Johnny Lai
Computer Vision Engineering Manager at SmartRetail
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolJohnny Lai is a Computer Vision Engineering Manager based in Hong Kong with eight years of hands-on experience building real-time vision systems for retail and research settings. At SmartRetail he progressed from engineer to manager, shipping integrated AI models for multi-person detection, tracking, and customer analytics that power live insights. His research background at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University includes film restoration, super-resolution, and real-time face recognition prototypes using Python, PyTorch, and OpenCV, bridging academic methods to production. A practical problem-solver, he combines deep learning and image processing with product-focused deployment (Flask-backed prototypes) and a continuous appetite for cutting-edge techniques. Colleagues describe him as collaboration-oriented and eager to turn research ideas into operational systems that scale in real-world environments.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy - MPhil Electronic and Information Engineering, Master of Philosophy - MPhil Electronic and Information Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Github Skills (58)
face-detection10
pytorch10
convolutional-neural-networks10
arcface10
mxnet10
metric-learning10
image-retrieval10
image-matching10
face-alignment10
face-recognition10
descriptor10
paddlepaddle10
loss10
nvidia-jetson9
jetson9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
johnnysclai/YOLOv6
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
YOLOv6: a single-stage object detection framework dedicated to industrial applications.
Contributions:22 PRs, 94 pushes, 15 branches in 1 month
object-detection
johnnysclai/SR_LRFR
Oct 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes, 4 comments in 3 years 9 months
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