My resume

JOSE EDUARDO

(Jose'Eduardo Fornari Novo Junior)

20900 HOMMESTEAD Rd. Apt. E-5 Tel:(408)255-1736

CUPERTINO, CA 95014 FAX:(415)723-8468

OBJECTIVE:

Engineering position in hardware or software related areas in microelectronics

BACKGROUND SUMMARY:

Hardware Development, Sound Transformation, Timbral Operation

Simulation, Bio-engineering (Photopletismography, X-ray exposure),

Semiconductors.

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

* Audio Digital Signal Processing (ADSP) applied in Music.

* Real-time sound manipulation and treatment.

* Neural networks applied in music (Timbral recognition, musical composition aid etc.).

* Virtual reality applied in music performances.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.,Electronics & Communication (in progress).

MS, Electronics & Communication (1995).

BS, Music (1994).

BS, Electronics Engineering (1990).

THESIS WORK:

Ph.D: "Spectral Operators For Timbral Design"

MS: "Application of DSP 96002 for sound transformation in real-time"

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Biomedical Engineering:

* Development and implementation of Photopletismograph in measuring blood pressure.

* Development and implementation of sensitive interface for the timing of X-ray exposures.

Sound Engineering:

* Development of sound tracks and Jingles.

* Development of basic musical sampler synthesizer.

* Development of a MIDI microphone based on short-time FFT.

* Teaching Assistant for: MIDI Systems I & II; Keyboard I & II;Studio Practice I & II.

Musical Works:

* Development of Sound Tracks and Jingles.

Compositions:

Piano (some etudes and one sonata);

Duos (pieces for violin & piano, clarinet & piano, cello & piano);

Trios (pieces for bassoon/Clarinet/flute & 3 cellos);

General Formation (pieces for piano solo, jazz trio, electric bands, bass/woods/percussion/dancer, bass qto /piano);

Orchestra(fantasias);

Sound Tracks (for short movies, theater and dance performances).

PUBLICATIONS:

- "Sound Transformation by Timbral Operators", Fornari, J.E., Brazilian

Symposium on Computer Music, 1995.

- "Timbral Recognition through Kohonen Self-organizing Neural Network", Jara, M. and Fornari, J.E., Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, 1995.

LANGUAGES English, Spanish and Portuguese.