Benjamin O’Brien (PhD) is a data scientist working at the intersection of psychoacoustics, human movement, and informatics. His interests lie in auditory perception (speech, AR), kinematic performance (golf, cycling), and modelling (statistical, ML). He holds degrees in composition, mechanical and physical engineering, and mathematics from the University of Florida, Aix-Marseille University, Mills College, and the University of Virginia. As an engineer, Benjamin has worked closely with Jean-François Bonastre, Christophe Bourdin, and Christine Meunier, and as a composer with Fred Frith, Paul Koonce, and Roscoe Mitchell. His work has been published and presented at international conferences, including INTERSPEECH, Cognitive Science Society, and International Computer Music Conference. He has held engineering positions at the Institut des Sciences du Mouvement, Laboratoire Parole et Langage, and the Laboratoire Informatique d’Avignon. He currently lives and works in Marseille, where is a member of the Big Band du CNRS de Marseille.
CV (engineer)
CV (music)
Benjamin O'Brien 