Abhinav GuptaProfessor · Carnegie Mellon UniversityFounder↗
Researcher · Founder · Executive · Academic
Yaser Sheikh
Sooth LabsCo-founder and CEO
Carnegie Mellon UniversityConsulting Professor
Sheikh helped create Meta's lifelike Codec Avatars and, at CMU, led OpenPose and the Panoptic Studio, influential systems for tracking people and movement. He now leads Sooth Labs, which is developing AI to make testable forecasts about major world events.
Career & education
Current rolesSooth Labs2026-presentCo-founder and CEO
Sooth Labs2026-presentConsulting Professor
Previously
Meta2015-Aug 2025Vice President
Meta2015-Aug 2025Education
University of Central FloridaGhulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
University of Central FloridaGhulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and TechnologyWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations42,778As of Jul 17, '26
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