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Praruj Thapa
ML & AI Engineer · Osaka, Japan
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About

ML & AI engineer at フクシマガリレイ株式会社 in Osaka, building systems that turn noisy industrial sensor data into decisions people can trust — often days before something breaks. Background spans time-series ML, local LLM deployment, and full-stack delivery with FastAPI and Streamlit. Fluent in English and Japanese.

Projects
ViT Biomedical Fine-Tuning
Personal

Fine-tuned a Vision Transformer on 46K+ microscopy images to classify blood cells — 98.4% test accuracy, 98.1% macro F1 across 8 classes. Personal, 2026.

World Cup 2026 Prediction Engine
LIVE

Elo + Monte Carlo simulation. Called the Final for Spain at 57.8% — Brier score 0.178 against the real result. Personal, 2026.

Smart Showcase Management System
3rd-Year Project

Raspberry Pi + OpenCV shelf monitoring with LINE Notify alerts. Led directly to my current role. フクシマガリレイ, 2023–24.

Experience
ML & Software Developer 2025 — Present

フクシマガリレイ株式会社 · Osaka

Production Engineer (Intern) Sep 2023

Fukui Megane (Essilor Luxottica) · Fukui

Podcast Host 2020 — 2022

Guffadi Cast · Freelance

Founder, Rotaract Club of Dakshinkali 2021 — Present

District 3292, Zone 11

Skills
Languages & Tools
Python, MySQL, Git
ML & Backend
PyTorch, Scikit-learn, FastAPI, Streamlit, NumPy, Time Series, Local LLMs
Computer Vision & Hardware
OpenCV, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Certifications
AWS Cloud Quest: Generative AI Practitioner
AWS Training & Certification · Aug 2026
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Education
Kyoto University of Advanced Science 2021 — 2025

B.E. Electrical & Mechanical Systems

Writing

I write essays on AI, learning, and reflection — read them here ↗

Contact

Based in Osaka · Open to work · Open to remote collaboration