Cunjian Chen
Research Scientist
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCunjian Chen is a research scientist with a decade of experience specializing in image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, and machine learning, with deep expertise in Caffe, PyTorch, and Darknet. He has a strong academic foundation (Ph.D. in Computer Science) and a sustained research career at Michigan State University and West Virginia University focused on face analysis, including cross-spectrum face matching between thermal/NIR and visible imagery. Cunjian publishes and maintains practical open-source projects such as face_alignment and pytorch_face_landmark, bridging cutting-edge research and usable tooling for the community. Beyond publications, he has taught courses and guided research projects, demonstrating an ability to translate complex models into classroom and code. Colleagues value his blend of rigorous scholarship and hands-on implementation that enables real-world biometric and facial-landmark solutions.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at West Virginia University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (18)
face10
re-identification10
cpu10
detector10
heatmap10
face-detector10
pytorch9
inference9
object-detection9
computer-vision9
deep-learning8
calculation4
computer-graphics3
image-resizing3
generative-adversarial-network3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cunjian/cunjian.github.io
Nov 2015 - Apr 2025
Contributions:279 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 5 months
cunjian/face_alignment
Nov 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:16 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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