Oi! Hi! こんちゃ!
My name is Pedro Benedetti, but you can call me Shiro (from 46neko [white cat], 46 =
しろ, a little joke with the readings of the numbers) or Pepo (an old high school nickname). I am a PhD
student at Kumamoto University and a member of Aritsugi Lab (also known as DBMS). よろしくぞ!
I have previously conducted research in AI, such as AI applied to Dynamic Difficulty
Adjustment in Bullet Hell games (which I absolutely love!) and Computer Vision applied to PCB defect
detection.
Currently, after joining Aritsugi Lab at Kumamoto University, I have been working
with IoT and Embedded Systems, and I plan to shift the majority of my focus towards cybersecurity,
particularly (but not limited to) cryptography on low-power devices, and attack techniques. I also hope to
revisit video game research (if my advisors permits!).
Besides work, I like to...
Read
I love manga (and doujin!), light novels, books about history,
geopolitics, sociology, etc..
Watch stuff
I love anime and movies! My favourite include Hunter x Hunter,
Samurai Champloo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Forrest Gump.
Cook
Ask my girlfriend. My cooking is absolutely delicious. I love to
cook Brazilian dishes and burgers! Of course I can cook Japanese dishes as well.
Play games
My favourite genres are JRPGs, Bullet Hell, and Retro Platformers.
I love Souls, Megami Tensei, Sonic, Final Fantasy, and Touhou!
Develop games
I've developed some games in the past! You can check them out here!
Study
I haven't had much time to study for fun lately, but I love
learning a new language (programming or not), solving random math or physicis problems, learning
more about the world or just studying to play a game (such as HoI4).
Quotes I like
- “Of course I'll hurt you. Of course you'll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other.
But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To
become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince
- “You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince
- "O não você já tem.”
Meaning: You already got the negative answer without asking, so go there and ask.A Brazilian saying
- "The only thing we cannot solve is death itself.”
My dad