Vignesh S.
🎥 AI Streaming Engineer @ NVIDIA | Ex-PayPal | Researcher @ UIUC | Hackathon Enthusiast
- Role
- Ai Software Engineer at NVIDIA
- Location
- Champaign, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vignesh S.
I’m an AI Streaming Engineer at NVIDIA, shaping the future of Streaming Video Intelligence—where real-time meets real smart.I earned my Master\'s from UIUC, where I worked as a Research Assistant across multiple cutting-edge labs, including those led by Lav Varshney, Derek Hoiem, and Volodymyr Kindratenko. My research spanned hallucination detection in Large Language Models, video understanding, and cultural nuances in vision-language systems—bringing together deep learning and human context.Before grad school, I was a Software Engineer 2 at PayPal, contributing to the Growth Markets Initiative for Brazil. There, I designed scalable, distributed systems to drive financial inclusion at scale.I thrive at the intersection of engineering, research, and impact. Outside of work, I’m a passionate hacker and researcher, having built solutions across blockchain, recommendation engines, ML, and more. One of my proudest moments? Being recognized by the Prime Minister of India for my work at Toycathon, a national innovation challenge.Curious by nature and driven by purpose, I’m always seeking opportunities to learn, build, and share. Whether it’s through mentoring, teaching, or blogging, I believe in paying knowledge forward—and using tech to make a meaningful difference.
Experience
Ai Software Engineer
Jun 2025 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US
Working on Streaming Video Intelligence for Long Video Understanding, Summarization and Question Answering.
Education
Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master's degree, Computer Science
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