Portrait of a woman wearing a headscarf with text overlay. Large yellow number '68', name 'Maryam Fazel-Zarandi', location 'Toronto, Canada', and title 'Researcher'. Focus on advancing AI in augmented reality and social media.

Dr. Maryam Fazel-Zarandi bridges research and product impact as senior research engineering manager at Meta, leading North American applied research for AR/VR and social platforms. Previously at Netflix, she contributed to content recommendation algorithms. At Meta, her team applies breakthroughs in computer vision and NLP to features reaching billions, exemplifying how research translates into everyday experiences.

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