David Vakrat
Director Of Computer Vision And ISP Silicon Architecture (AR VR) at Facebook
Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Vakrat is a director-level R&D leader specializing in computer vision, imaging pipelines and ISP silicon architecture for AR/VR, with 11+ years driving products from algorithm to silicon at organizations including Facebook, Samsung SRIL and Zoran. He architects vision and imaging cores for production AR/VR silicon while leading cross-disciplinary teams to deliver SLAM, hand-gesture recognition, 3D reconstruction, depth generation and segmentation systems. His background uniquely blends deep ISP algorithm design (noise reduction, color, lens correction, dynamic range) with hands-on silicon architecture and deployment experience. David also contributes to prominent open-source projects around layout and mobile UI frameworks, extending Java JNI bindings and improving Android components—evidence of practical systems fluency beyond research. Based in Tel Aviv and trained as an electrical engineer at Technion, he seeks strong HW/SW engineers who bridge silicon engineering with vision, ML and graphics. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic inventor who turns advanced imaging ideas into silicon-realized features for next-generation AR/VR.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BSC, electrical engineering, BSC, electrical engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Github Skills (20)
c-language10
react-native10
mobile-development10
layout10
ui-components10
android-sdk10
android-development10
java10
javas10
jna10
android10
layout-engine10
cprogramming-language10
native-android10
react10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
callstack/react-native-slider
Feb 2018 - Dec 2018
React Native component exposing Slider from iOS and SeekBar from Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:9 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the Android implementation of the React Native slider component. Their work focused on refactoring and fixing issues within the `ReactSliderManager.java` and `ReactSlider.java` files, which included handling cloning mechanisms, correcting measurement functions, and addressing null pointer exceptions. They also introduced a fix to disable the StateListAnimator for specific Android versions to address known issues. Furthermore, the user made adjustments related to event dispatching within the component.
reactreact-nativesliderreact-native-componentandroid
facebook/yoga
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Yoga is an embeddable layout engine targeting web standards.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:David's contributions primarily focus on extending the Java implementation of the Yoga layout engine. They added functionality to allow YogaNode objects to be cloned and to receive a callback when a node is cloned, enabling integration with Java-based systems. The user also refactored the cloning mechanism and renamed references to "parent" to "owner" to reflect the shared ownership of YogaNodes. Additionally, they implemented the ability to insert shared children into the existing structure.
followlayoutandroidupdatescross-platform
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