{"id":2,"date":"2010-06-27T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:50:26","slug":"about-chris-mcclanahan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/about-chris-mcclanahan\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>My name is <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/mcclanahoochie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris McClanahan<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In my [little] spare time, I am passionate about photography and technology.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Academic \/\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Professional<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>Chris McClanahan is a senior software engineer at Google, focusing on on-device machine learning.<br \/>\nHe has a M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and previously worked on 3D 360 VR video stitching at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conditionone\">Condition One<\/a>,<\/div>\n<div>depth+computational photography at <a href=\"http:\/\/pelicanimaging.com\/\">Pelican Imaging<\/a>,\u00a0helped build the GPU library <a href=\"http:\/\/arrayfire.com\">ArrayFire<\/a>, and specializes in image processing, computational photography, and GPGPU computing.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s currently working on <a href=\"https:\/\/mediapipe.dev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MediaPipe<\/a> at Google.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/about-chris-mcclanahan\/150604_conditionone_53_small-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?fit=603%2C603&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"603,603\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1433367598&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?fit=603%2C603&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3408 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/150604_ConditionOne_53_small-2.jpg?w=603&amp;ssl=1 603w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3764\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mcclanahoochie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3764\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/about-chris-mcclanahan\/wordcloud-2017-dec\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wordcloud-2017-dec.jpg?fit=960%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wordcloud-2017-dec\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;resume&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wordcloud-2017-dec.jpg?fit=960%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3764\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wordcloud-2017-dec.jpg?resize=806%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"word cloud of resume\" width=\"806\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wordcloud-2017-dec.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wordcloud-2017-dec.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wordcloud-2017-dec.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">word cloud of resume<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Featured Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here are a few interesting projects of mine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helped launch &#8216;Light Adjustment&#8217; mode for Google Meet<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/10-years-photo-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10+ years<\/a> of Photo-a-Day!<\/li>\n<li>Some of my photos are <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/about-chris-mcclanahan\/\">featured<\/a> on Google Chromecast!<\/li>\n<li>Part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mediapipe.dev\">MediaPipe<\/a> team<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/someone-facebook-chrome-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Someone on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0Chrome Extension<\/li>\n<li>A collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/inspirational-images-tk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inspiring image quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WebGL depth-image <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/depth-enabled-image-editing-in-webgl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viewer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Resume improvement with <a title=\"Word Cloud R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Improvement\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/word-cloud-resume-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wordclouds<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My\u00a0<a title=\"Yet Another Hackintosh Build\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/yet-another-hackintosh-build\/\">Hackintosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arduino Music <a title=\"Music Visualization with an Arduino\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/music-visualization-with-an-arduino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visualizer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenCL Image <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/opencl-image-pyramid-detail-enhancement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Real-time High Dynamic Range <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/real-time-hdr-tonemapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tonemapping<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Talking RSS reader <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/feedspeak-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FeedSpeak<\/a> for Android<\/li>\n<li>DIY smart-grid technology <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/sprime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPRIME<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4lAbZnaws5E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hacked<\/a> my Honda for an <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/mpguino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MPGuino<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.596312857165075.1073741849.398920666904296&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6th<\/a> place in the 2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igvc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IGVC<\/a> Autonomous Vehicle\u00a0Competition<\/li>\n<li>Spoke at NVIDIA&#8217;s GPU Tech Conference! [<a title=\"GTC 2010 Presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/gtc-2010-presentation\/\">2010<\/a>] and [<a title=\"GTC 2012 Presentations\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/arrayfire-gtc-2012-presentations\/\">2012<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/email_link.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"email me\" \/> <a href=\"mailto:chris@mcclanahoochie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Email \u00a0Chris McClanahan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email me! I&#8217;d love to chat.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>QR Code!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/home\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr.png?fit=248%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"248,248\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mcclanahoochie-com-qr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr.png?fit=248%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-1393 aligncenter\" title=\"mcclanahoochie-com-qr\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mcclanahoochie-com-qr.png?w=248&amp;ssl=1 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Chris McClanahan\u00a0 In my [little] spare time, I am passionate about photography and technology. Academic \/\u00a0Professional Chris McClanahan is a senior software engineer at Google, focusing on on-device machine learning. He has a M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and previously worked on 3D 360 VR video stitching at Condition One, &#8230; <a title=\"About Me\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/about-chris-mcclanahan\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about About Me\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PZdXI-2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1169,"url":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":0},"title":"Photography","author":"mcclanahoochie","date":"April 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For Sale: Printable photos Chromecast Some of my photos are on Google Chromecast! 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