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Dr. Bernd Schoner ThingMagic, LLC One Broadway, 14th Fl. Cambridge, MA 02142 Tel: (617) 758-4135
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Dr. Bernd Schoner ThingMagic, LLC One Broadway, 14th Fl. Cambridge, MA 02142 Tel: (617) 758-4135
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Bio Elektrizitaetskuenstler Bernd Schoner is currently Managing Partner of ThingMagic, a Cambridge based research and development firm. Prior to cofounding ThingMagic he has helped companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Mastercard with problems involving time series prediction, nonlinear detection and estimation, stochastic processes, machine learning, audio processing, and neural networks. His research has led to devices and software applications as unusual as the Marching Cello, a wearable instrument providing the functionality of a cello, and a giant polyphonic floorboard for the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Despite his work on digital stringed instruments, he still enjoys playing his acoustic cello.
Bernd holds a Diplom-Ingenieur in Electrical Engineering from Rheinisch-Westphaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, where he graduated as valedictorian of his class in 1996, and an Ingenieur des Arts et Metiers in Industrial Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Paris, France. He received his Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2000. His research has earned him a number of awards, including the Henry-Ford-II Prize (Cologne, 1997) and the Otto-Junker Prize (Aachen, 1997).
EDUCATION
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences (September 2000). Thesis: Probabilistic Characterization and Synthesis of Complex Driven Systems.ECOLE CENTRALE DE PARIS, Paris, France.
Ingenieur des Arts et Manufactures (Master of Science, September 1996).RHEINISCH-WESTPHAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, Aachen, Germany.
Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Science) in Electrical Engineering. Valedictorian (June 1996).
EXPERIENCE
THINGMAGIC LLC, Cambridge, Massachusetts (since September 2000).
Cofounder and Managing Partner.MIT MEDIA LABORATORY, Cambridge, Massachusetts (October 1995 – August 2000).
Physics & Media Group. Research Assistant to Professor Neil Gershenfeld. Research in modeling and prediction of nonlinear, dynamical systems, focus on driven stochastic systems, machine learning, neural networks, and audio processing.
Industrial cooperations: Developed detection, estimation and prediction algorithms for applications in musical synthesis, nonlinear device characterization, risk prediction and credit card fraud.
Artistic collaborations: The un-private house, Museum of Modern Art, New York (June 1999). L’UNIVERSE with the The Flying Karamazov Brothers, ACT theater, Seattle (January 2000)IRCAM, Paris, France (December 1993 – June 1994).
Research on piano acoustics and sound representation.ROHDE & SCHWARZ ,Munich, Germany (July and August 1993).
High frequency research and development.RENAULT AUTOMOBILE, Flins/Paris, France (March 1991). Automotive production plant.
ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, Ardennes, France (February 1991). Hydroelectric power station.
METALLGESELSCHAFT AG, Aschaffenburg, Germany (July/August 1990). Automotive supplier.
HEERESMUSIKKORPS II, Kassel, Germany (June 1989 - August 1990). Military service. Cellist in the army chamber orchestra and band flautist.
HONORS
Distinguished Paper Award, International Computer Music Conference (Michigan, 1998).
Siemens Best Presentation Award, Symposium on Neural Computation (Vienna,1998).
Henry Ford II Prize 1996 (Ford AG, Germany).
Otto Junker Prize (Aachen, 1997).
Springorum-Medal (RWTH Aachen, 1997).Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (1992-1996).
Otto-Junker-Foundation (1995-1996).
Franco-German College (1992-1994).
ACTIVITIES
Cellist
Gymnast
- M. Farbood, B. Schoner. Analysis and Synthesis of Palestrina-Style Counterpoint Using Markov Chains. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference, Cuba, 2001.
- T. Jehan, B. Schoner. An Audio-Driven Perceptually Meaningful Timbre Synthesizer. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference, Cuba, 2001.
- M. Reynolds, B. Schoner, J. Richards, K. Dobson, and N. Gershenfeld. An Immersive, Multi-User, Musical Stage Environment. Siggraph Proceedings. Los Angeles, 2001.
- B.Schoner, N.Gershenfeld. Cluster-Weighted Modeling: Probabilistic Time Series Prediction, Characterization and Synthesis. In Nonlinear Dynamics and Statistics, Alistair Mees (Ed.), Birkhaeuser, Boston, 2001.
- T. Jehan and B. Schoner. An Audio-Driven, Spectral Analysis-Based, Perceptual Synthesis Engine. Audio Engineering Society, Proceedings of the 110th Convention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2001.
- B. Schoner. Probabilitstic Characterization and Synthesis of Complex Driven Systems. Ph.D. Thesis, September 2000.
- O. Omojola, E. R. Post, M. D. Hancher, Y. Maguire, R. Pappu, B. Schoner, P. R. Russo, R. Fletcher, and N. Gershenfeld. An installation of interactive furniture. IBM Systems Journal, Vol.39(3/4), 2000.
- B. Schoner, C. Cooper, N. Gershenfeld. Cluster-Weighted Sampling for Synthesis and Cross-Synthesis of Violin Family Instruments. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference, Berlin, Germany, 2000.
- T.Lukka, B. Schoner, A. Marantz. Phoneme Discrimination from MEG Data. Elsevier Journal for Neuroscience, Special Issue on Neural Computation, 2000.
- B.Schoner, N.Gershenfeld. Data-driven modeling of nonlinear microwave devices. Digest 53rd ARFTG Conference on Nonlinearity Characterization, Anaheim, California, 1999.
- N. Gershenfeld, B. Schoner, E. Metois. Cluster-Weighted-Modeling for Time Series Analysis. NATURE, Vol. 397, P. 329-332, January 28, 1999.
- B. Schoner, C. Cooper, C. Douglas, N. Gershenfeld. Data-driven Modeling of Acoustical Instruments. Journal for New Music Research, Vol 28(2), 1999.
- B. Schoner, C. Cooper, C. Douglas, N. Gershenfeld. Data driven Modeling and Synthesis of Acoustical Instruments. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998.
- T.Lukka, B. Schoner, A. Marantz. Auditory stimulus discrimination from MEG data. Proceedings ICSC/IFAC Symposium on Neural Computation, Vienna, Austria, 1998.
- B. Schoner. Determining predictability in driven non-linear acoustical systems. Diploma-Thesis. MIT Media Lab/RWTH Aachen, 1996.
- Ph.D. defense, MIT Media Lab, July 26, 2000.
- Ph.D. General Exam, MIT Media Lab, December 18, 1998.
- Cluster-Weighted Modeling for Time Series, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, England, September 23, 1998.
- Neil Gershenfeld, Bernd Schoner, Eric Metois. Efficient Synthesis of Complex, Driven Systems. US patent No. 6,000,833, December 14, 1999.
PRINT MEDIA
- Alien Demos World's First Sub-10-Cent RFID Tag, RFID Journal, July, 2002.
- ThingMagic Conjures Up a Low-Cost EPC Reader, RFID Journal, Mai, 2002.
- Strads for the Masses, Red Herring Magazine, December 4, 2000.
- Stradivarisch, Lufthansa Magazine, September 2000.
- Un stradivarius numerique, l'Ordinateur Individuel, July 2000 (in French).
- Violoncelo stradivarius digital, MUY INTERESANTE, June 2000 (in Spanish).
- Mellow Cello, Financial Times Magazine, 2000.
- Cello unter Strom, Bild der Wissenschaft, January 2000 (in German).
- MIT. Die Schule der Genies, GEO, October 1999 (in German).
- The Digital Stradivarius, FRAMES, Media Lab, March/April 1999.
- Die Technik als englischer Butler / Das Phantom der Gehirnoper, FAZ, January 12, 1998 (in German).
- Arbeit am digitalen Bruder der Geige / Preis fuer digitale Geige aus Aachen, Koelner Rundschau / Aachener Volksblatt, Mai, 1997 (in German).
RADIO
- UNIVERSE/ The Flying Karamazov Brothers, NPR, January 2000.
TELEVISION
- Amerikanische Privatunis: das MIT, Bayrischer Rundfunk, 1999 (in German).
- Welt der Wunder: MIT, Pro Sieben, 1998 (in German).