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Software developer with 3+ years of experience in VR/XR and conversational AI, specializing in real-time modular systems. Lead Unreal Engine developer for interdisciplinary research projects at the University of Regensburg, integrating AI components (STT, TTS, LLMs, SER) into immersive environments. Skilled in Python, C++, and Docker-based distributed architectures.
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Technical profile, education, experience, and contact
Skills
Languages
- Python
- C++
- JavaScript
- SQL
Frameworks
- FastAPI
- React.js
Tools
- Docker
- Git & GitHub Actions
Platforms
- Unreal Engine 5
- Linux Servers
Experience
Emotion-Aware Conversational Agent in VR β Masterβs Thesis (2024β2025)
Developed a modular, real-time embodied conversational agent system for VR. Integrated Whisper STT, Tacotron2 TTS, DiscoLM LLM, and RoBERTa/Wav2Vec2.0 SER. Fully Dockerized microservices architecture deployed on distributed Linux servers. Used Unreal Engine 5 and Audio2Face for MetaHuman-driven facial animation and Live Link sync.
Business Report Organizer β Freelance Project (2025)
Cross-platform web app for team report tracking. Developed CEO dashboard for desktop and mobile using FastAPI (backend), SQLite (database), and React.js (frontend).
Education
M.Sc. Media Informatics (Expected 2025)
University of Regensburg β Thesis: Emotion Recognition and Non-Verbal Behavior in VR Conversations with ECAs
B.A. Media Informatics (2017β2022)
University of Regensburg
Contact
- π Regensburg, Germany
- π§ alexander1996may@proton.me
- π» github.com/aldur15