David Ralley

Academic Background:

• M.S. in Computer Science
• GPA 4.8 (5.0)
• Thesis is an application that explores genetic algorithms as a tool for algorithmic music composition. Development on a Power Macintosh using C++.

The Ohio State University, Columbus (1991-1993)

• B.A. in Computer Science , cum laude, with honors
• GPA: 3.6 (4.0)
• The senior thesis, supported by an undergraduate research scholarship, explored the possibilities of using techniques from natural language processing as a means for real-time musical improvisation between computer and performer using a blackboard system programmed in C++.

The Ohio State University, Columbus (1983-1989)

• B.A. in Electronic Music, cum laude, with honors
• GPA: 3.5 (4.0)
• A piece of digital musique concréte was the senior thesis project, funded by an undergraduate research scholarship.

Work Experience:

• Application Developer. IRCAM, Institute de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, 2000-present
  • Development of AudioSculpt , an application for sound manipulation using phase vocoder and filtering algorithms. Work done in C++ using Powerplant.
• Systems Programmer. Ohio State University, Department of Dance, 1995-2000
  • Programmer for LabanWriter, a program for doing dance notation on the Macintosh.
  • Computer hardware support and coordination for the department.
• Graduate Assistant. University of Illinois, Music Department,1994-1995
  • Software maintaince, UNIX administration.
  • Improved performance of existing sound synthesis software through optimization and parallelization of existing code.
• Graduate Assistant. University of Illinois, Library and Information ScienceDepartment , 1993-1994
  • Programming in C, HTML, UNIX administration.
  • Developed an on-line document delivery system using Mosaic, which was used as a model charging users for copyrighted information on the Internet.
• Systems Analyst. The Ohio State University, Dance Department,Summer 1993
  • Programming in MAX and C in support of faculty research, which dealt with identifying articulation points and phrases in modern dance.

Special Skills:

• 6 years experience with UNIX, including some system administration.
• Experience using and programming a wide variety of computers, including Macintosh, SUN, DEC, Next, IBM and SGI machines.
• Experience with a wide variety of programming languages, including C (4 years), C++ (4 years), Pascal (6 years), Modula-2 (2 years), MAX/MSP (4 years).