Bert Schiettecatte, MSc/CS, MA/MST
Expert Computer Scientist, Software and Hardware Engineer with Testifying Experience. Areas of Expertise include Audio and Video Processing Applications, Consumer Electronics and Proprietary Trading.
MSc in Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and MA in Music, Science and Technology, CCRMA, Stanford University.
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Email expert@noisetron.com | Phone (650)-600-1375
Career Highlights
Bert holds a Master in Computer Science from Brussels Free University (VUB, summa cum laude) and a Master of Arts in Music, Science and Technology from Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Bert previously worked as a PhD researcher at Leuven Catholic University (KUL) and Brussels Free University (VUB), publishing papers on audio signal processing and human-computer interaction research topics.
Bert received the Qwartz Max Mathews Award for inventing AudioCubes, a tangible user interface system. Bert previously founded Percussa, a pro-audio and music technology company, for which he designed multiple successful products, including AudioCubes.
Bert is a fellow of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation (BAEF), a honorary Fullbright fellow, and is a recipient of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Educational Foundation Grant.
Bert's work is well-known internationally within the pro-audio industry and human-computer interaction research community.
Bert has over 20 years of software and hardware engineering experience, focusing his career on music and audio digital signal processing (DSP) technology, and is one of the founders of Noisetron LLC, through which he provides consulting and expert witness services and helps clients with their projects.
Bert speaks English, Dutch and French.
Recent Projects
Developed real-time computer vision software controlling audio DSP algorithms
Developed algorithmic trading framework and low latency exchange connectivity for trading
Developed GPU accelerated data visualisation tool in C++ using OpenGL to analyze very large exchange market data sets
Developed audio DSP modules for audio synthesis engine
Developed modular synthesis engine
Developed Linux based multichannel audio DSP platform
Developed wireless protocol and input devices for tangible user interface system
Publications
Bert Schiettecatte and Jean Vanderdonckt. 2008. AudioCubes: a distributed cube tangible interface based on interaction range for sound design. In Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction (TEI '08). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 3–10.
Schiettecatte, B., 2004, April. Interaction design for electronic musical interfaces. In CHI'04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1549-1549).
Schiettecatte, B., Nackaerts, A. and De Moor, B., 2003. Real-Time Acoustics Simulation using Mesh-Tracing. In ICMC.
Nackaerts, A., Schiettecatte, B. and De Moor, B., 2003. Non-linear guitar body models. In ICMC.
Areas of Expertise
Software Source Code Review, Analysis and Comparison
High-level and low-level programming languages (C, C++, java, php, perl, ...)
Operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mac OSX ...)
Desktop, Server, Embedded Software Applications
Computer architecture and processors
Memory managment and custom allocators
Multi-threading and locking, Lock-free programming
Relational Databases (MySQL, Postgres, ...)
Network programming, protocols and APIs (UDP, TCP/IP, REST ...)
Data Structures and Algorithms, Software design and Architecture
Object-Oriented Programming, Lean/Agile Software development
Requirements engineering, Component-based development
Audio digital signal processing (DSP), Audio software and Hardware Design
Electronic Musical Instruments and Music technology
Communication protocols in Music Technology (MIDI, OSC, ...)
Audio and video synchronization
Audio Recording & Playback Software and Hardware
Low-latency data and signal processing
Video processing and computer vision (including frameworks like Media Foundation)
Computer graphics (including GPUs and OpenGL programming)
Graphics frameworks (e.g. JUCE)
Real-time and Embedded systems (ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-A CPUs, ...)
Programmable Logic Controls (PLCs), Bare metal firmware
Linux kernel and drivers, USB HID and USB Audio
Smart Devices, Speakers and Internet of Things (IoT)
Wireless devices and protocols
Hardware user input devices and sensors
Hardware Design, Schematics and PCB layout
CAD, 3D Modeling, Computer Numeric Control (CNC), Milling machines
Low-latency exchange connectivity (Rithmic, ...)
Proprietary trading strategies, Algorithmic trading
Exchange order types, Market data feeds and formats (PCAP, Parquet, …)
Crypto and Future markets (Coinbase Pro, CME, ...)