I am currently a predoctoral researcher in Music Technology Group in Universitat Pompeu Fabra. My topic is about exploration systems for new music discovery, research interests include music recommendation systems, deep learning and information theory. There are some articles in my blog, or you can read my full CV. If you want to contact me, tweet @philtgun or write me an email at philip.tovstogan (at) upf.edu.

Education

• Ph. D. (expected 2022) at Music Technology Group as part of MIP-Frontiers network
• M. Sc. (2018) in Sound an Music Computing at Music Technology Group
• M. Sc. (2015) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• B. Sc. (2012) in Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Work experience

• Predoctoral Researcher (2018 - present) at Music Technology Group
• Software Developer (2017) at LyraVR
• R&D Engineer (2016 - 2017) at Bovia
• Software Developer (part-time 2014 - 2016) at Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Research and Teaching Assistant (2012 - 2014) at Network and Information Processing Lab
• Software Developer (part-time 2011 - 2012) at Changingtec

Interests

• Playing keyboard, singing (rock band in Taiwan and more)
• DMing and playing Dungeons & Dragons for over 10 years, and board games in general
• Hiking, travelling, enjoying nature, swimming, yoga
• And many other things like videogames, crafting, cooking, origami