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 (14)
gitlab10
bitstream10
algorithm7
encoder6
file-format5
decoder4
trello4
c993
decoding3
encoding3
arm1
bare-metal1
avif1
armv81
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
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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