Sean Andrist
Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSean Andrist is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research with nine years of experience specializing in interactive multimodal AI systems. He brings a strong academic foundation—a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a B.S. from the University of Minnesota—into applied research that spans industry labs from Disney Research to ENSTA ParisTech. At Microsoft since 2016, Sean focuses on advancing human-centered multimodal interactions, blending deep technical expertise with practical system-building. Colleagues know him for bridging rigorous research with deployable prototypes and for a career path that mixes international research fellowships and industry internships. Based in Seattle, he combines long-form academic investigation with product-aware thinking that helps move multimodal AI from experiments toward real-world impact.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of Minnesota
English
Github Skills (28)
artificial-intelligence10
multimodal10
depth-camera10
component-library10
perception10
computer-vision10
stream-processing10
multimodal-interactions10
streaming10
openvr9
rendering9
spectrogram9
assistive-technology9
openxr9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sandrist/psi
May 2022 - Mar 2025
Platform for Situated Intelligence
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 10 months
deep-learningartificial-intelligencemachine-learningintelligence
microsoft/psi-samples
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
Code samples that demonstrate how to use Microsoft's Platform for Situated Intelligence
Contributions:13 reviews, 20 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years
spectrogramstereovolume-renderingmachine-visionmicrosoft
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