Dhruva Pathak

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About Dhruva Pathak

Creative and enterprising senior research engineer with over 15 years of versatile experience pioneering applied machine learning (ML), real-time computer vision, and physics-based simulation across graphics, edge AI, and AR/VR domains. Expert in designing and deploying end-to-end ML pipelines, spanning multimodal data acquisition, training, optimization, and real-time inference on edge devices. Proven track record of delivering cutting-edge solutions that blend deep learning and CNNs with advanced computer vision that enable high-fidelity perception, digital humans, and interactive experiences. CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Oversaw the end-to-end ML pipeline for Ziva Dynamic’s real-time digital human performance system—leveraging a combination of on-set camera rig hardware and ML to develop the proof of concept, manage the full pipeline from architecture to deployment, and ensure optimization on embedded platforms including NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier and Technoprops HMC- Accomplished and driven VFX engineer, including earning an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Dune (2021), leveraging cutting-edge computer vision and machine learning techniques to deliver photorealistic simulations and high-fidelity performance capture.