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Hi there! I’m Anastasios Yiannakidis, a research software engineer from Cyprus, currently based in Tubingen, Germany. I build AI-enabled pipelines for synthetic data, 3D motion capture, and mixed reality, with a passion for turning complex motion into usable datasets and interactive experiences. I’ve contributed to academic labs and digital heritage projects like the Virtual Dance Museum, developing end-to-end workflows—from data capture and processing to visualization and web presence. I love turning ideas into robust, reproducible tools that empower smarter machines and richer storytelling.…Hi there! I’m Anastasios Yiannakidis, a research software engineer from Cyprus, currently based in Tubingen, Germany. I build AI-enabled pipelines for synthetic data, 3D motion capture, and mixed reality, with a passion for turning complex motion into usable datasets and interactive experiences. I’ve contributed to academic labs and digital heritage projects like the Virtual Dance Museum, developing end-to-end workflows—from data capture and processing to visualization and web presence. I love turning ideas into robust, reproducible tools that empower smarter machines and richer storytelling.

Anastasios Yiannakidis

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Hi there! I’m Anastasios Yiannakidis, a research software engineer from Cyprus, currently based in Tubingen, Germany. I build AI-enabled pipelines for synthetic data, 3D motion capture, and mixed reality, with a passion for turning complex motion into usable datasets and interactive experiences. I’ve contributed to academic labs and digital heritage projects like the Virtual Dance Museum, developing end-to-end workflows—from data capture and processing to visualization and web presence. I love turning ideas into robust, reproducible tools that empower smarter machines and richer storytelling.…Hi there! I’m Anastasios Yiannakidis, a research software engineer from Cyprus, currently based in Tubingen, Germany. I build AI-enabled pipelines for synthetic data, 3D motion capture, and mixed reality, with a passion for turning complex motion into usable datasets and interactive experiences. I’ve contributed to academic labs and digital heritage projects like the Virtual Dance Museum, developing end-to-end workflows—from data capture and processing to visualization and web presence. I love turning ideas into robust, reproducible tools that empower smarter machines and richer storytelling.

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Hi there! I’m Anastasios Yiannakidis, a research software engineer from Cyprus, currently based in Tubingen, Germany. I build AI-enabled pipelines for synthetic data, 3D motion capture, and mixed reality, with a passion for turning complex motion into usable datasets and interactive experiences.

I’ve contributed to academic labs and digital heritage projects like the Virtual Dance Museum, developing end-to-end workflows—from data capture and processing to visualization and web presence. I love turning ideas into robust, reproducible tools that empower smarter machines and richer storytelling.

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English

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Greek, Modern

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French

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German

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Work Experience

Research Software Engineer (AI, Synthetic Data) at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

May 1, 2022 - Present

Creates synthetic datasets and develops motion capture tools. Builds and automates Unreal Engine pipelines to generate human and animal synthetic datasets for training 3D pose and shape estimation models. Develops tools for human pose and shape reconstruction using SMPL parametric models in multi-person and multi-view settings (RGB images).

Research Engineer (AI, Motion Capture) at Graphics Lab, University of Cyprus

September 1, 2019 - May 1, 2022

Engineered a music-driven framework for 3D motion synthesis. Captured human motion (with Phase Space) and processed 3D data using Autodesk MotionBuilder to export BVH skeletal format. Captured reptiles (with OptiTrack) and reconstructed snake locomotion. Contributed 3D data for the Cyprus repositories. Developed an experimental 3D motion capture system with wireless sensors, using triangulation, ML & filtering/smoothing methods.

Researcher Engineer (3D Animation, Vision) at CYENS - Centre of Excellence

June 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018

Developed monocular 3D human motion reconstruction framework, using OpenPose and Unity Game Engine (thesis project).