Phillip Kirlin
Chair Of Data Analytics Program
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhillip Kirlin is an associate professor and Chair of the Data Analytics Program at Rhodes College with nine years of higher-education experience and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UMass Amherst. He researches and teaches at the intersection of AI/ML and music informatics, specializing in computational music theory and composition, bringing formal training in machine learning and music theory to undergraduate curricula. Phillip has a strong track record of curriculum development and outreach, from intensive STEM instruction for gifted youth to workplace computer training. Based in Memphis, he blends rigorous academic research with practical pedagogy, often translating advanced computational methods into accessible classroom projects and student research opportunities. An underappreciated strength is his ability to bridge symbolic music theory and statistical learning, producing tools and analyses that inform both musicologists and machine learning practitioners.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at University of Massachusetts AmherstB.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of Maryland
Github Skills (30)
markdown10
dtw10
static-site10
jekyll10
liquid10
site-generator10
music10
data-science9
pandas9
manipulation9
ruby9
python9
blog-engine9
data-analysis9
frame9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pkirlin/music21
Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
music21 is a Toolkit for Computational Musicology
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
pythonmusicologymusic21musicsympy
pkirlin/lab-flask
Oct 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:27 commits, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 6 months
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