Summary
Meida Chen is a research scientist at USC Institute for Creative Technologies with nine years of experience at the intersection of civil engineering and computer vision. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from USC, and combines domain expertise in photogrammetry, point cloud processing, and synthetic training data generation. His work on the One World Terrain project and photogrammetric point cloud segmentation has led to publications across top conferences and a best paper award at IITSEC 2019. Meida brings a rare blend of academic rigor and applied research, moving algorithms from prototype to large-scale terrain datasets. He also teaches introductory civil engineering graphics at USC, reflecting a commitment to mentoring the next generation. Colleagues know him for translating complex 3D vision problems into practical, deployable solutions for simulation and mapping.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science (BS), Construction Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Construction Engineering at University of Toledo