Florian Schiffers
Applied Scientist at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Schiffers is an applied scientist and computer vision researcher with a decade of experience building AI-driven algorithms for computational imaging, 3D vision, and next-generation AR/VR displays. He completed a PhD at Northwestern University working closely with Meta Reality Labs and has published in top venues such as SIGGRAPH, ICCV, and Nature-affiliated journals. Florian has blended physics-based simulation, mathematical modeling, and machine learning to advance holographic and multi-view display prototypes, medical imaging reconstruction, and optical system design. He has led cross-institutional collaborations (Princeton, Argonne, Sony) and taught and redesigned courses to bridge research and pedagogy, moving teaching stacks from MATLAB to Python for better accessibility. Now at Amazon, he applies language and vision models to enhance media experiences for Prime Video, bringing research-grade methods into product settings. An unusual strength is his ability to span low-level optical simulation and end-to-end learning systems, enabling tangible prototypes from theory to hardware.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Graphics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Graphics at Université de BordeauxBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics at Universidad de CantabriaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Comuter Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Comuter Science at Northwestern UniversityMaster of Science - M.Sc. (Physics) and Master of Science with Honors - M.Sc. (Optical Technologies), Physics and Optical Technologies, Master of Science - M.Sc. (Physics) and Master of Science with Honors - M.Sc. (Optical Technologies), Physics and Optical Technologies at University of Erlangen-NurembergBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
German, English, Spanish, French, Chinese
Github Skills (147)
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
robotics10
neural-network10
computer-vision10
jupyter-extension10
artificial-intelligence10
electron10
typescript10
vscode10
pytorch10
astra10
machine-learning10
generative-adversarial-network10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
NUCS349/hw6-neural-networks
Mar 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 4 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 1 month
fschiffers/test
May 2016 - Apr 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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