Visesh Chari
Staff Software Engineer at Stack AV
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolVisesh Chari is a Staff Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience applying computer vision and machine learning across both research and production settings. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Vision and has transitioned from academic posts and postdoc research in Europe to applied roles at MERL, Amazon Lab126, Waymo, and now Stack AV, blending deep theoretical understanding with product-focused engineering. His background spans building perception systems for consumer devices and autonomous vehicles, pairing rigorous experimentation with scalable deployment. Visesh mentors and collaborates across teams, having also taught and supervised students at IIIT Hyderabad and contributed to the academic peer-review process. He maintains an active research presence via his webpage and social channels, signaling continued engagement with cutting-edge vision research even while shipping production systems. A detail that sets him apart is his sustained movement between academia and industry, which gives him uncommon fluency in turning novel research into robust, real-world solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
SIES high schoolMS by Research Computer Science, MS by Research Computer Science at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Vision, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Vision at Grenoble INP - UGA
Tamil, English, French, HindiGithub contributions (5)
viseshchari/TrackingNetFlow
Dec 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 2 pushes in 4 months
viseshchari/viseshchari.github.io
Nov 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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