Deepali Aneja
Research Engineer
Seattle
AI & Machine Learning
Computer Vision, Imaging & Video
Graphics (2D & 3D)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)
