Owen Meyers

Current

• Quality Assurer, Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Past

• Reserach Assistant at MIT Media Lab
• Software Developer at One Laptop Per Child

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• McGill University

Connections

56 connections

Industry

Music

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Owen Meyers’s Summary

Owen Meyers’s Specialties:

• Sound Design, Performance & Composition (Max/MSP, PD, Csound, Ableton Live)
• Programming (Python, Django, MySQL, HTML, CSS, PHP)
• Data Mining & Machine Learning (Matlab, Weka)

Owen Meyers’s Experience

• Quality Assurer, Music Technology Group

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; UPF; Research industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Quality Assurer for the Music Technology Department (http://mtg.upf.edu)

• Reserach Assistant

  MIT Media Lab

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

  September 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 9 months)

  • Supervised by Professor Barry Vercoe in the Music, Mind and Machine Group.
  • Responsible for the setup and maintenance of the sound-recording studio.
  • Led numerous demonstrations of the group’s research projects to Media Lab corporate sponsors.
  • Assisted with preparation of course materials (audio samples, Csound code).

• Software Developer

  One Laptop Per Child

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 2006 — September 2006 (5 months)

  • Contributed open-source audio software and music games for children.
  • Assisted with presentations to potential participants and consumers.

Owen Meyers’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  S.M. , Media Arts & Sciences , 2005 — 2007

  • Thesis: A Mood-Based Music Classification & Exploration System
  • Researched in the Music, Mind and Machine Group advised by Professor Barry Vercoe
  • Coursework in Audio Processing, Music Perception and Cognition, Natural Language Processing, and Sensor Technologies

• McGill University

  BMUS , Music Technology , 2000 — 2004

  • Graduated with Distinction and Outstanding Achievement in Music Technology
  • Dean’s Honour List (2001, 2003, 2004)
  • Faculty of Music Award (2003)
  • James McGill Award (2001)
  • Anonymous Donor’s Scholarship (2001)
  • Golden Key Honour Society (2001 –)

  Activities and Societies:

  St. Lawrence Choir, hiQlokey, Atomic Brothers, Rasca, Vanderpark

Additional Information

Owen Meyers’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Owen Meyers’s Interests:

music information retrieval; music, mood & emotion; context-aware music systems; DJing; playing piano, bass guitar, computer, charango, etc.; longboarding, snowboarding

Owen Meyers’s Groups:

•    PHAROS - The European audiovisual search platform
•    MTG Friends

Owen Meyers’s Contact Settings

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