Deepali Aneja
Research Engineer
Seattle, WA
Deepali Aneja is a Research Engineer at Adobe Research. She earned her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Washington, where her research focused on learning-based techniques for facial animation.
Her work applies machine learning to build creative tools and interactive user experiences. Her contributions have been recognized with an Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering (2020), two Adobe MAX Sneaks Demos (2020, 2021), and an Adobe Research Fellowship (2018). She serves as Chair of ACM WiGRAPH in 2025.
She is always looking for interns and collaborators to work on exciting research projects. Please feel free to reach out to learn more.
Contact: aneja [at] adobe [dot] com
Tech Transfers
- Firefly Video Composition Reference (2025)
- Firefly Translate (AutoDub LipSync) on FF.com and FF API (2025)
- Animate from Audio Multilingual lip sync on Adobe Express (2023, 2024)
- Vectorize on iPad in Illustrator (2021)
- Transcript-based lip sync in Character Animator (2021)
- More accurate lip sync in Character Animator (2020)
- Data-driven lip sync in Character Animator (2017) and Animate Creative Cloud (2018)
Publications
News
Women in graphics: How Adobe Researchers are helping bring diversity to the field
We talked to a few Adobe Researchers involved with WiGRAPH, a vibrant community dedicated to increasing the number of women pursuing cutting-edge research in computer graphics. Discover how their inspiring work and support are shaping the future of the computer graphics community!
August 2, 2024Researcher Spotlight: Deepali Aneja on character animation—and life as a research engineer
Deepali Aneja’s work sits at the intersection of computer vision, graphics, and machine learning. At Adobe Research, she’s used machine learning to develop real-time lip sync for animated characters and to create tools for Adobe Illustrator. Check the blog post to learn more about her Adobe life.
August 18, 2022Nurturing the Next Generation of Computer Scientists: The Adobe Research Fellowship
Adobe Research is a home for the intellectually curious. The team annually awards the Adobe Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding PhD students anywhere in the world carrying out exceptional research in areas of computer science important to Adobe.
October 15, 2020