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						Regis Rossi Alves Faria
 Engenheiro eletrônico, doutor e mestre em Engenharia 
						Elétrica (Sistemas Eletrônicos). Pesquisador associado e 
						coordenador de projetos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento no
						
						LSI (Laboratório 
						Sistemas Integráveis) da POLI – USP. Professor 
						universitário.
 Músico instrumentista. Coordenador e fundador da Organia 
						Engenharia Musical.
 
 Curriculum 
              Vitae Illustrated
 Main Professional 
			Interests
 Research and development on 
			audiovisual systems
 Areas of Interest: Sound/Music Technology, Signal Processing, Audio 
			Engineering, Sonic computing, Multimedia Coding (e.g. MPEG), 
			Interactive Multimedia Systems, Information Systems, Digital Media.
 
 Education
 PhD. EE. Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Brazil, 
			2005)
 MS. EE. Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Brazil, 
			1997)
 BS. EE. (emphasis on Electronics) Minas Gerais Federal University (Brazil, 
			1990)
 
 Summary of Qualifications
 PhD and MSc in Electronic Engineering a the Polytechnic School of 
			the University of São Paulo. Doctorate research focus on advanced 
			spatial audio system architectures/techniques for sound immersion. 
			Master research focus on wavelet multiresolution analysis of musical 
			gestures.
 
 Associate Researcher and R&D leader at the Laboratory of Integrable 
			Systems (Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis - LSI), University of 
			São Paulo, Brazil. Responsible for scientific advising and 
			investigation, research and development projects on audio 
			technologies, audiovisual coding, interactive and reconfigurable 
			multimedia platforms, digital TV, MPEG, and sound/music production.
 
 Responsible in 2005 for conducting the studies and developments in 
			audio systems for the Brazilian Digital TV System (SBTVD) R&D 
			Project, such as the MPEG-AAC codec and the audio architecture. 
			Member of the SBTVD Technical Forum since 2006, and active 
			contributor on the ISDB-Tb standardization process.
 
 Experience in system architecture design, conception and 
			coordination of R&D projects, development of multimedia services/systems 
			(hardware/software), technology integration, and scientific events 
			organization (3 times general chair of AES Brazil conference: 2006, 
			2007 and 2008).
 
 Specialist in music/audio technologies, spatial audio, digital audio 
			processing, audio coding (MPEG), wavelet theory and music analysis/synthesis. 
			Advanced knowledge on project management, multimedia signal 
			processing, musical acoustics, reconfigurable multimedia system 
			design (VHDL), digital TV systems, virtual reality (CAVE’s) and 
			telecom/network basics (TCP/IP, SDH).
 
 Musician (flutes), lecturer and speaker on musical technology. 
			Experience with audio/music processing software and audio equipment. 
			Musical skills in audio quality assessment, melody memory and 
			expressivity modeling. Excellent writing, communication and 
			organizational skills.
 
 Experience with platforms PCs, SUN, SGI; OS UNIX, Linux, Windows 
			95/98, NT, 2000, XP, DOS. Programming in PD, MATLAB, C, Fortran, 
			Pascal, HTML. Intermediate skills on C++ and JAVA.
 
 Double citizenship: Brazilian and Italian. Fluent in Portuguese and 
			English. English Proficiency by the ELS Language Center (Case 
			Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1993). Italian: 
			conversation, reading and writing. Spanish: conversation and reading.
 
 Member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). Vice-president of the 
			AES Brazil section. Member of the AES Technical Committees on 
			Multichannel and Binaural Audio Technologies and Audio Coding. 
			Founding member and Coordinator of the Computer Music Interest Group 
			of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) and university professor.
 
Professional Trajectory 
 1993 - present
 Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis (LSI), Polytechnic School of the 
			University of São Paulo
			
			www.lsi.usp.br
 
 Associate researcher / Audio Engineering and Coding Center 
			coordinator
 
 Associate researcher in audiovisual technologies since 1993. Eleven 
			years of experience in applied research and development projects and 
			consultancy in multimedia engineering, sound technologies, 
			audiovisual coding, interactive services and digital/analog 
			multimedia platforms. Founder (1997) and manager for 8 years of the 
			Media Engineering Center. Worked with wavelets in music analysis, 
			telemedicine, virtual reality, spatial audio and sound coding. 
			Founder (2005) and coordinator of the Audio Engineering and Coding 
			Group, addressing innovative research in spatial audio, sound coding 
			and music technologies. Advisor on graduation & under-graduation 
			programs.
 
 2008 - present
 Organia Musical Engineering Audiovisual Technologies, São Paulo (Brazil)
 www.organia.com.br
 
 Main partner / Research and Development Director
 
 Founder (2008) and chief scientist of Organia, an engineering, 
			consultancy, research and development company oriented to innovative 
			sound technologies and services. Currently coordinating a research 
			project targeting the development of reconfigurable digital music 
			formats and tools, supported by FAPESP Brazilian agency.
 
 2000 - present
 Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis Tecnológico (LSI-TEC), São Paulo 
			(Brazil)
 www.lsitec.org.br
 
 Associate Member / R&D Project Manager and Scientist
 
 Worked on set-top boxes platform design with hardware description 
			languages and systems development. Responsible for research and 
			developments on the audio codec and reproduction modules of the 
			reference receptor for the SBTVD (Brazilian DTV System) R&D Project 
			in 2005. Associate member of the LSI-TEC since 2006.
 
 2006 – 2008
 FASP – Associated Faculties of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)
 www.fasp.br
 Professor
 
 1998 – 1999
 Faculty Radial São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)
 www.radial.br
 
 Full Professor
 - Logic and Computer Programming (LPC)
 - Programming Languages and Tecnhiques (LTC)
 
 1991 - 1992
 Minerações Brasileiras Reunidas SA (MBR), Belo Horizonte/Rio de 
			Janeiro (Brazil)
 
 Trainee Engineer
 
 Participated on an extensive training program over the whole company, 
			from mineral prospecting to mining and export business. Worked at 
			industrial ore processing plants, open mine, at the maritime export 
			terminal facilities, environmental and geology research areas, and 
			with Total Quality Control. Company later acquired by Vale (www.vale.com).
 
 
 Main Projects and Developments
 
 • Development of a new format for reconfigurable digital music 
			(2008-present)
 
 Coordinator of the research project, leaded by Organia and backed by 
			the LSI-TEC/LSI. The project considers an information survey on the 
			phonographic market, with the content producers and an alignment of 
			technologies for the proposal of a new paradigm for reconfigurable 
			digital music. It addresses the experimental development of three 
			technological components for a show-case: a new format for 
			reconfigurable digital music, an encoder (authorship software), and 
			a decoder (player) for personalized reproduction of musical content. 
			Project supported by FAPESP Brazilian Agency process no. 07/01634-2.
 
 • ISDB-Tb Standardization (2006-present)
 
 Contributor in the Brazilian DTV System (SBTVD or ISDB-Tb) 
			standardization process. Active collaborator and one of the chairs 
			of the audio coding part (ABNT NBR 15602-2) and the Coding 
			Operational Guide. Participant of the SBTVD Forum.
               
                |  | • 
				OpenAUDIENCE – Immersive Audio Software (2006-present) 
 Project coordinator, responsible for software system design, 
				teams and collaborative work integration and project management.
 The main objective is the development of two software packages 
				for sound immersion, production of sound scenes, and 3D 
				interactive auralization of spatial sound scenes, using 
				multichannel support.
 The project is developed collaboratively and hosted at
				
				http://openaudience.incubadora.fapesp.br.
 |  
               
                |  | • AUDIENCE 
				Project – Audio Immersion Experience by Computer Emulation 
				(2003-2007) 
 Responsible for the specification, design and implantation of a 
				2D/3D audio system for a CAVE at the Polytechnic School of the 
				University of São Paulo. Principal author and scientist.
 
 
  http://www.lsi.usp.br/interativos/nem/audience/
 
 AUDIENCE is a flexible and scalable hardware/software system for 
				2D/3D audio production, coding/decoding and auralization (sound 
				immersion). The project delivered a complete hw/sw solution and 
				many published papers.
 |  
               
                |  | • MPEG AAC 
				(Advanced Audio Coding) Studies and Developments for SBTVD 
				(2005) 
				Responsible for coordinating a team addressing the research, 
				design, developments, and tests of a multichannel audio coder/decoder 
				architecture for the Brazilian DTV System (SBTVD) based on the 
				MPEG-4 AAC codec. Project in the scope of the SBTVD R&D Project, 
				part of Audio Coding and Decoding. Partially concluded. |  
               
                |  | • Audio 
				Processing Module for the SBTVD Reference Access Terminal (2005) 
				Responsible for coordinating a 
				team addressing the research of audio unit architectures and 
				processors for DTV set-top boxes, including the design, 
				implementations and tests of audio decoding, synthesis, spatial 
				processing and reproduction functions in user terminals, in the 
				scope of the Brazilian DTV System (SBTVD) R&D Project, part of 
				Access Terminals. |  
               
                |  | • Sound System 
                    Design for Theater and Auditory 
                    Rooms (2004-2005) 
				Responsible for the general sound 
                    design and specifications of audio 
                    equipment for stage, control room 
                    and auditory spaces. |  
               
                |  | • Access 
				Platforms for Digital/Analog TV (2002-2004) 
				Industry oriented Project. 
				Responsible for project conception and coordination. Action in 
				high-level system design, technical specifications; design of 
				service-oriented prototypes, timeline, activities specification 
				and management, leading a team of 11 professionals. |  
               
                |  | • Stereoscopic 
                    Visualization for High Performance 
                    Cluster Computer (2002-2003) 
				Responsible for the specification 
                    and coordination of a stereoscopic 
                    visualization tool for a high performance 
                    cluster computer systems oriented 
                    to applications in the oil industry. |  • MPEG Consultancy 
						(2000-2003)
 Action for industry and feasibility studies for MPEG 
						decoding platforms design. Invited speaker at several 
						seminars and technical events in Europe, Brazil and USA.
 
               
                |    | • 
				Reconfigurable Multimedia Digital Set-Top Box Family Project 
				(1999-2002) 
 Research and 
				Project coordination – action in the high-level system features 
				design, technical and service specification; responsible for 
				project conduction, design of service-oriented prototypes, 
				timeline and activities specification and management.
 |  
               
                |  | • Telemedicine 
                  Project (1999) 
 Responsible for the network infrastructure 
              and radio equipment startup, access terminals 
              installation and starting of videoconference 
              medical services in the Hospital of Porto 
              Velho, Rondonia State, in the Brazilian 
              Amazonia, connected to the Hospital das 
              Clínicas in São Paulo. This 
              service settled the basis for the oncopediatria.org.br 
              project.
 |  
               
                |  | • MoD Project 
                    – Media on Demand – 
                    Interactive Multimedia Services/Applications 
                    (1998-1999) 
 •
                    Musiface AoD Service (Audio on Demand 
                    Server/Player) (1998)
 
				Responsible for service specification, 
                    technical features and services, 
                    visual design, user interface conception 
                    and management of the development 
                    project. |  
               
                |  | • Polimidia 
                    (Media on Demand Application/Server) 
                    (1999) 
 Responsible for service specification, 
                    technical features and services, 
                    visual design, user interface, and 
                    management of the development project.
 http://www.lsi.usp.br/polimidia.
 |  
               
                |  | • High Speed 
                    Research Link, Teleconference Laboratory 
                    and Digital Media Studio (1998). 
				Action in engineering design, implantation 
                    of network SDH infrastructure, specification 
                    of equipment, prototyping of interactive 
                    digital services (such as videoconference 
                    and collaborative work), and implantation 
                    of a distributed digital media studio 
                    for collaborative production between 
                    computer graphics and music facility 
                    at the University of São 
                    Paulo and the DSN Cable TV infrastructure 
                    laboratory, at NEC headquarters 
                    in São Paulo.
 Digital SDH 310Mbps Link between 
              University of São Paulo and NEC 
              Brazil DSN Laboratory.
 |  
               
                |  | • WAVESYNT 
                    - Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis 
                    Software for Audio/Music (1D signals) 
                    Analysis (1997) 
				Developed a wavelet-based signal 
                    analyzer and a user interface under 
                    MATLAB platform for the analysis 
                    of audio signals (oriented to the 
                    analysis of musical gestures) using 
                    a Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis 
                    framework. The interface is capable 
                    of loading sounds, processing different 
                    analysis, editing wavelet coefficients, 
                    and performing selectivereconstruction 
                    of audio/musical signals. |  Publications and MonographsMANNIS, J. A. , FARIA, R. R. A. (org). 6th 
						AES Brazil Conference/12th AES Brazil 
						National Convention Proceedings. 
						AES Brazil, São Paulo, 2008. ISBN 978-85-99997-03-1.THOMAZ, L. F. ; FARIA, R. R. A.  A real time and 
						interactive music spatialization system. 
						
						In: 11th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, 2007, 
						São Paulo. Proceedings. 
						São Paulo, 2007. p. 121-132.
 FARIA, R.R.A.  ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 (MPEG).
						
						
						Document m14753. New reference architecture for 
						broad-scope spatial audio object coding and spatial 
						sound frameworks. 
						Lausanne, Switzerland, jul. 2007. /MPEG, 81st MPEG & 
						42nd JPEG Meeting/
 CARVALHO, E. R.; de BARROS, G.G.; COSTA, L.C.P.; FARIA, 
						R.R.A.; NUNES, R.P.; LOPES, R.D.; ZUFFO, M.K. The 
						Brazilian Digital Television System Access Device 
						Architecture. 
						
						Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society – JBCS, v. 13, 
						n. 1, Mar. 2007, p. 95-113, 2007. 
						ISSN 0104-6500.
 FARIA, R. R. A. (org). 5th AES Brazil Conference/11th 
						AES Brazil National Convention. 
						CD-ROM Proceedings. AES Brazil, São Paulo, 2007. ISBN 
						978-85-99997-02-4.
 VITAL, R. S. ; FARIA, R. R. A. Desenvolvimento 
						experimental de amplificadores multicanal para auralização. In: AES Brasil, 2007, São Paulo. Anais do 
						5o. Congresso de Engenharia de Áudio / 11a. Convenção 
						Nacional da AES Brasil. Rio de Janeiro : AES Brasil, 
						2007. v. 1. p. 89-96.
 CABRAL, M. C. ; ZUFFO, M. K. ; GHIROTTI, S. ; BELLOC, O. 
						; NOMURA, L. ; NAGAMURA, M. ; ANDRADE, F. ; FARIA, R. R. 
						A. ; THOMAZ, L. F.  An experience using X3D for virtual 
						cultural heritage. 
						
						In: Web3D 2007, 2007, Perugia. Twelfth international 
						conference on 3D web technology. 
						Proceedings. New York : ACM Press, 2007. p. 161-164.
 FARIA, R. R. A. et al. “Objective evaluation of audio 
						compression standards and tools for digital TV 
						applications”. In: 56th Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium. 
						Washington, 2006.
 A.Y. Hira, A. Nebel de Mello, R. R. A. FARIA, V. Odone 
						Filho, R. D. Lopes, M. K. Zuffo. 
						
						“Development of a telemedicine model for emerging 
						countries: A case study on pediatric oncology in 
						Brazil”. In: IEEE EMBS 2006 (International Conference of 
						the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society). 
						
						New York, 2006.THOMAZ, L. F.; FARIA, R. R. A.; ZUFFO, M. K.; ZUFFO, J. 
						A. “Orchestra spatialization using the AUDIENCE engine.
						
						Accepted for: ICMC 2006 (International Computer Music 
						Conference). New Orleans, 2006.FARIA, R. R. A.; ZUFFO, J. A. “An auralization engine 
						adapting a 3D image source acoustic model to an 
						Ambisonics coder for immersive virtual reality”. In: AES 
						28th International Conference (The Future of Audio 
						Technology – Surround and Beyond), 2006, Pitea, Sweden.
						
						Proceedings. 2006. p. 157-166. 
						
						
						FARIA, R. R. A. and ZUFFO, M. K. (ed). 4th AES Brazil 
						Conference/10th AES Brazil National Convention. 
						
						CD-ROM Proceedings. AES Brazil, São Paulo, 2006. ISBN 
						85-99997-01-7.THOMAZ, L. F.; FARIA, R. R. A.; ZUFFO, M. K.; ZUFFO, J. 
						A. “Experimentações de espacialização orquestral sobre a 
						arquitetura AUDIENCE”. 
						
						In: 4th AES Brazil Conference/10th AES Brazil National 
						Convention, São Paulo, 2006. 
						Proceedings. 2006. p.72-77.MITRE, A.; QUEIROZ, M.; FARIA, R. R. A. “Accurate and 
						efficient fundamental frequency determination from 
						precise partial estimates”. In: 4th AES Brazil 
						Conference/10th AES Brazil National Convention, São 
						Paulo, 2006. 
						Proceedings. 2006. p.113-118. 
						FARIA, R. R. A. et al.  “Improving spatial perception 
						through sound field simulation in VR”.  
						
						In: VECIMS 2005 - IEEE Conference on Virtual 
						Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement 
						Systems, 2005, Giardini Naxos, Italy. 
						Proceedings. 2005. p.103-108.FARIA, R. R. A. et al. “AUDIENCE - Audio Immersion 
						Experiences in the CAVERNA Digital”.  
						
						In: SBCM 2005 - The 10th Brazilian Symposium on Computer 
						Music, 2005, Belo Horizonte. Proceedings of the 10th 
						Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music - Current 
						Frameworks for Music Information Representation, 2005. 
						p. 106-117.
						THOMAZ, L. F.; ZUFFO, M. K.; ZUFFO, J. A.; FARIA, R. R. 
						A. “Simulação de Som 3D em um Ambiente de Realidade 
						Virtual Imersiva utilizando HRTF”. In: III Congresso 
						Brasileiro de Engenharia de Áudio da AES Brasil/IX 
						Convenção Nacional da AES-Brasil, São Paulo, 2005. 
						Proceedings. 2005. p. 44-48.
 MELLO, A. N.; HIRA, A. Y.; FARIA, R. R. A.; ZUFFO, M. 
						K.; FILHO, V. O. “Development of a pilot telemedicine 
						network for paediatric oncology in Brazil”. 
						
						Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, v.11, supplement 
						2, 2005. p.16-18 (5th. International Conference on 
						Successes and Failures in Telehealth).FARIA, R. R. A. “Auralization in immersive audiovisual 
						environments”. PhD Thesis. Electronic Systems Dept., 
						Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo. 
						
						São Paulo, 2005. Accessible at
						http://www.lsi.usp.br/~regis/  (in Portuguese)FARIA, R. R. A.; Dal Poz, M.A.S.; Zuffo, M.K. “A Novel 
						Approach for Multimedia Rendering Platforms”. In: 1st. 
						International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge 
						Discovery – FSKD’02, Singapore, 2002. 
						Proceedings. 2002, v.2, p.763-767.Dal Poz, M. A. S.; Leitão, R. B. V.; FARIA, R. R. A.; 
						Lopes, R. de Deus.; Zuffo, M. K. “Towards Fully 
						Reconfigurable Multimedia Platforms”. 
						
						In: 1st. Ibero-American Symposium in Computer Graphics - 
						SIACG, Guimarães, Portugal, 2002. 
						Proceedings. 2002. p.155-162.FARIA, R. R. A. "Application of wavelets on the analysis 
						of musical gestures in timbres of traditional acoustic 
						instruments”. MSc. Dissertation, Polytechnic School, 
						University of São Paulo, 1997. (in Portuguese)
 FARIA, R. R. A. et al. "Wavelets in music analysis and 
						synthesis: timbre analysis and perspectives".
						
						In: SPIE Conference on Wavelet Applications in Signal 
						and Image Processing IV, Denver, 1996. 
						Proceedings SPIE, v.2825, pt.2, 1996. p.950-61.
						
						FARIA, R. R. A.; Zuffo, J.A. "Wavelets as a 
						multiresolution analysis and synthesis technique for 
						sound timbres edition", Proceedings of the 2nd. 
						Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, XV Brazilian 
						Computer Society Conference, Canela, 1995. 
						
						Porto Alegre, 1995, p. 198-204. 
						Martins, C.A.P.S.; Ruschioni, R.A.; FARIA, R.R.A.; Zuffo, 
						J.A. "Reconstrutor Sinc Finito Amostrado Normalizado 
						Unidimensional", In: III Brazilian Computer Music 
						Symposium, XVI Brazilian Computer Society Conference, 
						Recife, 1996. Recife, 1996. p. 27-32.
 FARIA, R. R. A. "Wavelets: teoria e aplicações".
						
						Tutorial. Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo 
						(1994).FARIA, R. R. A. "Inteligência artificial e música".
						
						Monograph for the discipline
 Introduction to Artificial 
						Intelligence (PEE817). 
						
						Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo (1993).
 
 
 
 Lectures
 
 AES Brazil 6th Conference / 12th National Convention. 
						“Sound scene orientation: interactive edition of the 
						surround space”. Panel “The Surround Convergence I”. São 
						Paulo, Brazil (May 2008).
 Transitus Morumbi. Arquitetura, Artes Design e Moda. 
						Round Table Design Digital in iTVD. “Design digital para 
						TVDi: Conceitos e Perspectivas”. University Anhembi 
						Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil (08/11/2007).
 SET 2007. Television Technology. Panel: Digital TV / 
						Digital Audio: Compression MPEG-4 AAC and ISDB-Tb – 
						Questions & Answers. “Transmitting audio in the 
						Brazilian Digital TV System”. São Paulo, Brazil 
						(24/08/2007)
 AES 122nd Convention. Workshop 5: Interactive Audio and 
						Human Perception. “Auralization practices in the CAVE”. 
						Vienna, Austria (May 2007).
 AES Brazil 5th Conference / 11th National Convention. 
						“Immersive and personalizable audio: new trends to 
						interact with audio”. São Paulo, Brazil (21st May 2007).
 XVII SEMAC – Computer Week of the University of São 
						Paulo State (UNESP) – SEMAC 2007. Panel: The future of 
						the computer professionals in the new information era. 
						“New trends in the Digital TV System”. São José do Rio 
						Preto, Brazil (May 2007).
 SET 2006 – Panel: Production – Digital Audio. “Audio in 
						Digital TV: Special Topics on Coding, Quality, Formats, 
						Reproduction and Services”. São Paulo, Brazil (August 
						2006). (invited speaker).
 II SMCT – Second Symposium on Music, Science and 
						Technology – Sound Virtual Reality. “Architecture for 
						Spatial Audio Production for Advanced Multimedia”. 
						Campinas, Brazil (October 2005).
 SET 2005 – Panel: Production – Digital Audio. 
						“Multichannel Audio – Techniques, Coverage and 
						Perspectives in the Context of the Brazilian Digital TV 
						System”. São Paulo, Brazil (September 2005). (invited 
						speaker).
 SET 2003 – Tutorial: Codificação Multimídia – Padrões 
						Abertos. “Codificação Multimídia – Tecnologias e 
						Projetos”. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 2003) 
						(www.set.com.br/set2003/default.htm).
 VVII Convenção Nacional AES Brasil. “Qualidade em CODECs 
						Perceptuais”. São Paulo, Brazil (May 2003) 
						(www.aesbrasil.org/eventos.htm).
 SET 2002 – Convergência Digital; Forum SETBusiness. 
						“ISDB-T Tutorial”. São Paulo, Brazil (2002). (invited 
						speaker).
 IIR Conferences: Wide Bandwidth. “MPEG-[1,2,4,7,21]: 
						Foundations, Goals and Applications”. São Paulo, Brazil 
						(2001) (www.iir.com.br) (invited speaker).
 Artspages Conference. “MPEG 1,2,4,7: Foundations, Goals 
						and Applications”. Oslo, Norway (2001) (invited speaker).
 III Semana Acadêmica de Ciência da Computação. PUC, 
						Curitiba, Brazil (2000) (invited speaker).
 Musica on Line. “MPEG-[1,2,4,7] – Alicerces; Propostas; 
						Aplicações”. Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil 
						(2000).
 Media on Demand – MoD Workshop. “Multimedia Trends”. 
						University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (1999).
 NATO – Advanced Study Institute on Signal Processing for 
						Multimedia. Tuscany, Italy (1998) (poster presentation/speaker).
 II Congress AES Brazil (Audio Engineering Society, 
						section Brazil). “Análise e Síntese de Gestos Musicais 
						em Timbres de Instrumentos Acústicos com Wavelets”. Rio 
						de Janeiro, Brazil (1997).
 
 
 
 Conference Participation
 SET 2008 Conference of the Brazilian Televisioin 
						Engineering Society. São Paulo, Brazil (2008)
 AES Brazil 6th Conference / 12th National Convention. 
						São Paulo, Brazil (2008)
 SET 2007 Conference of the Brazilian Television 
						Engineering Society. São Paulo, Brazil (2007)
 MPEG, 81st MPEG & 42nd JPEG Meeting. Lausanne, 
						Switzerland (2007)
 AES 122nd International Conference. Vienna, Austria 
						(2007)
 AES Brazil 5th Conference / 11th National Convention. 
						São Paulo, Brazil (2007)
 XVII SEMAC – Computer Week of the University of São 
						Paulo State (UNESP) – SEMAC 2007. São José do Rio Preto, 
						Brazil (2007).
 AES Brazil 4th Conference / 10th National Convention. 
						São Paulo, Brazil (2006)
 10th SBCM - Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music. 
						Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2005)
 VECIMS 2005 – IEEE International Conference on Virtual 
						Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement 
						Systems. Giardini Naxos, Italy (2005)
 I Seminário Música Ciência e Tecnologia: Acústica 
						Musical. São Paulo, Brazil (2004)
 I Symposium MusArts – IRCAM_Brazil. São Paulo, Brazil 
						(2003)
 AES 24th International Conference (Multichannel Audio 
						– The New Reality)Banff, Canada (2003)
 IGrid2. Next Generation Internet. Amsterdam, Holland 
						(2002)<7th. Interal Coce on 
						Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques). New 
						Orleans, LA, USA (2000)
 ICAD 97 (International Conference on Auditory 
						Display). Palo Alto, CA, USA (1997)
 SC97 (High Performance Networking and Computing. San 
						Jose, CA, USA (1997) (exhibitor)
 SPIE 96 (Intl. Symposium on Optical Science, 
						Engineering, and Instrumentation). Denver, CO, USA 
						(1996)
 • I Congress AES Brazil (Audio Engineering Society, 
						section Brazil). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1996)
 SIGGRAPH 95 (22nd. International Conference on 
						Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques). Los 
						Angeles, CA, USA (1995)
 II Brazilian Computer Music Symposium - XV Brazilian 
						Computer Soc. Conference. Canela, Brazil (1995)
 I Brazilian Computer Music Symposium - XIV Brazilian 
						Computer Soc. Conference. Caxambu, Brazil (1994)
 C3AD - Colloquia in High Performance Scientific 
						Computing. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1994)
 III JSCAD - III Journey EPUSP/IEEE in High Performance 
						Computer Systems. São Paulo, Brazil (1994)
 WHPC'94 - IEEE/USP International Workshop on High 
						Performance Computing, Compilers and Tools for Parallel 
						Processing. São Paulo, Brazil (1994)
 1993 IEEE Power Engineering Society - Winter Meeting. 
						Columbus, OH, USA (1993)
 WARN'93 - Workshop in Neural Networks Applications. 
						São Paulo, Brazil (1993)
 
 
 
 Technical Visits
 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Dept. Technology 
							Management, Human-Technology Interaction, Eindhoven, 
							Nederlands (2007)
 Technische Universiteit 
							Delft, Applied Physics Laboratory, Delft, Nederlands 
							(2007)
 Coding Technologies, Nuremberg, 
							Germany (2005)
 Philips Research Center, 
							Eindhoven, Nederlands (2002)
 Hewlett Packard. 
							Palo Alto, CA (1996)
 Computer Science Dept., 
							New York University. New York, NY (1996)
 Department of Music, City University. London, 
							England (1995)
 Institut de Recherche et 
							Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM). Paris, 
							France (1995)
 Center for Computer Research in 
							Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, CA 
							(1997, 1995)
 Center for New Music and Audio 
							Technology (CNMAT), University of California, 
							Berkeley, CA (1995)
 Battelle Memorial 
							Institute. Columbus, OH (1993)
 American 
							Electric Power System Control Center. Columbus, OH 
							(1993)
 
 
 
 Other Activities
 Instrument musician (transversal and recorder flutes 
							domain; keyboard and electric bass basics) playing 
							music (fusions of jazz, blues, Brazilian popular 
							music, classic, rock and alternatives)
 Consultant in MPEG technology, sound systems, audio 
							engineering/acoustics
 Lecturer on computer 
							music, audio, digital TV technologies, perceptual 
							coding and wavelet techniques
 Themes and 
							sound track producer for computer graphics/animation
 Sound engineer (focus on sound scene oriented music 
							recording, processing and production)
 Writer 
							and translator of texts about digital audio and 
							music technology
 
 
 
 Traveling, trekking and camping
 Le Bahia (2007) Travel Site.
 Chile e 
							Argentina (2004)
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