Talks & Publications

Sep 2026

The Voice Memo Graveyard: Building a Second Brain for Musicians with Python

A searchable audio second-brain for musicians built on FastAPI, SQLite, and local Whisper, featuring deterministic matching for musical ideas.

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Mar 2022

Variational Autoencoders for Polyphonic Music Interpolation

A novel Variational Autoencoder (VAE+NN) architecture for polyphonic music interpolation that outperforms standard linear sampling approaches. Published in JISE and IEEE TAAI.

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Oct 2021

AutoML: Evolving Neural Networks

An evolutionary algorithm approach to Automated Machine Learning (AutoML), optimizing neural network architectures for production pipelines.

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Nov 2019

MooDoor: Interactive Door Displays for Community Resilience

An interactive door display using ambient visual cues to lower the anxiety of initiating contact with neighbors and strengthen community resilience.

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Jul 2018

Sound Processor for Electric Guitar

Design and fabrication of an open, programmable digital effects pedal for electric guitar, featuring ultra-low latency real-time DSP.

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