Naoya Kaneko

Toyota Motor Corporation

EngineerOct 2020 - Current

Internet Initiative Japan, Inc.

Software EngineerApr 2011 - Jul 2020

Roles

• Software Engineer for Router and AccessPoint firmware development
• Leading experimental deployment of large scale event public Wi-Fi using our products

Achievements

• Platform - NetBSD, ARM, MIPS, x86, C, mruby
• Researched, implemented and introduced the first Wireless LAN feature to our products, from the device driver to application programs.
• Contributed to improve products through developing and enhancing various software; IoT agent, IP Multicast, AAAA filter, uRPF e.t.c
• Worked with product managers, developers and quality assurance team to deliver updates and bugfix on time.
• Collaborated with business & support team members to troubleshoot, debug and solve customers' issues quickly.
• Conducted field verifications of our product through implementing public Wi-Fi for many conferences, conventions for 10+ times; Maker Faire Tokyo 2019, JANOG41, Comiket Special 6 etc.

ShowNet

ShowNet NOC member2018, 2019, (2020), 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Roles

• Wi-Fi Team
• Designing a simple and robust Public Wi-Fi network for large scale exhibition
• Monitoring and maintaining network and its stability

Achievements

• Rapid deployment of Wi-Fi equipment; 150+ of APs, switches, controllers in a week
• Provided stable Public Wi-Fi for 150k+ attendee through monitoring quality and timely operation

Fujitsu Limited

InternshipAug.2009 - Sep.2009

Roles

• Research on cgroup and related library, utilities
• Make documentation for cgroup library and share the information

Achievements

• Conducted research on cgroups, its library and related utility programs
• Completed documentation and shared specification, implementation of these to other team members
• Developed another utility with libcgroup to improve and demonstrate its usage.

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctoral Course

Apr 2025 - Current

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, Department of Computer Science

Apr 2009 - Mar 2011, Master of Engineering

Thesis Title "The Communication Framework for Cooperative Application using an Instant Messenger"

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

College of Information Science

Apr 2005 - Mar 2009, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Thesis Title "IMRPC: The Remote Procedure Call Framework using Instant Messenger"

Elected to Chair's Award for College of Computer Science in 2009

panopticon

DeveloperJul 2016

Raspberry Pi & PiTFT based, field 802.11 frame capturing device

• Ruby & Sinatra
• Collect 802.11 frames through all channels continuously
• Provide control UI with PiTFT
• Provide capture data for Wi-Fi survey (example)

StationCountObservatory

DeveloperFeb 2018

Android application to collect numbers of associated clients from surrounding Cisco AP

• Android app with JAVA
• Collects / Sums up associated clients without capture device nor connection to WLC
• Achieved easy survey on Wi-Fi usage with handy android smartphone
• Public on Google Play.

HotSpot 2.0 AP Finder

DeveloperDec 2018

Android application to find HotSpot2.0 (Wi-Fi Passpoint) enabled Wi-Fi AP

• Android app with JAVA
• Used to check whether HotSpot2.0 AP works & propagetes proper information
• Public on Google Play

CONBU

Core MemberAug 2015 - current

Provided public Wi-Fi on many conventions as a core member. Mainly in charge of Wi-Fi design and setting up APs. Also took a role in building L2/L3 network and servers.

• provided public Wi-Fi on more than 20 conventions (history)
• Writing documents, developing auto-configuration tools for router/switch