Michael Kupchick
Director, Research Engineering at Lightricks
Jerusalem District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Kupchick is a Director of Research Engineering with over a decade of experience translating cutting-edge algorithms into production mobile applications, currently leading research engineering at Lightricks in Jerusalem. He combines deep systems and low-level expertise—C++, Objective-C, CUDA/Metal and GPGPU—with a proven track record of optimizing complex simulations and 3D scanning pipelines for constrained platforms. Previously he led algorithm optimization efforts that systematically moved state-of-the-art research into fast, maintainable iOS products like Facetune2, and earlier built multidisciplinary scanner and simulator architectures integrating hardware and software. Known for bridging research and product teams, he emphasizes best practices, process improvements, and clear cross-functional communication to accelerate delivery.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Leyada, The Hebrew University Secondary School
English, Russian, Hebrew
Stackoverflow
433reputation
39kreached
15answers
4questions
Github Skills (12)
pytorch10
text-to-image10
stable-diffusion10
diffusion-models9
computer-vision6
camera6
opencv6
wpf6
optical-flow6
aforge6
image-processing6
image6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
michaellightricks/metal_numerics
Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
michaellightricks/springs
Feb 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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