Karel Petránek
Softwarový Inženýr at Tecnobit S.r.l
Hradec Králové, Northeast, Czechia
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Top SchoolKarel Petránek is a versatile software engineer with 16 years of experience spanning academia, startups and large tech, currently working at Google. He blends low-level GPU and real-time graphics expertise with full-stack web and mobile development, having shipped projects from WebGL/VR beamline visualizations to Unity-based avatar platforms and Java CAD tools. His background in computer vision and deep learning informs production-grade face tracking and robotics research, while his PhD-focused applied informatics training underpins a rigorous, experimental approach to engineering. Comfortable across C++, OpenGL/GLSL, TensorFlow, Typescript and multiplatform mobile stacks, he thrives on cross-disciplinary problems that combine geometry, performance and user-facing polish. An uncommon thread in his career is repeatedly translating academic research into interactive, real-time products for both enterprise and consumer platforms.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doktor filozofie (PhD.), Aplikovaná informatika, Doktor filozofie (PhD.), Aplikovaná informatika at Univerzita Hradec Králové
Czech, English, German
Stackoverflow
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sql
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opencv
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oracle
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computer-vision
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image-processing
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Github Skills (55)
face-detection10
algorithms10
opencv10
robotics10
realtime10
platform-sdk10
image-processing10
avatar10
java10
webpack10
face-tracking10
motion-capture10
computer-vision10
mlmodel10
javascript9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
karelp/sunflow
Sep 2016 - Apr 2019
Official Sunflow Repository - Sunflow is an open source rendering system for photo-realistic image synthesis.
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 7 months
image-synthesisrendering
karelp/openlierox-win-build
Dec 2012 - Apr 2013
Contributions:5 commits in 3 months
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