# Tsung-Chuan Ma

> Focus on the video codecs

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tsungchuan

Summary
-8+ years experience on video compression for HW and SW products.
-Developed the compression techniques of next-generation video coding.
-Experienced in standards: AV1, VVC, H.265/HEVC, H.264/AVC, MPEG, etc. 

Technical Skill
-Program language: C++/C, Python, Verilog HDL

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer @ AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company
Jan 2022 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States
working on software video encoder

### Multimedia Researcher @ ByteDance
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Diego, California, United States
worked on software video encoder
- Built the in-house VVC video encoder/transcoder for TikTok

### Video Codec Modeling Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Diego, California, United States
worked on video codec projects
- Implemented the behavior models of the video codecs AV1

### Video Algorithm Researcher @ Kwai Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Diego, California, United States
worked on versatile video coding standard a.k.a h.266
- Reduced ~20% complexity of in-house VVC-ish software decoder w/o severe visual degradation
- Applied deep learning in-loop filter to reduce 4.3%(Intra) & 4.7%(RA) Y-BD-rate over VTM9.0
- Participated the VVC Standardization and contribute 28 proposals for JVET meeting
- Proposed lossless VVC with 7%(Intra) and 6%(RA) Y-BD-rate reduction over lossless VVC CE anchor

### Software Engineer @ Ambidio Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
worked on audio related projects.

### Research Assistant @ DSPIC Lab, GIEE of National Taiwan University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
worked on light-field camera projects

### Digital IC Engineer @ MediaTek
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013
designed HEVC/H264 intra prediction HW architecture 
worked on FPGA verification for video/image codec


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
UCLA

### Master of Science - MS in Electronics Engineering
National Taiwan University

### Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
National Taiwan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tc-ma

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Last updated: 2026-04-11