Matthew Paradis
Technical Design Board Member at W3C
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatthew Paradis is a lead R&D engineer and technical design board member with 13+ years of experience shaping Next Generation Audio for broadcast, accessibility and personalised listening at the BBC. He co-leads the BBC Audio Team, supervises PhD research on accessible audio and AI/ML for object-based mixing, and represents the organisation in standards bodies including a long-standing co-chair role at the W3C Audio Working Group. His work blends practical studio and systems expertise—studio acoustics, bespoke broadcast software, cloud CI/CD—with research-led innovation in NGA capture, delivery and archiving. He also directs a streaming startup focused on transparent public-sector broadcasts and contributes technical documentation to the widely used Web Audio API, highlighting his commitment to interoperable, web-native audio. Trained with a PhD in HCI for complex real-time musical performance mapping, he brings a rare combination of musical sensitivity, standards leadership and production-grade engineering.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science,HCI, Music Technology., PhD, Computer Science,HCI, Music Technology. at University of YorkBA (Hons) 2:1, Creative Music Technology, BA (Hons) 2:1, Creative Music Technology at The University of Sheffield
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Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
WebAudio/web-audio-api
Sep 2016 - Jun 2019
The Web Audio API v1.0, developed by the W3C Audio WG
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:2 reviews, 35 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to documenting the Web Audio API, focusing on clarifying nominal ranges, parameter behaviors, and incorporating a changelog. Their work involved updating the documentation within `index.html` and `index.bs` files. These changes involved adding new sections, updating existing content, and correcting typos to improve the clarity and accuracy of the API documentation.
apiv1-0javascriptaudio-apiaudio
mdjp/rtmp-rtsp-stream-client-java-mp
Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
Library to stream in rtmp and rtsp for Android. All code in Java
Contributions:3 releases, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
rtmprtpipcamerah264android
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