Kaushik Samayamantri

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India15 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in video codec development and optimization.
Proficient in SIMD programming for performance enhancement.
Extensive experience with embedded systems and processors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Video Codec Development expert in Embedded Systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Image ProcessingVideo Codec DevelopmentEmbedded Systems

Other Skills

CImage KernelsJPEG DecoderHEVC DecoderSamsung ProcessorH.264 DecoderHEVC/H.265 DecoderARM ProcessorH.264CodecsC++MPEG-4RTOSXMLGNU Debugger

About

> Expertise in the areas of Software Development of Video Codec H.264 Decoder (MPEG-4 Part10) and Porting of Video Codec on Hardware. >Expertise in the areas of Reference Software Development of Video Codec HEVC/H.265 Decoder. > Expertise on Samsung’s proprietary processor Samsung Reconfigurable Processor 4. >Expertise on optimizing the codecs HEVC, H.264 and JPEG for the mentioned above platforms. > Expertise on SIMD programming – both vector and scalar programming. >Knowledge on OpenCV,OpenCL Image and Vision Kernels. >Understanding of DSP and Embedded fundamentals, Basic knowledge/Exposure on RTP for H.264,Fileformat for H.264 Video Data and MPEG-4 Audio/Visual.

Experience

15 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Amd

3 roles

Member Of Technical Staff

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2018 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Software Engineer 2

Sep 2015 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Samsung electronics

Lead Engineer

Sep 2013 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1. Developed and Optimized C code for Image Kernels (like ColorConversion, Channel Extract/Combine, Integral Image, Build Pyramid, Threshold, Histogram,Sobel 3x3 etc.,) and Vision Kernels (like Edge Detector, Moment etc.) on Next Generation Samsung Processor.
2. Optimized JPEG Decoder using Intrinisics on Next Generation Samsung Processor.
3. Reference Development of HEVC decoder Range-Ext (4K Resolution Support Next Generation Samsung Processor).
4. Optimized Inverse Quantization, IntraPrediction, Deblocking and SAO for HEVC Decoder on Next Generation Samsung Processor.

CImage KernelsJPEG DecoderHEVC DecoderSamsung ProcessorImage Processing+1

Aricent group

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jun 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

1.Implemented high level decoder flow in both Frame and Packet based decoding, worked on optimizing the H.264 Decoder BP/HP on Pandaboard(ARM Processor). Involved in optimizations like Row level loopfiltering and Row level Storing Info of MB Headers(Instead of frame Level)), Decoded Picture Buffer Implementation etc.
2.Explored the IVA-HD processor capabilities to support 1080P video processing using H.264 Standard(worked on development of H.264 Decoder BP/HP in OMAP4)
3.Worked on development of HEVC/H.265 Decoder for Low efficiency profile(Bitdepth = 8) on ARM Cortex A9 platform. (Developed efficient C reference code, Involved in HLD, memory and Coding part,worked on control flow, parsing, processing of CTU which includes Prediction, Inverse Quantization,InverseTransform, Reconstruction, CABAC, Deblockingfilter)

H.264 DecoderHEVC/H.265 DecoderARM ProcessorVideo Codec DevelopmentEmbedded Systems