Pharoah Jardin

Curriculum vitae

Current role

PhD student, ADASP team, LTCI

Machine learning for music, specifically musical version identification (cover song identification). PhD under a CIFRE agreement with Claimy, a Paris music-tech company working on royalty recovery.

Work experience

Machine learning intern

Improving active noise cancelling systems using representation learning.

DSP intern

Digital modeling of magnetic tape recorders of the 70s and 80s, from electronics measurements to final DSP implementation.

Developer, Battle Lab Terre (STAT division)

Designed and operated the main real-time GPS refereeing/judging system aiding the national CoHoMa challenge organisation team.

Research intern

Explored applications of vision algorithms to aid the visually impaired.

Education

PhD, Télécom Paris

ADASP team, LTCI. École doctorale de l'Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Machine learning for music, under a CIFRE agreement with Claimy.

ATIAM Master, IRCAM / Sorbonne University / Télécom Paris

Acoustics, signal processing, and computer science (machine learning) applied to audio.

Engineering degree, Signal and Artificial Intelligence, ENSEA Cergy

Digital signal, image and audio processing, machine learning, and real-time implementation on embedded platforms.

Prépa MPSI/MP, Lycée Malherbe, Caen

Graduate-level mathematics, physics and computer science.

Projects

Neural dissection

Feature visualization in neural networks (GoogleNet, GANSynth).

Real-time audio effects on STM32

Bit-crusher, feedback delay, compressor.

Analog polyphonic synthesiser with arpeggiator

Project for an audio course.

Skills

Fields
Machine learning, deep learning, real-time systems, signal processing, computer science.
Programming
Fluent in C, Python, Java, HTML/CSS/JS. Familiar with Swift, OCaml, C++. Experience with LaTeX typesetting.
Languages
Fluent: English, French. Basic: Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Tamil.