Dhruva Pathak

Senior Graphics and Ml Engineer @DNEG

Vancouver, BC, CA

Brahma AI x DNEG builds AI-native products across video, image, and audio domains, valued at US$1.43 billion. DNEG acquired Unity and Ziva Dynamics. • Leads an applied research project deployed in 4+ productions, focused on real-time 3D digital humans, enabling interactive experiences across gaming, AR/VR, film, and enterprise applications.• Pioneers new technology, including a High-Fidelity Facial Reconstruction project that improved fidelity +2.8dB PSNR and generalisation across images with SSIM ≥ 0.3. • Builds state-of-the-art deep learning models for facial expression regression (FER), pose estimation, and 3D reconstruction from monocular video using state-of-the-art models (ConvNeXt, U-Net, MobileNet, EmoNeXt, and 3DGS). • Establishes development stack for highly secure projects using Podman, Artifactory, FortiSASE, and NVIDIA Container toolkit—ensuring isolated, compliant, and GPU-optimized containerized environments.

University of Pune

Master of Science - MS

St. Xavier's College

Bachelor of Science - BS