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Ekta Prashnani

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Research Scientist at NVIDIA
📍 Santa Clara, California, United States

Ekta Prashnani is a Research Scientist at NVIDIA, specializing in deep learning algorithms to assess the quality and authenticity of visual media. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, her work focuses on generative AI, computer vision, and modeling human visual systems to detect sophisticated deepfakes.

Outside of her research, Ekta is an avid long-distance runner and enjoys painting misty forests. During her undergraduate studies, she was also active in sports, competing in track events and playing on the badminton team, showcasing a blend of athletic and artistic interests.

While still an undergraduate, she helped design and apply for a patent for a visual search app that could recognize text at any orientation in an image.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Research Scientist
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
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AI for Videogames
She is a co-organizer of the Computer Vision for Videogames workshop at CVPR 2025, working on foundation models for gaming and bridging academia with industry.
Generative AI Trust
Her research focuses on safeguarding against misuse of synthetic media through deepfake detection and creating systems like "Avatar Fingerprinting" for authorized use.
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Career

Work history

4-2022
Research Scientist
NVIDIA
9-2020 - 6-2021
Teaching Assistant
University of California, Santa Barbara
7-2019 - 6-2020
Ph.D. Intern: Machine Learning and Perception Research
NVIDIA
9-2016 - 6-2019
Teaching Assistant
UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
6-2016 - 9-2016
Research Intern: Image and Video Denoising
Adobe
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Education
2013 - 2022
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
UC Santa Barbara
2013 - 2015
Master’s Degree
UC Santa Barbara
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