Faranak Shamsafar
Senior AI Research Scientist at K | Lens GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFaranak Shamsafar is a Senior AI Research Scientist based in Berlin with a decade of experience building practical computer vision solutions across industry and academia. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision) and transitioned from postdoctoral research at the University of Tuebingen to applied roles at K | Lens GmbH, where she now leads research efforts. Expert in end-to-end ML workflows—from data curation and bespoke model design to deployment and analysis—she regularly adapts state-of-the-art deep learning methods to solve domain-specific problems. Known for blending rigorous academic methods with product-focused thinking, she often introduces innovative tweaks to established models to meet real-world constraints.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc.) Electrical Engineering (Image Processing), Master of Science (MSc.) Electrical Engineering (Image Processing) at University of TabrizDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision) at Sahand University of Technology
Persian, English, azeri, Turkish, German
Github Skills (86)
matconvnet10
computer-graphics10
azure-kinect10
rendering10
kinect10
cnn-architecture10
cluster-computing9
opengl9
sdk9
mesh-processing9
cudnn9
cpp9
arm9
visualization9
open3d9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cogsys-tuebingen/tristereonet
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
cogsys-tuebingen/mobilestereonet
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
Lightweight stereo matching network based on MobileNet blocks
Contributions:7 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
pytorchmatching-networkstereodeep-learningmatching
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