Iain Matthews

Iain Matthews serves as the Director of Research Science and Principal Scientist at Epic Games since January 2019. In addition to this role, Iain Matthews is an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia and has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University since October 2008. Iain Matthews' previous positions include Research Scientist at Facebook Reality Labs from October 2016 to December 2018 and Associate Lab Director at Disney Research from 2008 to October 2016, where Iain Matthews led the computer vision group focusing on facial analysis and animation. Prior experience also includes a role as Special Projects R&D at Weta Digital from February 2007 to October 2008, and as a Systems Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University from March 1999 to February 2007. Iain Matthews holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Speech Recognition and a BEng in Electronic Engineering, both from the University of East Anglia.