Machine Learning Q&A with Foundry’s Research team

Have questions about Machine Learning and Nuke’s CopyCat? Ask Foundry’s Research team! Join our upcoming TH-cam Live with Foundry Senior Research Engineers Johanna Barbier and Mairead Grogan, plus Machine Learning Data Specialist Luca Prestini, who will be able to answer any queries you have.
Want to know more about CopyCat’s data augmentation? How to speed up cropping? And common mistakes to avoid? Come ready with your questions for our panel of CopyCat experts. If you’re new to Nuke’s machine learning tools or want to learn more, check out our CopyCat Masterclass on Foundry’s TH-cam channel and the Foundry Learn site.
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Bios:
Luca Prestini is the ML Data Specialist at Foundry, working closely with the Machine Learning teams to help develop tools and create new workflows for VFX. With a BA in 3D Design and Animation, Luca started his career as a freelance VFX artist working on Film and TV series. At the end of the project, he briefly joined the team at the University of Greenwich to teach Nuke and VFX before joining Foundry in 2019.
Johanna Barbier is a Senior Research Engineer in Machine Learning at Foundry where she develops AI tools for visual effects workflows. Since joining Foundry in 2019, Johanna has participated in the creation of many released ML tools, including Nuke CopyCat, the Cattery and the MLClientServer. She graduated in 2018 with an MSc in Computer Graphics & Machine Learning from Trinity College Dublin, as well as an MSc in Virtual Reality from Ecole Centrales de Nantes.
Mairéad Grogan is a Senior Research Engineer at Foundry working as part of the AI Research Team. She received an MSc and PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin in 2012 and 2016, with her PhD dedicated to 3D shape and image processing. She was a postdoctoral researcher in the V-SENSE group for three years, working in areas including light fields, colour processing and image compositing. In 2019, she joined the Research team at Foundry, specialising in machine learning algorithms for 3D scene reconstruction and image processing tasks.
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Thank you for the interesting lecture. I am a teacher of television technology and I try to ensure that my students have the latest information from the field.
I've been teaching Nuke ever since Nuke 5, which we got back then as a non-commercial version, from my students who work in television.
Lately I switched to AE, but people from practice are pulling me back to NUKE. We did the training for the new version of NUKE 15, which we could have for 30 days (it was extended to 90) with the fact that we only have 2 hours a week. 90 days is very short even for motivation in this program. I also worked on Machine Learning and I'm glad that NUKE is at the forefront in this regard. I am 67 years old and my students work in large TV studios and also teach at art schools. My young colleague who will take over this craft after me (my student who worked in commercial TV). He wants to get a new NUKE for our school in Slovakia and continue in this direction. I hope he succeeds

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@@FoundryTeam thank you! I´ve already registered and looking forward to new realeases and cooperation.