstruction6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jhonykaesemodel/disparity_interpolation
Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:17 releases, 2 reviews, 5 PRs in 3 months
jhonykaesemodel/webpage
Jul 2019 - Aug 2025
Contributions:28 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 2 months
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