Zifeng Zhang, Antonio Meucci’s graduate, recently passed by Cnam for the graduation ceremony and agreed to give us a testimonial of his past student and current professional experience.
“I work as an Embedded AI Engineer at Radxa, specializing in developing open-source AI applications on embedded SBCs across platforms like Rockchip, Sophon, Amlogic, and Arm. My work focuses on computer vision, speech processing, and generative models, with an emphasis on algorithm porting and NPU acceleration. This role closely aligns with the knowledge I gained during my master’s studies at CNAM, particularly in AI, embedded systems, and operations research.
Under the guidance of Professor Sami TAKTAK, I gained a deep understanding of Linux application development, which is essential for embedded systems. My two research internships about embedded AI at the Cédric ROC lab further honed my skills, allowing me to work on open-source projects involving hardware-accelerated AI model inference. These experiences deepened my understanding of algorithm porting principles and solidified my passion for open-source technology, ultimately inspiring me to join Radxa, a company equally dedicated to open-source innovation.”
Zifeng’s ROCK5B+ IoT device
Few words on Zifeng’s product, named “ROCK 5B+”. It is a single board computer (SBC) providing users such as geeks, SBC enthusiasts, IoT enthusiasts, and university faculty and students with a solid foundation for turning ideas into reality. It has a wide range of applications in edge computing, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, smart surveillance and other fields. ROCK 5B+ supports a variety of operating systems, including Debian and Android, as well as third-party operating systems such as FydeOS/Armbian, etc., which are suitable for various application scenarios.
ROCK 5B provides complete hardware design schematics and software source code, a feature that allows most DIY design enthusiasts and developers to make personalized modifications and functionality expansion, and attracts a large number of open source enthusiasts to be active in the community, which is conducive to the promotion of knowledge-sharing and technological innovation.
