Education
Queen Mary University of London
PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Music
Fall 2024
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Master in Sound and Music Computing
Summer 2020
Clemson University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
B.A. in Production Studies in Performing Arts with a Concentration in Audio Technology
Minor in Mathematical Sciences
Spring 2019
Experience
Adobe Research
Audio Research Intern
June 2021 - September 2021
Facebook Reality Labs
Research Intern
June 2020 - November 2020
Dolby Laboratories
Research Intern
January 2020 - June 2020
Bose Corporation
Audio Research Intern
Summer 2019
Clemson University
Audio Assistant
Fall 2017 - Spring 2019
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Mixed Signal Audio Applications Engineer Intern
Summer 2017 & Summer 2018
WSBF-FM Clemson Radio Station
Chief Engineer
Fall 2016 - Spring 2019
Equipment Engineer
Fall 2016 - Spring 2019
Producer & Live Sound Engineer
Fall 2015 - Fall 2018
Vertronix Research Corporation
Electrical Engineering Intern
Summer 2014, 2015, & 2016
Publications
pyloudnorm: A simple yet flexible loudness meter in Python
150th Audio Engineering Society Convention. May 2021
Efficient neural networks for real-time analog audio effect modeling
Under review. February 2021
auraloss: Audio-focused loss functions in PyTorch
Digital Music Research Network Workshop (DMRN+15). December 2020.
Automatic multitrack mixing with a differentiable mixing console of neural audio effects
Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP). June 2021.
Randomized overdrive neural networks
NeurIPS 2020 Workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design. December 2020.
Learning to mix using neural audio effects in the waveform domain
MSc Thesis, Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. September 2020.
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Research Projects
flowEQ: A smarter equalizer plugin (using a disentangled variational autoencoder)
flowEQ
Summer 2019
amida: Audio mixing interface for data acquisition
amida
Summer 2018
NeuralReverberator: Plug-in for room impulse response synthesis via spectral autoencoder
NeuralReverberator
Summer 2018
MixCNN: Deep convolutional neural network for automatic multitrack mix leveling
MixCNN
Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Real-time phase analysis utility for improving microphone placement
Phase Analysis Plugin
Fall 2017
Awards & Honors
Gold Award at AES MATLAB Student Plugin Competition
flowEQ
Fall 2019
Silver Award at AES MATLAB Student Plugin Competition
NeuralReverberator
Fall 2018
KEMET Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design Award
Autonomous Air Hockey Robot
Fall 2018
1st Place at IEEE SoutheastCon Student Paper Competition
Phase Analysis Plugin
Spring 2018
1st Place at Clemson University IEEE Student Paper Competition
Phase Analysis Plugin
Spring 2018
Finalist at AES Student Design Competition
Phase Analysis Plugin
Fall 2017
Overall Student Media Contribution Award
WSBF Live Sessions
Spring 2017
Talks & Lectures
Invited talk at AES Symposium: Applications of Machine Learning in Audio
Deep learning approaches to multitrack mixing
Fall 2020
Speaker at Audio Programmer Meetup
flowEQ: Using machine learning and MATLAB to build an intelligent EQ plugin
Spring 2020
Invited talk at Dolby Labs, Barcelona
Applications of machine learning for creative and assistive audio plugins
Fall 2019
Speaker at TEDx Clemson University
How algorithms may help you discover your next song
Spring 2019
Audio Tech Talk Series at Clemson University
Slides
Spring 2019
Hackathons
Judge at CUhackit
Spring 2021
First Place at r/ProgrammerHumor Hackathon
findio
Summer 2019
Domain.com Award at CUhackit
CUparkit
Spring 2019
Mentor at CUhackit: Hello World
Spring 2019
Best Cloud Based Hack at CUhackit
auxCord
Spring 2018
Participant at HackGT 4: New Heights
Recipe Revealer
Fall 2018
Scholarships
Audio Engineering Society Genelec Ilpo Martikainen Audio Visionary Scholar
Fall 2019 to Summer 2020
Audio Engineering Society Mary Lea Simpson Memorial Scholarship
Fall 2018 to Spring 2019
Charles C Kanapaux Scholarship
Fall 2015 to Spring 2019
Alan McCrary Johnstone Scholarship
Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Cephus W Long Engineering Scholarship
Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Carpenter Endowed Engineering Scholarship
Fall 2015 to Spring 2016
SC LIFE STEM Enhancement Scholarship
Fall 2015 to Spring 2018
SC LIFE Scholarship
Fall 2014 to Spring 2018
National Merit Corporate Scholarship
Fall 2014 to Fall 2018
Heritage Classic Foundation Scholarship
Fall 2014 to Spring 2018
Jeff Kanton Memorial Scholarship
Fall 2014
Richard R. Moore Scholarship
Fall 2014
Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island Scholarship
Fall 2014
Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association Scholarship
Fall 2014
Relevant Coursework
| Math | Audio/Music | Signal Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Linear Algebra | Acoustics of Music | Random Signal Analysis |
| Linear Programming | Advanced Sound Reinforcement | Signals and Systems |
| Ordinary Differential Equations | History of Audio Technology | Digital Signal Processing |
| Time Series Analysis | Audio Engineering I & II | Communication Systems |
| Discrete Math Structures | Introduction to Digital Audio Effects | Linear Control Systems |
| Machine Learning | Computational Music Creativity | Audio Signal Processing for Music |
| Music Information Retrieval | ||
| Music Perception and Cognition | ||
| Deep Learning for Audio and Music | ||
| Music Informatics | ||
| Music and Audio Programming |