James Supancic
Founding Perception Engineer at AndrenaM
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Supancic is a founding perception engineer and Ph.D. computer scientist with 13 years of experience building production-grade computer vision and machine learning systems across startups and major tech firms. He has led perception work from sensor fusion and physics-informed neural nets for supersonic acoustics to person and object tracking for AR, and was the first computer vision hire at Anduril and an R&D engineer on Snap Spectacles. A published inventor on 11 patents and multiple AI/vision papers, he balances entrepreneurial outcomes—having sold startups and patents—with curiosity-driven research and a willingness to work on academically meaningful projects at a discount. Semi-retired and financially independent in his 30s, he’s selectively seeking intellectually stimulating roles that blend innovation with practical impact. Based in Irvine, CA, he brings deep C++/Python expertise and a track record of translating novel research into deployed systems.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, 4.0, Mathematics, 4.0 at College of the SequoiasDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 3.9, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 3.9 at University of California, Irvine
Github Skills (7)
machine-learning10
caffe10
deep-learning10
minecraft9
pose-estimation8
computer-vision7
pytorch6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jsupancic/libhand-public
Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
Modifications to the LibHand Library
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
modmodificationsminecraft
jsupancic/SPLTT-Release
Mar 2013 - Mar 2016
The Release Code for our CVPR 2013 Submission "Self-paced learning for long-term tracking".
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years
pytorchlong-termdeep-learningcomputer-visiontracking
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