I am a Research Scientist at Adobe Research. I received a PhD in Computer Science and a master in Music at University of California San Diego (UCSD).

Before that, I earned my Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering at Fudan University. Previously, I interned at Adobe, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), Apple and other companies focusing on the music and general audio research.

My main interest lies in Audio Processing and Analysis, and its application to downstreaming tasks. It is the inter-disciplinary among music, general audio, and technology. Main research I conduct during my PhD study is listed below:

  • Music Information Retrieval
    • Music Source Separation
    • Chord Recognition
    • Singing Melody Extraction
    • Music Recommendation
  • Algorithmic Music Composition
    • Multitrack Music Composition
    • Interactive Music Composition and Performance
    • Controllability in Music Composition

Highlighted Projects with regard to the above research I lead or serve as a main contributor:

I was the website maintainer of New Interfaces for Musical Expression. My alias "Knut" comes from one of my favorite composers Knut Nystedt.