Leigh Smith

About Leigh Smith

I have worked in commercial systems analysis, applied research, software engineering, project management, personnel training, technical writing, system and network administration. Application experience includes music information retrieval systems, audio DSP applications, music composition systems, bank cryptography, EFTPOS, smartcards, language design and compiler construction, embedded systems, communications, computer graphics, geographic/land information systems and GPS based aerial photography positioning systems.Research experience includes music information retrieval, music perception and cognition, computer music synthesis, interactive performance systems, analysis and modelling of musical rhythm, wavelet, DSP, machine learning and AI applications. Teaching experience includes undergraduate project, MSc. and PhD thesis supervision, lecturing and tutoring at several international universities.Specialties: Music Information Retrieval, Music Cognition, Musical Rhythm, Audio DSP, Machine Learning, OOP software development and project management in numerous languages, real time audio systems.

Experience

1. Software Architect and Project Lead

   Soundbrilliance, Llc

   Jul 2022 — Present · Reno, NV, US

   Initially part-time, now full-time, consulting architect of music DSP project for music therapy. Responsible for prototyping, technical design and specification, developer recruitment, outsourced team technical liaison, quality assessment and lead software development. Leveraging multiple deep network models and ActiveMQ Artemis message brokerage for cloud based event driven architectures for audio signal analysis and processing, and music recommendation systems.• Lead technical author of patent application, patent attorney liaison and technical advice, and patent review.(Python, Tensorflow, PyTorch, numpy/scikit-image, ActiveMQ Artemis, Docker, Django, Wasabi S3, Jupyter, GitHub and GitLab CI/CD, Python poetry, VST plugins)

Education

• Curtin University

  Post Graduate Diploma, Computer Science

  1990 — 1991

• The University of Western Australia

  Ph.D, Computer Science, Music Perception, Wavelet Analysis

  1993 — 1999

• Curtin University

  B.App.Sc, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering

  1985 — 1988

Skills

• Matlab
• Sql
• Linux
• Computer Science
• Php
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Software Project Management
• Css
• Signal Processing
• Pattern Recognition
• Digital Signal Processors
• Oop
• Objective-C
• Embedded Systems
• Git
• Bash
• Os X
• Mac Os X
• Audio
• Artificial Intelligence
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Music Information Retrieval
• Javascript
• Subversion
• Software Architect
• Software Architectural Design
• Apis
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• C++
• Agile Methodologies
• C
• Programming
• Machine Learning
• Open Source
• Software Engineering
• Xml
• Sound
• Java
• Software Design