Cedric Cagniart

Cedric Cagniart is a Principal Scientist at Microsoft, specializing in computer vision with a focus on geometry and numerical methods. They have extensive experience in industries such as robotics, motion capture, and visual effects, having previously worked as a researcher at Weta Digital, contributing to notable films like "The Hobbit" series and "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." Cedric's educational background includes a PhD in Computer Science from Université de Grenoble and engineering degrees in Signal Processing from Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne and IMT Atlantique. They have also held positions at Google and Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, where they advanced the fields of 3D reconstruction and visual-inertial odometry.