Linchao Bao
Research Scientist in AI
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Summary
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Top SchoolLong Bao is a Member of Technical Staff and computer vision researcher with 10 years of experience specializing in computational photography, deep learning, and image/signal processing for smartphone cameras. He has driven camera algorithm development at Apple and Samsung—working on learned ISPs, Bayer denoising, and deployable AI-camera features—and recently joined OpenAI to bring imaging expertise to advanced ML products. His PhD work focused on aesthetic photo analysis, enhancement, and quality measurement, and his research spans medical image enhancement, camouflage detection, image color editing for art and fashion, and multimedia privacy via cryptography. Known for translating academic innovations into commercial tooling and winning recognition at NTIRE/CVPR denoising challenges, he combines rigorous research with hands-on system design across ISP pipelines. Based in San Jose, he blends deep theoretical grounding with practical productization skills that accelerate camera feature commercialization.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.S.), Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Master of Science (M.S.), Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong
Github Skills (16)
motion-model8
science7
optical-flow7
react7
3d7
ranking7
computer-science6
animation6
benchmark3
computer-vision3
cuda3
segmentation2
pytorch1
machine-learning1
deep-learning1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
linchaobao/hifi3dface
Oct 2020 - Dec 2024
Code and data for our paper "High-Fidelity 3D Digital Human Creation from RGB-D Selfies".
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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linchaobao/linchaobao.github.io
Feb 2016 - Dec 2025
Contributions:57 pushes, 5 branches in 10 years
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