Shugao Ma
Senior Stuff AI Research Scientist at Meta
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolShugao Ma is a senior research science leader at Meta Reality Labs with 11 years of experience translating computer vision and machine learning research into production XR input and avatar technologies. He leads the Action Decoders team in XRCIA, having progressed through multiple research and management roles across Codec Avatar Research to shape perceptual input and encoding pipelines. With a PhD from Boston University and early work spanning Disney Research and Google, he combines deep academic rigor in action recognition and video analysis with practical system-building at scale. Based in Redmond, he blends developer-designer instincts (per his GitHub bio) with a track record of shipping state-of-the-art algorithms for continuous video and avatar systems. Notably, his career reflects a rare continuity from foundational CV research to leading applied teams that power immersive interaction.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Software Engineering, Bachelor Software Engineering at Fudan UniversityMaster Computer Science, Master Computer Science at Chinese Academy of SciencesBachelor Computer Sciences, Bachelor Computer Sciences at University College DublinPhd Computer Science, Phd Computer Science at Boston University
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (127)
emotes10
html10
zebra10
homekit10
siri10
apt10
nodejs10
homebridge10
blocker10
cydia10
css10
chrome10
javascript9
linux9
face-recognition9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Shugabuga/Silica
May 2019 - May 2022
A static site generator for MobileAPT repos.
Contributions:2 reviews, 13 commits, 7 PRs in 3 years
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Shugabuga/Shugabuga
Jul 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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