Experience
Machine Learning Research Intern — SEED Electronic Arts
Vancouver, Canada · Summer 2025
- Built a panoramic data capture and annotation pipeline combining depth, multi-view video, and LLM scene understanding.
- Fine-tuned diffusion models with text, style reference, and depth conditioning to deliver seamless 360° sequences.
Machine Learning Research Scientist — Netflix Eyeline Studios
Remote · Contract Part-time · Fall 2024 — Spring 2025
- Directed controllable AI video generation research for production teams, focusing on style fidelity and editability.
- Partnered with supervisors and producers to translate show requirements into model evaluation criteria.
Machine Learning Research Intern — Netflix Eyeline Studios
Vancouver, Canada · Fall 2023 — Fall 2024
- Prototyped co-speech gesture generation models aligned with speech content, performer emotion, and stylistic cues.
- Curated a multimodal dataset pairing audio, text, facial performance, and motion capture for expressive character work.
- Explored style transfer pipelines to adapt expert motion capture to lower-skill performances with minimal data.
Machine Learning Research Engineer — Pars Cognition
Tehran, Iran · Fall 2017 — Spring 2019
- Delivered mental health analytics tools with interdisciplinary teams spanning neurology, psychology, and AI.
- Designed machine learning services that transform multimodal client assessments into actionable wellness insights.
Payam Jome-Yazdian
pjomeyaz@sfu.ca
(778) 251-4174
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada