Wan-Duo Kurt

Wan-Duo Kurt Ma is a Senior Research Engineer II at Wētā FX and an Adjunct Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. With extensive experience in deep learning, facial motion/animation solving, and various research areas including computer vision and machine learning, Wan-Duo holds significant roles at Unity as a Senior Research Engineer since January 2022 and has previously worked as a researcher at Weta Digital from April 2016 to January 2022. Academic qualifications include a PhD in Computer Graphics and Machine Learning from Victoria University of Wellington, a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from National Central University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science also from National Central University. Prior experience includes an Associate RnD Engineer position focusing on malware detection software development.