Evan Casey

Evan Casey is the founder of Cadmium, a company that develops AI-powered tools for animation.13 He established Cadmium in 2019 and is currently based in Forest Hill, Maryland.2

Professional Background

Prior to founding Cadmium, Evan Casey had a diverse career in technology:

• Research Engineer at Cogitai, Inc. (May 2017 - July 2018): Worked on self-supervised learning for vision and led engineering efforts on an action-conditional world model.1
• Data Engineer at Tapad (2014 - 2016): Developed and maintained Hadoop pipelines and led backend development on various projects.1
• Strategy and Analytics at Electronic Arts (August - December 2012).2

Education

Evan Casey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College, where he majored in Mathematics, Economics, and Computer Science.1

Skills and Expertise

Casey has a wide range of technical skills, including:

• Programming languages: Python, Java, Scala, Ruby, JavaScript
• Technologies: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Git, Unix
• Fields: Machine Learning, Web Development, Distributed Systems, Statistics2

Current Work

At Cadmium, Evan Casey focuses on developing AI-powered tools for hand-drawn animation. His work has been utilized by animation studios such as Netflix and Toei Animation.3 Casey's research on applying machine learning to hand-drawn animation has been published at prestigious conferences like NeurIPS and ICCV.3

Additional Interests

Beyond his professional work, Evan Casey is described as an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and toolmaker. He has expressed interest in building practical creative tools for structured visual modalities such as drawings and vector art.3