Kanta Saito

Computer science student at UH Mānoa.

Machine learningComputer visionRobotics
Kanta Saito

Skills

Programming
Python, JavaScript, SQL
ML & data
PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, OpenCV, Scikit-learn, Optuna, Ultralytics
Cloud & tools
Azure Functions, Power Platform, Dataverse, Git, Jira, Slurm, Windows/UNIX
Languages
English and Japanese · Fluent

Education

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

M.S. Computer Science (BAM)Expected May 2028

B.S. Computer ScienceExpected May 2027

Projects

LeRobot Studio

Ongoing

A visual workspace for the SO-101 robot arm, with an interactive 3D demo and simulated motor setup tools. Next: USB hardware integration and testing with a physical arm.

Farm Robotics Challenge

Team member

Helped build farm simulations in Isaac Lab and configured a PingTi robot arm.

BEHAVIOR-1K 2026 Challenge

Team member

Evaluated Comet pt50 on the original 50 tasks and packaged the team submission.

ECE 605 · Grok Bot Agent Workflow

Completed

Seven Grok bots summarized assigned papers, built slide decks, and opened GitHub pull requests.

Presentations

November 21, 2026 · Hawaii Space Grant Consortium URI Symposium

Scheduled presentation on automated detection of internal ocean waves in SWOT satellite imagery.

MammoClean presenters at the UROP Spring Symposium

May 8, 2026 · UROP Spring Symposium, UH Mānoa

Developing a data standardization pipeline for evaluating mammography AI in Hawaiʻi.

MammoClean team beside their research poster at the Google AI workshop

March 25, 2026 · Accelerating Research in the Age of AI

Poster presentation on the MammoClean mammography data pipeline.

MammoClean Research Showcase

CHANGE-HI Funded Research · 5-Minute Research Showcase

A 5-minute research showcase presentation on MammoClean, a project funded by CHANGE-HI (Center for Health Analytics, Notification, Guidance, and Education for Hawaii and the Pacific Islands).