Education

Awards and Honors

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship as part of the MIP-Frontiers training network (2018–2021)
  • Best Project for Music Streaming Services from HAMR@ISMIR2018 (09/2018)
  • Golden Bamboo Scholarship (average grade > 85/100, 8 semesters, 2009–2013)
  • Academic Achievement Award (top 3 students, 4 semesters, 2009–2012)
  • Outstanding New Student Scholarship (1 semester, 2012)

Work experience

  • Data Engineer (04/2022 – present)
    Utopia Music, Zug, Switzerland
    • Music recommendations, auto-tagging, data pipelines (Python, Flask, TensorFlow)
  • Researcher, internship (02/2021 – 05/2021)
    Jamendo, Luxembourg
    • Extracting music embeddings with Essentia ML models for track-to-track music recommendations (Python, PostgreSQL)
  • Predoctoral Researcher, (09/2018 – 08/2021)
    Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
  • Software Developer, internship, part-time (01/2018 – 08/2018)
    Universitat Pompeu Fabra & Phonos Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
    • Freesound.org: bugfixes and implementation of new features (Python, Django, PostgreSQL)
  • Software Developer, full-time (05/2017 – 08/2017)
    LyraVR, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Cross-platform support implementation, Oculus Rift & Touch control integration (Unity, C#)
  • R&D Engineer, full-time (01/2016 – 04/2017)
    Bovia Co. Ltd., Zhubei, Taiwan
    • Development of integration layer between web UI and Linux system (Debian) in Python (flask-restful) for BoviCam embedded device (BeagleBone Black, Intel Edison).
    • Research and development of continuous integration (CI) firmware building system (linux server + embedded devices for testing on specific platforms)
    • System Administration (Google Cloud, Atlassian JIRA + Confluence + BitBucket, Amazon Web Services, GitLab)
    • Maintenance and development of new versions of mobile apps (iOS, Android) for cloud surveillance system: live stream caster from device to server, and player of multiple streams from server
  • Software Developer, part-time, full-time (10/2014 – 01/2016)
    Information and Communications Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Research and development of various projects based on BeagleBone Black embedded system (Java, JS, Python, PHP)
    • Corporate bicycle rental system maintenance (LAMP stack), architecture design and development of next version of system (MEAN stack)
    • Architecture design and prototyping of video surveillance system for vehicles (big data optimizations, Apache Kafka, load balancing) server for VPN access via MS Windows Server 2008 (Java)
  • Research and Teaching Assistant, lab work (09/2012 – 06/2014)
    Network and Information Processing lab, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • RA: H.264/H.265 channel coding research
    • TA: Introduction to Computer Programming
  • Software Developer, internship, part-time (03/2011 – 02/2012)
    Changing Information Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan
    Surveying and evaluating specifications and new technologies. Integration of one-time password provider device into various systems:
    • PEAP-MSCHAPv2 RADIUS authorization server for WiFi AP (Java)
    • MSCHAPv2 RADIUS authorization
    • Windows Logon Manager (C#)

Language Proficiency

  • Ukrainian - native
  • Russian - native
  • English - fluent (TOEFL 113 iBT @ 2013)
  • Spanish - advanced (Conversationally fluent)
  • Mandarin - intermediate (Professional capability)