Shan Jia
Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShan Jia is a Senior Software Engineer at YouTube (Google) specializing in misinformation and synthetic media detection, with a strong academic foundation as a former Research Scientist and Assistant Lab Director at the University at Buffalo’s Media Forensic Lab. Over five years, Shan has led and contributed to DARPA-sponsored projects on deepfake detection, model attribution, and multimedia forensics, bridging cutting-edge research with production-scale engineering. He holds advanced degrees in communication and information systems and has a track record mentoring students and leading lab initiatives. Shan combines practical software development at Google with deep domain expertise in biometrics, image/video processing, and audio-visual synthesis detection. Notably, he transitions research prototypes into real-world detection systems, reflecting both scientific rigor and product-focused delivery. Based in Mountain View, he maintains active research visibility through publications and public code on GitHub.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Mphil-Ph.D, Communication and Information Systems, Mphil-Ph.D, Communication and Information Systems at Wuhan UniversityVisiting Ph.D., Computer Science, Visiting Ph.D., Computer Science at West Virginia UniversityUniversity at BuffaloProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shanface33/Deepfake_Model_Attribution
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:63 commits, 59 pushes, 5 comments in 10 months
shanface33/Wax_Figure_Face_DB
Jul 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:45 commits, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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