Nigel Dias

Lead Robotics Researcher at Synkar Autonomous

Nigel Dias has a diverse work experience that spans various roles and industries.

Nigel is currently employed at Synkar Autonomous, where they serve as the Lead Robotics Researcher, leading research efforts in the field of robotics. Nigel started in February 2021, and their role is ongoing. Prior to this, Nigel worked as a Computer Vision Research Engineer at Synkar Autonomous from May 2019 to February 2021.

In 2020, Nigel joined Universidade Federal de Goiás as a PHD Student, focusing on their research in an unspecified field.

Before pursuing their PHD, Nigel was a Master Student in Computer Vision and Machine Learning at Universidade Federal de Goiás from March 2018 to July 2020. Nigel'sresearch activities were centered around computer vision topics, particularly Visual Odometry and Visual SLAM.

In 2017, Nigel had a brief stint at América Planos de Saúde, where they worked as a Software Developer and completed an internship. During their internship, they developed mobile apps using Android and the Ionic framework, and served as a backend developer using JAVA, JPA, SQL Server, and Tomcat. Nigel'sroles at the company lasted from January 2017 to February 2018.

Overall, Nigel Dias has gained valuable experience in robotics, computer vision, software development, and research throughout their career.

Nigel Dias obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Universidade Federal de Goiás. Nigel completed their degree from 2012 to 2018. Additionally, Nigel has earned several certifications including the "NVIDIA DLI Certificate – Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++" from the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute in April 2021. Nigel also obtained the "XVII Latin American Robotics Competition" certification from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in November 2018. Nigel received the "Certificado de Reconhecimento - CONSUNI" from Universidade Federal de Goiás in December 2017. Nigel achieved the "XVI Latin American Robotics Competition" certification in November 2017, also from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Nigel's additional certifications include the "Acknowledgement of Participation - 1st code patch" from LibreOffice in October 2017 and the "Programação de Computadores e Dispositivos Móveis" from Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFSP in December 2016.

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Timeline

  • Lead Robotics Researcher

    February, 2021 - present

  • Computer Vision Research Engineer

    May, 2019