Summary
David Sarma is a visualization and pipeline architect with 12 years of experience designing image processing, VFX, and UI/UX systems for film, medical imaging, and scientific research. He holds two US patents for digital signal processing methods used in production retouching and anomaly detection, and has applied those techniques to web-based image pipelines and browser-native prototyping environments. His work spans end-to-end pipeline development, from procedural 3D FX and compositing for major films and commercials to data-driven visualization and auditing tools for scientific datasets. Comfortable with both creative and technical toolchains, he blends Houdini/Nuke/VFX tool expertise with Javascript, WebGL, Python, and data-focused workflows in Jupyter. An unexpected thread through his career is building Smalltalk-like browser development environments and stock-tracking UIs, reflecting a long-standing interest in developer-facing visualization tooling. Based in New York, he regularly bridges artistic production needs and rigorous, auditable signal-processing solutions.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics at New York University
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Computer Art, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Computer Art at School of Visual Arts