Martin Heinz Roth, Ph.D.
mhroth [at] gmail [dot] com
London, United Kingdom
mhroth [at] gmail [dot] com
London, United Kingdom
[Formal | Professional] Education
Formal Education
Professional Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Field: Electrical and Computer Engineering (minor: Computer Science)
August 2000 - January 2005
Dissertation: "Termite: A Swarm Intelligent Routing Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks"
Committee: Dr. Stephen Wicker, Dr. Gun Sirer, Dr. Tom Seeley, Dr. Bruce Land
- Bachelors of Science (BS)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Field: Electrical and Computer Engineering
August 1996 - May 2000
Concentration: Telecommunications, Digital Signal Processing, and Radars and Antennas
Accolades: graduation Cum Laude with Honors
- International Baccalaureate Diploma
High School Diploma
Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
August 1992 - May 1996
Professional Education
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
July 2007
[Software Development | Research | Teaching | Misc. Project] Experience
Software Development Experience
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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Technology Lead
Software Engineer
Reality Jockey Ltd. (aka RjDj), London, UK
August 2009 - Present
- Directed all (non-web) technical development, including project and product management.
- Presented and evangelised the company, its vision, and its products at technical, hacker, industry conferences.
- Participated in strategy and management decision-making.
- Led development of flagship iOS applications.
- Led technical design and development of Inception - The App, the world's first context-aware reactive music application. Inspired by the film Inception and the music of Hans Zimmer. 4,000,000+ downloads.
- Led technical design and development of RjDj Voyager, an music composition and performance iPad app. Led expansion of RjDj Trippy, a real-time audio effect entertainment iPhone app.
- Led development of RjFoundation, a set of foundational classes which form the basis of most RjDj iOS applications. This includes the audio engine (Pure Data, Core Audio, AVFramework, etc.), social interaction (e.g., Twitter, Facebook integration), Scene Management (Core Data), Recording Management (server upload), and purchasing (StoreKit).
- Designed and developed ZenGarden, an interpreter and runtime for the Pure Data (Pd) audio programming language, written in C++. Suitable for embedded, mobile, and desktop applications. Used as a testbed for creating a faster and memory-efficient Pd-language interpreter. Production ready for common subsets of the language. Extensively optimised for DSP operations including adjustments to the core algorithm and platform-specific SIMD instructions (e.g. ARM NEON, x86 SSE). Most objects are tested using the JUnit framework.
- Designed and developed Cynical, a Native Client (NaCl) wrapper for ZenGarden, for use in the Chrome webbrowser.
- Created iOS wrapper for libpd which is now a part of official open source project.
- Designed and developed the proof-of-concept “RjDjroid” Android application.
- Participated on a team to design and implement a high-level scene-making digital audio workstation (DAW), the RJC-1000. Written in Python, tasks included UI design (wxPython), inter-process communication with Pd, and building a generic scene framework within Pd.
- RjDj is a startup company in the best sense of the word. Everyone does a bit of everything and you do whatever it takes to get it working. Also againt insane deadlines.
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JAsioHost
first released March 2009
Developed a Java wrapper for Steinberg's Audio Streaming Input Output (ASIO) API. The library allows fast access to supported audio hardware, providing very small audio latencies (< 2ms) even in Java. Audio performance is improved by one to two orders of magnitude over using the standard Java Sound API. The library consists of a JAR and a native library for Windows. Released open-source under the LGPLv3. -
SynthBot
October 2007 - July 2009
Co-developed an automatic synthesizer programmer. Guided project through research and development phases. Primary scientific topics include optimization and clustering algorithms, and psychoacoustic models (e.g. MelFCC/BarkFCC, MP3/OGG). Technical issues involved designing an extensible system architecture, signal processing on multi-core hardware, and cross-platform (Windows, OS X, Linux) support. This project was developed with Matthew Yee-King as a part of his PhD thesis work at the University of Sussex (supervised by Dr. Nick Collins). -
JVstHost
first released September 2008
Developed a Java-based VST host library; a Java wrapper for manipulating VST2 libraries. VST instruments and effects can be loaded and manipulated by this library in Linux, OS X, and Windows. Released open-source under the LGPLv3. - Software Engineer
Google, Inc., London, UK
August 2007 - February 2009
- Worked in a team to design, develop, and launch Google Talk for iPhone and Android as a web application. Launched June 2008.
- Optimized a Javascript library for establishing a duplex client-server communications channel over HTTP, based on hanging GETs, specifically for mobile platforms. Optimizations included reducing the size of the library for faster application download times, increasing the speed with which a viable channel was set up in mobile network scenarios, and adding Webkit-specific implementation.
- Built using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a Java to Javascript compiler.
- Analysed application usage logs of the T-Mobile G1, the world's first Android-powered mobile phone. Worked with User Research and Android teams to mine logs in order to discover general user behavior and preferences in the months following the initial launch. Results were used to inform Design, Marketing, and Strategy development of Android.
- Spent short-term “20%” projects developing applications on AppEngine and Android.
- Worked in a team to design, develop, and launch Google Talk for iPhone and Android as a web application. Launched June 2008.
Research Experience
- Senior Research Scientist
Networking Group
Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin, Germany
April 2005 - April 2007
Developed parallel academic research programs in the areas of probabilistic routing in mobile wireless ad-hoc and mesh networks, and delay tolerant message delivery in human networks. Supervised one intern and two masters students. Advised projects at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories Innovation Development. Organized and administered an advanced network technology survey course for students at TU-Berlin. Studied and developed specific technical topics including,
- Probabilistic Routing (MagAntA)
- Nature/Biologically-Inspired Algorithms
- Dynamic Distributed Constraint Optimization in non-Stationary Environments
- Statistical Signal Processing
- Distributed Control Algorithms
- Delay Tolerant Networks (Bedouin)
- Human Mobility Models with Heavy-Tailed (Pareto) Statistics
- Data Abstraction, Description, and Management
- for Resource Constrained Devices (ie., sensors, handys)
- Automatic Behavior Detection and Generation of Gamebots (T-Bot)
- Midi Controller based on Handy Visual Regonition (CaMus)
- Probabilistic Routing (MagAntA)
- Research Consultant
Bluetronix, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, USA
June - August 2003
Applied PhD thesis research to design and simulate a swarm Intelligent ad-hoc routing algorithm. Wrote government grant proposals to secure additional funding. Reviewed business strategy and plans; advised CEO.
- Research Internship
EPFL, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
May - August 2001
Self-taught the fundamentals of cryptography and the GSM cellular system. Applied this knowledge to design and develop a secure protocol for financial transactions using GSM handsets. The work was based on the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol for financial transactions on an open network. Implemented and simulated the project in Java, using the Java Cryptography Extension. Accomplished work under Dr. Jean-Yves Le Boudec.
- Research Assistant
Wireless Intelligent Systems Laboratory (WISL)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
August 2000 - January 2005
Researched distributed, swarm Intelligent, and emergent algorithms applied to the network routing problem in mobile wirelss ad-hoc networks, for doctoral degree. Duties included research, analytical analysis, program design and development in C, C++, Java, Matlab, and the Opnet network simulator on Unix, Linux, and Windows computer systems, and technical writing, review, and publication. Studied under Dr. Stephen Wicker in the Wireless Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
- Research Internship
IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Zürich, Switzerland
May - August 1999
Studied and implemented a turbo decoder using a bayesian network. Self-taught the BCJR turbo decoding algorithm and Pearl's algorithm; compared the former to Jensen's algorithm for belief propagation in bayesian networks. Developed a simulator in Java in order to test the performance of the bayesian network based decoder.
Teaching Experience
- Designing Future Networking Systems
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
April - June 2006
Organized and administered an advanced network technology survey course for masters level students. Interacted with university administration, wrote and collected course documents such as website, research materials, and class presentations.
- Error Control Codes (ECE 561)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
August - December 2003
Organized, administered, lectured, and graded the final project for students enrolled in this graduate level class. Designed and programmed a common Java framework enabling communications over a noisy IEEE 802.11b wireless channel between two laptop computers. Students were required to implement a number of error control codes which could be swapped into the framework as modules.
- HP Nomadic Computing Project (ECE 296)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
January - May 2003
Organized and administered a course of fourteen students, each involved in independant research spanning many engineering diciplines. Coordinated student efforts, made research resources available, and provided guidance over the course of the semester. Served as liason to Hewlett-Packard sponsoring team.
- Introduction to Telecommunications Systems (ENGRI 126)
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
August - December 2002
Taught select lectures to first year undergraduates on topics including local area network technologies (ethernet, token ring), medium access technologies (Aloha, CSMA-CD/CA, TDMA, FDMA, CDMA), and satellite communications (link budgets).
Miscellaneous Project Experience
- Consultant
to Dr. Stephen Wicker, Ithaca, New York, USA
2003 - 2004
Researched technological issues with regards to patent coverage in such diverse topics as wireless systems, media content control, wireless data aquisition, and downloadable media. Results used in litigation and settlement disputes.
- Undergraduate Research Project Mentor
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
May - December 2004
Designed, reviewed, and directed an undergraduate student in a summer research project in the area of distributed self-configuration for maximum-lifetime detection coverage in a sensor network. Work based on the use of genetic algorithms to determine a state machine for cellular automata based sensors giving optimal coverage and lifetime.
- AKIRA Project
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
August 2001 - May 2003
Created and led the development of an ad-hoc networking testbed including seventy PDAs and ten laptops; the Ad-hoK Information Relay Application (AKIRA) project. Managed a team of four undergraduate and graduate students to write system software using C++ and Java. Used the testbed to test and verify the performance of three different MANET routing algorithms including Flooding, AODV, and Termite. Results used to verify simulations for thesis research.
Languages
- Fluent in English (mother tongue)
- Fluent in (Swiss) German
- Working Knowledge of French
- I am a citizen of Switzerland
Selected Coursework
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Computer Skills
- Computer Programming Languages
- Communications
- TCP/IP network programming
- Cryptographic algorithms
- IEEE 802.11 (WiFi/WLAN)
- Bluetooth (+J2ME)
- Network routing protocols (wired and wireless ad-hoc/mesh/sensor)
- Delay tolerant message delivery protocols
- Latex, MS Office
- Discrete Event Networking Simulators
- OS X, Unix/Linux, Windows
Publications
Journals
Book Chapters
Book Chapters
- M. Roth, S. Wicker, Termite: A Swarm Intelligence Routing Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Stigmergic Optimization; Studies in Computational Intelligence Vol. 34, p. 155-185, 2006.
- P. Brinkmann, P. Kirn, R. Lawler, C. McCormick, M. Roth, H.-C. Steiner, Embedding Pure Data with libpd, Pure Data Convention, August 2011
- M. Yee-King, M. Roth, A Comparison of Parametric Optimization Techniques for Tone Matching, Audio Engineering Society (AES) convention 130, May 2011.
- M. Roth, The Markovian Termite: A Soft Routing Framework, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI): IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium (SIS), April 2007.
- V. V. Hafner, C. Bauckhage, M. Roth, Applying Robotic Techniques for Behavior Recognition in Game Agents, The 7th International European Conference on AI and Simulation in Computer Games (Game-On), p. 39-43, November 2006.
- G. Essl, M. Rohs, M. Roth, CaMus: Live Music Performance using Camera Phones, The 6th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME06), June 2006.
- M. Roth, S. Wicker, Asymptotic Pheromone Behavior in Swarm Intelligent MANETs: An Analytical Analysis of Routing Behavior, Sixth IFIP IEEE International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (MWCN), October 2004.
- M. Roth, S. Wicker, Termite: Ad-Hoc Networking with Stigmergy, IEEE 2003 Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2003), December 2003.
- C. Policroniades, P. Vidales, M. Roth, D. Kreienbühl, Data Management in Human Networks, ACM MobiCom Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS), September 2007.
- M. Roth, P. Vidales, Defining and Exploiting Network Topologies in Human Networks, First International IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC), June 2007.
- F. Ducatelle, M. Roth, L. M. Gambardella, Design of a user space software suite for probabilistic routing in ad-hoc networks,
The Forth European Workshop on the application of Nature-inspired
techniques to Telecommunication Networks and other Connected Systems
(EvoCOMNET), Springer LNCS 4448, p. 121-128, April 2007.
- C. Bauckhage, M. Roth, V. Hafner, Where am I? On Providing Gamebots with a Sense of Location using Spectral Clustering of Waypoints,
Workshop on Adaptive Approaches for Optimizing Player Satisfaction in
Computer and Physical Games @ The Ninth International Conference on the
Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'06), October 2006.
- M. Roth, A Framework and Model for Probabilistic Routing: The Markovian Termite and other Curious Creatures,
The Fifth International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm
Intelligence (ANTS 2006), p. 13-24, September 2006. [finalist for best
paper award]
- M. Roth, S. Wicker, Termite: Emergent Ad-Hoc Networking, The 2nd Mediterranean Workshop on Ad-Hoc Networking (MedHoc 2003), June 2003.
- M. Roth, M. Yee-King, International Computer Music Conference 2008, August 2008.
- M. Roth, P. Vidales, B. Bezerra, D. Kreienbühl, Bedouin: Delay Tolerant Networking in Human Networks, The 8th IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (Hotmobile 2007), February 2007.
- Innovation in Digital Music panelist, Mixcloud 2nd Birthday, London, September 2011.
- Future Developments panelist, Pure Data Convention, Weimar, August 2011.
- Commercial Application of Pd panelist, Pure Data Convention, Weimar, August 2011.
- Programming Audio for Android, Android Only, Malmö, June 2011.
- Bounce to App panelist, Audio Engineering Society 130, London, May 2011.
- The Soundtrack to Your Life is Coming, City University of Honk Kong, Hong Kong, May 2011.
- Programming Audio for Android: An Introduction to Music Programming Languages for Android via RjDj, Android Only, Stockholm, September 2010.
- An Introduction to RjDj, Music Hack Day, London, August 2010.
- Future of Music Information Retrieval (fMIR) panelist, ISMIR, August 2010.
- Smart Music for Smart Devices, Future Music Camp, Mannheim, May 2010.
- Native Android for Beginners: An Overview of of the Android NDK via RjDj, droidcon, London, December 2009.
- An Introduction to RjDj, Dance Music Event, Amsterdam, October 2009.
- An Introduction to RjDj, Music Hack Day, Berlin, September 2009.
- Exploration and Mapping of Sound Synthesis Feature Vector Space, Queen Mary's University, February 11, 2009.
- Termite: A Swarm Intelligent Routing Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Swarm Intelligent Systems Research Group, EPFL, October 29, 2004.
- M. Roth, S. Wicker, Performance Evaluation of Pheromone Update in Swarm Intelligent MANETs, 2004.
Additional Professional Activities
Technical Program Chair (TPC) Member
last updated: October 2011
