Ofri Masad
AI Research Team Manager at NVIDIA
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolOfri Masad is an AI research leader with nine years of experience building and scaling computer vision and deep learning teams, currently managing an AI research team at NVIDIA after leading Deci AI as Head of AI. He combines deep theoretical knowledge with hands-on expertise in algorithm development, system architecture, and software optimization, tracing back to co-founding Camera51 and earlier engineering roles at Red Hat and Cadence. Ofri has a track record of translating research into product-ready systems—optimizing models and pipelines for real-world deployment—while maintaining strong analytical and interpersonal skills. His background spans both startup and enterprise environments, giving him a pragmatic sensitivity to engineering trade-offs and product timelines. Based in Israel with an MSc in Computer Science, he brings an entrepreneur’s mindset to research management, often pushing for practical innovations that improve image capture and model performance.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MSc Computer Science, Master of Science - MSc Computer Science at Reichman University
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (49)
yolov510
pytorch10
image-classification10
imagenet10
semantic-segmentation10
openmmlab10
dependency-graph10
deep-learning10
object-detection10
transfer-learning10
computer-vision10
yolov710
coreml9
ios9
onnx9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ofrimasad/NormDeconv
Jul 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
ofrimasad/rl_course_final
Jul 2021 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
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