Stefan Scherer
Manager, AI Research Science at USC Institute for Creative Technologies
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolStefan Scherer is a research-driven AI leader with 12+ years of experience building multimodal machine learning and affective computing systems for AR/VR, robotics, and healthcare. Currently Manager of AI Research Science at Reality Labs Research (Meta), he previously served as CTO of Embodied where he led development of the SocialX™ platform that enabled empathetic robot behavior through integrated sensing, ML, and NLP. He blends deep academic credentials—PhD summa cum laude and a faculty role at USC—with product-focused execution, having secured over $10M in research funding including an NIH R01. Stefan’s work spans foundational research on social signal processing and real-world deployments (e.g., the Moxie robot) addressing complex problems like mental-health and educational interventions. Colleagues describe him as someone who pivots fluid academic insights into tangible, human-centered interaction products. Based in Los Angeles, he bridges lab rigor and industry-scale engineering to shape the future of human-machine social experiences.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Inform., Computer Science, Dipl.-Inform., Computer Science at Ulm University
Github Skills (11)
voice10
speech9
speech-synthesis9
speech-to-text9
speech-recognition7
datasets6
nlp5
machine-learning4
deep-learning4
blockchain2
ethereum2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
prabhs1992/DR2016_LSTM
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:5 commits in 1 day
schererstefan/VHFC
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Virtual Human Fidelity Coalition
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
ethereumblockchain
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