Nikita Lytkin is an accomplished computer scientist with extensive experience in machine learning, computer vision, and product engineering. With a PhD in Machine Learning from Rutgers University and publications in top-tier machine learning and bioinformatics journals, Nikita has over 20 US patents to his name. He has held leadership positions in several prominent organizations, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Quantcast, where he led the research and development of cutting-edge machine learning technologies. Currently, Nikita leads a multi-site organization at Facebook that builds machine perception technologies for AR/VR. His teams are expanding and searching for scientists, engineers, and managers specializing in computer vision and machine learning.