Adam Pikielny
Research Scientist Engineer at Adobe
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Pikielny is a research scientist-engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in computational photography, computer vision, and graphics, currently building advanced imaging tools in Marc Levoy’s group at Adobe. He combines a strong academic foundation—a 4.0 BS in Computer Science from Brown—with hands-on product impact, from Adobe Camera Raw reflection removal to Project Indigo and After Effects’ first ML-based effect. His background spans research on deepfake detection and video depth estimation, practical ML pipeline engineering, and shipping developer tooling across Adobe’s video apps. Outside core engineering, he brings a photographer’s eye to vision problems (Vision ∩ Graphics ∩ Photography), which informs both algorithm design and evaluation. Early roles in video editing and conservation work hint at a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach and a willingness to tackle fieldwork and user-facing challenges. Based in Providence, RI, he bridges research rigor and production delivery to move imaging research into real-world creative tools.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hanover High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Brown University
Github Skills (17)
get-started6
machine-learning5
pytorch4
draw4
generator4
inference4
java4
deep-learning4
python4
consistency3
react3
face3
verification3
photography3
geometry2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
APikielny/image-relighting
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:155 commits, 141 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 2 months
APikielny/mannequinchallenge
Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
Inference code and trained models for "Learning the Depths of Moving People by Watching Frozen People."
Contributions:1 review, 225 commits, 8 PRs in 7 months
pytorchdeep-learninginferencefrozenmachine-learning
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