Andrea Munafo
Research Technology Programme Manager | Robotics and Machine Learning at SeeByte- Claim this Profile
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Italian Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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Embedded Linux System Development
Free Electrons -
Python for Scientists and Engineers
Python Academy
Experience
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SeeByte
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Technology Programme Manager | Robotics and Machine Learning
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Jan 2021 - Present
Directed complex portfolio of projects in robotics, machine learning and distributed systems, coordinating the activity of multiple teams, and managing internal and external high-profile stakeholders, from design to product shipment, aligning high-pace software development with high quality standards.
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Senior Software Engineering Manager
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Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
Acquired new business investments through technical achievements, new client channels and proposals. Established a new product team (4 members); created supporting research programme and delivered a new software product in less than 1 year.Managed multiple teams of software, UX and product engineers; directly line managing, mentoring and coaching 7 engineers from young professionals to senior technical leads
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National Oceanography Centre
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Visiting Fellow
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Aug 2019 - Present
Coordinated geographically spread research engineering teams across Europe to curate and release AURORA, one of the largest open dataset currently available in marine robotics, and to develop ground-breaking navigation algorithms for autonomous vehicles able to improve in-mission persistence by more than an order of magnitude
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Head of Software Engineering | Robotic Systems and Software
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Jan 2017 - Aug 2019
Built, nurtured, and led a team to devise, develop, test and evaluate technology to provide advanced artificial intelligence and autonomy to a fleet of more than 50 robots.Achievements include the successful redesign and deployment of a new generation of robotic control systems, improving robustness and reducing robot turn-around time from days to hours, using statistical signal processing, data fusion, machine and deep learning and advanced multi-agent control for high-risk applications.Responsibilities included mentoring staff, coaching, project management, reporting and proposal writing. Designed, planned and led, as Scientist in Charge, numerous sea trials, leading collaborative consortia of diverse marine research organisations and industries. Show less
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NATO STO-CMRE - Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
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Italy
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Defense & Space
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Lead | Scientist (Autonomous Vehicles)
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Feb 2013 - Jan 2017
Research leadership on collaborative robotics and ad-hoc networking for distributed systems. Directed team of 6-10 engineers/researchers that constructed and deployed the first persistent mobile underwater sensor network operating in unstructured environments, maturing and achieving product deployment in less than 2 years. Results have enabled CMRE to operate networks of robots in deep waters for the first time. I have led a team of engineers to develop real-time continuous active sonar processors, pioneering its usage for shallow water detections and to support robotic perception. Show less
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Centro di Ricerca "E. Piaggio"
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Italy
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Lead (Robotics)
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Jan 2009 - Feb 2013
Planned, implemented and managed international, multi-partners research and development projects. I have designed and developed ground-breaking distributed systems using game theoretic distributed control, and developed algorithms for network based localisation and network autonomous reconfiguration, introducing the usage of robotic networks for the protection of critical infrastructures. Managed complex collaborations with international industrial and research partners across Europe(e.g. Kongsberg Maritime, Leonardo) to develop software applications and hardware platforms Show less
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Education
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2006 - 2008
Università di Pisa
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering -
2002 - 2005
Università di Pisa
Master's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering -
1999 - 2002
Università di Pisa
Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science Engineering
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