Summary
Taemin Cho is a Principal Engineer and Machine Learning lead based in Singapore with 14 years of experience building music and audio AI systems and cross-platform real-time audio engines. Trained as a guitarist with advanced music technology degrees from Berklee and NYU, he uniquely blends professional musicianship with deep expertise in signal processing, ML (PyTorch/TensorFlow), and low-level C++/assembly optimization for mobile and plugin environments. At BandLab he leads development of audio and symbolic music generation, source separation, voice enhancement, and MIR solutions that ship in consumer-facing products. His background includes leading Samsung’s mobile DAW Soundcamp and presenting high-performance audio work at Google I/O and Samsung Developer Conferences, reflecting both product and research credibility. Comfortable across Python, C/C++, Swift/Objective-C, Java/Kotlin, and containerized backends, he focuses on turning cutting-edge ML research into real-time, high-quality audio features. Notably, his career demonstrates rare fluency across musical creativity, academic research, and production-grade engineering for constrained platforms.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Music Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Music Technology at New York University
BM (Dual major in Music Synthesis and Performance), Music Performance (guitar), Music synthesis, Computer music, BM (Dual major in Music Synthesis and Performance), Music Performance (guitar), Music synthesis, Computer music at Berklee College of Music
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Inha University 인하대학교
English, Korean