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

88 connections

Industry

Music

Websites

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 (2 years 2 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:

Owen Meyers’s Interests:

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