Eric Tarr
Associate Professor
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Tarr is an associate professor and audio engineering specialist with a decade of experience bridging signal processing research and hands-on audio software development. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio State and focuses on improving speech perception for cochlear implant and hearing aid users through MATLAB and C++ implementations. As an educator at Belmont University he teaches audio engineering technology while authoring the textbook "Hack Audio," which translates DSP concepts into practical programming skills. His background includes building subject-testing software in academic research and earlier work teaching coding and robotics to K–12 students, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous research, pedagogy, and outreach. Based in Nashville, he combines mathematical depth with studio and clinical audio interests, often applying research-grade algorithms to real-world audio and assistive listening problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (12)
juce8
audio8
plugin-development8
animation8
windows6
ios6
macos6
linux6
android6
user-interface4
cpp4
signal-processing3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HackAudio/textbookcode
Aug 2018 - Mar 2019
Code from Hack Audio Textbook
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
audio
erictarrbelmont/AET5895-SP21
Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
Repository of course materials for AET4220/5895 Audio Software Development Spring 2021
Contributions:30 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 months
audio
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