Nader Mahdi
R&D Leader at Intel Corporation
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolNader Mahdi is an R&D leader and video codec expert with over 17 years of experience designing and optimizing video coding systems, currently driving the Scalable Video Technology (SVT) codec family at Intel. He combines deep algorithmic knowledge—from FPGA motion-search implementations to architecting one of the early commercial H.265/HEVC encoders—with hands-on performance optimization and IP creation. Known for bringing out the best in teams, he balances individual technical contribution with mentoring and delivery discipline to meet quality and schedule goals. His background spans startups and large industry players (eBrisk, Cisco, UB View), giving him a pragmatic view of productization and research. Based in Maple Ridge, BC, he blends academic engineering training with a track record of shipping production-grade codecs used in real-world deployments. An uncommon strength is his cross-domain fluency from low-level FPGA design to high-performance software codec stacks, enabling end-to-end optimization.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de TunisElectrical Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician, Electrical Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician at IPEIS - Institut Préparatoire aux Études d'Ingénieur de Sfax
Github Skills (17)
bit9
gitlab9
shieldsio8
encoder8
mailing6
trello6
mailing-list5
libfdk-aac4
github3
hevc3
encoding3
ffmpeg2
spread2
intel2
video-encoding2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
NaderMahdi/SVT-AV1
Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
Welcome to the GitHub repo for the SVT-AV1 encoder! To see a list of feature request and view what is planned for the SVT-AV1 encoder, visit our Trello page: http://bit.ly/SVT-AV1 Help us grow the community by subscribing to our SVT-AV1 mailing list! http://bit.ly/svt-av1-mailing
Contributions:32 PRs, 77 pushes, 16 branches in 3 months
feature-requestvisitmailing-listmailingdata-uri
TangZhiZhen/SVT-AV1
Jun 2019 - Jun 2020
Welcome to the GitHub repo for the SVT-AV1 encoder! To see a list of feature request and view what is planned for the SVT-AV1 encoder, visit our Trello page: http://bit.ly/SVT-AV1 Help us grow the community by subscribing to our SVT-AV1 mailing list! http://bit.ly/svt-av1-mailing
Contributions:450 commits in 1 year
feature-requestvisitmailing-listmailingav1-encoder
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