Welcome! My name is Todd, and I'm a postdoc research scientist building perceptual metrics at Facebook Reality Labs. In my previous work at the University of Texas at Austin, I developed a blind video source inspection framework for accurately identifying a multitude of video distortions. I'm also a co-founder of CargoSpectre, which specializes in automated freight dimensioning. When not researching, I enjoy spending time with my wife and two cats, hiking, reading, and brewing coffee/tea.
beyondmetis [at] gmail.com
Education
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (May 2018)
- Advisor Prof. Alan Bovik
- Prepared dissertation on no-reference video artifact assessment. Check out VIDMAP!
Experience
Facebook Reality Labs (Jul 2018 - Present)
- Researching quality assessment in AR/VR.
- Building a virtual eye model for spatio-temporal sensitivity analysis across the visual field.
- Co-authored DeepFovea, an ML approach to foveated rendering.
CargoSpectre (May 2014 - Present)
- Developing 2D/3D vision algorithms for automatically dimensioning warehouse cargo.
- Website
University of Texas at Austin (Sep 2013 - May 2018)
- Finding applications for natural scene statistics in multiple imaging modalities.
- Developing video quality assessment algorithms and demonstrations.
- Automated source inspection of videos to detect artifacts.
Oculus Research (May 2017 - Aug 2017)
- Worked with perception science team on vision problems related to quality assessment.
- Provided new insights with respect to foveated rendering applications.
Netflix (May 2015 - Aug 2015, May 2016 - Aug 2016)
- Applied video quality algorithms to real-world film content.
- Developing new video quality assessment algorithms and improved VMAF.
- Developed new state-of-the-art generalized methods for detecting artifacts in source videos.
Applied Research Labs (May 2012 - August 2013)
- Researched compression schemes for reducing data loads.
- Adapted perceptual quality assessment to SONAR images.
Clemson University (May 2011 - August 2011)
- Optimized face recognition algorithms for GPGPU hardware using CUDA
Itron, Inc. (May 2009 - Aug 2009, Jan 2010 - May 2011)
- Developed indispensable power meter tracking website.
- Interfaced smart meter data with Google Earth, improving internal visualizations.