David Bolme
Senior Research Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Bolme is a senior research scientist and national expert in biometrics, computer vision, and AI, leading Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Identity Science Program with more than 13 years of experience in government-focused R&D. He has authored 80+ publications with 7,000+ citations and led high-impact projects such as the IARPA BRIAR dataset effort and the widely adopted MOSSE tracker. David blends algorithm development, camera-system R&D, large-scale evaluation frameworks (e.g., CSU Face Identification Evaluation System and FaRO), and human-subjects testing to advance long-range and forensic biometric capabilities. He co-founded ORNL’s Identity Science Program and CAISER, manages multidisciplinary teams and substantial program budgets, and has directly supported national security initiatives. A pragmatic open-source builder, he created toolkits like PyVision and FaRO that bridge research and production for distributed face recognition. His background—PhD from Colorado State and early roles spanning startups to national labs—reflects a rare mix of applied engineering, evaluative rigor, and operational leadership.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, PhD, Computer Vision, Machine Learning at Colorado State University
Github Skills (8)
face9
oak8
client-server8
face-recognition7
artificial-intelligence7
machine-learning7
face-detection7
open-source4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bolme/pyvision
Feb 2013 - Nov 2021
Official github branch from the source forge site.
Contributions:37 commits, 30 pushes, 4 branches in 8 years 10 months
FRC-Team-3140/sensors3140
Oct 2022 - Jan 2025
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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