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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Performance Analysis and Optimization: Utilized advanced performance analysis tools such as Gprof, Vtune, and Valgrind Massif to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in AV1 and AV2 codecs.• Bug Fixes and Stability Improvements: Diagnosed and resolved multiple critical bugs in AV1 and AVIF codecs, enhancing stability and performance.• Algorithmic and SIMD Optimization: Optimization of the latest AV2 codec through algorithmic enhancements, SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) parallelism, and comprehensive code refactoring, leading to significant performance gains.• Error Propagation Framework: Led the development of a robust error propagation framework for the open-source libaom/AV1 codec. This involved designing and implementing error handling mechanisms for complex multi-threaded modules within the encoder and decoder, ensuring reliable and efficient error management.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• AV1 Encoder Optimization: Enhanced the open-source AV1 encoder through algorithmic improvements, SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) parallelism, and extensive code refactoring, resulting in significant performance gains.• AVIF Image Encoder Optimization: Improved the speed and reduced the heap memory usage of the AVIF image encoder, ensuring more efficient encoding processes.• Progress Tracking Utility: Developed a utility to monitor the optimization progress of the open-source libaom/AV1 encoder. This tool was instrumental in identifying and addressing buggy commits that adversely affected speed and quality.• Performance Evaluation Scripts: Created scripts to rigorously evaluate the speed and quality metrics of video and image codecs, facilitating continuous performance improvements and quality assurance.

Belagavi, Karnataka, India

Developed device driver for LPC2148-I2C.