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masters students
(w/ thesis) 		Eric Cheng, MS 2006, Multimedia and Creative Technologies, USC Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
Thesis Title: Computational Analysis of Expression in Violin Performance
Frank and Eva Buck Foundation Scholarship recipient (since 2000)
Research Analyst with Areté Associates (since Dec 2006)

Merrick Mosst, MS 2006, USC Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
Thesis Title: Quantitative Modeling of Emotion Perception in Music
Rose Hills Merit Scholarship Award recipient (2006)
Audio Engineer at Audyssey (since Jan 2006).

Shivani Yardi, MS 2004, USC Electrical Engineering Department
Thesis Title: Raga Structure: Geometric and Generative Models
Directed Research student: analysis and generation of ragas (2002-2004)
Jacuzzibrands

masters students
(w/ publications) 		Rob Parke, MS 2007, USC Hsieh Electrical Engineering Department
Project: Music, Film, Emotion
Integrated Media Systems Center (co-advised with Professor Chris Kyriakakis)
USC Trustee's Scholar (2000-2004)
USC Archimedes' Circle Award (Engineering Valedictorian) (2004)
Intern, Project MATCH, Los Angeles community college district (2009-2010)

Carley Tanoue, MS 2006, Engineering Management
Research Assistant: distributed immersive performance (2004-2005)
IMSC Student Conference Best Presentation Award (2005)
User Interface Developer, GoldPocket Interactive (2005-2007)
Senior Flash Engineer, ABC.com (since 2008)

Aaron Yang, BS 2004, MS 2005, USC Computer Engineering
Research Assistant: variable tempo beat tracking (2004-2005)
IMSC Undergraduate Research Project: Expression Synthesis Project (2002-2004)
IMSC Student Conference Best Presentation Award (2004)
IMSC Student Conference Best Presentation Award (2003)
Integrated Circuit Design Intern, Electronic Design Automation (2006)
Integrated Circuit Design Engineer, Electronic Design Automation (since 2007)

Chia-Ying (Cindy) Lee, MS 2004, USC Computer Science
Directed Research: music classification by rhythm (2003-2004)
Masters Diploma 2006, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
interactionivrea.org/en/people/c.lee/index.asp

Hui-Yun (Frances) Kao, MS 2004, USC Electrical Engineering
Research Assistant: distributed immersive performance (2003-2004)
LiteOn Technology Corporation, Taiwan

Xiaodan (Phillip) Wu, MS 2004, USC Operations Research
Research Assistant: voice separation (2002-2004)
CEO, Veeky Inc., online video sharing startup (2004-2007)
Web/Wap Engineer, Helio LLC (since 2007)
CEO, InfoThinker.com, iPhone Apps development (since 2008)
www.xiaodan.net

Yun-Ching Chen, MS 2004, USC Engineering Management; MS 2004, USC Integrated Media Systems
Research Assistant: pitch spelling (2002-2003)
Fab 12 Manufacturing Department, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Department, Ltd.

masters students ChangHyun Kim, MS 2008, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
Research Assistant: Conducting interface (2006-2008)

Leila Vaziri-Farhani, MS 2007, USC Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research Assistant: Expressive performance (2006-2007)
www-scf.usc.edu/~vazirifa

Dulari Parikh, MS 2004, USC Computer Science Department
Directed Research student: raga detection (2003-2004)

Xumei Tan, MS 2004, USC Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research Assistant: chord recognition (2002-2004)
Operations Research Analyst, E & J Gallo Winery (since May 2007)

Divya Devagupta, MS 2004, USC Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
Directed Research student: rhythm patterns in carnatic music (2003)

Sharvajana Ameresekere, MS 2003, USC Engineering Management
Research Assistant: literature review of expressive performance research (2002)
Managing Director, Consultant 21 Limited, Colombo, Sri Lanka (since 2003)


updated July 25, 2008.