Andrey Norkin
Principal Architect, Video at NVIDIA
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolAndrey Norkin is a video coding expert and Principal Architect with over 20 years of experience designing codecs and streaming systems for companies including Netflix, Ericsson, and now NVIDIA. He co-chairs the Video Codec Working Group at AOMedia, leading efforts on the successor to AV1 while also coordinating industry-standard contributions across ITU‑T, MPEG and IETF. A hands-on researcher and coder, he led development and program management of SVT-AV1 at Netflix and has authored dozens of patents, papers and book chapters on HDR, in-loop filtering and multi-view video. His work has driven measurable quality and complexity improvements in HEVC/H.264 encoders and real-world streaming pipelines, and he often bridges deep research with deployable engineering. Holding a PhD in Signal Processing from Tampere University of Technology, he combines academic rigor with pragmatism—frequently rolling up his sleeves to implement and benchmark new ideas.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Signal Processing, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Signal Processing at Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering at Ural State Technical University
English, Russian, Swedish
Github Skills (26)
decoding10
bitstream10
specification10
gitlab9
encoder7
bit6
decoder6
synthesis6
encoding5
file-format5
python5
mailing4
trello4
mailing-list3
c993
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AOMediaCodec/afgs1-spec
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Film grain synthesis algorithm and parameters
Contributions:1 release, 21 reviews, 11 commits in 11 days
parameterspythongrainsynthesis-algorithmfilm
andrey-norkin/afgs1-spec
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024
Film grain synthesis algorithm and parameters
Contributions:73 pushes, 34 branches in 5 months
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