Varshanth Rao
Senior AI Researcher at ModiFace
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolVarshanth Rao is a Senior AI Researcher with 9 years of experience bridging software engineering and deep learning, currently leading computer vision research at ModiFace (L'Oreal). He specializes in real-time facial landmark detection, hair and skin segmentation, and robust face-part detectors, translating research into deployed models used in Microsoft Teams and L'Oreal tools. Previously at Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab he advanced video understanding and multi-modal architectures, porting state-of-the-art methods into production and serving on the patent review board. His Master's from the University of Waterloo focused on affective computing and accessibility, informing practical solutions that consider bias and edge-case robustness (e.g., gender bias mitigation and severe class imbalance in gray-hair segmentation). Known for combining graph neural nets, custom loss functions and self-supervised MAE approaches, he mentors MSc interns and converts novel ideas into patents and publications. Based in Toronto, he brings a rare blend of low-level production engineering (Cisco) and cutting-edge CV research that consistently moves prototypes to real-world deployment.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Science at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of EngineeringAISSCE PCMC, AISSCE PCMC at Kendriya Vidyalaya, MysoreAISSE, AISSE at St. Joseph's Central School, MysoreMaster of Mathematics Computer Science, Master of Mathematics Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Kannada, Tamil, Tulu
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Github Skills (14)
coco5
object-detection4
modular4
yolov73
scene2
propagation1
graph1
audio1
pytorch1
subgraph1
deep-learning1
scene-graph1
gpu1
multi-gpu1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
varshanth/FakeNewsChallenge-FNC1
Jul 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 17 days
varshanth/Machine_Learning_and_Deep_Learning__The_Fine_Details_Matter
Nov 2017 - Dec 2021
Contributions:145 commits, 139 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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